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[From the N. O. Ddla .]
IMPORTANT MEXICAN AFFAIRS—SANTA
ANNA’S MYSTERIOUS DOINGS!
The Patria of yesterday publishes a
letter from a new correspondent at Ha
vana, dated Sept. 22, in which an ex
tract of a letter from Mexico to a res
pectable merchant at Havana, is given.—
The lelter from Mexico is dated Sept. 4,
and is said to have been forwarded by
one of the U. S. men-of-war that left
Vera Cruz on the 6th or 7lh. We sup
pose it was the Princeton, as site was the
last vessel that left Vera Cruz, early in
September.
We here give the translation of this '
extract, which will undoubtedly be pe
rused with interest by the generality of
our readers:
Gen. Santa Anna has at last arrived
here. I informed you in my last letter, |
that since his arrival at Encero, he has
been assiduously occupied in directing
manoeuvres extremely strange and mys
terious to those who are not well informed
of the meshes in which this affair is en
tangled. Gen. Ampudia—“the “last card
of the pack,” we may say, in speaking of
Mexican generals—has her n charged with
the chief command of the defending army,
or rather the parapet division —which is
the best name we can give to the troops
gathered for the purpose of marching
against the invading North Americans.
Ampudia must be utterly ignorant of the i
complot in which he is at present mixed
up, because he is not a very brave man,
and it is believed that neither for money I
nor glory would be expose himself to un
dergo such imminent peril. In fact, I
am disposed to believe that with the ex
ception of three or four of the most ele
vated men among them,Gens. Santa Anna
and Almonte, all the Mexicans are ig
norant of this plot; and even I would not
known it myself, if an extraordinary cir
cumstance had not presented itself to af
ford me the means of being initiated into
these secret machinations .
Gen. Santa Anna obtained from the
Government of the United States a pass
port, or safe-conduct, in order that Com.
Conner should not prevent him from land
ing at Vera Cruz. This passport was
given under conditions and arrangements,
of a character extraordinarily MachiveU
lian.
As far as I have been able to learn,
Gen. Santa Anna has engaged with the
Government of the United Slates, \o man
ifest publicly he prosecutes the war
with energy; but, at the same time, all
Ids movements, and every one of his ope
rations. must be, by pre-arrangement j
with the Government of the United States,
conducted in a previously understood 1
manner. For this purpose, the Mexican
Government will employ its officers and
chiefs , of inferior military character, and,
if it should be possible, the troops of less
value and importance with them, in order
that it may be impossible for them to de
vise plans or effect measures that could be
detrimental to the Army of the United
States. Quarrels and skirmishes will
take place between both parties, but they
will be so conducted on the part of Mexi
co, that no result favorable to the cause
of Mexico will follow from them.
Through these operations, Mexico will
lose several thousands of her inferior sol
diers, and a number of its innumerable
officers —and thus it will be partly freed
of the plague which is gnawing at the vi
tals oflhe country.
The party in the secret of affairs, see
ing these results, and convinced, at last,
that the United States troops will triumph,
they vvill come to the belief that it is not
convenient to prosecute the war with that
Republic, and it will then be unanimous
ly decided by the Mexican people, that
an amicable arrangement should be en
tered into, which will be done in a man
ner profitable to the United Spates. Santa
Anna’s responsibility will be covered by
this act; treaties will be formed, and a
settlement of affairs will follow—the re
sult of which will be, that Sa?ita Anna
will be appointed President and Dictator
of the Mexican Republic, for a term of
eight or ten years; and Mexico will be
under the immediate protection of the
United States, and by them will be pro
tected. The effort will be made to keep
things in this state during Santa Anna’s
life, so that alter his death, several States
may be formed, which will be annexed to
those of the North American Republic.
The Californians will become separated
from the very moment. Extraordinary
privileges will be granted both to the com
merce and the inhabitants of the Union
—emigrants from the Stales will be in
vited to and protected in Mexico; and
after all these important arrangements
and services rendered, prepared by the
benefactor of his country, Gen. Don An
tonio Lopez de Santa Anna will meet
with due recompense.
During the term necessary for the
proper settlement of all these operations,
it is agreed that the principal ports of the
Mexican Republic will remain under
blockade by the U. S. squadron, to keep
alive and increase the disgust and loath
ing which it must naturally bring upon the
sacrificed people, and this will serve the
purpose considerably of getting the suf
lerers to declare in’favor of a new revo
lution, and a pronunciamienio against the
war. And at that lime, an envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary
will be in readiness to lake advantage of
r O
the moment, and make his appearance
in Mexico with the olive branch and a
pacific countenance. The people will
then raise the cry to admit him—to hear
his propositions— and the remaining
troops, who by that time will have taken
warning by experience from their lost
comrades, finding their force and number
considerably reduced, will have neither
valor nor spirit enough to oppose the will
of the people; and then Santa Anna, j
taking good advantage of this opportunity,
showing his influence and intelligent
tactics, will obtain new allies, and nu
merous sympathies, by aiding the wishes
of all. And he will then cause it to be
explained, (in his customary style, we
suppose,) '■'■that his constant wishes were
to make a peace since the moment he saw
it was too late to make amends, and over
throw the enemies of the nation, when they
had once been allowed to advance so far
at the commencement
The Correspondent of La Palria says
: he has not time to copy any more of the
j letter, which is very long, and where the
i writer enters into details and remarks
about these mysteries. He adds that he
! is informed bv the merchants of Havana,
| that the writer is a man of high standing
j in Mexico, and of considerable intellec
tual ability.
[From the Georgia Journal.]
THE COTTON CROP.
From what we can learn, from various
sections of the State, we are led to believe
that the Colton Crop in Georgia, will not
be as short as we anticipated a few weeks
back. The crop will be much larger
than it was last year; and had it not been
for the caterpillar and worm, it would ,
have been quite a large one. As it is,
we think there will be at least three- |
fourths of an average. We may be mis- ;
i taken in this. The ravages of the worm
in Western Georgia may be greater than
we suppose it to be—but in Middle Geor- I
gia, although the worm has attacked the 1
Cotton on some plantations and nearly de- :
siroyed the whole ofit, yet their work has |
not been extensive, and where planters j
have not been annoyed by them they will !
make good crops. On the other —on and
beyond the Chattahoochee, the crops will ;
be remarkably short. The accounts |
which we have seen, and a small portion ;
of which we have published, are of the
most discouraging character. The ca- {
terpiliarand worm have not dealt kindly
with the good people of Alabama, Loui
siana, Mississsippi, &c. — and in many in- i
stances farmers will not make one-sixth ;
of an average crop. As at least two-thirds j
of the Cotton in the United States are
made beyond the line above indicated,
if the accounts received approximate, by
half, to the truth, there will be a very
large falling off—perhaps not less than
500,000 or 000,000 bales—if so, the crop
will not reach more than 1,800,000 to
2,000,000. To one who has in mind the
crop of last year, and who has not re-
I fleeted upon the subject, it would seem
, tiiat if there is the falling off as above
stated in the Southern and Southwestern
States, the crop will be much shorter than
we have indicated. But last year, while
Georgia and South Carolina, and a part
of Alabama, made but a very mean crop,
the Slates that at present fare so badly,
made excellent crops—indeed at New Or
leans, the receipts were nearly 100,000
bales more than they were the year before.
While, then, we sincerely regret the
misfortune that has befallen some of our
planters, and truly sympathise with them,
in the destruction of their crops—yet we
congratulate all of them upon the prospect
of better prices for Cotton. Already, the
market has opened better than usual, ami
as the season advances (believing as we
do that the crop will not reach 2,000,-
000) we anticipate a further rise. And
so well satisfied are we of what we say
—that had we cotton, and not compelled
to sell it, we should hold on to it for some
time to come—others might do as they
pleased.
Death of a Misanthrope . —The New-
Orleans papers notice the death in that
city, of a singular character named J.
B. Rosenda, a native of Italy. He had
been, in early life, crossed in love, and
came to this country with a mind soured
by disappointment, a hater of the human
family. He entered the night watch of
New-Orleans, in which he remained for
twenty-six years, during which time he
lived as much as the nature of his em
ployment would admit of, secluded from
the world, enduring the society of others,
because it enabled him to amass wealth.
He was withal a miser, and it was found
on opening his will that he had amassed
between twenty-five and thirty thousand
dollars, about twelve thousand of which
consists of money, and the remainder is
invested in real estate and other property.
With the exception of some small sums
which he has willed to a negro woman,
who had been his attendant, and her
children, all of whom he has emancipa
ted, and with the exception of a sum which
he has appropriated for his funeral ex
penses and the erection of a tomb, he has
directed two-thirds of his estate to be
given to an Italian physician, who resides
in the city, to whom, although they were
school-fellows in their native land, he had
not spoken to for twelve years before his
death; and the remaining third he has
devised to his sister in Italy, or her heirs;
but in case she is not living, or has no
heirs, the whole is to go to his old school
fellow. He seemed to have been anx
ious to preserve his isolated position even
in the grave. He has directed the pur
chase of a piece ot ground in the St. Louis
cemetery, much larger than is usually
devoted to the burial place of one indivi
dual, and on this he has ordered a tomb
to be erected in which he alone is to be
interred.
w——!«—WttlM—Pll ll 111 I|——BBMCT—BB————
The Bulletin says he was educated at
one of the celebrated universities of his
native country and is said to have been
an accomplished scholar.
THE WIDOW.
A correspondent of the N. Y. Commer
cial Advertiser, under the nom de -plume
of “Quis,” is writing a series of humor
ous letters “from Washington” for that
I paper. For quiet, rich, humor, we have
seen nothing lately like them. The wri
ter comes nearer to the Sterne and Dick
ens school of gracefully playful limning
with the pen, than any other writer of
whom we know. Below we give an ex
tract from one of his inimitable sketches.
It is well to premise that he boards with a
young and fascinating widow; that he re
turns late at night from a dinner parly; j
that he had just left a Mr. Svveeple, who
was himself widow tortured—Caudleized
—and who, fora full hour, had been im
pressing Mr. Quis with the inevitable :
misery entailed on all who formed a ma- I
; trimonial alliance with widows. It was j
at such a time, and under such circurn- i
stances, that he meets his fair, widowed |
hostess. What followed he best explains |
himself, so we will allow him to tell it to i
the reader in his own language: —
“Bless me! are you there at this lime of
| night?” I turned, and as I live, there was
j the widow! “Bow very ridiculous,” she
said; “she did not know I was there, and j
had just come to pul out the light and see
that the fire was all safe. She had just
thrown a shawl on, and to be seen in her
nightcap —Oh! it was shocking. Good
night, it was time I was in bed: I must i
make hast so that she could return and |
| extinguish the lamp.”
You will be astonished at my boldness
(as I was afterward.) but as she was re- |
i tiring from the room, I look the candle- i
slick from her hand, led her to a sofa, and ;
i insisted upon relating all the adventures
|of the day to her. She showed very ,
little reluctance to comply, and 1 sal down
1 beside her,
“But goodness gracious, I cannot be
! sitting alone with you at this hour.”
1 don’t know why she sunk her voice
to a whisper as she said this, but she did
and her looks said as plainly as looks can i
| speak—“ Oh, do detain me!” “Why,”
I replied, “this is the most quiet, delight
; ful hour of the twenty-four—the silence \
gives a kind ofsacred propriety to it; be
| sides its only I—there’s no harm in sitting
with me.”
“Well,” she answered, “do let me
i take off this odious cap. How could Ibe
j caught with this horrid cap on?” and she
i raised her hands to untie its ribbons, but
i no, that “horrid cap” added a new charm
to her beautiful features. I insisted upon
I its remaining. I was peremptory; I clasp
! ed her fingers to prevent its removal,
| and she desisted. There was magic in
I her fingers that prevented my releasing
them. Did you ever sit at midnight with
I a pretty woman, wearing a pretty night
cap, holding her hand? If so, you may
imagine my feelings. You know how
her touch thrills the blood cold and qui
vering, and how the heart leaps with a
kind of tremulous exultation, that almost
takes away the breath and makes the
throat feel hoarse and husky, and how
the fingers of the disengaged hand will
be heating upon the back of the sofa in
spite of yourself. This was how I fell,
who had never before been in such a
! situation, and although I had detained
! the voun" widow with an intention of
I J O % ?
; giving her a lively account of the day s
and night’s adventures, the power of
• speech suddenly left me. “Well,” she
said softly, “how did you enjoy yourself
at the party?”
“Excellently,” I replied, “we were very \
merry.” We were again silent for a full
minute, and when our eyes met I felt
I actually embarrassed, although I was con
scious of doing no wrong.
The widow was the first to speak
again; she looked in my face and with a
smile vvispered, “I really think Mr. Svvee
ple is”—she nodded her head and smiled,
i “He is,” I answered, and beginning to ;
feel more at my ease, I felt my arm slide
gently down the sofa until it almost
unconsciously encircled her waist. The
widow gently tried to remove it, but I
was obstinate, and she desisted. VV as
not I grown bold?
What wonder if my arm clasped her
lighter as she proceeded to whisper a
little anecdote (quite a secret) about Mrs.
Jephson and Miss Quince? What won
der, when our looks were so expressive
whenever our eyes met, if, in the abstrac
tion attendant on relating the story, the
ivorv fingers of her hand fell upon mine,
-o . 1
sweetly and unconsciously imprisoning
it? All this was the natural result of
our situation. But when we had con
tinued thus for ten or fifteen minutes, and
she lifted her white hand and gently put
back a lock of hair that had fallen upon
my forehead, it was too much for me, and
1 clasped her to rny bosom and—kissed
her.
She gave the prettiest little start in the
world, and recovered herself by adminis
tering a gentle box on the ear to me, which
accompanied by a smile, was intended, I
could plainly see, for thanks. But as
she withdrew her eyes from mine they
rested upon some object in the room
which turned her cheek pale and caused
her to release my hand. I looked, and
there was the portrait of her late husband,
regarding us with a look, as it seemed to
us both, of stern and melancholy rebuke.
The lamp was expiring, and in the flick
ing of the light one might have sworn
that the portrait was shaking its head in
sorrowful upbraiding. The widow looked
for a moment, then burst into tears, and
snatching up her candle hastily retired.
I followed quickl}', with a beating heart;
for after the occurrence, I would as soon
haue remained alone with a ghost as with
that portrait. Quis.
AUGUSTA. GEO.,
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1846.
Erratum. —Our daily paper of yesterday
contained an error in the election returns of
Bel Air precinct, by the transposition of the
figures indicating Mr. Flournoy's vote. It
was printed 91, it should have been 19. We
fear that it will be a long time before a De
mocrat will get 91 votes at that box.
(CTWe understand that the Iron Steamboat
Company have determined to place upon the
river a high pressure Iron steamer, con
structed with a view to the lightest possible
draught, and to be used in towing up light
ers, when the river is low. This will enable
them to bring goods up from Savannah at
all seasons of the year, and give our citizens
a reliable and uninterrupted navigation.
“Such a consummation is devoutly to be
wished.”
(CTConsiderable surprize is felt here at the
result of the Chatham vote, and we have
been asked, how is it to be accounted for?
We have no information except what we de
rive from the Savannah papers. The Geor
gian says that the whigs supported their
nominee to a man, while a large number of
democrats abstained from voting. The Geor
o-ian assigns no reason for this. The Re
publican comes out with an expression of
“sincere and heartfelt thanks” to “The Me
chanics of Savannah,” for the part they en
acted in the struggle. We are to presume
j therefore that the efforts made by the whigs
I to produce a local excitement and prejudice
against the democratic candidate, on ac
-1 count of his having, as it was alleged, era
| ployed black mechanics instead of white, in
i some instances, and for other similar grave
outrages upon the rights of that class of vo
ters, have proved eminently successful.—
I The mechanics have the credit assigned them I
of voting under the influence of these local !
matters in a body, and thus giving the whig i
party the preponderance. We saw the Sa
vannah papers teeming with discussions on
i this subject, but had no idea that this small
game would have been so successful when a
seat in Congress was in contest. Had it
been a contest for a seat in the State Legis
| lature, we might have expected that possibly
the dispute had some relation to the office
sought.
We have nothing to say of the merits of
the discussion, but we cannot refrain from
expressing our regret that so able and effi
cient a man as Mr. Cohen should not have
been more justly appreciated in our sister
city. We have long looked upon him as one
of the most talented, energetic and upright
gentleman in the ranks of the democratic
party.
IT The numerous friends of Mr. Locke, |
senior editor of the Savannah Republican; !
will be pleased to hear of his safe return to •
this country.
The Republican of the 6th inslant, an
nounces his arrival with his family at New
York.
AN OPINION OF MR. WEBSTER’S.
“Others may rely upon other sources and look |
upon other foundations and other hopes for our
country, but 1 confess, that in this period of my
political life—now not an early one—l am full of
the feeling that there is no hope that can actuate
good men in tins country, and that I see in the
dark and troubled night that surrounds ns, no star
of hope above the horizon, but in the intelligent,
patriotic, united Whig parly of the United States.”
The above paragraph is going the rounds
of the whig press. It is rather an unfeeling
parade of the unhappy state of mind of one
of their great men. Mr. Webster’s condition,
or the condition of the country is really de
plorable. We leave it to the public to de
cide. We do not know when this opinion
was given. We presume recently—perhaps
about the time he raised the cry of Repeal
and Restoration —repeal of the new and res
toration of the old tariff, and which cry was
incontinently choked down by the more judi- !
tious of his whig compeers in the Senate.—
Probably by this time Mr. Webster is in
clined to take a more cheerful view of mat
ters. Perhaps this dismal picture of his im
agination was conjured up by a restless night
and bad dreams. If the country is enveloped
in such thick and impenetrable darkness, the
people are certainly not aware of it. They
think that the sun of prosperity is breaking
upon them to cheer—to invigorate and to
bless their exertions. They believe that
their country never stood higher, and was
never more respected in the eyes of foreign
nations. But this may all be a delusion.—
Mr. Webster thinks that we are a nation
without hope, unless whigery is called upon
to redeem our country from a state of sad
prostration. A Sovereign Panacea indeed!
Politicians like Mr. Webster would prescribe
it, doubtless, as Dr. Sangrado administered
bleeding and hot-water. But should the body
politic ever become as seriously afflicted as
the gloomy Senator from Massachusetts im
agines it now to be, we doubt whether he is
the physician, or his the medicine which will
be called for by the patient.
o*The New Orleans papers of the 2d
inst., contain late accounts brought from
Vera Cruz and Tampico by the U. S. Re
venue Cutter Van Buren.
Capt. Carpender, officers and crew of the
brig Truxton, arrived at the former place on
the 12th ult. Letters from off Tampico and
Vera Cruz state that a flag of truce had
passed to the John Adams, having proposals
for the delivery of the officers and crew of
the Truxton to Commodore Conner on pa
role. It was thought they would return
shortly to the United States, either in the
sloop John Adams, or store ship Relief.
A Court Martial was held on Ist ult. on
board the St. Mary’s, to try a seaman named
Samuel Jackson, charged with striking his
superior officer, Lieut. Taylor, and uttering
seditious and mutinous words. He was
found guilty, and sentenced to be hanged on
such day as should be directed by the com
mander-in-chief. Com’r. Conner, appointed !
Sept. 17th. It was believed generally in
the squadron that the sentence would not be
carried into effect. A letter of the 15th
from off Vera Cruz, says :
“f am sorry to learn that every officer on board
the St. Mary’* believes that the execution will not
take place—and ihe opinion, unhappily extends to
the man himself. I fear he will be awfully disap
pointed, as the Commodore considers him an irre
raisaible victim to the demon of example. His of
fence was a gross one : he struck the officer of the
deck, who was at the lime acting as Ist Lieutenant,
almost entirely without cause for anger or com
plaint. He is an Irishman, and.it is said, of a
very respectable family.”
O' A destructive fire occurred in Vicks
burg on the 29th ult. An extra from the
office of the Vicksburg Whig, says; “The
whole square between Jackson and Grove
streets, and on the west side of Washington
street, was consumed, together with the
buildings on the east of Washington street.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION.
Ist District—lß Counties.
1814. 1846.
Spalding. King. Cohen. King.
Chatham. 626 616 395 606
Gth District—ll Counties.
Cobh. Underwood. Cobb. Cleveland
Walton, 702 462 146 maj.
7th District—lo Counties.
Julies. Stephens. Turner. Stephens
Baldwin, 258 280 171 222
Taliaferro, 54 406 21 421
Greene, 138 725 81 507
Bth District—lU Counties.
Black. Toombs. Flournoy. Toombs
Richmond, 616 825 3U4 553
Lincoln, 174 269 117 216
Columbia, 264 460 150 317
THANKING THE MOST HIGH BY RESOLUTION.
We place below the following resolution,
adopted by the passengers, on board the Great
Western, after the storm had abated. The
idea of thanking God by proxy, in this man
ner and deputing a Committee to draft the
resolve, is certainly novel. The clause, in-
I eluding the “Captain, officers and crew,” in
he same vote of thanks, is not the least curi
ous part of the affair;
Resulted, That a Committee be appointed
to draft a resolution expressive of our grati
tude to Almighty God for his great goodness
in our almost miraculous deliverance from
destruction; and also to the captain, officers,
and crew of the ship, for their arduous la
bors, and their skill, firmness, and persever
ance, in carrying the ship through her late
perilous condition.”
The serious reader will probably be still
further astonished to learn that this Parlia
mentary mummery was actually carried out,
and that the Almighty received a vote of
thanks for his exceeding kindness and provi
dential care, precisely in the same manner
that captains of packet ships are frequently
complimented at the close of dangerous and
protracted voyages.
People, for aught we care, may worship
God as they choose, either through com mi t
: tee or otherwise, and Mr. Greeley’s peculiar
notions in such matters, render the Tribune
| eminently appropriate,as the medium through
| which such ceremonies may be spread before
! the world. When people, however, parade
; their method of devotion through the press,
they cannot complain if it be commented
upon. — N. Y. Globe.
The Storm. —The Natchez Courier of the
19th ult. says:—“lt commenced raining on
Friday night about 10 o’clock, accompanied
with some wind, and continued all night, and
all day on Saturday, without intermission.
The quantify of rain that fell must have
been great, for we understand St. Catherine’s
creek was higher than it has been for some
lime; and Second Creek has not been as high
for 10 years. What per centum of damage
has been done to the “poor remnant” of the
cotton crop, we will not undertake to esti
mate; but, from its exposed situation, it must
be considerable.
We are told some of onr planters in this
vicinity finished picking on Friday. That is
to say, had gathered ail that was open, and
expected but a very small gleaning from the
bolls yet to mature. Bad as their condition
is, it is not worse than that of those who
had most of their crop exposed to the “poll
ings of the storm.” There cannot be a
doubt, that short as the crop is, from the ra
vages of the worm and the previous unpro
j pitious season—it is rendered still shorter
by the late storm. This we believe is the
opinion of all our planters.”
Copper Mine in Rhode Island. —The Tow
er Hill Mining Co., is the name of a compa
ny which has been formed in Boston for the
purpose of working a copper mine in Cum
berland, Rhode Island. The existence of
copper ore in this vicinity has long been
known, and the same was opened and worked
before the revolutionary war, but has been for
many years abandoned. About four thou
sand pounds of ore were taken from the shaft
last week, and the best of it yields as largely
as twenty per cent, of copper. It has the ap
pearance of being very rich.
The Cotton Crop. —The die is now cast, j
In one week more says the St. Francisville
Chronicle of the 26th instant, there will be
no cotton to pick in this parish. Nearly
every boll left by the worm is now open.—
From every quarter our intelligence is the
same. Some will make larger crops than
others, owing to the advantage of a good
stand and early tillage, but the average crop
of the parish will not exceed our former esti
mate, viz: one-third of the usual yield.
“TVie Aspect —The Tribune, in specnlat
ing on the prospects of the Whig party and
the political complexion of the different
States, says that Rhode Island is Whig: a
piece of news which all persons who know
nothing about that State, must be very
thankful for. Connecticut, he says, though
a strong Whig State, is “Loco” through “the
indirect aid of Birneyism and the direct in
fluence of rum.” This last declaration is a
very honest and important one, inasmuch as
it shows that the Whigs will have their
toddy if they are obliged to vote the Demo
cratic ticket for it.— N. Y. Globe.
An Explanation. —The Philadelphia Ledg
er says, it is frequently asked to explain the
difference between the price of wheat per
quarter and per barrel in sterling money.—
The simple rule by which every man can
ascertain this for himself is, to multiply the
price per quarter by 7, and divided by 12, the
result will give the amount per barrel. Thus
58 shillings per quarter, multiplied by 7 and
divided by 12 gives 325. Bd. per barrel.
Mr. Lover's Dehut. —A very large and fashiona
ble audience was assembled, last evening, to wel
come this distinguished gentleman. Some of his
songs were •■beautiful exceedingly.” As a story
teller, he is perfectly inimitable ; his wit is spark
j ling, chaste and irresistibly comic. The follovv
! ing song, the first sung by him last evening, will
( give our readers an idea of Mr. Lover, as a poet. —•
N. Y. Telegraph.
THE TWO BIRDS.
A bright bird liv’d in a golden cage.
So gently tended by groom and page.
And a wild bird came her pomp to see.
And said “I wish I eould live with thee ;
For thou canstsing
And prune thy wing
While dainty fare.
Thy slaves prepare.”
The wild bird came her pomp to see.
And said, “I wish 1 could live like thee ?’*
8.
Then from the cage came a plaintive voice.
Which bade the wild bird to rejoice,
‘‘For I’d give my golden cage,” said she.
For thy humble perch on the wild wood tree ;
For thou canstsing
On Freedom’s wing—
These bars of gold
A slave enfold ;
s ‘l’d give rny golden cage,” said she,
"For thy humble perch on the wild-wood tree.”
3.
Then, when the bird of the wild-wood knew
The bright one weary of bondage grew,
| He set the plaintive captive free,
i And away they flew, singing “Liberty !”
In joy they roam
Their leafy home
And thrill the lay
The live-long day— • “ f
The lay of love, from hearts set free.
For love was blest with Liberty.
o*lmmense shoals of mackerel are found
: in the British colony of New Brunswick, at
Miramichi, coining through the Northum
berland straits. Forty eight vessels were
fishing off the west part of Prince Edward’s
Island recently, and the amount gathered
will be immense.
A Difficulty between an American Captain
and a British Vessel of War. —The American
barque Lucy Penniman, which sailed from
Bio de Janeiro on a voyage to the coast of
Africa, was detained by H. B. M. brig Sophia
in passing down the channel. Afterwards,
in the Angozlia river, she was boarded by
the boat of H. B. M. ship Cleopatra. The
first officer and crew then requested the as
sistance of Captain VVyvil, of the Cleopatra,
to assist in bringing the Lucy Penniman out
of the river, and proceeded with the vessel
to Mozambique, leaving Capt. Cooper on,
shore. Thence the Lucy Penniman was
brought to Simon’s Bay, where she now lies
in charge of Mr. Chase, C. S. Consul. Every
circumstance concerning the mysterious
affair, so far as has transpired, lias been
transmitted to the proper department at
Washington.— N. Y. Telegraph.
TO OUR ADVERTISING PATRONS.
The undersigned Proprietors of the Constitu
tionalist and the Chronicle and Sentinel, impressed
with the necessity of a uniform taritf of rates for
advertising, have adopted the following, which
will in future govern their charges. Their re
spective contracts, for yearly advertising not yet
| completed will of course be carried out without
I reference to this agreement:
J. W. & W. S. JONES.
JAMES GARDNER, Jr.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
In Daily Paper, Fifty cents persquare (twelve
lines or less) for the first insertion; Thirty-eight
cents for the next five; and Twenty-Jive cents lor
each subsequent insertion. Advertisements or
dered in Semi or Tri-weekly, will he charged Fifty
cents for each insertion; once a week in daily, Se
venty-Jive cents per square. Monthly or semi
monthly insertions, in either paper. One Dollar per
square. Rule and figure work, One Dollar per
square.
QO“if next to reading matter and leaded, charged
as a new advertisement each insertion.
ST A X DING ADV K K TIS E M ENTS.
1 square (1-lines) 1 month, w ithout alteration... .$6 00
1 “ “3 mouths, “ “ 12 00
1 “ “ 6 months, altered quarterly,....lß OO 1
1 “ “ 12 months, “ “ ' 2a 00
2 squares, one half more than the above rates.
i “ three-fourths more than “ “
•1 “ double the “ “
If next to reading matter and leaded, double
: these rates.
Professional or Business Cards, not exceeding
six lines, $lO per annum. If over six lines, pro
ruin per line.
With Druggists, contracts will he made by the
year on reasonable terms, as heretofore.
No gratuitous Advertising, under any rir
| cumstances. Notices of Deaths, Marriages and all
other notices.no matter to what they refer, will be
1 charged as Advertisements.
When the bill of any house or firm amounts with
• in six months to SSO dollars or upwards, for other
than permanent advertisements, a discount of 25
! percent, will be made, if paid on presentation.
| ARRIVALS AT THE GLOBE HOTEL
OCTOBER 7, 1p46.
Names. Residence.
Wm. Jones, Columbia county, Ga.
| J. W. Jones,
Dancy Adams, “
T. B. Harwell, Eatonton,
S. A. Ketrall, Fayet county, N. C.
E. Harvey Eatonton, Ga.
W. S. Young, **
G. J. Hagood, Barnwell, C. H., S. C.
A. Gresham, Taliaferro county, Ga.
Jas. McKenzie, Green
Wm. Kinsler, Harrison, Ky-
Robt. Mays and 1ady,.... Monroe county, Ga.
John B. Mays and lady,. Edgefield.
Jas. Driskill, Jackson.
J. M. Born, DeKalb, Ga.
W. 11. C. Pace, Covington, Ga,
' E. E. Mann
j W. K. Bagby,
John J. Tomlinson, McDonough, Ga.
W. T. Low, Georgia.
M. L. Ervin,. Alabama.
John Bates, . South Carolina.
• Miss Bates, “
R. Edwards, Crawfordville,Ga.
J. J. Walker, Oak Bowery, Ala.
John H. Linch, Coweta county, Ga.
John Newson, Putnam “ “
W. E. Stone, Decatur “ “
C. Anderson, South Carolina. 1
Hiram Dunn, Green county, Ga.
ARRIVAL*9I AT THE U. 8. HOTEL,
OCTOBER 6, 1846.
Names. Residence.
Genl. Thomas, Richmond, Ga.
Jas. Herriott, lady & svt. Aiken, S. C.
Resie Bostwic, leiferson, Ga.
G. A. Arnold, Mobile, Ala.
Danl.Denges, “ “
J. B. Sargent, New York.
R. McKee, Mobile, Ala.
\ "«•«*■.
Danl. McKeilhen,
Philip Myers, Camden, S.C,
J. M. White, Athens, Ga.
W. J. M. Leon,. New Orleans.
A. Hodge,
H. Cutuno,., Georgetown.
Miss S. E. Smith,..
R. H. Reid, Anderson, S. C.
T. S. Murray, Lincoln, Ga.
W. T. Bealle, Georgia.
J. H. Carlton, Marietta, Ga.
DCfW© are authorized to announce
WM. JOHNSON as a candidate for Receiver of
Tax Returns, at the next election in Richmond
county. 85} Id august IS
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