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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST, j
JAMES GAR ONER, JR.
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ICrport of the Finaocea.
(concluded.)
Some augmentation of Uie revenue might
be produced by removing several onerous
restrictions in the pre-emption law, and es
pecially by extending its just and salutary
provisions to the unsurveyed land to which j
the Indian title has been extinguished. By
returns from the General Land Office up to
the Ist of November last, it appears that,
whilst the surveyed lands not yet offered at
public sales, to which the pre-emptirm princi
ple now extends, amounted to 15.655.441
acres, the unsurveyed to which the Indian ti
tle has been extinguished to 92,060,572, acres
the opening of which to pre-emptions could
not fail to augment the revenue. It would
carry thousands of settlers upon these lands in
advance of the surveys as well as the sales, j
who would desire to purchase the farms oc- J
cupied by them; the existence of which would
give increased value to the remaining lands,
and largely augment the proceeds of the
sales. Whilst the measure would thus in
crease the revenue, it would secure homes
to it hose enterprising and patriotic settlers
who move in advance into the wilderness,
extending the blessings of civilization, diffus
ing the influence and advanceing the pro
gress of republican principles, and soon add
ing Stale after State to the American Union, j
No inconsiderable addition could also be i
made to the revenue by authorising the sale
of the portion of the public lands containing
copper and other ores, whilst the measure
would more rapidly develop the resources of
this valuable region, and at the same time
convert into owners and proprietors those
who now occupy the relation of tenants to
the Federal Government as a landlord.
If Congress, at an early period of the pres
ent session, would impose the proposed duty
on tea and coflee, reduce and graduate the
price of the public lands in favor of settlers
and {cultivators, extend the pre-emption
system to flie unsurveyed lands to which the
Indian title has been extinguished and au
thorize the sales of that portion of the public
lands containing copper and other valuable
ores, the loan might safely be reduced from
twenty-three to seventeen millions of dollars.
Annexed are copies, marked I, of instruc- 1
tions issued by this Department to Carry into- I
effect the act of the 6lh of August last, estab- j
lishing the warehouse system. The large |
majority by which this law was passed, and I
the highly beneficial resells already accom
plished, clearly indicate that it may be re
garded as apart of the settled policy of the
country. That it would have been more
advantageous if there had been no limit to
the timefor retaining goods in the warehouse,
is the belief of this Department; but the '
measure having been adopted in is present
form as a compromise of conflicting opinions, ;
no recommendation is submilled to disturb j
that compromise. It is believed, hereafter,
that this great measure will vindicate itself
so clearly by its results that amendments may
he obtained by very-general consent ala
future period. Both as,a means of augmenting
revenue, and ofincreasing the commerce and
prosperity of the country, it is a most import- j
ant measure. Under its beneficial influence f
our own great commercial cities will soon j
rival, and ultimately surpass, the largest i
marts of European commerce, augmenting
most rapidly the wealth and business of the
whole country- Important as it is to agri
culture, commerce, and navigation, maiiu- |
factures also will derive from it in a series of ;
years great advantages.—The benefits in
augmented means accruing to those concern- .
ed in agriculture, commerce, and navigation, ;
arising from the warehouse bill, will enable j
them to purchase more of our own manufac
tures, whilst that interest will not be so seri
ously affected as it has been by auctions and
forced sales of foreign merchandise. Most
of these goods, under Hie warehouse bill, will
wail in §!ore for a purchaser, instead of forced j
sales in our market, because the goods can- I
not be warehoused. As this bill will also ren- ;
der our great commercial cities immense j
marts of assorted cargoes, where merchants •
Iromall the world will eventually come to !
seek a supply,our own manufactures will of
ten be bought as a part of those assorted car- j
goes by purchasers that never would have j
been found in the absence of such a system. |
In Liverpool and ils suburbs the number of 1
bonded warehouses is estimated at five hun
dred, and in London and oilier parts of the ;
British empire at many thousands. These im
tuense structures, stretching along their fine ;
docks and mighty basins, a single warehouse ,
often covering many acres of ground, and |
storiflg throughout the year assorted cargoes
of several hundred millions of dollars in
value, invite to these marts the merchants
and commerce of the world. Indeed, this is
one of the great means by which England
has built up her vast commerce; and tor a I
long series of years lie r whole people, wheth
er tor or against protection, acknowledge the j
important benefits of this system. Here the
advantages would ultimately be still greater
inasmuch as our chief commercial cities are
already nearer than those of Europe to the
ceulreoftlie territory, population, and com
merce of the world, and are destined, at no
distant day, to be brought still nearer, when
the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific shall
be united at the Mexican isthmus, which,
combined with our possessions on the Pacific,
would revolutionize in our favor the com
merce of the world, and more rapidly advance
our greatness, wealth, and power than any
event that has occurred since the adoption of
the constitution.
It is deemed important that our revenue
laws should be extended to Oregon, not only
as a means of collecting duties there, but
also to defeat any effort that might be made
from Asia or elsewhere to introduce foreign
merchandise free of duly into Oregon, now
acknowledged to Lea part of the Union, and
then claim the right under the constitution
10 bring such articles Iroin Oregon, exempt
from duty, into any other part of the Union.
Two collection districts might perhaps be
conveniently established, the one near the
mouth of the Oregon river, and the other at
or near Puget s Sound. With a system of
liberal donations of tracts of fend in Oregon
sufficient for farms to settlers and emigrants,
this highly interesting portion of the Union
would soon contain a considerable popula
tion; and, near and convenient as it is to
Asia, itis commerce would rapidly increase.
j andlarge revenue accrues to the Govern
-1 ment.
Much lime and attention have been given
by this Department to the highly important
subject of our lighthouse system, placed by
Congress under its supervision. In the month
of June, 1845, Lieutenants Thornton A. Jen
kins and Richard Bache, of the Navy, were
detailed by the Navy Department to visit,
under instructions from the Treasury, some
of the principal European lighthouses, as
well as our own. Having completed their
examination before the close of the last ses
sion of Congress, they communicated the re
sult to this Department in a most able and
interesting report, containing full and valua
ble information upon this subject., Accom
panying this report was a most able paper
from Mr. Leortor Fresnel, the distinguished
•Secretary of the Board of Lighthouses in
France.
1 That paper, together with the report from
this Department, were communicated to Con
gress on the sth of August last. Having ex
amined with great care the relative advan
tages of the reflecting lights and of the re
fracting or lens apparatus, no doubt is en
tertained of trie superiority of the latter, as
furnishing a light more brilliant as well as
more economical. In the report of this De
partment on this subject, on the sth of An*
gust last, the organization Cf a board, with
out expense to the Government, to consist of
I lie Filth Auditor, ihe Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, two naval officers-, two engi
neer officers, the one of military, the oilier a
topographical engineer, and a secretary,
who might be a junior otficer of the Navy,
was recommended as the most efficient, means
of combining that information possessed by
no one person in regard to coasts and chan
nels, the wants of navigation, the location
and construction of the lighthouses, the me
chanical principles involved in lighting,which
would enable this Department to render the
whole system more useful and economical.
The coasi-survey and the lighthouse sys
tem, warehouse bill and the ad valorem reve
nue tariff', are all great, efficient, and co-op
erative instruments in givin to our own coun
try advantages over ail others as competitors
for the commerce of the world.
The survey of the coast of the United
Slates has made rapid and satisfactory pro
gress during the past year. This depart
ment has watched with greaf interest the
gradual development of the plan for extend
ing the survey to all sections of the coast,
and it has, in successive years; sanctioned
the estimates for this important object.-
Those now presented by tlie superintendent
are in pursuance of the policy which has re
ceived the approval of the Department, and
ot two successive Congresses. The plan is,
recommended by economy, and the rapidity
with which the fruits of the work are realized
in the production and circulation of maps i
1 and charts of different parts of the coast. — '
| The highly interesting exploration of the
■ Gulf St ream, which lias proved so important
! and successful a part of the work, has been
! attended with the loss of one of the most va
luable assistants in the survey, and an orna
ment to the profession to which he belonged.
Lieutenant George AL Bache, of the navy,
commanding the coast survey brig Washing
ton, was, with ten of the petty officers ami
! seamen, swept from the deck, in the hurri
cane of the Btli September, jjever to regain
j the The surveying officers have borne
cheerful testimony to the coolness and abili
ty which he displayed on this trying occa
sion; and the execution, afier he had perish
ed, of the last order which he had given; was
the means, under Providence, of saving the
lives of those under his command. This
Department has united with that of the navy
j in recording these opinions, as also in ex-
I pressing a strong approval of the conduct of
: tlie surviving officers and crew of the Wasli
! inglon, who, in the midst of the most ex
treme danger, preserved perfect coolness and
effective discipline, and finally succeeded in
: bringing the wreck into port.
Having now presented, in regard to the
; subjects entrusted to its supervision by the
two Houses of Congress, the views of this
i Department, it is gratifying to know that to
| them belongs the power to correct all its er
j rors, and, under the guidance of an all-wise
and gracious Providence, to advance all tiie
great interests, the honor, welfare, and glory
of our beloved country.
R. J. WALKER,
Secretary of the Treasury,
j Hon. John W. Davis, Speaker of the House
»f llepreseiitalices.
I
[from the A r eie York Herald j
the Fanatics and the war-folly
AND FOURIERISM,
i It appears by our telegraphic, report
of the proceedings in Congress, in yester.
dav’s paper; that before the ink with
j which Mr. Polk's Message was written,
was dry, some of the whigs leaders tom
menced opposing the administration, and
the conduct of the executive in the Mexi
; can war.
We expected some outbursts of farm
ticism during the present session, but we
must confess that we did not look for
any exhibition of it so early, and cannot
divine what the intentions of Messrs. Da
vis and Wimhrop are except that they
mean to throw all the obstacles they can
; in the way of the President, in his endea
| vors to conduct the war to and honorable
close, and conquer a peace as speedily as
he can. Some of the whig* will certain
ly never be smothered in their own pa
triotism.
The lucid explanation of the war, its
causes and ils present condition, as set
forth by the Executive in his Message,
has given general satisfaction. We do
not hesitate to say, that nine-tenths of the
American people, of all political denomi
nations, acquiesce in admiring the for
-1 bearance of our government —its unwill,
i ingness to commence hostilities, although
I in the eyes of the civilized world, we
j would have been justified in forcibly ob
i taining redress for the repealed injuries
| and insults we have received from Mexi
| co, years ago—its frequently expressed
i desire to have all our difficulties settled
■by negotiation—the proffer of the hand of
I friendship when Mexico had forced the
! war on us—the admirable manner in
which the war has been prosecuted—the
! renewal of the offer of peace after we had
- acquired decisive advantage; in all these
f things we are convinced that nine-tenths
I D
of the American people acquiesced insup
[ porting the Executive, and are willing to
furnish him with means to continue to
[> ’ prosecute the war with vigor, so that he
» j can obtain an early peace.
Bnl suppose they did not—suppose
that the majority of the people concurred,
with the New York and New England
fanatics, with a Kentucky tail, that the
j President involved the country in a war
I unnecessarily—is it not the duty of the
i people’s representatives to stand by their
country, right or wrong, and enable the
President to obtain a peace as soon as
possible? Is it not enough that we are
engaged in war, to warrant all parlies in
sustaining the country in its prosecution,
i and, when peace is obtained, to allow the
1 people to pass their verdict on the Exe
cutive and the administration party, whom I
the fanatics accuse of having brought it
on? If the President and his cabinet have
committed an error, or a blunder, or a
j crime, they will be purnishad for it in
! due season; after the war is over.
By the late State elections the whig j
| party acquired a great amount of strength
and many important advantages, that !
would if judiciously exercised, he of in- i
finite set vice to them hereafter. With j
the advantages they acquired in this Stale
they might obtain further ground next
; year, and enter the presidential contest ;
; with strong hopes of success. But it is '
I with the whigs as we have always staled. ;
They are no tacticians—they cannot |
maintain their ground. They become
possessed of advantages, and then fritter
them away, without reference to the cost
at which they have been obtained.
It is clear that the country will not sus
; tain any parly in opposing this war. It
| may he opposed by a clique ol fanatics in
i New England and in New York, as well
as by their organs, but witness the alacri
i ty with which volunteers have rushed to
the theatre of operations the moment their
services we're required by the govern
ment; the universal enthusiasm that pre
vails; and a man with half an eye can
see, that the war and the course of the
administration and popular and meet the
appiobation of the masses ot the people,
horn one extremity of the country to the
other. Are we toj follow the fanatics and
continue to be spit upon bv another na
tion, because the administration who have
the management of the war. and who are
doing their duty, are democrats or locofo
cos or huge paws?
The conduct of the fanatics and their
Fourierite organ, cannot he too strongly
i deprecated, and those wno talk of irn
; peaching the Executive, for doing what
1 his oath ofoffice required, and ihelaws of
i nations expressly provided for, in estab
: governments over conquered territories,
will find that they are committing political
! suicide in their vain attempts to impede
the President in his patriotic endeavors
to obtain an honorable and speedy peace
i as well as indemnity for the'expenses we
have uujnstly been put to in obtaining it.
Oil, whigs, whigs! do gel some sense.
Borrow, beg, or'steal some; at any rale
gel some.
O
TUB CROWNED HEADS OF EUROPE.
BT UK. BAIUD.
Eight of the twenty monarchs are Pro
testants, nine are Homan Catholics, two
are of the Greek Church, undone is a
Mahornmedan. Those belonging to the
Gieek Church are the Emperor of Russia
and the King of Greece. Four of them
i are men of irreproachable characters.—
| Many of them are as respectable as onr
| public men whom we delight to honor.
! The Queens are all of spotless character,
j which could not have been said of former
[ limes.
The King of Prussia is a decidedly
1 pious man. Several of the Queens arc
; true Christians, as I think, and among
them is the Queen of France. She reads
many religious book*. As to talent, Louis
j Phillippe, King ol the French, the King
; of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia,
ate admitted to rank first : and Louis
! Phillippe stands pre-eminently above all.
i He was educated at a French College ;
I spent many years in Foreign lands, and
j then sixteen years in quietly pursuing his
I studies. Talleyrand said he had no idea
of his vast acquirements, before he was
his minister, after he became King. He
speaks English with ease, and never pro
nounced but one word wrong, which was
ice, which he calls luce. This he learn
ed from the English cockneys, when he
lived iu England. He lias no minister
who is his equal.
The King of Piussia is nearly the
equal of Louis Phillippe; he speaks Eng
li>h well, but not so well as the King of
I the French. He is a self made man.—
He was not allowed to gel his education
at the German Universities, as he desired,
as it was thought degrading to the King’s
j son to associate with other young men. —
i I He regrets to this day that he was not
1 permitted to go to the University and as
j sociate with the students. The King of
Sweden graduated al College, and is a j
fine scholar.
The Emperor of Russia is not inferior j
in talent; but he came unexpectedly to
the throne, al the age of twenty-seven or
twenty-eight years. Ills brother, the
law heir to the throne, having abdicated
in his favor. He has no lime to read. —
Being a resolute monarch, his duties are
most arduous. He is devoted to public
affairs. I spoke to him about tempe
rance societies, when he began to make
objections which were ouce so common
here, that brandy w'as needful for labor
ers, to give thenr strength, and protect
them in heat and cold. He also made
objections on account of the revenue from
that source, which is very great. He
however, perceived the force of my ar
guments, admitted their correctness and
said : “As for the revenue we will let it
go, and get a revenue somewhere else.”
Nicholas is very decided and indepen
dent.
A nobleman of great wealth and ta
lent had governed his brother Alexander,
when Nicholas came to the throne, in
less than three days he came to see him
unasked. Nicholas said to him, “Who
asked yoil to appear before me? 1 know
how yon governed friy brother and im
posed upon his meekness. I give you
three days to arrange your affairs in St.
Petersburg!!, after which you will retire
to your country seat,” which he did, and
has remained there ever since.
The King ofSweden is a literary man,
and the author of several hooks. He gave
me a copy of his work on Prison Disci
pline, just published. The King of Hoi
land is not so popular; is an older man,
about fifty.four. He was distinguished
at the battle of Waterloo, and badly
wounded. The King of Denmark is a
man of fair talents but of no decision of
character.
The manners of Princes are polished,
easy and simple. Such are the charac
ters of the nobles of Europe, whom I have
seen. It is casv to converse with them.
They are, however, more formal to di
plomatists. There is more difficulty to
get along with our distinguished men,
r> d r>
w ho sometimes assume a tone and haugh
tiness which I never saw in a Prince. —
Their monarchs ordinarily, and their
Queens dress in tiie same plain way as
other well bred people. In public they
of course appear in splendor. The Queens
wear, on oidinary occasions, little jewel
ry- ’
[From tft-i Savannah Republican 1
WAYNESBORO’ CONVENTION.
By the notice of the Secretary of this
body, it will he seen that an adjourned
rneetingofit will be held at Wavnesboro’,
O- 1 !
Burke county, on the first Tuesday in \
January next. The importance of the |
proposed Rail Road communication be- I
tween this city and Augusta, has been too
frequently dwelt upon to require any ad
ditional enforcernfent at this time. That
those who have undertaken the enterprise
are in serious earnest, we think mav ha
inferred from the following resolutions, :
which were unanimously adopt'd at the
recent meeting of the Stockholders of the j
Central Rail-Road Company in this city: I
Resolved, That this meeting approves
the suggestions made by the President
and Directors in the report of the Bth j
Docemher, 1846, on the subject of ex- |
tending our Road to Augusta.
Resolved, That this Company w ill unite |
with the Georgia Rail-Road Company, in
paying to the Waynesboro’ Company,
upon their delivering a well built Road,
joining the tracks of the Georgia and
Central Roads, seven per cent, per annum
on the cost of such a Road, for a term of
five years, Provided, The said Road shall
not cost over five hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars—and further Resolved, That
said junction Road shall be woi ked
during said term at the joint expense of
the Georgia and Central Rail Roads.
n
Resolved, That it the Georgia Rail
Road refuse to unite with this Company
in the abovcj then the Central Rail-Road
will agree to pay seven per cent per an
num on the cost of a Road from the Cen
tral Rail-Road to Waynesbore’, for the ■
term of five years, provided the Road .shall
not cost over two hundred thousand dol
lars.
We really question whether such in- i
ducements have ever before been held |
out to capitalists to embaik in au enter
prise of the kind.—Seven per cent, is a
good investment of funds, without any |
reference whatever, to the effect which |
the proposed woik will have upon the
value of real estate in Burke, particularly |
it the road should proceed no further than
Waynesboro.’ We hope, however, to see
it not only extended as far as Augusta,
hut to see the day when the cars shall
pass over a continuous track from this city
to Athens. It is most appaient to us that
our neighbors of Augusta have been
standing greatly In their own light in this
whole matter. If they would meet Savan
nah in a proper spirit in regard to ihis
enterprise it is altogether probable that a
compromise could be effected, nuder which
there would be a common line crossing
the State to the West. Bnl whatever may
he the determination of Augusta, the
citizens of Athens have a deep interest in
the procurement of another Atlantic mar.
ket for iheir produce and manufactures.
Those oflhem who havi.|einharked largely
their money in these internal improvem
ent enterprises should see to it, that they
are not cut off entirely from their own
seaport, and denied the benefits which
should inure from them to their own State
Treasury. We sincerely hope therefore,
that the people of Athens may look to
their own interests, and have a full dele
gation present at the meeting.
Heavy Failure in Boston. —The Boston
Traveler says it is currently reported in
that city, that a grocer, who has been in
business in Boston for the last two years,
left suddenly for Europe, under a feigned
name, in the last steamer, leaving numer
ous creditors unptovided for,and carrying
with him a large sum of ready money.
The New York papers say-that it is
rumored in Wall street that a failure has
occurred in Boston of a house whose
liabilities amount to some three millions
of dollars!
New York Exports —The exports from
New York for the week ending Friday
last, included 54,740 bushels wheat, 34,-
882 barrels flour, 4,035 barrels corn meal,
15.382 bushels com, 147,223 pounds
cheese, 774 barrels and 161 tierces beef
and pork, 271 tierces rice, 2,067 bales
cotton, 20, 280 pounds tobacco.
A Balance. —We have, we believe, once
at least, admonished our readers to avoid the
abominable abuse of the word “balance,”
wiiich has for a long time been tolerated, per
haps encouraged, at the South, but wnich,
like the fever and argue, seems to be work
ing Northward. We have, within a day or
two, seen within our own neighborhood, the
word “balance” used to denote remainder, or
residue. Thus: “Part was used, and the ba
lance was sold.” Balance, in mercantile
phrase, is the difference and not the residue,
and we hope that good fasie will prevent (lie
misuse of the term, before it acquires a cur
rency that would seem to be proscriptive.
The man who sells his neighbor ten hogs- ,
heads of salt, for sixty dollars, and receives i
from him eight barrels of mackerel, for titty ■
dollars, will have a balance of ten dollars re- j
ceivable; but if of his ten hogsheads of salt, j
he parts with only six hogsheads, he will not
have a balance, but a residue or remainder of
the salt.— Philadelphia U. S. Gazelle.
Victory or Death. —A story is told of a j
j worthy lad from “old Edgefield, ’ who was
i recently doubting whether or not he should
i volunteer for Mexico. One of the flags vvav
-1 ing in his eyes somewhat discouraged him.
• “Victory is a good tiling,” said he, “but why
! put ‘Victory or Death.’ Put it I ictory or
i Cripple,'' said he, “and 111 go that! ’ 1 his
fellow was in earnest. Lite was sweet,
| yet glory was something, fie was willing j
j to risk a leg or an arm for his laurels, and (
| that is much fur a lad of twenty-one, thinking
| of his sweetheart. —Charleston So. Patriot, i
AUGUSTA.
SUNDAY MORNING, DEG’R. 20, 1816.
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SCrNo mail last evening north of Charleston.
(LTWe have received from Mr. Millen of
| the Literary Depot, a new novel from the pro- ;
\ lific pen of James, entitled “Beauchamp, or |
the Error.”
O’As this is the age of Rail Roads, and j
electricity, it is desirable that distant points
should be connected by their agency in all .
| portions of our country. But this desidera- !
lion can only be attained by consulting and
! harmonizing ail interests that may be aflect
| ed by these improvements. We publish to
day, the proceedings of tiie recent meeting
| in Savannah, which contemplates a union of j
I Savannah and Augusta by means of a rail
j road, but in doing so we are inclined to pro- 1
test against the confident manner in which a
I continuous track is spoken of by the Savan
nah Republican from Savannah to Athens,
j Augusta is very willing to add to her facili
ties of reaching an Atlantic port by means :
i of additional rail roads, to supply the defies- j
I ency which a precarious river navigation
i offers. But we have strong reasons to doubt j
! whether her citizens arc willing to allow, j
| her to be made a village by the wayside in
i the vast trade which seeks an outlet from the j
valley of the Mississippi lothe Atlantic ocean, j
It will not be possible to establish a cun- ;
I tinuoustrack from Athens to Savannah wilh
-1 out the consent of the city of Augusta. We j
feel fully authorized to asserts that this con
sent will not be obtained. The city of Au
gusta holds a commanding position at the
of head Steam boat navigation, and offering
the choice of two markets upon the Atlantic. ■
It must be the Depot of a large amount of |
Western trade, independent of the cotton crop ;
concentrating at this point.
This commanding position, Augusta will
not willingly yield, and this she would most
; effectually do by permitting a continuous
i line of rail road to pass through her corpo- |
rate limits from the seaboard to the moun- I
| tains.
| The cit izens of Augusta would bo pleased ■
; with a more intimate connection with Sa- j
vannah. They would be pleased to see a J
rail road uniting tiie two cities. But such a •
rail road must enter the corporate limits of |
the city of Augusta, .subject to some impera- i
five conditions that would be prescribed. ■
1 One of those conditions would certainly be, !
i that there should not be a continuous line of |
rail road through our city, connecting with |
the Georgia rail road. This would be ad
verse to the interests and the wishes nf our
1 I
i citizens. It cannot therefore be accom- ;
j !
i piished.
; If however the citizens of Savannah wi 11
take the necessary steps to complete a rai I j
road to Waynesboro, from the Central rai! I
I road, we doubt not that the citizens of Au
gusta will meet them half way and devise
means to unite with tin m.
Aii effort is being m.ulo to con vict the Presi
dent of precipitancy, in ordering the army forward
j to Mataoiuras, upon the ground that the JVlexi
j can President Herrera, though Gen. Arista pro
; posed to Gen. Taylor, that the two armies should I
I abstain from the disputed territory between tiie
i Nueces and the Rio Del Norte— that this propo- j
sition was suppressed, and the army was, not- ;
| withstanding, ordered to lake possession of the
; disputed territory.
We will admit for the sake of argument, that |
the proposition was actually made. \V e will stiii
i insist that it was proper to lake possession ot that
territory, n» (withstanding the proposition. No
statesman duly appreciating Mtxuan perfidy
could doubt the policy of taking a position which
would enable us if necessary to enforce our rights.
To await the delays of Mexican diplomacy upon ,
the coniines of the disj ured territory, would have j
been susceptible ol two constructions—first a
| doubt of the val dity of our claims ; and secondly J
an implied contract to leave that claim to be dis
posed of at the good will and pleasure of Mexico,
who had already exhausted our patience by alter
nate duplicity and bravado.
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.
Among the novelties ol the season, the
Raffle ottered to the public by Bowdre &
Clagelt claims a prominent place.
We have been favored with a view of those
three splendid dresses. They are offered to ,
; the public in away that will come within tne
reach of all. It is worth something even to
take a look at such a display of taste. More
elegant specimens of embroidery have proba
bly never before been exhibited to a southern
community.
As the opportunity does not often occur to
pay a compliment which will cost but little
’ compared to the elegance of the gift, we re
’ commend this Raffle to the special attention
of our bachelor friends.
> We presume too that the ladies whether
married or single, will not willingly allow
, such rare prizes to be borne off', without ma
r ing an eftbrt to be represented op this trial of
■ -fortune.
Brigadier General. —The Cheravv Gazette
of the 1 oth inst., announces that Col. James
Gadsden, President of the South Carolina
Rail Road Company, has been appointed
Brigadier General by the President of the
United States. Gen. Gadsden is to take
command of the Regiments of Volunteers
from the States of Virginia, North Carolina
and South Carolina.
Their Sans. —Major Van Bnren.son of the ex-
Prvsi.lent, acted as aid to Gen. Taylor at the
siege of Monterey. John C. Calhoun s son is aid
to Major General Gaines. Henry Clay's son is
Lieut. Colonel of a regiment of Kentucky volun
teers. Daniel Webster’s son is Captain of a com
pany of volunteers, and w ill be in Mexico soon.
John J. Crittenden’s son is Captain in the new
regiment of Mounted Riflemen.— Balt. Clipped.
Nobly D~>ne. —We understand that the officers of
our gallant little Navy attached to the Gulf iSuad
ron have, with that magnanimity which is charac
teristic of their profession, determined to present
all the prize money due them to tHe widow of
Lieut. Charles VV. Morris, who fell at the attack
on Tubasco —A r . ¥■ Cour.
90“ Ii is a singular and affecting circumstance,
confirmed by the latest visiter to the shore ol Fish
er’s Island, uhe scene of the disastrous wreck of
the steamer Allantic,) that ihe Bell of the Steam
er still tolls over the scene of desolaiioit. The
part of the w reck to which if is attached happened
to lodge in such a position lhat ihe bell was sup
ported out of the water, and at the motion bf every
wave strikes twice, and so night and day toils on
its doleful notes.
Central America. —In Guatemala, the adminis
tration of President Carrera is giving universal
satisfaction. Under his fostering care the dor
mant energies of the country are being revived,
and its commerce extended, with the most flatter
ing prospects and beneficial results. iV. (J. Delta.
PEACE WITH MEXICO.
A gentleman from Mexico well acquainted with
the feeliui's of the people and the government, is
now in this city, who stales that the Mexican Con
gress will appoint commissioners this month to
meet commissioners at Havana, or such point as
may be mutually agreed upon, to negotiate a trea
ty of peace. Although he is not prepared lo give
the views of the Mexican government, \et he has
no doubt that the negotiation will be entered into
in good faith on their part, lie is deeply impress
ed with the importance of the two millions asked
fur by ihe President of the United States, and
thinks that grant indispensable to an early peace,
as the .Mexican government cannot relinquish their
pretensions to the territory now in possession of
the United Slates forces without a consideration
in some shape or other, ills expected in Mexico
lhat the dissensions of poiilical parties in the Uni
ted States will result in great advantage lo Mexico,
and confident hopes were entertained that our
Congress would take the negotiations out of the
hands of the President and compel the withdraw
al of the American forces. It was understood that
the first movement in our Congress would be an
attack upon the President, if not an effort to im
peach him, and in the language of the Mexican gen
tleman alluded to, “a war between the Northern
and Southern States of the North American Union
on the question of admilt ng sla\ery into New
Mexico and California, is considered unavoidable
by the most in tel igent men in Mexico.” He ad
mits that the present war has been of inestimable
value to Mexico—that it has, in fact, preserved
her nationality by uniting factions into a powerful
party, and that in commencing it, Paredes was
encouraged to hope fur European aid and hud di
rect promises ofs>mpathy from influential persons
in the United States. He denies, positively, that
Santa Anna has any intention of assuming a dicta
torship. Such are some of the views, expecta
tions and feelings of tiie Mexican people, as given
by a nature Mexican. —.V. Y- Sun, 14 th inst. «
The following Resolutions were offered on the
17th inst in the luw'er House ot the South Caro
lina Legislature by Mr. Yancey, agreed to and
sent to the Senate foj concurrence, mz:
Resolved, That the-Superintcndcnt of Public
Works, be instructed to examine the obstructions
made in the Savannsh River, by the luwit
Goucil of the City ot Augusta, Georgia, ami to
report thccharater ofthose abstractions and their
effect upon the navigation of said River, In next
session of this Lcgislature-
R(salved further. That he do examine and
report, at tiie same time, the character of the
obstructions in the navigation of the said riv. r,
from the point on said river, where the Town
Council of Augusta. Georgia, have erected their
canal d-in, to the town of Hamburg; the practi
cability of their removal sous to improve the navi,
gation b« tween suit! points; the ammount of mom y
which would be necessary to effect such improv
ement, the time now occupied by cotton boats in
their descent, and the lime which would h«voc
cupied if such improvements, as he may deem
practicable were made.
jfo MMEKCIinr
latest dates FROM M vKtteool,noV- 18
LATEST OATES krom h a vit K,no v. lo
A UGUSTA 51 ARK ET.
Saturday night, Dec. 19. I<S46.
COTTON.—The market continues active, and
prices are now a foil jc. higher than those quoted
in our report of last Tuesday night.
SAVANNAH Dec. 18. — Colton. — Arrived
sinco the I Jth inst, 10882 bales Upland ((>777 by
Central Riil Road) and 128 bales Sea island,
j and cleared in the same time, 4123 bales Upland
and 141 bales Sea Island; leaving on hand, in
cluding all on shipboard not cleared on the 18th
I inst.. a stock of 4.997 bales Upland and fi<)4 bales
: Sea Island, against 7789 bales Upland and 521
bales Sea Island at the same period last year.
Thetolal receipts at this port, up to date, show a
an increase of 41,(570 bales yver those of last year
• up to same time* The receipts at all the jiorts up
| to the latest dates received, show a falling off of
41,274 hales, the deficiency being at Mobile and
New Orleans. The sales in this market during
the week, sum up (i 837 hales, as follows: 34 at 8$
7 at Bs, 31 %tBR 9 at 8 9-J.ti, 181 at B|, 3(15 at 8f
204 at Bs. 687 at 9, 738 at UR UJ97 at Up, h 2 at
9 5-IG, 893 at9|, 65 at 9 7-lb, 925 at 9R 252at9|;
1 444 at 9 J, 170 at 9|, 354 ul 10, and 50 hales at 10$
j cents. We alter quotations to conform to present
| prices, and quote square bales, (round selling Jc,
i less.
■ Inferior, —a
Ordinary, a 9
Middling, 91 a 9|
Middling Fair, 9| a 9|
Fair to Good Fair, 9£ a 10
Good Fair, UR a 10*
Freights- We quote toliverpool at |d, for square
and | l-16d. for round. For Ha* re the ship Tamer
lane has been taken upthis week at sc, for square
I bales, and we understand a vessel has been en
gaged at Charleston to come round and load for
the same port at the same rate. Coastwise Freights
are also without change.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 18.— Gotten mar
i ket since our hist has been very generally attended
1 bv purchasers, ami the week has been one oi con
| siderable excitement. In our report of the 12ih
i instant we remarked that the operations on the
| preceding day had turned in favor ol tiie holder ;
i and it will be recollected that we changed our
! figures at the lime lo correspond with this improve
ment; since that period, however, a great deal of
activity has prevailed, and the market has not only
been stimulated, but prices have materially ad
vanced. An active demand prevailed throughout
Saturday last for the article, which resulted in the
sale of upwards of 3155 bales, a large port ion of
w hich was sold on even more stringent terms than
were obtained at the close of the previous week.
On Monday buyers were early in attendance, and
when the day closed some 4300 bales were ascer
tained to have been sold at an advance of 4 to |c.
per lb. Although the operations of Tuesday were
less extensive still thei ad vanned rates paid on the
dav previous were fully sustained. During the
last three days dealers have l>een actively engaged,
and the prices current op Monday have been re-