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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AI'GISTA.
MONDAY MORNING* JAN . ARY 20.
It will be teen by reference to j he proceeding*
of Congress that the Venerable J bdge White ha«
resigned h.« seal in the Senate He has been
driven to thia atep by the instruction* of the Leg
islature of Tennessee. What little of virtues
left in the pnWic a- rvice ia fastdisappearing be
fore the ruffian spirit of modern democracy, an
the lime ta notHar distant, we fear, when none
but brazen demagogue* will hold office. •
doctrine of inatructiona to United States Sena
torn, by State Legislatures, is cc mdered by ma
ny to be very republican, but fo* ourselves, we
humbly look upon it as the moai absurd political
dogma of the day, and calculated to weaken and
destroy the main ‘conservative principle of our
Government. Laat year the Legislature of Ten
nessee. being whig, instructed lh? Senators from
that Stale to vote agiinst the Sub-Treasury bill
—lh.a year, the seme body, it* politics having
change** instructs their Senators to vote for that
bill ? Next year it may be whig; again, and then
the Senators will l>e instructed bark again ! Ihe
doctrine is. that Senators must rather obey or re
sign. If they obey, they become; the party hacks
of every Legislal ire; if they resign they destroy
the conservative principle of the constitution by
changing the terra of their offic e from six years,
to a tenancy at the will of partitan Legislatures.
Either result is bad enough. Those who believe
in such a doctrine may preach it—not we!
Great doings at the Theatre to-night! Miss
Welle, Master Wells, Opera, &c. &c. Go and
see for yourself.
The total number of arrivals at New York
from foreign ports, during 1839. was 2,159, be
ing a greater number than in any former year,
except 1838. The number of Ipassengers 48,-
152.
Correspondence nf the Baltimore American.
Washington, January 11, 1840.
bouse or representatives.
PERSONAL MATTERS.
The Session this morning, fir the first half
hour, was interesting and auu|ing to all who
like personal matters.
Mr. Bolls of Va., after theireatling of the
journal, asked leave to address 'ie House briefly
in reference to a sjHjech reported, in the Globe as
made by Mr. S mth of He wished to
know of the member from M 'ine whethe. in
declaring that wiiat he had said of Gen. Jackson
was false, he meant to impute any personal mo
tives to him.
Mr. Smith was unwilling to answer. A pe
remptory demagul had been made upon him, and
belore he replied to it, he wished to lie informed
by the Speaker whether or not !«e should tie per
mitted to reply to any remarks made by the
gentleman from Virginia.
The Speaker said, certainly, to any remarks
made in order, and to none made out of order.
Mr. Smith then said he had i favor to ask, and
that from the gentleman from ‘Maine, (hi* col
league Mr. Clifford) who war; entitled to the
floor.
Mr. Clifford said, most certainly he would yield
the ffoot to his colleague.
Mr. Smith then said that in declaring the
charge, that Gen. Jackson was a tyrant, to tie a
basu slander, he only meant that all history would
stamp such a charge as an erroneous opinion.
He meant not to impugn the' motives ot any
member, and certainly intended t > bring no charge
of falsehood against the gentleman from V irgima.
He only intended to say that the opinion ex
pressed was an erroneous one - and all history
would stamp it so.
The Speaker said that if he had understood
Mr. Smith's remarks to have been in any way
personal, he should have called him to urd. r.
Mr. Smith said that he th.ught the whole
House undeistood bun as he had explained hun
set!.
Mr. Bolts declared himself satisfied.
NEW JERSEY (AUKS. IT ON.
Ttie Speaker then recognised the right of Mr.
Clifford to the floor in continuation ol ms speech.
Mr. Clifford yielded a moment lo Mr. Duncan
of O.no, who staled to the House tnat since he
had made the last instalment id his speech, he
had rece.ved a paper from the guile. ies. It had
turned route ot ins remarks into rhsme, and he
rose merely to «ay that he should attach the
poetry lights speecU and set it to music.
The Speaker nere called Mr. Duncan to order.
Mr. I), said he had a right !o the floor, as it
had been yielded to him by he member from
Maine. Several members demanded that Mr.
Duncan have leave lo proceed.
Air. Mitchell of N. Y., moved that as Mr.
Duncan had a song in Ins head which he intend
ed io t sel lo music, hat the Hou*e give him leave
to sing it.
Mr. Clifford refused to yield the floor any
longer, and was aooul lo commence his speech
witnout allowing the Clcru to read all ot the
statement prepared by him (on y a part of it was
read las; night) wnen
Mr. Peck demanded that it til be read. The
House aad not heard all the annotation* nor the
title page.
Air. Clifford said that the statement of the
Clera thus tar luul been read, not as a peremptory
order ol the House, hut as a privilege to mm.
Some of the members demunicu. and the state
ment was read, and ailer ffnishrig his remarks,
he continued and concluded hn; speech. Mr. C.
vea* speaking until near me hour ol closing this
package and has had .he floor during .he day
and since the morning hour, and a part of yes
terday.
Mr. C ilford concluded soon liter three o’clock,
and was lollowed by Mr, Cooper, ot Georgia,
who, alter addressing the House very briefly, gave'
way to a motion to adjourn.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
The Senate did not sit to-day, having adjourn
ed last evening, alter the Executive session, over
to Monday.
January 13.
BOISE OF HEP RISEN TATI VKS-
Mr. Pickens, ot S. C„ immediately upon the
reading ol ttie Journal ol Satu nay s proceedings
rose and asked leave to address tae House upon a
matter ot some interest lo himself. He went on
lo say that m a paper of the city he had seen an
article relating u> a public printer —(meaning the
Mad iso man) —»mca article said, that Duff Green
had had counsel wuh the Cailicu n Nulhflers, up
on the suuject ot electing a public printer. Mr.
Pickens said, that wherever charges were made
against himseil pers mally he received them in
differently. and treated them with that contempt
and scorn which they merited. He regarded
them but as the effusions of a corrupt aiui
ffoiied man.
Mr. Pickens then read the article i 0
soman, and said that if it was designed to charge
him, or those acting with him. with holding any
counsel with Duff Green in regard to the office
of public printer, or intended to make such an ac
cusation against hist iends, it was a st.
For one, M id Mr. Pickens. I have held and
wo.dd hold with Mr. Green no consultation upon
this subject. I say this, not less tn reference to
myself than to the lilt e band of Nulhhers—the
only men confidentially connected with me. 1
did receive, at the commencement of the session,
a note from Mr. Green stating that be should be
a candidate for printer to the House. I did not
| even answer that note, nor have I had any com
munication with him upon the subject.
Mr. P. further said that he repudiated the
charge made_against him, and threw it back, wit
scorn and contempt. From the moment t e
Harrisburg ngpiina’ion was made, roy mind was
made up as lo the course I should pursue. [• r -
P. was here called to order by some for one allu
ding, I presume, to the Harrisburg nomination.]
He then thanked the House for the indulgence
extended to him and resumed his seat.
COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS.
Mr. Russell, of N. Y. chairman of the commit
tee of Claims, (Mr. Dawson of Georgia having
resigned in favor of him) —moved the House to
allow lb? Cc-mmitte to .appoint a Clerk—tjie du
ties being very arduofffc. The House wtfulJ not
suspend the Rules to allow the resolution to be
offered.
NEW JERSET UUESTTON.
The Speaker announced the orders of the day;
and Mr. Cooper ot Georgia, as entitled to the
floor. Mr. Cooper spoke but briefly, ami in re
ference to some of the cases which had been ex
amined.
After some remarks from Mr. Leet and Mr.
Ramsay, both of Pennsylvania, the Previous
Question was put, and the whole matter referred
to the Committee on Elections, 176 lo 16.
Mr. Ramsay then made an effort to refer a pe
tition from Mr. Ingersoil to the Committee oa
Elections, but withdrew it at tile request ot Mr.
Davis, of Indiana.
PETITIONS.
After various unsuccessful attempts to suspend
the rules for other matters, the majority agreed to
receive petitions.
The States were called, beginning with Maine
and going to Massachusetts. Mr. Lincoln pre
sented several memorials from Massachusetts, ask
ing for the Abolition of Slavery in the District of
Columbia.
A debate of much interest is now pending
upon t.ie motion to receive. »
UNITED STATES SENATE.
RESIGNATION OF JUDGE WHITE.
Mr. White,of Tenn. soon after the session
had commenced, presented certain resolutions
adopted some time''since by the Legislature ol
Tennessee, in reference to various public mat
ters before Congress.
Mr. White said that the present being a pe
culiar occasion with him, and wishing espe
cially not to re misunderstood in what he had
to say in answer lo the resolution* of his State,
he had prepared, contrary lo his practice, notes
which, with, the permission of the Senate, he
would read. *
In presenting the resolutions which had just
been read by the Clerk, Mr. W. said that he
had but discharged a duty which was required
of him Before, he sat down he should state
the conclusion he had come to. He had an
answer to the several resolutions adopted by
the Legislature, and an answer which he in
tended to transmit to those who have adopted
the resolutions. I cannot and shall not, said
Mr. While, obey the instructions contained in
some of the resolutions. But I will consider
them. First—
I am instructed to vote against a charter for a
National Bank. That instruction I might obey,
for it conforms to my practice here in the Senate.
I am instructed also to vote for the Sub-Trea
sury Bill. 1 cannot comply with this instruc
tion, because I consider the public money will be
much more safe in the hands ©f well selected
Banks than in the hands of individuals. Sup
pose, said Mr. W.. that any one of your honora
ble body had $!00 000, would you deposit© it in
your own bouse or in a well salected bank !
And are we to take less care of the public money
than of our own private funds ?
I cannot obey the instructions, because all ex*
perience leaches us that large sums of money de
posited in individuals’ hands are less safe than in
well regulated institutions. It is said, Mr. White
remarke<l,that banks are not responsible. Are they
any less so than individuals 1 Banks cannot
discount with the public money, but agents may
and have. By using well regulated Banks we
have the advantage of alleast two-f*ld security.
I, therefore, said Mr. White, conclude that the
public money would be less secure in the hands
of agents than of Bank . I conclude also, that
for this reason, if for no other, that the Sub-'l rea
sury Bill ought not to pass.
But there are other reasons, said Mr. White,
for voting against this bill. Among them would
he the practice of the Government of turning
specie into Bank notes. The practice under the
Sub-I”reasruy Bill would be for lour years at least
to come—indeed for all time—to turn the Bank
notes into specie, and then to hoard the specie so
collect-d. The whole of it would be in ihe pos
session of l.h« Government officers and every
govern men: officer who received his one hundred
dollars might do as he could, turn it into paper,
receiving $ 108 for SIOO. -urh was the practice
of many of the officers of Government now, and
such very generally would he the practice under
the Sub-Treasury Bill. The effect of this would
be to drain the channels of trade of specie, and lo
keep it hoa'dad. Sir, said Judge W. you might
as well give the money to the Executive as to
those wholly under his control. The President
has but to will to be olieyed.
Lastly,in considering his objections to the Sub-
Treasury Bill, Mi. White said thatthe Sub-Trea
sury Bill was nothing hut a Government Bank
of the most: odious character. It is a Bank at
tached t.» the Treasury, and bottomed upon the
funds of the Genera Government. Its effect
would l»e to violate the principles of Gen. Jack
son, that the public money ought no more to be
locked up than the arras of the Government.
Mr. White said that he knew that all who de
ounced th s bill would be denounced as a Bank
bought Federalist. In all these views, said he, I
may be in error, but I cannot and will not obey
the instructions of the Legislature in the second
resolution.
Mr. W'hi.te then considered the other Resolu
tions in reference to the Judiciary t ommittee,
touching the freedom ol elections—(before the
last Congress.)
Mr. W T . gave his reasons in full for opposing
them. He gave Gen. Jackson and Thomas Jef
ferson as his authority, and said that those who
condemned him, condemned them. He also quo
ted from his colleague, Mr. Grundy, when he said
that thiise who interfered! in electiJns were think- ■
»ng of thei* salaries and their bread, and were
theres ire unfit advisers of the people.
Mr, W’hite then gave his reas >n* for voting as
be had, in reference to the Public Domain and
other matter*. He replied with much spirit to the
strong condemnations of the Van Buren members
oi the Legislature, and concluded by taking leave I
ot the Senate, and wishing all an affectionate I
farewell, anil all possible prosperity.
Mr.GrundjrbrWfly Mi ,. lha , h ; shou y ol ]
all the marucuo.,., aud „„e | or ,h e Sub-I’iwsury ;
. ’ whlch ’ at the last session, contrary to his I
judgment, he was then compelled to oppose.
SUB-TRKASURT B I Ul.
Mr. Wr ghl 4 said that considering the impor- ‘
tanceof the unfinished business, he should not
press the consideration of the Sub-T,easury Bill '
at this moment—but he should do so at an ea 1 •
day—as aarly as to-morrow morning. %
BO ABO or CXAIMS.
Mr. Hubbard moved the, postponement of the
bill establishing a Board'of Claims, to Thursday
next —ordered. .
Several reports were made from the standing
Committees, and several messages received from
the Executive and the Executive Departments.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr. Calhojn offered a Resolution in reference
to the Southern s aves wrecked on the Bahamas
and elsewhere. It called apon the President o
the United States to communicate all the infor
mation in his possession in regard to the sui ject,
and all the correspondence between the State De
partment and the Government of Great Britain.
Mr. Preston, of S. C. also offered a resolution,
instructing the Committee of Finance to bring in
a Bill tor reducing the duties or abolishing them
upon worked marble, introduced into the United
States, when worked by American hands. Ihe
resolution lies one day.
The Committee of finance, through Mr.
Wright, the Chairman of the Committee made
two reports —the one from which the Committee
asked to be discharged in reference to the sus
pension of specie payments —the other in refer
ence to commercial intercourse between the Uni
ted Sta es. Two thousand extra copies of he
former were ordered to be printed, ajff two thou
sand five hundred copies of the latter.
ARMED OCCUPATION OF FLORIDA.
This bill came up as the order of the day, and
Mr. Benton again addressed the Senate at length,
and in examination of the objections made by
those opposed to the bill.
From the National Intelligencer.
ROUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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Jhnhary 14.
The Hon. Osmyn Baker, member elect from
the State of Massachusetts, appeared, was quali
fied, and took his seat.
Mr. W. Thompson rose that, for the
first time since he had had the honor of a seat in
this House, he was about to ask lor a suspension
of the rula, to enable him to offer a resolution
heretofore submitted by his friend from Virginia,
(Mr. Wise.) who was now detained from the
House by indisposition. The resolution was in
exact conformity to the action of the House yes
terday, upon the subject of abolition; and by
its adoption, the House would save itself infinite
time and unpleasantness.
The resolution, which was read for informa
tion, is in the following words:
Resolved, That upon the presentation of any
memorial or petition, praying for the abolition of
slavery or the slave trade in any District. Terri
tory, or State of the Union, and upon the presen
lation of any resolution or other paper touching
that subject, the reception of such memorial,
petition, resolution, or paper shall be considered
as objected to, and the question of its reception
shall t>e laid upon the table without debate or
further action thereon.
Mr. Chinn deo-anded the yeas and nays,
which were ardersd.
Mr. C. said that, before the question was ta
ken, he would ask that a resolution which he
would send to the Clerk’s table, and which he
intended to offer in case of the rejection of the
other, might be read for information.
The Speaker said it could only be read by
leave.
The resolution was read as follows:
Resolved, That all petitions, memorials, reso
lution-, and addresses of every description,
touching the abolition of slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, or in the States or Territo
ries, or in any manner relating to the existence
of slavery or the slave trade in the United
States, be referred, without deaate, to a select
committee, with instruations to consider and re
port thereon.
Mr. Adams, (who is very imperfectly heard by
the Reporters on the right the Chair.) was
understood to allude to the fact, that a motion
to suspend the rule for the introduction of the
same resolution (introduced originally by the
gentleman from Virginia, Mr. Wise,) had been
twice rejected by the House. And with a view
to prevent the motion being again brought up,
he moved the indefinite postponement of the
motion to suspend.
Tha rule applicable to this motion was then
read as follows:
When a question is postponed indefinitely,
the same shall not be acted upon again during
the session.”
The Speaker said it was not in order to make
a motion for the indefinite postponement of a
motion to suspend the rule.
After some debate the Chair announced the
decision »s follows: yeas 128, nays 27. So two
thirds not voting therefor, the rule was not sus
pended.
An important amendment was made to the
Rules and Orders of the House of Representatives
to-day, for which the friends of freedom of action
by the Representatives of the People are greatly
indebted to Mr. Hoffman, of N. Y., and his asso
ciates ou the select committee upon that subject,
who proposed it to the House. It consists in
this: that whereas hitherto the Previous Ques
tion, when decided in the affirmative, has cutoff
all pending motions for amendment as well as all
debate, it is hereafter to cut off Debate only, and
to bring the House to a direct question on each
pending amendment, in their parliamentary order.
1 he House will therefiue be no longer subjected,
as heretofore, to the necessity of adopting or re
jecting measures of consequence proposed te
them without having first had an opportunity to
amend, alter, or add to them.
IN SENATE.
After the transaction of morning business, the
Independent Treasury bill wastaken up. When
Mr. Clay, of Ky., after some remarks, moved that j
its consideration be postponed until Monday, the
27th inst. which was disagreed to—ayes 16. noes
‘26. The bill was then taken up, and several
amendments, proposed by Mr. Wright, were
adopted. An amendment increasing the com
pensation of the receiver at N. Y. to four thou
sand dollars, w.ts concurred in. An amendment
was then offered to increase the salaries of the re- I
ceivers in Philadelphia and New Orleans; but
before the question was taken, the Senate ad- I
ourned.
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From the Philadelphia Commercial List.
The late news from England is looked upon
as favo.able, not only to the interests of the U.
S. Bank, but to commercial and monetary affairs
generally. The tide in the foreign exchanges
was evidently turning in favor of England, and
confidence in American securities was returning.
The Message of the Governor has had rather
a favorable influence upon stocks. Although far
from being an unexceptionable document, it is
upon the whole an able production, much milder
in its tone upon the subject of banks, than we
had been led to expect. The fearless manner
in which the actual condition of our slate finan
ces and internal improvements has been laid be
fore the people—and the sacred regard expressed
in favor of keeping the public faith inviolate—as
well as the bold recommendation of direct tax
i a,ion for the purpose of paying the interest on
{ State debt, are worthy of all praise, and will
j tend mu«*h to raise the credit of our State stocks
in Europe.
j s - Bank stock closed in demand at 86
i Girard had declined to 33£. at which it was offer
j ed. In other bank stocks hut little doing. U. S
I Bank post notes are selling at 9 per cem. per
annum discount. Exchange on New YoTk
i 107$ a lU7|.
! _
In Michigan, recently, 15,000 bushels of wheat
sold at 50 cents a bushel.
Correspondence of the National Intdtig encer '
New York, January 11-
Letters from Albany, received here, speak o
| Whig victory in New York as secure by thousan
! and thousands. There is not a word of doubt as
I to the future among all observing men, so far as
New York State is concerned.
The lion. N. P. Tallraadge will have a right to,
and take, his seat in the U S. Senate in the course
of next week. If Virginia enjoys the sacrifice of
a Senator because he has bearded Executive power,
New York sends back again the Senator woo has
done it so well, and in herseif thus nobl> vindi
cates the principle of personal independence and
popular liberty
The Hon. Isaac Hill, according to a Dover (N. H.)
paper, is an applicant for the expected vacancy o»
! Postmaster at Portsmouth.
I Tne revenue collected in Boston in 1539, was
j $3,242,16b, being $693 770 more than in 1838.
Orders are in market, through French houses, for
the purchase of Flour to send to A-giers ! Ihere
is a novelty in this, at least. The purchase of
Flour for England and France still conti ues
The Boston Centinel unodicially understands
that Mr. Morton has one vote over all others, count
ing all returns, whether legal y or illegally return
ed ! This shows the value of a vote.
Exchange on . ondon and Paris continues on the
decline. Flour advanced inconsequence
Oi the foreign demand. The news by the Hioei
nia respecting American stocks is favorable. Ex
chingeon Philadelphia is 7£ per cent, to 7 dis
count.
The following are the letters from Gen. Harri
son and Gov. Tyler, in answer to letters addressed
to them by the Committee on behall ol the
Harrisburg Convention, informing them their
respective nom.nations for the Presidency and
Vice Presidency as the candidates of the Whig
party:
Central Harrison s Reply.
North Bend, 19th Dec. 1839.
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter from Harrisburg of the
7th instant.
However objectionable in the opinions of many
of our fellow citizens may be the mode of select
ing a candidate for the two highest offices of the
Government by a General Convention, the pe
culiar circumstances in which the party opposed
I to the present Administration were placed, seem
to have left them no alternative to secure that
unity of action so necessary to their success.—
The number of Stales represented, and the ex
alted characters of the Delegates to whom the
delicate task of nominating the candidate was
. committed, leaving no room to deubt that their
\ decision was in accordance with t- c wishes of
[ the majority of their constituents, I accept with
gratitude the nomination which, in obedience to
a resolution of the Convention, you ha»e done
me, gentlemen, the honor to communicate.
But however highly I may value this evidence
of the attachment and confidence of so large a
portion of my fellow citizens, I must beg you to
believe, gentlemen, that no one is more thorough
ly convinced than I am, that in selecting a re
tired and unpretending individua to be their
candidate, the Convention were influenced by
circumstances often occurring in popular govern
ments to set aside the higher claims of other
citizens, although f -uuded upon the possession
of the most distinguished talents and the per
formance of the most eminent services to their
country, united to every other quality necessary
to the discharge of the duties of Chief Magis
trate of this great Republic.
It may perhaps be expected that I should em
brace this occasion to declare the principles upon,
which the Administration will be conducted, if
the efforts of my friends to place me in the Presi
dential Chair should prove successful. But
having, in a letter to the Hon. Hammer Denny,
and in another to the Hon. Sherrod Williams,
both of which have been made public, given my
views at some length of the character and extent
nf the powers vested by the Const:tution in the
Presiden', I consider it unnecessary to repeat
them here.
I deem it, however, gentlemen, proper at this
lime to renew the assurance heretofore frequently
made, that should I be elected to the Presidency,"
I will, under no circumstances, consent to be a
candidate for a second term.
With the highest consideration, gentlemen,
for yourselves and those y<iu represent,
I am your fellow citizen,
W. H. HARRISON.
To the Hon. John Owen, of North Caiolina,
and others of the Committee.
Governor Tyltr’s Reply.
Williamsburg, (Va.) Dec. 16. 1839.
Gentlemen : The nomination which, as the
organs of the late Harrisburg Convention, you
have communicated to me, is accepted with a
sensibility greatly augmented by the fact, that
whilst it is a result in no way contemplated by
me, it was attended by the unanimous concur
rence of that enlightened and patriotic body.
To have my name associated with that of the
eminent Patriot who is put in nomination for the
first office, is of itself regarded by me as no ordi
nary honor. His long and faithful services to
the country, at the council-board, and in the field,
have won for him a distinguished name in history,
f and furnish the surest guarantee that should he
j he elevated by the populai voice to the chief
j Executive office, his administration of govern
| mental affairs will be just, and prudent, and w ise.
■ With the Constitution for his guide, and the
good of his country his only aim, I doubt not
j but that his exertions would be exclusively direct
! ed to uphold the one, and to advance the other.
| The friend and supporter of Jefferson, of Madi
| son. and Monroe, and the immediate descendant
f °f a signer of the Declaration of Independence,
j can be none other than true to his early Repub
i lican creed, and the devoted advocate of free
* principles and of popular rights.
;■ I have the honor to be, gentlemen,
Your most oh’t serv’l,
j JOHN TYLER.
1 John Owen, Esq., and others of the Com
j mittee.
i a Fight! A Fight !—A detachment of Caps
Mason’s Company, stationed at Ocean Pond,
had a brush with the Indians on the 28th ult. in
a hammock about a mile from the station. Jesse
Long, a Sergeant in the company, and who de
serves to be something higher, was wounded in
the hand. Several shots were exchanged, the
battle lasted about twenty minutes. There were
about twenty Indians. Two were seen to fall
supposed to have been killed. They disappeared
on the accidental discharge of a gun at a distance,
and have not since been heard of. Capt. M. has
since scour d the hammock personally. East
Florida Advocate.
The decision of the t ourt -f Errors in the case
of S, dc M. Allen, vs. the Merchants’ Bank of N
! York is of great importance from the bearing it
will have up.m exchange operations. In this
case, a bill drawn by a New York merchant, up
on a Philadelphia house, was deposited in the or
dinary manner, with the Merchant’s Bank, in N\
\ ~ for collection. It was duly transmitted to their
correspondent bank at Philadelphia.— Acceptance
was refused, of which the notary of the Philadel
phia Bank neglected to give notice to the ho'dei
and endorser at New York, it not being reaffirm
by the law of Philadelphia. In consequence of
this and of the drawer’s failure, payment i
which would otherwise have been made out °of
funds in the hands of an endorser, and on this
ground of neglect of notice the endorser as aNo
held discharged in a suit against him. .
This case was decided in favor of the hank, in
the Superior Court, and confirmed in the Supreme
Court, but the Court of Errors has reversed the
decision in favor of S. &M. Allen. — Fhuscsta
lishmg that a foreign hill when not paid, roust be
protested in the manner prescribed by the law ot
New York, and not according to the law where
such protest is made. This is very important to
all engaged in exchange operations.— New York
Herald.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail Itoad*
Hamburg, January 18, 1840.
H. C. Bryson ; A. Frederick; W. E. Jackson;
1 J. Bridges ; Stova'l, Simmons & t o.; J. M. Cooper
&, Son ; Marshall & Crim ; S Knee!and ; W. * id
ler ; J. Levy ; G Parrott; J. F. Benson.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, Dec. 9
Latest dates from Havre Dec. 7
Charleston, January 18.
Cotton. —Althouhh the operations in Upland have
not been to the extent noticed in our last, still a
more than fair business has engaged dealers. On
Saturday last, and in the early part of the present
week, prices were unsctt ed, as holders, owing to
the comparative light stock on hand were unwill
ing to sell at the decline noticed in our review of
the lith iust; ou Wednesday, however, there was
a general re-action in the market, prices went up,
on the ow and middling sorts, what they had lost
the previous week. The transactions are 8763
bales, at the following prices : 10 at 7* ; 261 at 8 ;
69 at Bj;77at 8$ ; 371 at 8$ ; 145 at 8|; 575 at
8$ ; 308 at 8| ; 2095 at 9 ; 466 at 9} ; 2 86 at 9$ ;
210 at 9| ; 917 at 9* ; 396 at 9$ ; 623 at 10 ; 249
at 10$ ; and 54 bales at 10* cts. per lb. We quote
inferior and ordinary 7* a 8* ; middling to middling
fair, 8$ a 9$ ; fair to fully fair, 9)a9|; good fair,
10 a 10$; and choice 10* cts. per lb. About 81
bags Sea Island sold at prices ranging from 25 to
45 ; 69 do. from 27 to 50 ; 38 do. from 28 to 40; and
191 do. from 22 upwards—two small lots Santees,
sold at 26 and 28 cts. per lb.
Rice. —There has been a good business doing in
Rice during the week, and the market is evidently
belter than at the close of the previous week,
which may be attributed to the limited stock on
sale —buyers have met Holders more freely. The
sales are 2841 tierces, at the following prices ; 120
at 2* ; 122 at 2|; 233 at 2$ ; 11 at 2 15-16 ; 64*
at 2£ ; 326 at 3 ; 825 at 3$ ; 208 at 3 3-16; 397 at
3$ ; 90 at 3 5-16; 88 at 3 7-i6 ; and 200 tierces at
3* per 100.
drain. —The receipts of the week of Com have
been about 9000 bushels North Carolina, which sold
at prices ranging from 55 to 58 cents per bushel,
according to quality. Several parce sos Hay have
changed hanos at 70 to 80 ; and at auction 300 bun
dles brought 75 a 85 cents per 100 lbs., principally
however at the former price. No arrivals of either
Oats or Peas —quo ations nominal.
/ lour. There is very little doing in the Flour
marktt. Several small lots Baltimore Howard st,
and Baltimore wharf have been taken for the city
trade at 6 and 6* per bb 1.; while North Carolina
has been sold at something under these rates; Canal
however is held at prices above these quotations.
Bacon. —The stock on sale is o d,for which there
is no demand. We quote nominally —Hams 6 a
10; Sides 7a 8 ; and Shoulders 6 cts. per lb.
Lard —At present is excessively dull, —we con
tinue to quote 10 a II cts per lb
Coffee. —The business done in a't descriptions of
Coffee during the week has been very light. About
100 bags good to prime green Cuba were sold at 9$
to 10$; and about 200 bags Rio at 10 cts. per lb.
Sugars —A heavy business has engaged dealers
during the week in Sugar, but at low prices. At
private sah 100 hhds. New Orleans at 5 ; and a lot
do. at 4* a 4$ ; a lot superior Muscovado comman
ded 11; and at auction 136 hhds. New Orleans
were disposed of at 5* a sj£; and 120 Louisiana
from 4$ to 5$ per b. About 390 hhds. have been
received this week fronrrNew. Orleans.
Molasses . —The the week are 640
bbls. from New OrleahSjWA hhds. 4 tierces from
Havana and Matanzas. and 73 hhds. from Neuvitas.
The West India sold at prices not made public, but
is offering from second hands, the quantity, at
24 cts per gallon. Os the New Orleans, a part
changed l ands at our quotations, viz: 28 a 30;
and 150 bbls. were sold at auction at 29 and 30 cts ;
the Neuvitas was also knocked off at pub ic sale at
25| to 26* cts. uer gallon.
Provisions. —About 120 bbls. Western Pork
(Shoulders) were sold at auction at $8 aß* per bbl.
Honey. —At auction about 56 tierces Honev,
brought from 42 to 45 cts. per gallon.
Salt. —The receipts during the week have been
8253 bushels Turks Island, and 12,000 do. Cadiz.
We quote these descriptions from 25 to 30 cents per
‘ bushel. Liverpool sack is held at 162* a 175 per
sack.
Exchange. —Bil's on England 8a 8$ per cent. i
prem. On France, sf. 25. On New York, Sight
» hecks are worth 3, and 5 days do. 2 a 2* per cent,
prem.; 30 days are taken at par,-and 60 da.\ s 1 per
cent. o:f. The Char eston rank continues to check
on New York for her own notes at 1 per ct. prem.;
we quote Charleston Bank bills 1 a 1$ ; and Specie
I $ a 2 per cl. prem.
Freights. —To I iverpool dull at quotations ; to
Havre an engagement has been made at Ig for
Colton.
Savannah, Jan. 17.
Cotton —Arrived since the 10th i st 8857 bales
Upland and 70' baies Sit ott.-n.and cleared at the
same lime 4915 ba.es Upland and 134 ba-es S 1
cotton; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on
shipboard not cleared on the 17th inst., of 18385
bales Up and and 12; 4 bales S 1 cotton. From the
date of our last report until yesterday. Upland was
in good demand at full prices, but the advance in
freight and rise of the river at Augusta, with in
cteased receipts, have rendered the market dull
and a though we retain 1-st week’s quotations, they
are no longer obtainable except for the higher
qualities. Ihe sales amount to 5246 bales viz ■
15 at 6j; 28 at 7; 32 at 7s; 19 at 7 ; 36 at 74- 22
at 8; ..4 at 8$; 81 at 8$; 55 at 8*; 15 at 54 at
S 8; 312 at 9; 101 at 9s; 314 at 9s; 841 at 9s; 1016
at 9*; 822 at 9f; 846 at 9g; 281 at 9|; 167 at 10-
s<i at 10$; 75 at 10| ; 30 at 10*. Sea island has
been in better demand, and the sales reach 203
bage, viz: 29 at 20; 10 at 21; 22 at 23; 9 at 24-
24 at 4*; 54 at 25; 48 at 26; 7 at 27. *
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
_ Upl’ds. S. I
Stock on hand, Ist Oct, jjg
Received tiiis week, 8857 707
do. previously 53894 , 310
1 64274 2135
Exported this week, 4915 134
Do. previously, 40974 797 45859 931
Stock on hand, including all on ship
board not cleared on 17th inst. 18385 1204
Rice— The transactions since our last amount
1000 casks, at last week’s prices, viz . 3Ooat *V^
100 at 2 9-16; 200 at 2g, tto at if. The dVm..,u
fair, ai.d a prime article wo Id readily bring *3
tlour continues dull, and we have no chan™
m price to notice. Sales of small paicels of How
ard st at $7 t xiow-
Corn— ls selling in lots to suit purchasers at 70
aBO cts. The demand moderate. 70
Groceries The demand for all descriptions of
groceries continue light. We report sales of 100
hUK N. O. sugar at sos a 6j, su.es, and 2W „Z
at 1 l SSe5 31 SZ 4 CtS ’ bagS tuL;a Coffee
Salt —Bales of 500 sacks at sl|
Hay- Sales on the wharf at 75 aBO cts; retails
from store at sl, ’ tcwis
Exchange —Un England, lOoerrt nr « m '
Drafts on i\ew York, at sight 6 uer ct n
5 days sight, 5a 63 per ct. premium ’ P m;
Freights- -To Liverpool. sd; Havre nn
gagernent; New Yo:k, sl* per bale ’
New York, Jan. 11.
Remarks- -There has bee 1 but litt'e of interest
during the past week, except the Messages of the
Governors of New York and Pennsylvania, which
aie of a character rather to strengthen, than to
weaken the healthy influences of tbe Money Mar
ket. she news from Europe has also been favor
able, both that by the England and the Hibernia
No Specie is now needed abroad. Foreign ev"
changes arc in our favor. There is, however a
stagnation in all business here, and this, always a
dull season of the year, is now emphatically a dull
Coffee At this season, unless there is an *
demand, the inquiry is wholly for home f nV Xpt '
tion;--o! course but a moderate business a- '“l*'
The sales of the week have been as fol owk s ''
bags Brazil, 4m 9* a 10$; 200 do Gov
4m 13* a 14; 300 do Laguna. 4m 10* a n . ° d >o
Sumatra, 4m ios. 1 do
Cotton —vVe have advices from Liverpool
11th ult. The demand there for cotton was l ° tl)e
active; niidd.ing qualities sustained, but new
tons rather recede. Ihe advices, however jf 0 *
no influence on prices herl. The supp i es j Ve
market are quite moderate, and very little of\° Ut ’
Prices were much the same as last week. Sal” o*' 0 *'
he week as follows: —14.70 bags Uplands Sabif li
1400 do New Orleans, 9* a 11$; 150 do Fw/’ 1
9$ a 10'; 190 do Mobile, 10* a 11. ri(Js .
Flour —The Eng.and, arrived the former pan
the week, and the Hiberian yesterday, fi on , ,. 0: j
erpool, the latter having sai ed the 11th Decetr.t!',
brougnt more favorable accounts for Amen
Flour, and consequently the rates here have
vanced. Western is selling at $6 —very little
porting at present. Ohio, via canal,continuesai't?
75. Southern continues without any ch:> e .
prices* B 111
Columbus, January 15, IS4O
Cotton. —For the last weex receipts have
greater than formerly, from 500 to 1000 b»g s i
riving daily, the largest proportion of whuh
sold from wagons at 6a 7 cts This ia a deeiin* >
from last week’s prices, owing to the recepfi 0ll( ! *
uufavorab e news fnm England. The account!
received give rise to an anticipation of a still f Ur .
ther decline.
„
Columbia, S. C., January n v
Cotton. —Very little is doing in this article, tho !
something more than last week. We quote 6 v
8* cents, extremes —principal sales at 8 cents.
Philadelphia, January 10.
Cotto.n —Prices have not varied essentially, aal
the demand has b« come rather mo.e active ; sae
of 250 bales Up and at I! * to 12* cts. per ib.; 2j
V irginia 1 cts. J here are considerable supplies
below in the Delaware.
Flour. — The supplies of flour have been model
ate, and the demand limited. The stacks have
consequently slightly increased, . ut they are stij/'
very light. Ihe sales lor export amount on vlo
1,500 bbls at $5,56i per bbl. on Broad street, an
$5,62* on the Delaware front of the city ; inc'ud
ing so . e Bran lywine at $5.70. 8a es ior city con.
sumption at $5,62 for fair to good brands, extra
$5 75. ft-day sales of 1.290 bois for expo.t jt
$5,62*. S..me ho ders ask $5,75. There is more '
inquiry for export, in consequence of one or tw
vessels uemg up for Liverpool.
New Orleans, Jan. 1 ]
Cotton. —Arrived since the 7th instant. of Lo u .
isiana and Mississippi, 8368 bales; Tennessee ai
North Alabama, 484; Arkansas, 187; t >gethe
9039 bales. Cleared in the >arne time : for Live;
pool, 9845 bales ; Havre, 4369 ; Trieste, 381; n os
ton, 524 ; together, 15 119 bales ; making a reluc.
tion in stock of 6,080 ba.es, and leaving on hand
inclusive of all on ship-board, not Cleared on the
10th instant, a stock of 101,956 uales.
Our report of last Wednesday morning, it *
be remembered, represented the Cotton market i
being steady, at the prices then quoted Nosa*.
we believe, were made on Wednesday, the alien
tion of the pub ic generally, having b- en with,
drawn from business pursuits on that day, in order
to anticipate in the celebration of the battle oi
New Orleans. On Thursday, the sales, notwith
standing that the market exhibited a rather quiet
appearance, amounted to upwards of 4,000 bales,
though at a decline, generally, of a quirterof,
cent, on ordinary and midd ing; qual ties fr m mid
dling fair up, in consequence of their scarcity, ani
the greater demand for them, full'
previous rates. V esterday the market was rathe
quiet, and the sales, which reached to about 2,70 t
bales, went to confirm the decline on the lower
grades, noticed above, and to which our quotation;
hare been made to conform. The sales,duringthe
week, amount to about 19,000 bales, and for the
last three days to 6,700 ; of which we notice the
fol.owing, viz: 131 Louisiana and Mississippi,it*
81; 14 at 8$ ;50 at 7 ; 45 at 9; 70 at 6* ;4i it
9* . 250 at 9* ; 50 at 7 ; 18 at 9 ; 201 at Si ; 111
at 7i ; 700 at 7f; 234 at 8* ; 300 at 6| a8 ; Infl
at
1-16 ; 430 at
129 at 6$ ; 46 8; 84 at S* ; 44 at 8 ; 102 at td
143 at 8 ; 210 at 7* ; 69 at 8 ; 6 ) at Si; 55 at 9
35S Mississippi and Western Oistiicts at cena
and 15 Western Districts at Scents.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
La. and Miss. fenn. and N. Ala.
Ordinary, 6* a 7- « rdinary,
Middling, 7| a S Mi Idling, I
Fair* . 9a 9i Fair, a!0
! Good fair, 10 a 10$ Good fair, I extreme :
Good It fine 11$ a— Good & fine J
Fair crops, —a-
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15334 *
Receipts last three days 9039
“ previously, 340111 34915(1
„ 3649:;
Exports last three days, 15! 19
*’ previously, 247899 26301:
Stock on hand, ioi9st
■ Sugar. —Louisiana. There is not the slig te
r change in the market, since our last report. Tb
supply on the Levee is not Urge, the receipt* bal
ing t,een ! ‘ght for some days pa>t; but tlieie hi
been no demand, except for small parce s. W(
still quote 4 a 5$ cents as the range of the matte
but remark that most of the transactions havelxc
in qualities worth 4$ a 4|. We are not advised*
any sales on Plantation.
M- hsses. —There is no improvement in the de
mand ior this article, since we last noticed it, he.
as in the rase of -ugar, the supplies have been 1m
ited lor some days past, aud no further decliw
theretore, has taken place in the prices, w hich in
21 a22 cents per ga.lon, from the Levee. VVe bin
heard of no sales of importance, on Plantation
buyers and sellers not yet having arrived at am:-
tua< price.
Bacon We have heard of none but mere reta.
sa es, an 1 these are made within the range of »'
quotations - say 10* a II cents for Canvas#
Hams ; 7* a 8 for Sides ; and 6 a 7 cents forSbou
ders. Large parcels could not be disposed oft
tnese rates.
Hour. \ further increase of the stock, antr
pated in our last report, has ta-en place within t#
last three days, the receipts during that period
mg amounted to between 4oUu and 5000 barrels
received almost entirely by flat-boats. These fa
ther supplies, and a very .united demand, n*«
caused prices again to iccede, and we now quos
1. uperline at $5 25, dull. The only sale we kiw 1
of, for export, was a iot of 500 bbls. at $5 25,cas:'
The transactions, geneial y have been small lo'
lor consumption.
Whiskey. —Bome 500 a 600 bbls. have come
since our last, and prices are a shale lower.
now quote Cincinnat Kectified at 40 a 41 cent* P
gallon. ' '
Grain, The receipts of Shelled Corn, in sart
are very limited, but, in consequence of aver
narrow demand, prices have not been fully s®
tamed. We now efuote at 6» cents rer busbf
Oats are more plenty at 37* a 40 cents.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
0 , Savannah, Jan. 1»
Ueared —Schr Henrietta, Parker, Baltimre.
Arrived Br brig Penelope, Ferguso.i, Trinid»o
sloop Stranger, Hammond, Wilmington, (N.f>
steamboats Oglethorpe, Williams, Augusta;!'
. ar; Cresswefi, do ; Georgia, Norris, do
Went to sea Brig Philura, Sherman, New
Departed —Steam, oats Georgia, Norris, Augw 11
Lamar, v reswell, do,
January I l * I- i
Cleared —Ship John Gumming, Thaver. Li«
pool; brig Wm. Taylor, Hoey, New- York.
Arrived Steamboat South Carolina Kea, &
gusta.
Went to sea —Schrs Henrietta, Parker,
more ; Mechanic, Littlefield, Boston.
Charleston, Jan. l v p-
Cleared— Bw barque Emma Theresa, j
Antwerp; barque Daniel Webster, ..;?.pson,
burgh; schrs Adrianna, Hunt, West indies;
Rover, Penfield, Mobile ; Empire, Southwick. v '
Augustine ; V. Rodgers, Roilins, Edenton, (N- C .
Went to sea yesterday —Ship Eliza \VSr* lcll
Davis, Liverpool; Line ship La Fayette, EIW
New York.