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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
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Friday, Aug. 7, 1846. $
Piysnanf to call, published in the papers of
this, and the adjoining .Slates, a respectable
number of gentlemen, interested in the im
provement of the Agriculture of the South,
met at the .Stone Mountain, and on the motion
of Win. M. D’Anlignac, of Augusta, Hon.
Mark A. Cooper, of .Murray, was railed to
the Chair, ami on motion of Mr. William
Kve, of Richmond, Mr. Lewis, o( Hancock,
was appointed Secretary.
Upon the suggestion of Mr. Charles Cun
ningham, of Jefferson, the chairman scaled
briefly, clearly and impressively, the objects
ol the meeting, when, on motion of Mr. I> An
tignac, a committee of twenty-three were ap
pointed to make a report, setting forth the ob
jects of the meeting, and to report, also, the
form of a constitution, best suited for the ac
complishment of the same.
.The following gentlemen were appointed
(he committee: Mr. Wm. M. U’Antignac, of
Richmond; Charles Cunningham, of Jeffer
son; William Kve, of Richmond; John Webb,
of IW«*Mon; R. S. Hardwick, of Hancock;
Tho'sCTHtncks, of Greene; (irecn Moore, of
Greene; Thomas C. Grimes, of Hancock; Dr.
Alexander Moans, of Newton; Col. James A.
Whitesides, of Tennessee; Judge William
Kzzard, of DeKalb; James M. Calhoun, of
DeKalb; Capt. John Jones, of DeKalb; Mr.
T. .S. Smith, of Jasper; Mr. James S. Robin
son, George Stewart, of Muscogee; John \V .
Graves, of Newton; Noble A. Hardee, of
Chatham; Mr. B. M Rodgers,of South Caro
lina; Col. Aug. H. Stokes, of Heard; F. A.
Parham, of ’J ennessee; and Mr. Abner Cook,
of Hancock.
The committee having retired fora short
time, returned and made the following
REPORT.
The undersigned being impressed with the
paramount importance of Agricultural pur
suits and the advancement of the Arts and
Sciences connected therewith, have associa
ted for the purpose of inquiring into its re
sources and facilities, and into the best man
ner of developing the one and illustrating the
other, and have organized into a body to be
railed the “(Southern Central Agricultural
{Society.”
They have for t hese purposes, adopted the
following Constitution:
Article Ist. The name of this Association
shall be the “Southern Central Agricultural
Society.”
Art. 2d. Its objects and ends shall he those
indicated in the preamble hereto prefixed.
Art. 3d. The officers of the Society shall
he a President, two Vice-Presidents,an acting
Secretary, a corresponding Secretary and a
Tfeasu rer.
Art. 4th. This Society shall meet annually
on Wednesday, after the second Monday in
August, at 12 o’clock, at such place as may
from time to time he designated.
Art. sth. The officers shall be chosen an
nually by ballot, but shall hold their offices
until their successors may be elected.
Art. 6th. This Society shall be composed
of such numbers as shall have their names
subscribed to tlie Constitution and shall pay
the sum of one dollar, and the like sum an
nually thereafter.
The report was unanimously adopted, and
(he following named gentlemen, together with
those already on the committee, came forward
and paid their subscriptions and signed the
constitution, viz:
Mark A. Cooper, of Murray; David W.
Lewi-, of Hancock; Lewis Powers, of DeKalb;
James Dimond, of DeKalb; John Bryce, of
DeKalb; William Johnson, of DeKalb; John
Evans, of DeKalb; M. P. Stovall, of Rich
mond; John \V. Fowler,of DeKalb; Leonard
C. Simpson, of DeKalb; Dr. Thomas Hamil
ton, ot Cass; Samuel Dean, of DeKalb; John
P. Eve, of Richmond; Win. C. Daniel, ot
Hall; Paul F. Eve, of Richmond; Daniel
Rerrtsheart, of Effingham; Isaiah Parker, of
DeKalb; Moses Stroup, ot Cass; Dr. James
H. 1) avison, of DeKalb; Charles Delaigle, of
Richmond; Robert V. Harris, of Richmond; j
Wm. C. Evans,of Richmond; Geo. W. Evans, j
of Burke; E. N. Calhoun, of DeKalb; Reuben !
Jordan, jr., of Jasper; Luke Johnson, of
Gwinnett; Weldon E. Wright, of DeKalb;
Charles Tiot, of Effingham; Geo. W. Boston, |
ofEffinghatn; Dr. L. N. Mitchell, of Augusta;
John Glenn, of DeKalb; Ed. A. Broadus, of
Jasper; Paul A. Harralsou, of Walton; P. G. •
Morrow-, of Walton; G. P. Harrison, ot
Chatham; Few Gordon, of Gwinnett; Rev.
Lewis Myers, of Effingham; Dr. John W.
Lewis, of Cherokee; Curtis C. Langford, of
Gwinnett; Eli Hawlsey, of DeKalb; William
Rahn, of Effingham; T. H. Audas, of Han
cock; James M. Calhoun, of DeKalb; Allen
J. Veal, of Gwinnett; John L. Gresham, of
Walton; Nathan Bass, of Putnam; Alex. P.
Reid, of Putnam; Andrew Reid, of Putnam;
Charles J. McDonald*, of Cobb; Dr. I. S.
Whitten,of Hancock; Chas. F. M. Garnett,
Chief-Engineer.
The Society thus formed proceeded to elect
its-officers when the Hon. Thomas Stocks of
Greene, was elected President; Mr. R. S.
Hardwich, of Hancock, anil Col. James A.
Whitesides of Tennessee, Vice-Presidents;
Dr.. Thomas Hamilton of Cass, corresponding
Secretary, and David W. Lewis, Esq. of Han
cock, Secretary; and Win. M. D'Antignac,
Esq. of Richmond, Treasurer.
The President after speaking in appropri
ate terms of the appointment and of the im
portance of the objects of the meeting took
the Chair and called for resolutions on busi
ness that gentlemen had to lay before the
meeting.
On motion of Major Cooper for a committee
to report the best plan for the accomplish
ment of the objects of this Society, the chair
appointed Messrs. Cooper, Whitesides, Hard
wick, Ezzard, Means, Eve, and Cunningham.
Col. Whitesides of Tennessee, after ma
king a few remarks showing the importance
lo the Agriculture of both sections, of a con
nection, by commercial facilities, between the
valley of the Mississippi and the southern
•Gentlemen whose names are marked thus* were
nominated memt*ers and subscription paid by
their triemis who were present.
| Atlantic cities, and showing too. *be practi
-1 cability of such an enterprise, offered the »ol
fowiog resolution which was unanimously
1 lir-sth-cd. That this assembly specially re
commend to the citizens of Georgia, South
! Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi
;t r»d Louisiana, to hold a Convention at Atlan
ta, Georgia, on the tirst Wednesday in May
next, to consider the advantages of the Rail- i
road system, and the best means of extending
it so as to connect the Mississippi valley
! with the Southern Atlantic Slates and cities.
Adjourned to 4 o'clock.
Four o’clock.
The committee on the plan for ac
complishing the objects of the Society, made
I the following report:
Mark A. Cooper, from the Committee ap
i pointed to digest and repor a plan of opera-
I lions lor the ensuing year, submitted the fol
l lowing report, to wit:
The Committee to whom was referred the
, digesting of a plan of operations for the en-
I suing year, have had the same under const 1 -
deration, during the short rece-s, and beg
I leave to report as following:
They recommend the establishment and
| organization of an annual Fair, for the ex
hibition and sale of all such products ol Ag
riculture and Horticulture a- may be con- j
: tribuled by inem! ers or citizens at large.—
| 'Cliis should unhide animal and vegetable
products <>t (be Pian’alioiis, Farms, Gardens,
and Orchard, and Dairy—Agricultural im
j ploments and articles of Domestic Manufac
| tore useful to the Plan er or Farmer.
To encourage and en.-urea generous com
) petition bv contributors, they recommend this
I society to order a premium list—designating
j tiie articles on which premiums will be given j
I —and the character or amount of Premiums.
They recommend thatsuitable committees
I be raised al each annual Fair, for the res
pective classification of products, to judge
and award tlie Premiums.
They recommend that an annual address be j
delivered publicly before the Association on j
, some subject connected witii the objects ot
1 the Society, bv a person to be chosen annu
ally twelve months before the time it shall bo
I delivered.
j They recommend that the society shall
| meet next year at the Rtone Mountain and
; that they shall after that, alternately, meet at
i different points some where on the Line of the |
Rail Road.
They recommend that the State Road and !
the several Rail Road Companies bo solicited i
! to contribute the aid of their most liberal ;
j facilities to advance the views of the Asso- |
ciation.
The Committee, also report, that during
! the recess, they ascertained that several j
specimens of blooded slock,exhibited, by Mr. !
John VV. Graves—were on the ground, and
they took the liberty to view them. They
: consisted of his imported Jack (Italian) and
1 Daniel Webster, his offspring, groomed by a '
1 sprightly negro of 82 years old, once the ,
I servant of Gen. Washington. The Jack, ;
Daniel Webster, is a fine animal, and in ex
! cellent keeping. Also Ins thoroughbred j
, horse General Taylor, with an Eclipse mare i
and colt. The committee likewise examined
a specimen of lire stove fitted up for adining '
: or breakfast room by Messrs. Cooper, Stroup
and Wiley at their Works in Cass county,
: and find it to be a fair arlide, well adapted to ,
I its use. It servos to warm the room, and
may be used to prepare a breakfast or Tea,
: when only a lew dishes are served,
i They examined an excellent sample of cast,
turning ploughs, ready stocked from the
1 same Works and find it capable of supermf
' ing very many such ploughs now purchased
j abroad. On tiie score of economy too, the
price will be found to recommend it.
'The committee having in a hasty manner
I discharged, as they hope, the duties assigned
them, beg leave to offer the following reso
j lotions,and to he then discharged.
Resulted, That an annual iair be held by ,
I this association pursuant to this report.
I Resolved, That a committee of five be ap
-1 pointed to digest a Premium List.
Resolved, That appropriate committees bo
| raised at each annual Fair, of live each, to ,
judge and award Premiums, according lo this >
Report.
Resolved, That an Annual Address be de- ,
livered on the second day of the annual Fair i
and that the Society will now appoint a per- I
son to deliver that for the year ’47.
i Resolved, That the first annual Fair be I
; held at the Stone Mountain, at which place
j the next shall be held.
Resolved, That at tiie Annual Fair, all per- 1
sons whether members of this association or
I not, may contribute and compete for the Pre- I
miu ms. *
On motion of .Major Cooper, Dr. A. Means :
■ was unanimously elected to deliver an ad
dress before the Society at its next Annual
; Meeting.
On motion of Mr. D'Antignac, Messrs,
.las. M. Calhoun, William Ezzard, Reuben
Jordan, jr., and John W. Graves and R. S.
Hardwick, were appointed Delegates to re
present the Society in the State Agricultural j
j Convention.
J By Judge Ezzard: Resolved, That the |
j Secretary be requested to furnish the Editors ;
of Newspapers published in Atlanta, Angus- j
ta and Chattanooga, with copies of the pro
ceedings of this meeting, with a request that
all papers friendly to the, cause of AgricuJ
, lure copy the same.
The Convention adjourned to meet at the
Stone Mountain on Wednesday after the
second Monday in August. 1847.
THOM AS S TOCKS, President. j
'David W, Lewis, Secretary.
S/arfling Rno,nr. —Twelve years ago last
fall, a brig called the“Nile,”Capt. Brookings,
sailed from ibis port for the West Indies.
Subsequently, she was found bottom up,
ashore on Bermuda. It was supposed that
her officers and crew had found a watery
grave. Last week, a young man named
Reed, returned home to Woolwich, after an ;
i absence in Mexico and South America of siN
i years, and he states tiiat he saw in California
a man named Jones, who sailed in the “Nile”
—that Jones stated that when in the neigh
! borhood of Bermuda, the brig was fallen in
with by a raki-h craft, that she was robbed of
all her valuables, that Capt. Brookings and
i ail his crew were transferred to the pirate
‘ vessel, the “Nile" was then scuttled, the crew
| were taken to the south side of Cuba■trarlS
; ferred to another vessel, carried to Mexico,
I placed in the mines, and there they have been
kept at labor ever since, being allowed above
i ground but one hour in twenty four. Jones,
by dint of good fortune, succeeded in es- ‘
! caping. some five or six years since, and in
i finding bis way to California, where lie is now
living. The report has caused some excite
ment in this region, and we understand that j
measures are on foot to test its correctness. 1
Mr. Reed's friends have no doubt of his vera
city.—Bath, Me., Enquirer. t
[ From the X. O. Picayune. August 15. j
EDITORI \L COKRESPONDENcE.
AiiER, Mexico, July 13, 1846.
Capt. Vinton's command entered this place
this morning without the least show nf oppo
sition, the inhabitants thronging' to the Plaza
in crowds a- the troops fi’eu into it and stack
ed their arms in front of the house of the al
caide. It s- em'ed to me as though there were
men enough in the square to have beaten us
off with nothing else save the loo*e rocks ly
ing about; \el not a hand was raised.
Mier is bv far the most pleasant, cleanly
and weli regulated place we have yet seen
in this part ot Mexico. It is built on a lull
overlooking a clear running stream of the
same name, three miles from the Rio Grande,
and is said to contain bUUO inhabitants, ai- j
though I do not know where they stow' them (
all. Von mav weli recollect that it was in |
this place that the Texans under Col. Fisher
were compelled to surrender, after they had !
killed twice their own number ot Mexicans,
The houses occupied by the Texans during
the battle were pointed out, and still bear the .
j marks of the desperate conflict.
1 have staled that the number of the in
habitants is put down at 60U0; admitting that
it is 4000. it was still entered and taken pos
session of bv 93 men only— Bs regulars and ;
8 ot McCulloch's R ingers, acting as a mount-
I ed guard. You could not serve any town
in the United States in that way, and
this place is a perfect fortification from its po
sition and the strength of the houses, which
are of stone. Capt. Vinton’s command oc
cupies a large school-house in one corner of ;
the Plaza, near the church—strong, and at |
the same time commodious and comfortable
quarters. It is Company B. of the 3d Artil
lery, < r “Red-legged Infantry,” as it is now
caked from the fact that the men are at ibis
time serving as infantry while they wear the
red or artillery stripe down their pantaloons. .
1 give you a list of the officers, who are all in
good health; Capt. .!. li. Vinton, Asst. Sur
geon Prevo, Lieuts. S. Van \ iiet and F. J.
Thomas.
The Carnanches, who have committed
many ravages in this vicinity ul late, are said ,
to have left lor the mountains of 'Texas with j
their prisoners and plunder. Many of the
women and children from the adjoining ,
ranches, driven in by the Indians, are still j
here.
1 return to Camargo in the morning with ,
the Rangers. If I could have my own way
I should remain here, for it is worth forty of
Camargo. G. W. K.
Camargo, August 2. 1546.
j To show the impudence of the Carnanches,
' and the great contempt in which they hold
; their Mexican enemies, I will relate one
' little incident —one farce, if 1 may so call it, I
I of their production. The day before the
Americans took possession of the place— ;
this I was told by one who saw the whole pro- i
ceeding— a small party of Carnanches ap- |
peared on the opposite bank of the river, and |
within three hundred yards of the town. One i
of the Indians had not a rag upon him save j
a green Mexican uniform coat, taced with red ;
and trimmed with yellow, and was armed
with nothing save a Mexican bugle or trum
pet. This he had to Iris inoulh and sounded
j to the full strength of his lungs. Up and
down the river bank he blew and blasted
away upon this instrument regardless of
tune, but anxious to make all tlie noise he •
could in that part of the world situated inline- ;
diateiy opposite Mier. The cry of“Zos In
dian” was raised, the women and chjjdren I
scampered, while the men rode furiously up
and down the streets out of reach of balls and
arrow?, i\nd signed papers and swore teat I
they would do great things, besides dying in
defence of the town. It is said they com- ;
| pletely broke clown their horses in parading ,
and dashing about, and were not ready to
start after the Indians until they saw and
i knew that the Indians had had their fun out
and were completely out of reach.
There is no mistake that a large force of I
i Carnanches is on this side the Rio Grande, j
committing depredations and murdering the |
I inhabitants with impunity. Parlies of them !
have appeared at Guerrero, a city some thirty
miles above Mier, have stolen a great many .
I horses and mules, and have killed several of j
tiie principal citizens, among them one of :
the town council. The authorities of the I
. place have sent in their submission to the I
j officer in command of the United States
troops here, and would doubtless be delight
l ed to see an American force in the Piaza. j
You mav ask, why do not the Mexicans turn ;
out in force —outnumbering, as they do the :
Indians, ten to one—give them a sound drub
bing, and drive them out of the country? It
is because they are too lazy in the tirst place, j
and too timid in the second. So far as lean
see, the men here spend one-third of the clay i
in sleeping, one-third in bathing, and the
other third in doing nothing—not a very pro- ;
Arable employment of lime they would say ;
away “Down East.”
Camargo is now overrun with troops, the
white tents of the soldiers covering acres and
acres. The Rangers start out to-morrow on ;
a scout in the direction of Monterey, and I
bodies of regulars with army stores will prob- |
ably soon follow. Every one is anxious to
get away from this place, to move anywhere. I
, You may think in New Orleans that you
know something about hot weather and mus
quitoes. You “dont know nothing.”
Some fuss has been raised about the
pack mule? employed to transport Govern- |
ment supplies,but as a large number of wa-
I goes have readied this place, ail difficulties
; will be obviated. G. \V. K.
Camargo, August 3. IS4G.
I have just seen a letter, dated yesterday
at Reynosa, the writer of which calls for a
detachment of mounted men to guard a large
drove of pack mules to this place, lie lias [
reliable information, so he says, that a gang
of brigands has been organized in the neigh
borhood of Reynosa to cut up every small
party they may meet upon the road, and he
further states that some of the principal men
of that place are engaged in this scheme of
pillage and murder. I trust the scoundrels
may be found out. The conciliatory system
has been lost upon them, and some other
should be tried. We are treating thousands
of individuals here with consideration and
respect who would turn round and cut our
throats the first opportunity that occurred,
and con rnuclio gusto, to use one of their fa-
I vorite expressions,
Gen. Worth has moved the camp to high
and dry ground on the. San Juan, a mile be
low Camargo, where the soldiers arc far
more comfortable. How Napoleon used to
dispose of his tremendous armies is a mys
tery to me. Huddled as close or closer than
comfort Will allow, even eight or ten thou- ;
sand men here take up a wilderness of space.
| Capt. Gillespie’s Rangers remain in camp
1 here, while McCulloch’s are off this morning j
in the direction, as is supposed, of Monterey, j
j scouring the country as far at least as China, i
and possibly farther. Reports large
parlies of armed men have been seen in that i
direction, among other companies that of Se- •
gnin, have reached this place. Ihe Rangers
will find them if they are to be found.
G. \\ . K.
[ Correspondence of the .V. 1. Evening Post.]
Washington, August 12th, IMG. j
The tarifl’act, the sub-treasury, and ware
house’hill. and the treaty with Sardinia have
made the offices at the Treasury Department
busy places. Collectors and merchants are
calling for information at all pouts. Circu
lars will be printed and dispatched with a;j
possible haste.
Under the warehousing act, it has been
supposed that, goods imported prior to the time
when that law went into operation, could be
stored so as to secure the advantages of the
new rate of duties, but this cannot be done. ;
No goods can be stored to be entered under
the new tariff except those imported since the
warehouse bill passed. |
Orders will, in a few days, be given to col
■ lectors to the effect that the collector only can i
designate into which goods may be placed lor
the purpose of being warehoused. '1 iiese
stores must he under the charge of a cus
; tom house officer, (an inspector of customs,)
1 placed there by the collector. Goal may be 1
stored in yards' also, under the control of the
same officers of the customs.
The reciprocal treaty with Sardinia, just
ratified by onr government, has given rise to ;
new rates of duties. Goods at the Eastern
ports were waiting to be entered. 'The ne
cessary instructions are in a state of prepara
tion.
An examination of the sub-treasury has 1
led to the conclusion that it goes into effect j
immediately so far as to prevent the trea
surers or receivers irom depositing or keep
ing. any money in the banks, or any where |
but in the vaults of the government. It does
not require that specie shall alone he receiv
ed for public dues until the first of January
i next. But it leaves no discretion as to
places o( deposit. It, as is alleged, the act of i
1789 is still in force, nothing but specie can j
I now be received. The balance at present in |
the banks cannot be transferred to other de
positories until the first of April next. Such
j was not the intention of those who framed the
1 law, yet so it roads. An oversight inconsis
j teut with dates has been the cause of this
mistake. What measures the administra
tion will adopt for a state of circumstances <1
for which they were not
were not expected, remains be-^Wn.
Washington, August 13ih, 1846.
While the Protectionists are making such
great efforts to justify the pas-sage of the act
of 1842, it may be uell to translate some of
it into English so that its operation as it has
actually passed, may be understood. 'The
rates ofduty enumerated are from the official
! record published at Washington.
translation.
| Be it enacted by the Congress of the United
States that from and after the passage of this I
i act (August 30th 1842) there shall he levied
| and collected the following rates of doty on 1
the articles herein enumerated.
On Brandy from France, one hundred and !
thirty-four percent. (134 per cent.)
On Spirits distilled from materials other j
than grain, six hundred and forty-four per
; cent. (644 per cent.)
On Cordials being valuable and costing
double the price of Brandy, forty-one (41) 1
; per cent.
On Molasses twenty-nine (29 percent.)
On Brown Sugar sixty-three (63 per cent.) j
! On Demijohns holding one gill less than j
three gallons, one hundred and eighteen J
(1 IS) per cent.
(An Demijohns holding a drop over three
gallons, thirty one (31) percent. (Fine and
judicious discrimination.)
On vials under 6 oz., fifty-four (51) per
; cent.
On vials over oz., seventy (70) per cent.
On chains, (other than cables.) one hun
dred and one (101) percent.
On blacksmith’s hammers, fifty-two (52)
per cent.
On carpenter’s hammers, thirty (30) per
cent.
[Blacksmith’s ought to pay more than car- |
penter’s because they are bigger hammers.]
On nutmegs, forty-two (42) per cent.
On pimento, one hundred and twenty (120)
per cent.
On champagne wine, thirteen (13) per ct.
1 On burgundy, thirteen (13) percent.
On cheap wines from France, forty-six (46)
per cent.; from Austria, seventy-three (73)
per cent.; from Spain, fifty-four (54) per ct.
I On coal, (being used bv the poor it of j
I course ought to be taxed.) sixty-nine (69) |
! per cent.
On wilton carpets, twenty-eight (28) per I
| cent.
On common ingrain (which there is dan- ;
ger might be used by common people,) car
peting, seventy-three per cent.
On fine cottons, costing over 30 cents per
yard, thirty (30) per cent.
On common cotton goods, costing 5 cents, j
i 120 percent.; costing 6 cents, 100 per cent.;
: costing 8 cents, 75 per cent.; costing 12 I
cents, 50 percent.; costing IS cents, 33 per
cent.; costing 20 cents, 30 per cent.
On window glass (Cylinder) between 16
by 11 inches and 18 by 12 inches, 36 per j
cent.; over 18 by 12, 67 per cent., (quite a
difference for an inch in size.)
On crown window glass, 18x12, 18 per I
cent. On 18 by 13, and so up, 79 per cent.
(These items show what Mr. Webster calls
a well digested tariff.)
On polished plate glass 30 per cent. -On
plain glass tumblers, 139 per cent. (A
! moderate difference of only 109 per cent, be- ;
tween the glass used by the rich and the
poor.)
These are a few amongst many hundred
; of the specimens of tanft‘ making of Mr,
| Evans, of Maine, acting under the advice of 1
i a Lowell manufacturer. The advocates of '
| such an infamous bill as this are claiming to ,
he the friends of the laboring man in tiie
United Slates.
Mr. Evans left Washington without pub
lishing his speech, as was predicted.
A singular and serious affair took place at
the City Hotel, New York, on Thursday
morning. A gentleman from the South, Mr.
Alexander Wilson, who was temporarily re- j
siding there with his sister and cousin, made
an attempt to shoot her as she was proceed
ing to the breakfast table, leaning on the
arm of her cousin. He fired two barrels of
a revolving pistol at her, but fortunately the i
cap only exploded, and she escaped unharm
ed. Seeing himself foiled in his attempt to
take her life, Mr. Wilson fled, and has not j
since been heard of. It is said that the t
trouble grew’ out of her refusal to put under
j his control certain property in Louisiana,
which she holds in her own right.— JPhila-
I delphia U. Si. Gazette, Aug. 15.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT-
U. S. Telegraph Office,?
5 o’clock, f- >
From Baltimore, August 17, 1346.
[ prom the Washington I ■non.]
By an arrival at Philadelphia from Havana,
whence she sailed on the 6th tnrtant m.tel «-
cm nee has been received from \ era Cruz to
the 3d instant, brought by the steamer \ esu
vius. It is very sickly at \ era Cruz, the ,
being 300 on the sick list ot the British am
American squadrons together. Comma m.e
Connor has run the Princeton underlie gun
of Itie town; and although they could plainly
see that the batteries were fully manned, she
was not fired upon. It was afterwards as
certained that the garrison was in a slate ot
mutiiiv, and refused to obey orders.
PROGRESS OFTItEE TRADE UN THE EU
ROPEAN CONTINENT.
[Correspondence of (he London Morning Chronicle.]
Hamburg, June 2a.
’Flie first instalment of the tribute due to
1 England for the important alterations in her
commercial policy, has now been paid by one
' of the northern powers. Ihe government of
I Russia has at length made known its inten
tion and views by promulgating important
ameliorations in her tariff. 1 lie prohibitory
, system once broken in upon, there is no telling
where it will stop. Prussia and feaxony
that is to snv, the governments —are sick ot
the protective prin uple; and although tor po
litical motives lor the lime being they are una
ble to resist the demands of Bavaria. W ur
temberg and Baden, tiie time cannot be far
distant When the whole foreign policy of the
Zollverein will be submitted to revision. The
’ bulk of the population of Prussia and Saxony
begin to think for themselves, and to wonder
i at the policy which subjects them to heavy
taxation for the support of particular manu
facturers or other particular interests; and
within a very few cry will be general
throughout Germany for legislation in favor
of the masses, and not of classes, and for that
wholesome interchange of commodities with
1 countries beyond the boundaries of theZoll
! vereiu, which within them is already enjoyed
! and so universally felt and admitted. A jnne
: tion between Hamburg and the Zollverein is
now more improbable than ever. Even the
respected Monarch of Prussia, wtio lived,and
moved, and had his being in the Zollverein,
whose inheritance it was from the late King,
and who dreamed of nothing but the annex
ation tqjt of Hanover, the Mccklenburgs, and
Towns, Oldenburg and Holstein, is
said tcJhave enlarged his views upon the sub
ject, and instead of a Zojiverein for all Ger
many, to be desirous of witnessing the forma
tion of one for the whole world! Mr. Cobden
himself could desire nothing more. The
practical evil of $e Zollverein (as regards its
intercourse with foreign countries) is less se
verely felt in its core than at tiie extremities.
The inhabitants of the heart of the Zollverein
enjoy, at all events, a poor commercial inter
! course with their surrounding neighbors.
; This is not the case with respect to the in
habitants who live along the shores of the
i Baltic, and in Brunswick or other frontier
! States. The latter enjoy but a one sided free
i dom of commercial intercourse even within
| their boundaries, and are either subjected to
I the restrictions neighbors as blind
i as themselves—Baden. me restrictions of
France; Bavaria ami Saxony, to those ol Aus
tria; or to the impossibility of competing with
neighbors who enjoy a more extended degree
; of commercial freedom than themselves, or
j the Brunswick with Hanover, and
j VVirtemoiirg with Switzerland. This disad
j vantage is fell severely enough, but the effect
is variously seen. In the northern states of ,
' the Zollverein, on the shores of the Baltic, in
Brunswick and Saxony, the people call aloud
for an ameliorated tariff, or a disruption of
the Zollverein. In the southern states, in
; VVuvtembnrg, Baden and Bavaria, the inhab
: iiants demand a reparation from the Zollve
rem, or increased protection. In the wine .
shops and coffee houses, where “people most
do congregate” in those countries in which
bad wine is produced. Dr. Liszt is the great
oracle, and there .protection is the cry; whilst
in the northern slates of the Zollverein where
the inhabitants think for fheinselves, the de
j mand is for freedom of trade, and for a more
j libera! intercourse with their neighbors.
These remarks apply of course to the trading
and manufacturing classes, as the inhabitants
of Germany generally, who have no particu
lar interest to uphold—whether of the north
or south—are equally desirous to be relieved
from the weight of taxation now imposed
upon them for the supposed benefit of particu
lar classes.
Havana, August sth, 1846.
To the Editor of the Union:
By the English war steamer Vesuvius,
from Vera Cruz, and bound to Bermuda for
the health of her crew, touching here for
coal, we are informed that the Raritan had
sailed for Pensacola with near 390 sick, from j
the American squadron; (lie diseases scurvy |
and yellow fever; the last of which prevails i
to a great extent in the city and harbor of
I Vera Cruz. The Vesuvius had lost both en-.
gineers from yellow fever, and had many of !
I her crew sick.
We have been amused hereby letter wri
ting and ediiorial speculation on the move- j
merits of a Mr. Murphy (properly Murfia) to I
and in Mexico. This Mr. Murfia is a Span- ,
iard, and has forgotten tiie Irish spelling of
his ancestral name. He is a wealthy money
broker of Mexico, and the agent of the English
bondholders, and heretofore has had no po- i
litical or diplomatic agency. He was a protege I
of Santa Anna, by whose aid and countenance
lie amassed a fortune, in the city of Mexico,
ot §300.000 in two years; he is known here,
and Lis acquaintances are quite surprised at (
his new position, if your papers are correct, j
By the steamer Charleston, arrived here I
yesterday from Charleston, came Mr. H.
Tamaris, who chartered the steamer for §3,-
000 to bring him to this port, that he might
be (it is supposed) in time to take the English
steamer lor Vera Cruz. Mr. Tarfiaris" left
England on the 4th tilt., and report attaches
importance to his movements, particularly as
he immediately called on Santa Anna. The j
truth, however, appears to be that he is a man
of large fortune, and a holder of immense
tracts of land in California, which he is im
patient to look after. There is nothing new
here; heat intense, and yellow fever more
general than it has been known for years, but
of a comparatively mild type.
Your obedient servant.
We learn with deep regret the death of T.
J. Hibt.br Esq., of this District. His death
will be a public loss, as he has cut oft*
in the prime and vigor of life. —Hamburg
Republican Aug. 19
TFlnall the country parishes in Louisiana,
they contemplate giving barbacues and a
hospitable welcome home to the volunteers.
1 his is all right: but Jet pork ami beans be
dispensed with—who says beans?
AUGUSTA. GEO..
~FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 21, 1846.
" persons are cautioned from
purchasing newspapers from any of
| the black boys employed about this
I ollice.
And those who have recently pur
i chased from them, are requested to
return the papers, during this week,or
subject themselves to a prosecution.
jj-A meeting of the citizens of August*
and Richmond county, will be held, at the
City Hah on Saturday evening next, at 4
o’clock, to appoint a committee to purchase
the Sword to be presented to Gen. D. R.
I Tvviggs. Citizens who have not had an op.
por unity to subscribe fortius purpose, can
then do so.
| 3j We publish this morning the latest
i news from the Rio Grande. A portion will
| be found upon our lirst page, and the balance
| upon our second page.
[UrWe copy l lie proceedings of the Agri
cultural Meeting, held at the Stone Moun
tain, on the 7th of August, from the Chronicle
and Sentinel of yesterday morning. We did
not receive the proceedings of this meeting
I from the Secretary, which will account for
the delay in their publication in our paper.
| (UTllon. Dixon 11. Lewis and family pass
ed through this city, last evening, on their
route to Alabama.
IFF We regret to announce the death of
Mr. Andrew McLean, Sen. one of the oldest
i inhabitants of Augusta—lie was highly res
pected, and his deal li will he deeply deplored.
He was apparently well up to about eight
: o’clock, and died before nine o’clock on last
i evening. His ago was about 75 years.
O 3 The Savannah Georgian, of the 19th
i inst. says: “The Hon. S. Jarnagin, U. S. Se
i nator from Tennessee, sojourned in our city
yesterday, on his way from Washington City
to his home in that State, whither he last
night proceeded via Central Rail Road.”
HfTlie Savannah Republican of Wednes
day last says:—“On the 14th insf.,a man by
| the name of Samuel A. Hunch, of South Ca
| rolina. was arrested by the City Marshal, un
\ der the following circumstances. He offered
' for sale to several persons a likely negro man,
! calling himself at one place Jacobs, at anotli
! er Mahon, and at a third (Annor. This cir
cumstance coming to the knowledge of Mr.
Montmollin, he arrested and carried him be
fore Justice Railord, by whom he was com
mitted to await the requisition ot tiie authori
ties of Carolina. The negro, who is in jail
I belongs to the estate of Clias. Graves, near
Charleston.
O’The following, we believe, is an item
of the latest intelligence from Mata morns:
[From /hr j\ r . O. Delta, August 15.}
IMPORTANT MOVE OF TROOPS.
I Tlit* following is an extract of a letter dated Via*
; tnmoro.s. August 6, received yesterday by agentle
' man in t.bi.s- city :
j “ Hays' Regiment cannot leave liere for two or
j tbree days. This expedition is mure, than an ordi
| nary ranging party. They are being equipped
with tents—something unusual; all the horses have
; to be shod, arid a paymaster, I learn, goes along.
| All I lie prominent men whoare here from the Uni
ted States or Texas, accompany it. Look out for
-I squalls: do not be surprised, if the water don’t
I prevent, if yon bear of them having possession of
Tampico, and of the mass of the volunteers being
\ shipped that way, and marched from that point
| through the country.”
ELECTIONS.
Illinois. —The Journal of Commerce of
! 17th inst.savs:—So fat as heard from. Abra
i
j barn Lincoln, elected to represent the 7tb
j (Springfield) District, is Ihe only Whig
! elected to Congress from Illinois. Robert
; Smith, (irreg. Demo.) is elected for the Ist
| district by a majority of about. 1800; John A.
i McClernand, member of the present Con
i gress, for the 2d District; McDaughlin (irre
i gular Detn.) fur the 3d, over Ficklin, the
j present incumbent; John Wentworth for the
I 4th.
i
Indiana. —Gov. Whitcomb’s (Dem.) ma
j jorily will nearly reach 2500, exceeding
| Pres’t Polk’s. The Senate stands 26 Demo
; crats to 24 Whigs. As far as heard from tho
House stands 52 Whigs and 39 Democrats.
I Nine members not ascertained. There will
he a Whig majority in the House and on joint
ballot. The next Legislature has to elect a
State Auditor, Slate Treasurer, and Stale
Printer.
MISSOURI.
Members of Conoress Elected.
Ist District, James 13. Bowlin, Detn.
2nd “ John Jameson, “
3rd “ James S. Greene, “
MORE NEW COTTON.
The Savannah Georgian of the 19th inst,
says:—Two more bales, of the new crop,
reached this city on Tuesday evening, via
the Centra! Rail Road, from the plantation
of Alex. Telfair, Esq., Washington coun
ty, and were consigned to Messrs. R. Haber
sham & Son.
Persecution. —The history of persecution
for opinion’s sake, in Pennsylvania, is thus
briefly but pithily laid down in the following
I extract from the Doylestovvn (Pa.) Democrat;
j “The effigy of George M. Dallas waa
burned in the public streets of Philadelphia
last week by a federal mob. During the
Bank panic, the fathers of those who com
posed this mob, and called themselves Na
tional Republicans, burned the effigy of Gen.
Andrew Jackson, on the same ground.
In. 1798, the effigy of Thomas Jefferson
was burned on the same identical spot bv tho
j grandfathers ot the rioters of 1845, who at
i tiiat time called themselves federalists. In
1775-6-7-8 9, the great-grandfathers of this
same mob of J 846, burned the effigy of Pat
rick Henry and George Washington, on tho
same spot likewise, and went by the name
ofTories. The line of descent is so direct as
to be unquestionable; and what is most Re
markable is, that the old generation always
manage it to become so unpopular that they
i advise their children to change their names.”