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[From the Nsw York Telegraph.]
A NEW AMERICAN PROVINCE.
We learn that Gen. Kearney has readi
ed Santa Fe, and has proclaimed himself
Governor of New Mexico. Those who
know the character of this gallant officer,
assume it as a certainty that all his move
ments will be wise and judicious. The
United States have now, for the first time
appeared as the acquirers of foreign ter
ritories, by force of arms. Before the
Revolution, American troops, under the
British flag were present in the West In
dies, and at Louisburgh, and did the
Crown essential service; but no simi
lar expedition has been undertaken since
we have been an independent nation—
nor have troops been sent by sea to foreign
countries, for the purpose of conquest,
until now.
This remarkable change of our policy
cannot be without its effect, both on our
internal condition, and our relation with
other countries. These we do not now
mean to discuss; but we cannot overlook
the curious circumstance that several
States of a foreign confederacy have fall
en into our hands, and the end is not yet.
New Mexico, which is now occupied by
General Kearney’s force, is descrided as
a valley of great extent, “included by
the two mountain ranges terminating the
Rocky Mountains at the South.” The
Southern portion of this valley is said to
be a desert, to abound with arid bills,
and is incompetent to support a dense po
pulation. It is called the Deserto del
Muerta. The northern district, between
35 degrees 30 minutes, and 38 degrees,
north latitude, is from twenty to thirty
miles wide; is settled, and produces con
siderable quantities of grain. The wealth
of the inhabitants is, however, in their
sheep—which are abundant and lowpric
ed, and furnish material for several coarse
fabrics. Tobacco is a staple of llie contry
and wild animals are taken in large quan,
Cities in the adjacent mountains. The
extreme uppar part of the Northern dis
trict has a rigid climate—so touch so as
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to make it nearly uninhabitable; and the
Rio G r ande, which passes through it, is
covered with ice for seveial months in
the year. The ranges of mountains bor
dering the valley, are in some places cov
ered with perpetual snow. In most places
it lies unmelted till June.
The famous Rio Grande, the scene of
Gen. Taylor's splendid victories, is sup
posed to be fourteen hundred miles in
length, and takes its rise in the northern
angle of New Mexico, not far from where j
the head water of the Arkansas are found j
as well as those of the Colorado. The
Rio Grande, (which we should state is
more commonly called, in New Mexico,
the Rio del Norte,) is navigable for small \
boats—but the Mexicans arc fonder of 1
bathing than navigation.
In the mountains are valuable mines
of copper; and perhaps this ore was used
in the unusual shape of cannon balls, by
the Mexicans, in their late battles.—
There are also valuable gold mines, now
only partially worked.
Several tribes of Indians live in the
mountain region, and many groups of
families intermingle with the whites in
the valleys.
Santa Fe, the capital, is a place with
about four thousand inhabitants, and car
ties on a considerable trade with Chihua
hua and the United Slates. We learn
that the first attempt made by our citizens
to trade with New Mexico, was by the
Kaskaskians. A merchant of the name
of Morrison, living at Kaskaskia, sent
an agent, La Lande, as early as 1804,
up the. Platte river to Santa Fe. The |
etfqrt succeeded, hut not to Morrison’s
advantage. The agent remained at
Santa Fe, acquired an immense fortune,
and arrived to a high degree of wordly
comfort and reputation ! His capital
was, however, to speak in plain terms,
stolen from his employer. When Cap
tain (afterwards the famous General)
Pike returned from his expedition, a new
commercial spirit broke out in the West.
In 1812, McKnight’s expedition was fit
ted out—only to be a decided failure; for
his goods were confiscated, and he, and
most of his companions, were subjected
to a tedious imprisonment, only cut short J
by the triumphs of Iturbida.
In 1821, an Ohio merchant, Mr. Glenn, |
conducted successfully a caravan by the
route of Arkansas; and in the same year
Capt. Becknell, of Missouri, followed—
realizing a large profit on his venture.
And it was no wonder; for such articles j
as he took with him, having previously '
been sent from Vera Cruz, brought a
high price at Santa Fe. Common cali
coes sold for two or three dollars the
Spanish yard, of thirty-three inches !
In 1822, the trade was considered to have
been permanently established, and large
capitals were embarked in it. It became
necessary, however, on account of the
Indians, who were faithless and cruel,
for the adventurers to go well armed.—
Numerous conflicts took place, and some
were of the most extraordinary character.
At last, our own government, at the
urgent solicitation of the western people,
established posts along the route, to pro.
tect the traders, and escorts of dragoons
' ‘were occasionally furnishsd them As the
traffic has become more secure, it has
greatly increased, and it is supposed that
upwards of one million of dollars of
Americans goods are now at Santa Fe, or
are on their wav thither, Os course,
prices must have fallen, with this large
j supply. Calicoes, since 1831, have only
j brought 37 cents, and domestic cottons
j 31 cents per yard. It is calculated that
to pay, the assortments “all round,”
should average 100 per cent profit. The
revenues derived from the duties on these
goods, have not been of much advantage
to the government of Mexico. The great
est part has been embezzled by the of
ficers of customs, the governor taking
care to have the lion’s share.
The city of Saata Fe makes no great
pretensions to appearances. The houses
resemble a cluster of brick-kilns, and
the interior of them is uncouth, and un
comfortable. A wooden floor would be
a curiosity.
New Mexico has for some years been
a department of Mexico, the Governor
receiving his appointment from the Pre-
I sidenl. He is aided, nominally, by a
i junta. Armijo, who has exercised the
executive authority, has in fact, been
dictator, and his career lias not been a
very just or honorable one. He has
been particularly oppressive to the Ame
ricans, and in the height of his power lit
; lie thought, perhaps, that he was one day
i to fly ingloriously before the American
j arms.
[Correspondrmee of the Charleston Evening Xetcs.]
Saratoga Springs, Sept. 30, 1846.
Three of the principal hotels are now
closed and Saratoga is fast assuming the
i aspect of an ordinary country village. It
t may not he amiss in this my last letter
j from this place, to take some notice of the
i numerous hotels, boarding houses, &c.,
1 to be found here. There are in this vil
lage 18 hotels which may all be called
of the first class, and the smallest of
which can accommodate 100 guests. In
: addition to these there are several small-
I er ones, and boarding houses without num
ber. Some idea of the number of the
latter may be formed from the fact that
i there are upwards of 3000 inhabitants
1 in this village, and that there are not sis
; ty houses in the whole village, that are
not used as boarding or lodging houses
during the summer. One hotel, the Uni
ted Slates, has had at one lime during the
i past season 17G of its guests lodged out.
j Union Hall, Congress Hall, the Colum
bian Temperance House, and many olh
j ers of the more popular hotels, have to
resort to the same expedient annually.—
In the valley in which the mineral
springs are situated, there are fine noble
bathing houses. Each of them contain
! from thirty to forty bath-rooms. One
wing of the buildings is devoted exclusi
vely to the use of ladies. Hot or cold
baths of pure or mineral water are al
ways to he had at the option of the bath
er. Saratoga Springs consists of two
villages, called the upper and low'er vill
age. It is in the former that the cele
| hrated High Rock Spring is situated, and
j it was not until after the discovery ofCon
i gress Springs that people began to build
1 on the site that now encloses hroadway.
From the early part of May to the first
of July there were, comparatively speak
■ ing, hut few visiters at the Springs, and
the hotel keepers, dry goods merchants,
| &c., began to wear long faces. After
; the fourth of July visiters began to pour
i in with astonishing rapidity, and there
arrived during that month over, 11,000
visiters. The rail road hooks show an
arrival at the Springs over that road for
the month of Julo of 10,000* The bal
ance of the 11,000 came in the public
coaches or in private conveyances. 1 have
carefully examined the registers at all
the hotels, this together with the informa- 1
tion which has been kindly furnished me, i
at rail road and coach offices, warrants
me in saying that the number of visiters
at the Spring during the present season
is as great, if not greater, than that of any |
preceding year.
There are large numbers who come
here in private carriages, and with
through tickets . These of course would
add considerable to the number that I
| have obtained, still I have obtained the
astonishing number of 31,730 visiters,
who have arrived here between the first
of Mav and the first of October all of
whom have spent one day or more at the
| Springs. Os this nunber, 4,580 were
from the South of Baltimore, of these last
there were
1 From South Carolina, : : 513
“ Charleston, : : : 327 —840
“ North Carolina, : :• : : 189
“ Georgia, : : : : : : 187
Thus it will be seen that one-fourth of
j the visiters from the South of Baltimore,
I were from South Carolina, and its two
! sister Stales- At the United Stales the
names stood as follows :
! F rorn the South, : : : 1037
i “ Charleston, : : 2*20
“ So. Carolina, : 115—335
i ( No. Carolina, : : : 109
“ Georgia, : : : : 91—2172
Miscellaneous, : ; : : : 4307
6479
From this, some idea may be formed
' of the amount of business done during
the season, at some of the principal hotels.
The season, thus far, has been unusu
ally mild, and it is looked upon as a
remarkable occurrence that no frost has,
as yet, been experienced in this section of
the country, I presume that there are
now from two to three hundred visiters
still remaining here, but they are mostly
invalids who will remain here for the
purpose of using the mineral waters,
until they are driven away by the cold
to seek some warmer clime. Great pre
parations are to be made for the Sa
; ratoga county fair, which is to he held on
the 21st of October. The casual visiter
at Saratoga Springs, is little aware of
| the vast resources of the county. I was
out to Schuylerville a few da}'s ago, and
I was astonished at the improvements
that had taken place in the short space
of two years. Manufactories are spring,
ing up with rapidity. I noticed one large
cotton factory to he called the Victory
Mills, which will be finished this winter,
and will contain eight thousand spindles.
Some four or five new brick houses are
already completed, and several more are
in progress. Maps of the land owned by
the water [rower company, are now hang
ing up in the offices of the numerous
hotels here; annexed thereto, are printed
notices holding out great inducements to
those in want of employment, or who may
wish to purchase building lots in the
vicinity of the factories, stating also that
tenants are wanted tor the new houses
: that they have recently built, &c., &c.
Not one word is said about the disastrous
consequences that is to follow in conse
quence of the late Tariff. Hence I con
clude that the company have no fears in
reality of its involving them in ruin,
although for political purposes or from
motives of personal in'erest, both of which
are too often one and the same thing
they may raise during the coming elec
tion (heir old war cry of ruin, ruin, ruin.
It will, however, not avail them much
to cry ruin at the present moment.
The agriculturists are too much elated
with tiie abundant harvests which they
i have just gathered in to heed their croak
| ings, and as long as they are sure of a
good market for their produce, they will
not feel disposed to risk the loss of its
benefits in order to satisfy the avarice of
a few greedy manufacturers, who are
moaning over an act that lias reduced
their semi-annual dividends from 50 down
to 30 per cent.
Since my last no local incidents have
; occurred worthy of note, unless an effort
to resuscitate the half formed ghost of the
I o
VV bite Hall Rail-road may be considered
as such. This road teas intended to ex
tend from Saratoga Springs to While
j Hall, and year after year, at the close of
! each season. Monsieur Tonson comes
; again. This year, as 1 amtold, he makes
ins appearance in the shape of a flaming
report, settling forth its progress, advan
tages, &c., and signed by the President.
At the United States some improve
ments are to he made during the Winter
—and its proprietors requested me to
inform their friends at the South, through
the medium of your widely circulatieg
journal, that hereafter the Charleston
Keening Kars will be found on its table,
for the accommodation of its patmus. I
This of itself will be no inconsiderable
improvement, inasmuch as no paper
South of Washington has heretofore been
taken at any of the hotels at Saratoga.
There lias been two or three arrivals
j from Soulh-Carolina, but on going to the
1 hotels this evening I found them closed.
i t ”
It, however, is not of much importance,
inasmuch as they were merejy passing
Saratago en route for the South. I shall
leave here in a day or two, but shall pro
bably be here during the fair; should any
thing of interest transpire 1 will inform
you. Yours, very truly,
' OBSERVER.
Free Commerce—lts benefits to all
Nations—The increased demand
and increased price of American
Provisions in Great Britain. “
It is astonishing to reflect upon the ra
pidity and extent of the change in public
sentiment, in relation to the advantages
; resulting from Free Commerce. Free
; trade opinions and arguments are ad
vanced by the most enlightened men of j
I the age, and in every commercial conn- |
1 try. The public mind has seized upon (
i this subject, and it is impossible to resist
j its progress until the commerce of the !
various nations of the world is freed
: from all restrictions. The final triumph
| of free trade is no longer problematical.
*1 Its adoption is merely a question of
time. Both parties will eventually unite
on the side of free commerce. Time
and discussion are fast maturing the
j minds of the people, irrespective of party.
The Democratic parly are willing to give
the new Tariff a fair trial ; yet they
will insist that all future changes shall
approximate still closer to unrestricted
trade. Free commerce,in its true sense,
with the whole world, will remove much
of the want and misery that now prevails
i and much of the existing strife and hos- j
tility between the different nations. The
principles of free trade are based upon
immutable truth, and must become uni
versal. The theory of Tariff protection
is founded upon error, and will be aban
doned by all intelligent men.
The repeal of the British Corn Laws, j
and the modification of her Tariff gene- i
, rally, are producing results that have !
1 already unsettled the minds of the Pro- i
; tectionists. They begin to doubt the po
licy of protection, and take a more en
larged and rational view of the inequali
ties of the indirect system of taxation.
The starving millions of Great Britain
will hereafter consume largely of Arne
rican produce. A bright future awaits
the agriculturalists of the United States;
a steady demand and fair prices of what
our farmers produce will be the result of
free trade. The utter fallacy of the re
strictive system is daily becoming more
and more manifest, and its absurdity is
understood by all who have a knowledge
of the fundamental principles of political
economy.
Many strong Whig papers are begin
ning to express rational sentiments upon
this subject. The truth begins to break
in upon their minds and error begins to
retreat. Hear the Rochester Democrat,
the great Whig organ of Western New
York:
“We are free to confess that no tariff'
at all is preferable to one imposed exclu
sively for revenue purposes. We great-
ly prefer direct taxes to indirect, unless
the latter can be so arranged as to foster
the productive industry of the country.”
This is bold and manly. The editor
either wants an out-and-out Protective
Tariff, one, the object of which is to keep
out foreign goods, or he says he prefers
direct taxation. No Tariff, no matter
how high or how low, can protect the in
: dustry of the country. Taxation in any
form is a blight upon industry, and the
more direct and open it is, the less the in
| jurious effects.
Now hear the Milledgevillc Journal, a
; leading Whig paper in Georgia. It
i holds the following language;
j “The present Tariff is altogether too
high. The Whigs of Georgia are op
posed to protection.”
Now, from the South let us travel
| East, and hear the New Haven Palladi
j urn. It says :
j ‘‘Let direct taxation now come! The
I Whigs are as readv for the issue as their
i opponents can be.”
We could make many other selections
from leading Whig prints, all of the
j same character. Direct taxation, if we
I can judge from the opinions of these edi
| tors, is becoming popular with the Whigs,
j Its adoption will, however, be gradual;
the majority of ilie people are not ready
jto adopt it now. They will try the new
! Tariff for a few years, when they will
! demand a still greater reduction of duties.
Periodical reductions until trade is un
trammelled, is to be the future policy of
the Democracy upon the all-important
.subject of taxation.— N. Y. Globe.
AUGUSTA. GEO..
FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9. 1846.
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COTTON AND COTTON ulNa.
j We have had occasion in a recent notice
of the Cotton market to allude to the good
j ginning of that brought to our market this
season. We have taken the pains since to
make particular inquiries on the subject, and
ascertain that no cotton is at this time com
manding higher prices in our market, than
some crops ginned by the gins of onr fellow
townsman James T. Wade. Wo have ex
amined some of the cotton which has passed
through gins constructed by him and which
commands onr highest prices, and can testi
fy to its fine condition. It is free from nap,
% motes and trash, and of beautiful colour.
We say this much both in justice to one of
i our most enterprising mechanics, and to ap
prize our planting friends that by sending
here, they can get a superior machine for '
: ginning their cotton.
We have heretofore spoken of sales at the
; highest prices, of cotton from the Griswold
and Carver Gins. Without desiring to dis
° i
parage those, we feel authorized to give the
above testimony in favor of Mr, Wade.
[CrThe New York Globe, is one of those
democratic papers which delights in what it
calls progressive democracy. It is an effi
cient and able paper, but we think in some
things it is ultra—for there may be ultra de
mocracy as well as ultra conservatism—the }
| former as objectionable to the judicious de- I
mocrat, as the latter would be to the sensib'e ;
whig. The preposterous demands of the
protectionists for special favors from the gov
ernment, have generated a positive feeling
of hostility in the minds of the more radical j
portion of the democrats at the north, which ;
we believe would drive them, if they had the
nower, into extreme measures of legislation
* O
I in the opposite direction. Neither of these
extremes of parly exist at the south. The
whigs would not vve believe as a matter of
choice, advocate that degree of protection
which would establish amongst us a prohibi
! tory system, though the exigency of party
drill has compelled them to countenance a
system verging to it. The democrats would
not advocate a system the exact opposite, of
literal free trade. The New York Globe
deludes itself if it fancies itself the exponent
of the great democratic party of the country
on ibis subject. It certainly does not speak
southern sentiment. The southern dernoe- j
racy is in favor of a revenue tariff. This is
the cheapest and most convenient system of i
collecting revenue. A system of direct tax- |
ation would be onerous, oppressive and ex
pensive.
Where vve have one custom house officer
I now, it would be necessary to have under a
| system of direct taxation fifty tax gatherers
and excisemen. It would take perhaps fifty
per cent, of the gross revenue to pay the ex
penses of collection. This is one of the ob- '
jections to the system. There is no intrin
sic injustice or impropriety in the system of :
| direct taxation. But the inconvenience and
| expense in our comparatively sparse popula- j
tion, would be for a long time a conclusive
objection to it. Yet the pertinacious and
extravagant demands of the high tariff'party i
for enormous and prohibitory duties has |
stimulated the opposite system, of literal free |
trade and the abolition of custom houses, into
a popularity it is not intrinsically entitled to
in the present condition of our country.
Unrestricted commerce is correct in prin
ciple, and if universally adopted by all the
nations of the world would be a blessing to
mankind. But this is to suppose that all
nations would be united in the bands of a
common sympathy—that there would be no
animosities or rivalries among them, and that
each was shaping its legislation upon the
most enlarged principles of philanthropy, ex
clusively with a view to the greatest good
of the whole human race. This is a political
Millenium whicli will not take place in our
day and generation. National antipathies,
national animosities, and diversities of inter
terests and pursuits, must constantly bring
the legislation of opposing nations in conflict,
and occasionally result in a state of open
war. Countervailing duties will therefore j
often be necessary, and will be forced some
times upon the legislative authority of a na
tion even the most decidedly wedded to free
trade. This has been the experience of this
country in tiinos past, long before the doc
trine of protection for the sake of protection
obtained here so portentous a growth as has
since distinguished it.
We doubt whether the Globe is correct in j
its views of the tendency of whig opinions
on this subject. We confess we see no
growing fondness for free trade doctrines,
and direct taxation in that party.
We are quite sure that the Globe is not
authorized to speak ex cathedra, as to what .
is to be “the future policy of the Democracy i
i upon the all-important subject of taxation.”
Hr We publish to-day a letter from a Mis
sissippi bouse, addressed to our Post master
at Augusta, making inquiries in reference
to the Cotton crop of Georgia. We pub
lish it not with a view to answer the queries j
it contains, for that vve are not yet prepared
to do. But vve publish it in order to give |
additional proof how much consequence is j
attached in the South West to the question,
what is to be the probable crop of the Atlan
tic States, and to show that the conviction is ,
real and well founded, that the crops in Mis- |
I sissippi and Louisiana will be short. The im-
I portance of the question in reference to the
i cotton crop of this State, may be appreciated
: when we state that Georgia lias hitherto been j
I the largest producer ot cotton of all the Slates
in the Union. Mississippi is second on the
I list. The amount of cotton that will be I
brought to this market and to Hamburg this
' season will considerably exceed that of last
! year. This will be owing to the very short
I crop of last year, for one reason, and for the
l other, that the worm and caterpillar have
1 only been partial in this section. The major
part of the country whose crops are sent to
these markets have not received material '
damage. Upon the seaboard and in the
south west of the Slate, the destruction has ■
( been more general. We are however not
prepared as yet to hazard an opinion as to
| the extent of the crop of Georgia. We j
cannot now ventifre to say more than that
1 vve believe it will exceed the crop of last
; year.
As corroborative proof of the extensive
injuries to the crop of the southwestern
1 States, vve would mention that large quauli
j ties of bagging and rope, intended fur their
markets, have been recently shipped around
to the Atlantic States for sale.
Greenwood, Miss., Sept. 26, 1846.
Dear Sir: —We address you to learn some
thing of the probable extent of the Colton
crop in your region of country —vve have j
i discouraging reports from many parts of the
i cotton region. We are anxious to learn the
j
extent of the entire crop at as early a date |
as practicable—the crop in this Slate and
that of Louisiana, is estimated at less than
half a crop, owing to the destruction by the j
caterpillar and bull worm. Please to notice,
and let us hear from you immediately.
Very respectfully, yours,
ALLEN & MILLER.
To the Post-master at Augusta. Geo.
HTTbe following is a portion of a long
i and interesting letter, which appeared re
! cently in the Charleston Courier, written by
1 Wilber, its able Paris correspondent.
We admire the sturdy republicanism of
the tone in which lie condemns English
toadyism.
He does not use one word of censure 100
strong for that species of adulation of their
titled “masters” in which the English so
much delight.
“Now for la belle France. The following |
was translated two days since from an ad
vertising journal, under the head of “demands
and Offers.” It was preceded and followed
by scores of advertisements for waiters, cooks,
grooms and chamber maids. It is literally
translated.
“M. de R. desires to unite in marriage his
daughter, who will have by the contract |
100,000 francs; and nearly as much more
; upon the death of father and mother. The
[ pretender must be tilled and possess equal 1
I fortune. Address M. de R., poste restante,
| Paris.”
The above shows us how wives are some- m
I times gotten in France; the following, how
they are sometimes gotten rid of:
“The Gazette des Tribuoanx gives the fol
lowing strange story: —“Dr. D was re
turning home on Tuesday evening, with his j
young and pretty wife, from the Champs-
Elysees, when at the corner of the Rue Sf.
Florentin,a young man, in a dreadful slate
of perspiration, and apparently in great agi
tation, met him, and cried out, “Ah, doctor, j
follow me—a man’s life is in danger?” The
j young man appeared so earnest that the doc- j
tor left his wife, saying he should return as
soon as possible. The young man proceed
-1 ed towards the Boulevarl at so rapid a pace
| that the doctor could not keep up with him,
and was obliged to call out to him to moder
; aie'lns pace. The young man, however,
kept, straight on, and the doctor soon lost ;
i sight of him. Not knowing what he had best
do, he stopped and waited a while; but, as no
one came to intimate where the patient was, j
he determined to return home, drawing the
very natural conclusion that if they wanted
him they would come for him. When he ar
rived at his residence he was surprised to |
hear that his wife had not come back. The
night passed over, and still no wife. At last,
after numerous inquiries made amongst the :
lady’s friends, M. D applied to the au
thorities. The investigation that was insti
tuted gives reason to suppose that the lady
left Paris the same night, in company with a
foreigner, in the train for Bussels or Oslend.
Notions, however, is known of the matter (
with any certainly. A friend of the doctor’s j
left Paris on Tuesday by the railway, to has- I
ten the denouement of this adventure.”
Our good old mother England must not be
forgotten on an occasion of this kind. Let
the following suffice for her now. Opportu
nity will not be wanting to draw copiously
from her in future. You may expect from
her many most edifying clippings.
“The marriage of Viscount Maidstone,
eldest son of the Earl of Wiachilsea, with
( I
the Lady Constance Henrietta, second
daughter of the earl of Uxbridge, grand
daughterof the Marquis of Anglesea, was
solemnised mi Thursday at St. George’s
Church, Hanover-squane. The company in
vited to take part in the interesting ceremo
nial began to assemble in the vestry shortly
after eleven o’clock, but long belore that
hour the body of the church was literally
i crowded with spectators assembled to vvit
j ness the performance of the solemn Hie.
The noble bridegroom reached the church
at twenty-five minutes past eleven, and re
ceived the cordial congratulations of his
j friends. The Lord Bishop of Bath and
VfeMs, who had kindly undertaken to offi
ciate on the occasion, had previously arrived,
i a long and anxious interval (for the noble
bridegroom, at least) occurred before the ar
rival of the bride. Her Ladyship came, ac
companied by her noble father, at ten min
utes to twelve o’clock. After tiie ceremony
the Earl of Winchilsea gave a splendid party;
covers were laid for 140 persons. The Mar
quis and Marchioness of Anglesea were not
present either at the church or at the dejeu
: ner. Their absence arose from the recent
' demise of the Gallant Marquis's relative,
j Sir George Murray. At two o’clock the
i happy pair left Uxbridge House, in a travel
ling carriage and tour, for Eastwell Park,
near Ashford, the seat of the Earl of Win
: chilsea, there to pass ten days, after which
they go to visit Lord and Lady Macdonald,
| at their seat in Scotland. The bridal pre
| sents received by her Ladyship have b.*en,
as we are informed, truly magnificent, the
Earl of Winchilsea presented a costly suit of
diamonds, and a magnificent parure of dia
monds and turqoises, of unusual size and
beauty. The Marquis of Anglesea present
ed her Ladyship with two costly cash
mere shawls (white and blue,) and the Mar
chioness gave a magnificent scarf of Brus
sels. The noble bridegroom has also been
munificent in his presents to her Ladyship.
| Jl is said that some time before Lord Maid-
I stone solicited the hand of his lovely bride
1 (immediately before the last Derby race,) his
Lord&hip offered to present the Lady Con
stance with his celebrated horse, Tom Tul
i loch , from which it will be remembered so
i much was expected, provided, her Ladyship
would accept it. The Lady Constance con
i sented to accept “the horse,” whereupon the
! Noble Viscount demanded of his fair beloved,
| whether she would also be content to take
“the master?” This arrangement her Lady
| ship offered only such maidenly objections
as the lover had small difficulty in removing,
and hence the interesting event the record of
which we thus bring to a close.”— Post.
Is it conceivable that the hereditary re
spect with which the commoners of England
regard (heir titled masters, so perverts their
judgments and blinds their eyes that they do
not see how supremely ridiculous in an ar
ticle like the above their nobility appears;
1 and how contemptible themselves? What
egregious and serene self-complacency is
that which accents and is gratified with such
puerile; fulsome, imbecile adulation! And
how hopeless the foot-kissing subserviency
that consents to be its minister! Euglish
j men feel an unaffected contempt for the
French: but, cerles, it is not the want of self
respect, of a sense of what is due to his per
sonal dignity in presence of other members
j of society that can be reproached to the
1 Frenchman. Not one of their forty millions
would be capable of writing an article in the
i spirit of that quoted above—not one, but
[ would blush to belong to a class that can
offer such flattery; but would scorn that
| which receives it. So long as the British
I press prostitutes itself to its own shame, by
j the publication of such absurdities, so long
} will Englishmen present to Frenchmen, at
1 least one legitimate title to reciprocal con
tempt.
CONGR ESSION ALE LECTION.
Ist District—lß Counties.
184-1. I 8 IG.
Spalding. King. Cohen. King.
Chatham, 626 6 >6 395 6(>6
Filing ham, 94 194 69 133
3d District—B Counties.
Chappell. Poe. Town*. Jones.
Monroe, 726 737 576 6u7
Twiggs, 431 331 149 maj.
Bibb, 730 607 133 maj.
4th District—9 Counties.
Haralson. Floyd. Haralson. MosHy
Troup, 478 973 404 918
sth District—l 3 Counties.
Lumpkin. Miller. Lumpkin. Crook
Cass, 1048 552 706 174
Floyd, 421 327 420 43
6th District—ll Counties.
Cobb, Underwood. Cohb. Cleveland.
Mahon, 702 462 146 maj.
Franklin, 953 303 577 146
7lh District—lo Counties.
Janes. Stephens. Turner. Stephens
Baldwin, 258 280 171 222
Taliaferr.p, 54 406 21 42!
Greene, 138 725 81 597
Bth District—lo Counties.
Black. Toombs. Flournoy. Toombs
* Richmond. 616 825 304 553
Lincoln, 171 209 117 216
Columbia, 264 460 150 317
Wilkes, 349 418 199 41 4
Jefferson, 98 477 57 437
GEORGIA RAIL-ROAD.
Consignees per Rail-Road, Oct. B. —Baker, Wil
cox & Co., W. Woodbury & Co., Doughty Beall,
Dawson & Weaver, Scranton & Stark, D’Antig
nac & Lvans, 31. P. Stovall, Dye & Robertson,
Hand Ac Williams, Heard & Davison, Adams,
Hopkins & Co., P. Stovall, Buskin & W’alker, J.
J. Pierce, and Hand & Fleming.
□CPThe Subscriber’s Office is re
moved to the new building on the lot long known
as Doct. \V ray’s. His Course of Lecturss will
commence, on Monday, the 19th instant.
oct 9 6 8 W T M. T. GOULD. '
YOUNG LADIES’ SEMINARY^
Conducted ly Miss L. R. Williams ,
(FROM THE BRITISH PROVINCES,)
The Course of Instruction in this Seminary is
the same as in the best Institutions in Europe.
Miss W. has been long in the practice of teach
ing, and with confidence invites parents and
guardians to place their daughters and wards under
her care; pledging herself to give the strictest at
tention to every branch of education, as well as to
morals and manners.
Drawing in W 7 ater Colors, taught by Miss Eliza
E. A. Andrews.
A limited number of Boarders will be received,
For further particulars, apply at the Seminary,
Broad-street, next door above the Bridge Bank
Building.
References;— Judge Dye, E. E. Ford,D. D D
Hook, M. D.
Augusta, Sept. 28, 1846. ly 40
HCr 3 We are authorized to announce
WM. JOHNSON as a candidate for Receiver of
lax Returns, at the next election in Richmond
county. 22 id august 12