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CHRONICLE AND SENT IN EL.
I AUGUSTA. __
WEDNESDAY MOANING, JANUi IY 29.
Congreft*.
At no “p mod since the organisation ■ thi * ***
dy ha* it* acting* and doings been *o ? *
object Os cetnure The; h.« now Ks« » «*•
.ion n«t two month., and »F >° our !*"t* ”
*ince it* organization. i«« ca - *~|
would have disced .he of
Crtorgi. during .W I- **““• Sl ““^ e "
have permitted that firebrand of the of
,he North. Aboliuon, .gain to r.Urfenjwith the
ptogrew of aU questions; which *eerr| to have
involved the House in interminable |lebate.—
When and where it will terminate, i|» human
foresight can penetrate. I
in the Senate’, however, business has been ra
ther more eiScienlly conducted. Nevertheless
they have been engaged in carrying alt a mea
»ure, the Sub-Treasury, which we doui t not will
result in greater injury te the country, ;han any
•ther which has ever received the * action of
Congress. The bill ha* no doubt pass d the Se
nate ere, this, ana will all probability pas* the
House. Perhap* it is best so—for the \dminis
tration seems determined to force it ipon the
country. of and the
.oon.rth.p~pl. .remade to feel ita dtghttng
etfecu upon their heretofore proapetous« mdition,
the more earnestly will they go about clearing
tfiemselves from the measure and its a thors.—
We deem it unnecessary to pursue thi subject
fartl er; the press has labcircd diligently i connec
nection with the ablest men of the age in Con
gress, to arrest its passage; and we fold .urarms,
to await its effect, with the most gloon y forbo
ding* of its consequences.
Since the above was in type, the .ortbern
mail has arrived aad brought the intelli ence of
the passage of the Sub-Treasury bill.
Vi bo iif i a Gotersor. —The House of Dele
gate*, on the 24th adopted a Resolution .ppoht
> ing the election of Governor on the 5l day of
February next. The Senate will proba ly con
cur.
The Whigs will probably ran the Ho .. Thos.
W. Gilmer, or Wm. H. McFarland.
The Rev. Charles Wallis Howard he resign
ed hi* Profcsorship in Oglethorpe Univ rsity.—
The reason assigned for this step, is di satisfac
tion among some of the friends of the in itution,
because of bis continuance.
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Seventy-seven deaths occurred at Boat n, from
small pox, within the last few weeks. 7 ic same
disease is prevalent at New Bedford.
The communication of “ An Active I amber,”
caadot have a place without the nan i of the
sfi
author.
U. Bank of Pennstlta ia.— ln
the Senate of Pennsylvania, on the H h inst.,
Mr. Fraly of Philadelphia, presented a paper
signed by himself, Spackman, and Coch an, pro
testing against the action of the Senate n rela
tion to this institution. The Senator! assume
the ground that the Legislature have no ontroul
over the matter, —that where a charter is granted
and 'accepted, neither party can make oid the
contract without violation of the Const! ition.
Correspondence of the North Americ a.
New York, Jao. 31, 3 y . M.
My remarks of yesterday as to busint s, stand
good for to-day. Flour goes off mod. ately at
steady prices. Howard street is selling j . $6.25 ;
Q Genessee at $6.50. The of Cot* n are at
the rate of 500 bales per day—prices, !ow and
rather feeble still.
The British Queen still delays her c ruing.—
She will be headed of! by a packet if > ic is not
in directly. As we stand now, her nevf* will be
half a month later. The weather is wmuas if
a winter summer were beginning.
Correspondence of the National Intelli\encer.
Nkw Yobk, Januiiy 21.
The Lexington calamity powerfullf excites
the public mind. The sensation is prolonged,
and the force of it is in nothing lost. Ve have
no| more of news but the details. At aady arc
machinery and lithography picturing tl j scenes.
The pulpit is engrossed with it. Not ing else
is talked of in society.
A vigorous effort is making in this c ;y to ob
tain from Congress a general bankrupt iw.
Montevideo dates to October 21st a i before
u*. There had been no fighting befor : the city
of importance. Rivera felt strong in |be power
of defence. The French, in a correspondence
published in the Montevideau paper? loudly
complain of the treatment of Frenchmen in Uru
guay and in Lutre Rios, whom General ichague,
the Buenos Ayrean General, has met ith, and
stripped of every thing.
Sir George Arthur, it is said again, > id now
believed, has resigned the place of Gc ernor of
Upper Canada, and will soon go home.
Stocks are on the decline again. U 8. Bank
is a little affected by the movements in the
islature of Pennsylvania.
A newspaper has been printed in th # city by
electro magnetism. This i* a novel yat the
least. 3
A letter from an American merchant t Havre
published in the N. Y. American, thus peaks in
praise of our Minister’s efforts to serve tl j Amen,
can trade with Prance:
“ Oen. Cam has alike served the trad, o Havre
e n ; 0 h L reprß ™:«
which have long "
Une regulation, now placed on
more convenient footing— th* otKtt , 1
an adequate number of custom ho Use Wa ?‘ OI
to attend the ( unloading’of vessels, u * rs “ era
master* of vessels had long complained ??? a ? d
lay and additional expense thus occasioi
* Jesired improvement has now been or t red i
| is lo go into effect on let of January ne t.” ’ aad
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Correspondence of the Baltimore American.
WaftHi JOTON, January 22, 1840. j
1
noise o* neraKSENTATiTES.
MiscEiiAveors ecaiNxs*.
Mr. Jones, Chairman of the Committee of
Ways and Means, introduced on leave, a bill for
the 'support of the Army for 1840. .
A question arose as to the printing of the bill,
! and the accompanying documents. [The House
being without a public printer, anil the Ulerk 0
the House having employed a printer without
seeking to have the printing done upon the chea
pest terms.] . ,
Mr. Jones proposed a resolution to the end that
the Clerk be authorized to employ whom he plea
sed, The resolution giving rise to a discussion,
Mr. Adams refused to yield the floor. He there
fore commenced afsw remarks upon the follow
ing proposition introduced by him last night.
Resolved , That the following b« added to the
standing rules of this House, to be numbered the
21st :
“Every petition presented by the Speaker, or
by any member, With a brief verbal statement ot
its contents, shall be received, unless objection be
made to its reception for special reason; and when
ever objection shall be made to the reception o a
petition, the name of the member objecting, and
the reason of the objection, shall be entered upon
the journal. The question in every such case
shall be, Shall the petition be rejected 1 and no
petition shall be rejjcted but by a majority of the
members present.”
What had been laid in the House for ten days
past had been said in the South, and I thank the
South for opening ;he subject —for I believe the
time has been well upent in considering the sub
ject. Something had been said for freedom,
though but a very little compared with what had
been said in beh: ls of Slavery by members from
the South—Georgia, South Carolina, \ irginia,
North Carolina, Alabama, and Louisiana had
been heard here.
Mr. Cooper, of Geo. said he had not spoken of
the moral question of Slavery at all. He design
ed only to speak oi the Constitutional right of
man to hold property in man.
Mr. Adams resumed and spoke for two hours,
and the conclusion of his remarks was very sol
emn and impressive. He allowed, he said, that
the House had a right to reject petitions, but it
should be for good reasons—reasons which would
hear the test of examination, and be approved—
reasons which should be considered in the spirit
of his resolution.
A half dozen members were upon the floor —
all anxious to speak when Mr. Adams closed.
Mr. Alford of Georgia got the floor, and spoke
with much warmth. He would go for the rejec- j
tion of petitions,—for rejecting them at once.
The Union would boos no use to the South if
the petitions were considered. In regard to the
subject of Slavery he contended that it was no
evil, and if it was, the petitioners had nothing j
to do with it.
UNITED ISTATES SENATE.
The morning business did not occupy much I
time, and was not of public importance. Gener
al petitions were referred and private bills report
ed.
SC B-TB EASUHT BILL. I
Mr. Buchanan called up the Sub-Treasury bill
after the close of the morning business. A very
Irdge audience were in attendance, and those y
who heard it spoke of it as the ablest defence of
the Sub-Treasury system which has been made
by any Administration member. .Mr. B. isalways
courteous and dignified, and always makes more
than a respectable rpeech. I heard but a brief
I art of his argument to-day, and what I heard
was but a general defence of the measure. He c
predicted that the bill would pass and become a *
law in spite of lamentations. It was a measure, a
he said, in which the people had great confidence, v
and o’ne which they would support. Had the
elections of 1838 take* place in 1839, the Ad- s
ministration would have a very large majority in e
the other House, and the Bill have passed by a |
great majority.
Mr. Buchanan replied at some length to the *
remarks Mr. Clay made on Monday in opposition I
to the Sub-Treasury Bill. Mr. B. spoke until y
near four o’clock, and was followed by
Mr. Clay, who replied separately to the several C
remarks made by Mr. Buchanan. Mr. Clay
spoke for more than an hour.
Mr. Buchanan made a brief response.
After which some personal and very exciting
remarks passed between Mr. Walker and Mr.
Clay. 1
The remarks were of an exciting character, and
so aroused Mr. Walker, that he expressed him
self ready and anxious to give satisfaction in the
Senate or elsewhere.
Mr. Walker had said (because Mr. Clay would
not notice his response to him) that he should
hereafter make a rep ly to a living and not to a
dead man.
Mr. Clay ridiculed the idea of meeting the
Senator—he said that Mr. Walker’s insolence
excited no emotion m his breast—not the least
in the world—that he would not cross the street
to meet him—that he considered him unworthy
of notice, and that, dead as he was, he had life
enough and pulse enough and always should
have, to repel the impertinence of the Senator
from Mississippi, or any of his backers.
The Vice President remarked that he should
not have allowed the personalities had they not
been so unexpectedly made.
Mr. Henderson of Miss, has the floor to-mor
row.
P. S. I have opened my letter to add the
above, as the cars aie detained here at half past
5 P. M. r
Washington, Jan. 23.
In the Senate, after various notices and refer
ences of Petitions, dec., Mr. Henderson, of Miss,
took the floor on the Sub-Treasury bill, and spoke
in opposition to the bill and in' favor of U. S.
Bank*
Mr. Smith of Indiana, spoke briefly in opposi
{ tion to the measure.
Mr. Merrick, then continued the debate on the
same side, for an hour when he gave way to a
motion to adjourn—rejected. Mr. M. then con
cluded his argument.
Mr Davis spoke for some time in opposition to
the effects of the bill on labor and prices.
The bill was then passed by yeas and nays as
follows:
Y eas— Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Bu
chanan, Calhoun, Clay of Ala., Cuthbert, Ful
ton, Grundy, Hubiiard, King, Linn, Lumpkin,
Mouton, Norvell, Pierce, Roane, Siever, Smith
of Conn., Strange, Tappan, Walker, Williams
Wright—24.
Nats—Messrs. Betts, Clay of Ky., Clayton,
Crittenden, Davis, Dixon, Henderson, Knight!
Merrick, Nicholas, Phelps, Prentiss, Preston!
Robinson, Ruggles, Smith of Indiana, White*
Young—lß. ’
The Senate adjourned.
In the House the consideration of Mr. Waddv
fiiompson s Resolution to amend the rules, and
Mr. Adams substitute was resumed.
Mr. Hunt, of N. Y. being entitled to the floor,
nnished his remarks.
, W , he " a^ r *n earnest struggle for the floor (in
h IThp* r >erß^ im ' 01 Geor gia. stated that he
had been endeavoring for two months to obtain
it, and had never yet been able to succeed) it was
awarded by the Chair (then occupied by Mr.
Briggs) to Mi. Bynum who commenced 'an earl
nest speech in favor of Mr. Thompson’s resolu
non, and grve way to a motion of Mr. T urn ev t
adjourn. * lo
Mr. Black, of Georgia, asked Mr. Turney to
suspend the motion, to permit him to move 'that
the Clerk be’aulhorized to get the printing done
under the act of 181 9, until otherwise ordered
' Mr. WilliMM, of N. C. objected.
Mr. Black (amid much confusion and louo
; cries of order) was understood to say that he had
! been induced to offer the resolution that he might,
| bring himself as near to the position occupied by
his colleague, now absent, as circumstances would
permit. Be was going on to say that certain
i members of the Georgia Delegation had been
j denounced in advance by a certain Southern pa
per— •
When he was called to order by the Chair,
and by voices from all quarters of the House,
and after some further efforts to address the House
he reluctantly took his seat.
Mr. Hoffman wished the motion for adjourn
ment suspended that he might move a further ex
tension of the Rules of Order. He stated that
otherwise the former resolution expiring to-night,
the House would to-morrow be altogther without
rules.
Mr. Black again rose and said tha-., by the as
| sent of the Gentleman from North Carolina. (Mr.
Bynum,) he wonld move to suspend the rules, in
orders that he might introduced his resolution in
| regard to printing.
Mr. Lewis Williams again objected ; the gen
tleman from Georgia had no right to make such
a motion; either the gentleman from North Caro
lina must proceed, or the motion on adjournment
must be put.
Mr. Bynum t rid he would yield the floor lor
the motion to suspend, on the understanding that
he should be entitled to it to-morrow. (
[Cries of “ No, no ; no understanding. ]
Mr. Turney then renewed his motion to ad-
J Mr. Hoffman again reminded the House that
it would be without any Rules ol Order unless
his motion to extend the time in the former reso
lution should be received ; and he renewed the
motion that the former rules be continued in
force for ten days longer.
Mr. Black objecting —
The question was put for an adjournment.
Mr. Staniy demanded the yeas and nays; which
were ordered, and readied as follows ; Yeas 98,
nays 52. , „ ,
So the motion prevailed, and the House ad
journed. ,
[The House will, of course, to-morrow be |
without any Rules of Order other than such as
may rest on the general principles of parliament
ary law.]
For the Chronicle Sentinel. >.
Borrowing a Paper.
Eight o’clock, f.R»
T. I say Charles has the printer sent the pa.
per this morning.
C. Yes sir, it generally comes punctual.
T. Where is it, I wish to look over it.
C. Why our neighbor as usual sent to borrow
it a few moments.
T. Ah, well, I can look over it to-night when
I get through business.
Nike o’clock, r. x.
T. Charles I will look over this morning’s
paper now, hand it to me will you.
C. Our neighbor has not returned it yet sir.
T. I seldom see the Daily of late, where do
you put it-
C. Our neighbor borrows it sir.
T. And seldom returns it J suppose.
C. And seldom returns it. f Exeunt. J
And now, Mr. Editor, the above is founded
on fact. It would do first rate no doubt if such
things would happen to those of your patrons who
are under the impression that Editors have no
use for such a trifling amount as their yearly sub.
scription when due, but ’tis rather tough on hon
est folks. Please tell us how we ipay avoid be
ing considered uhneighborly to a wealthy and po.
lite neighbor and at the same time have a regu
lar opportunity of glancing, at least, our eyes over
your valuable paper before the news is all “read
out” and I reckon you would oblige upwards of
TWENTY.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Mr. Jones: —Permit me through the medi
um of your paper, to inquire whether there is
any inducement held out by the City Council,
to the members of the Engine that shall first ar
rive at a fire. I have asked several members of
the fire Company, to ascertain the fact—some
thought they did—others did not know. If so,
jet it be known. If not, would it not be well
that gome inducement should be offered to stim
ulate them to greater exertion, in order to arrive
first at a fire 1 How much property has been
lost by the delay in getting the Engines at a fire
in season ! No. 2
The Washington correspondent of the N. Y
Star relates the following amusing anecdote :
There is a new member here from Missouri,
by the name of Jamison who has set himself up
as Sir Oracle upon points of order, and like all
such wise-acres, is himself eternally committing
the grossest possible blunders, to his own chagrin
and the merriment of the House. He raised a
point of order yesterday to the effect that, after
the house had agreed to go into an election of
officers on a particular day, a motion to postpone
to a future period as indefinitely was not in order.
In discussing it, he said that the house could not
rescind or postpone the order. She had decided
to do a particular thing on a particular day, and
she must do it. Mr. Stanley rose and said, that
as the member from Missouri had been discuss
ing the gender of the house, and had settled to
his own satisfaction that it was feminine, be mo
ved that She adjourn ! I have never witnessed
a better j jke, or one more generally, relished
than this. It produced unrestrained laughter
from all sides of the house, and from all parties.
Insurance Abstract.— The Secretary of
the Commonwealth has just submitted to the
Legislature an abstract of the returns of the l a .
surance Offices in this state, exhibiting their
condition for the year ending Dec. 1, 1839.
The following are some of the aggregate items
(omitting fractions) viz : Capital of all the In
surance Offices, $7,965,000 ; stock held in banks
of this state, $4,968,000 ; loans on bottomery
&c, $403,000 ; invested in real estate, $689,000-
secured by mortgage on real estate, $1,068,000*
loans on collateral security, &c, $1,010,000 •
cash on hand, $216,000 ; reserved funds, $639
000 ; losses ascertained and unpaid, $235 000 *
estimuted amount of losses unpaid, exclusive of
the preceding item, £292,000; amount ofprem
ium notes on risks terminated, $923,000; amount
of premium notes on risks not terminated. $1 -
749,000; at risk, (marine) $58,000,000 * at
risk, (fire) $54,000,000 ; amount of fire losses
paid last year, $209,000; amountjof marine loss
es paid last year, $1,808,000.— Boston Tran
script.
The New Orleans Picayune, sa ys -—‘‘The
steamboat New Castle, formerly of Philadelphia
and recently of Mobile, was totally wrecked near
Tuspan .on the 12 th Dec. last Act crew wL
saved. She had on board at the time 200 Mexi
can soldiers, destined for Tampico, who were all
Raved and arrived at their place of destination on
the 17th ult.
from the Pennsylvania Inquirer.
Our Trade with the World—Our Ex*
ports—Our Cotton Collate*- and onr
Manufactures.
The total value of exports from the United S.
in 1790, is given in an official report by the Sec
retary of the Treasury, as $20,205,156; Domes
tic, $19,666,000; Foreign, 539,156. The value
of the Cotton then exported, 42,285 dollars. 10,
, barco, 4,399,567 dollars.
In 1803 the total exports amounted to 05,»0u,-
033 dollars; Domestic, 42,205,961 dollars. For
eign. 14,591,072. Value of Cotton 7,920,000
dollars; Tobacco, 6,209,000. Value of Manu
factures, 1,355,000 dollars.
In 1807 the total exports amounted to 108,-
343,150 dollars.
In 1838 theexports amounted to 108,486,616
dollars; Domestic, 96,033,821 dollars; Foreign,
12,452,795.
Value of Cotton in 1838, 61,556,811 dollais,
of Tobacco, 7.392,029 dollars, Manufactures,
8,397,078. Mr. Woodbury states that the To
bacco’ exports before the revolution, reached
nearly 10 ,000,000 pounds, and the average since
is about the same. The hogshead has increased
in weight from 500 pounds to 1000 and 1200
pounds. The price per pound has averaged from
sto 7 cents, though sometimes as high as 15
cents. About one fjurth of exports to Holland,
one fifth to England, one sixth to Hanse Towns.
More tobacco has since been grown elsewhere,
and especially in Europe, when supplies from
here were interrupted by the revolution, ami cot
ton here took extra labor and capital.
The increase of the Cotton trade of this coun
try may be adequately appreciated, when we
state that in 1815 the whole amount exported
was 17,529,000 dollars; and in 1836 it was 71,-
284,925. We annex a table, showing the pro
gressive increase in Cotton, as well as the change
in the Tobacco Trade, and in Manufactures, since
1803.
VALUE OF ARTICLES EXPORTED.
Cotton. Tobacco. Manufact’s.
1803 $7,920,000 $6,209,000 $1,355,000
1804 7,650,000 6.000,000 2,100,000
1805 9,445,500 6,341,000 2,445,000
1806 8,332.000 6,572,000 2,963,000
1807 14,232,000 5,476,000 2,309,000
1808 2,221,000 833,090 411,000
1809 8,815,000 3,774,000 1,711,000
1810 15,108,000 5,048.000 2,174,000
1811 9,652,000 2,150,000 2,818,000
1812 3,080,000 1,514,000 1,655,000
1813 2,324,000 319,000 435,000
1814 2,683,000 232,000 274,600
1815 17,529,000 8,235,000 2,051,000
1816 24,106,000 12,809,000 2,331,000
1817 22,628,000 9,320,000 2,551,000
1818 31,334.258 9,867,429 2,777,000
1819 21,081,679 7,636,970 2,245,000
1820 22,308,667 7,968,600 2,443,000
1821 20,157,484 5,648,962 2,752,631
1822 24,035,058 6,222,838 3,121,030
1823 20,445,520 6,282,672 3,139,598
1824 21,947,401 4,855,566 4,841,383
1825 36,846,649 6,115,623 5,729,797
1826 25,025,214 5,347,208 5,495,130
1827 29,359.545 6,816,146 5,536,651
1828 22,487,229 5.480,707 5,548,354
1829 26,575,311 5,185,370 5,412.320
1830 29,674,883 5,833,112 5,320,980
1831 25,289,492 4,892,388 5,086,890
1832 31,724.682 5,999,769 5,050,633
1833 36,191,105 5,755,968 6,557,080
1834 49,448,402 6,595,305 6,247,893
1885 64,661,303 8,250,577 7,694,073
1836 71,284.925 10,058,640 6,107,528
1837 63,240,102 5,795,647 7,136,997
1838 61,556,811 7,392,029 8,397,078
Our exports to Texas in 1837, amounted to
1,007,928 dollars. In 1838, to 1,247,880 dol
lars. Before the Revolution we had no trade
with China, but it gradually became important,
and in 1821 and 1822 had swelled in exports to
Canton to five millions of dollars. According to
a report of the British Parliament, made in 1833,
(and some American Captains were examined as
to the facts,) it was ascertained that our trade was
equal to three fourths of that of the East India
Company. In 1838 we exported to Great Bri
tain and dependencies, goods amounting to 58,-
843,392 dollars; to France and dependencies,
16,252,4)3 dollars; to Spain and dependencies,
7,684,006 dollars ; to Netherlands and depend
encies, 3,772,266 dollars; to Sweden and de
pendencies. 355,852 dollars; to Denmark 1,299,-
927 dollars; to China 1,516,602 dollars; to
Hanse Towns dollars; to Russia
1,048,289 dollars; West Indies 339,053 dollars;
Mexico 2,164,097 dollars; to Columbia 724,739
dollars; to Central America 243,040 dollars;
Brazil 2,267,194 dollars; Argentine Republic
236-665 dollars; Chili 1,370,264 dollars*
The following table will exhibit the change in
our commercial intercourse, as for as relates to
exports, with Great Britain, France, Spain, and
their dependencies, since 1790. We exported to
Great Britain France and Spain and
S and depen- dependen- dependen
-2 derides. cies, cies.
1790 $9,246,562 $4,668,902 $1,989,421
1791 7,953,418 4,298,762 1,301,286
1792 8,192,328 5,674,630 1,769,018
1793 8,431,239 7,050,498 2,237,950
1794 8,175,211 5,353,681 4,055,075
1795 9,218,540 12,653,635 4,714,865
1796 23,164,545 11,623,314 3,650,678
1797 9,212,335 12,449,076 6,632,352
1798 17,068,189 6,941,486 8,740,553
1799 26,546,987 2,780,504 17,421,402
1800 27,310,389 5,163,833 15,660,606
1801 42.132,032 11,261.751 13,610,816
1802 23,925,091 14,475,538 11,227.859
1803 25,369,072 8,345,013 4,533,539
1804 21.829,802 12,776,111 6,728,125
1805 23.047,386 21,072,749 12,672,768
1806 23,229,936 18,575,812 14,809 072
1807 31,015,623 19,196,589 18,224 720
1808 5,183,297 4,541,435 5,949^903
1809 8,105,839 15,042 10,318,034
1810 16,555,488 137.630 14,941,942
1811 21,881,555 2,317,876 12,572,888
1812 10,270,969 3,158,884 9,287,850
1813 2,422 4,277,640 10,113,436
1814 10,710 494;626 4,374,572
1815 21,589,868 8,727,637 6,230,980
1816 39,184,558 12.138,135 8,589 818
1817 43 468,242 12,434,818 8,423!936
1818 46.717,832 14,490,589 7,556,913
1819 29,741,739 11,042,201 8,108,259
1820 28,893,915 9,111,215 6,840,024
1821 26,522,572 6,474,718 7,218.265
■ 1822 30,041,337 7,075,322 8,438,212
1823 37,571,060 9,568,924 10,963,308
1824 28,027,845 10,552,304 15,367,278
1825 44,217,525 11,891,326 5,840,720
1826 28,980,020 12,106,429 6,687,351
1827 32,870,465 13,565,356 7,321 991
1828 27,020,209 12,098,341 7,204:627
1829 28,071,084 12,832,304 6,888,094
1830 31,647,881 11,806,238 6,049,051
1831 39,901,379 9,882,679 5,661,420
1832 37,268,556 13;244,688 6,399 193
1833 38,782,240 14,424,533 6,506 041
1834 50 797,650 16,111,442 6,296 546
1835 60,167,799 20,335,066 7 069 279
1836 64,487,550 51,441, 200 s’,oßl 668
1837 61.217486 20.255.346 7 604 002
1838 58,943,392 16,252,413 T^Sl.OOe
The countries abroad, observes Mr. Woodbu
ry , with which our foreign commerce has been
conducted, and the changes and proportions of it
are matters of no little interest, and of more im’
mediate connexion with the finances. It an
pears that our exports, from being confined dm
ring a colonial state, almost exclusively to Emr
land and her dependencies, suddenly chamred
and m convene, of the resolution and .uL’-
i quent difficulties, mcreawd to France,for the firat
lea year* of the Government, to fttioiu twenty
millions annually, or nearly double their ainoun .
to England. Since that period they m '
creased with the latter to nearly sixty millions
yearly, and remained about stationary with t e
former, or at only one-third of that amount.
To Spain the exports are next in value, having
increased from four to eight millions, without in
eluding any part of Spanish America, now inde
pendent, ami classed separately.
But it is a remarkable fact, that the imports
from all those countries have remained stationary
or declined. Our foreign supplies, as before re
marked, have not increased but half as much as
our exports, and those supplies are drawn by our
enterprise and new’marts and tastes from a wider
sphere, extending indeed, more or less, to almost
every portion of the habitable globe.
Thus from England, those imports formerly
fluctuated from twenty-three to eighty-six millions
annually, and during the last three years averaged
only sixty millions; while from France they
have usually been about half that amount. Some
five or six millions less from Spain than France,
and with China and India, about half as much
as with Spain.
Connected with this subject, and further il
lustrative of results unfavorable to the interests
embarked in our foreign trade, is the fact, that the
tonnage engaged in in it, having been, in 1838,
only 810,447, was actually less than what ap
pears in the returns thirty years ago. In 1809,
those returns exhibited 910;059 tons, and in 1810,
no less than 984,269. The tonnage owned
abroad, which is engaged in this same business,
being lately unmolested by European wars, has
also become six times in quantity, what it was
twenty years ago. On the contrary, the rapid
im pro vents in the domestic trade from 189,153
tons in 1795, to 1,068,238 in 1838, or an addi
tion more than five fold, is an evidence of the
greatly increased commerce at home, and the dif
fusion of it over regions much more widely ex
tended.
We shall, on a future occasion, give some val
uable statistical information with regard to im
ports, and the character and value of the articles
brought into the country. Such of our readers,
therefore, as feel interesisted in the subject, would
do well to preserve this article until we have lei
sure to prepare and space to publish the addenda
alluded to.
The correspondent of the Louisville Journal,
after noticing the late coalition of Mr. Calhoun
and the President, narrates the following anec
dote, which places the Senator in no enviable po
sition before the country.
There are no two public men in this country,
however widely apart in politics, who may not
come together a thousand times more easy than
John C. Calhoun and Mr. Van Buren could
with—l will not say honor, for that is out of
the question—but with any appearance of de
cency.
The personal relations between Mr. Webster
and Mr. Van Buren, Mr. Clay and Mr.’Van Bu
ren, Mr. Preston and Mr. Van. Buren, have al
ways been distinguished by the the high-bred
courtesy which marks the intercourse of political
gentlemen. The same may be said of the rela
tions to the President of many other prominent
opposition members, both in the House and the
Senate.
There has been indeed a degree of ease and
familiarity in the private deportment towards the
President of many of his strongest political ad
versaries that would lead to the most favorable
impressions of his social disposition and the good
nature and good taste of his private conversation.
This however never was the case with Mr. Cal
houn. Since the coup de’ etat, by which (after
the memorable personal quarrel between Gen.
Jackson and Mr. Calhoun) Mr. Van Buren suc
ceeded in driving all Mr. Calhoun’s friends from
Gen. Jackson’s cabinet, that gentleman had held
no terms with him. A striking illustration of
this is within my own knowledge. When Mr.
Van Buren was Vice President he called one day
on a distinguished Southern Senate-, who had
rooms in the house with Mr. Calhoun. It so
happened that Mr. Calhoun was alone in the
parlor of the Senate to whom I allude, when Mr.
Van Buren bowed to him, and asked for the
Senator on whom he had called. Mr. Calhoun
made not a word of reply, nor gave the Vice
President any look of recognition—but coolly
rang the bell for a servant, to whom the Vice
President, failed in his attempt to get Mr. Cal
houn to speak to him, communicated his query.
When the gentleman for when the visit was in
tended appeared, he found Van Buren setting on
a sofa, and Calhoun standing bolt upright, giving
him what Lord Castlereugh would have termed
a “back front.” On his appearance, the honest
nullifier of course left the room.
Mr. Calhoun spoke freely of this scene at the
time, and thought it was very ungentlemanly in
Van Buren to address him at all after what had
passed between them. Mr. Van Buren affected
not to understand why Mr. Calhoun did not speak
to him, and as one of the pledges on which the
new coalition is founded, is that there shall be
no enclaircissement, he may perhaps never know!
What a prodigy of innocence !
The Benotn men are not at all pleased with
these demonstrations of friendship between Cal
houn and Van Buren. There are, to use the
characteristic£language of Mr. Van Buren, in the
letter to Gen. Jackson tending his resignation as
Secretary of State, diversities of ulterior prefer
cnees t or, in plainer language, different views
as to the succession fcamong the supporters of the
present administration. The plots, the tricks
and contrivances of these rival factions, will
afford abundant material for comment. I will
keep a watch upon them.
Supposed Piract.— Captain Bailey, of the
ship Zenas Coffin, at Edgartown, for Nantucket,
reports having seen two vessels on fire, near the
Bermudas—a ship or brig, and a schooner—about
26 miles apart. It was suposed that they were
set on fire by pirates, a suspicious looking
schooner being seen near the place, which came
within a half mile of the Zenas Coffin, and then
made all sail and escaped.
The following is the reply of Gen. Jackson to
the address delivered by the Hon. C. Genois
chief magistrate of New Orleans: *
Sir:—l am at a loss for words to express the ob
ligation under which I am placed by your kind
ness as the organ of the inhabitants of the city of
New Orleans. The welcome you offer me in
their name, and the many other proofs of affec
tion and respect which I have received at their
hands, incite emotions in my heart to which lan
guage cannot give utterance.
Allow me to say, Sirin reply to the terra, in
which you have adverted to my agency in defend
ing this city during the invasion of 1814 and’ls
that I but peformed the part of a Genera? whoi
duty X L?t S t 0 g,v ® dlrectlon to the noble cnthu.i
r;, 7 T “ iou9 >■"<)« hi.
command, and which only waited for an oppor
luraty to signalue their conduct a. the defender,
of their country’s soil and rights. To these corn,
(ot which Louisianians, and particularly the
inhabitants of this city formed so meritorious a
part) belongs the honor and glory of the Bth of
January. In their name then. Sir, rather than
my own, I thank you for the tribute of praise and
gratitude which is offered by so many thousands
of your citizens on this occasion.
I rejoice, Sir, in the numerous evidences which
your city, and the surrounding country, present of
prosperity, wealth and happiness. No quarter of
our beloved Union can exhibit a more beautiful
picture of improvement, and none, I am sure cen
excel it in ihe thosii
are necessary to make the future as
as honorable as the past has been to th e , 2 "'!
enterprize of its inhabitants. * )r,Je ati(!
I tendar you again my thanks for the
welcome you have given me, and my p ra . C ° r(lii!
the city over which you preside, may C voT thll
vored with the choicest blessings of a kind p
dence. ro *i.
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The Victoria Hotel—The new 8 n
and elegant Hotel, so well and invitingly
in the business part of King street,
cess and Market-streets, is now open for th
ception of boarders—its banner is hoisting 8 fe ‘
outward wall, and we trust the cry will *oo°
“they come.” The opening of the hotel °**
celebrated on Wednesday last, by a sum W3s
feast, hospitably dispensed to numerous U ° Ul
the liberal proprietor and courteous host 9 1 •
evening the ladies’ parlor was throned •
beauty and fashion—music and song ” er . ? lt * 1
charm to the occasion—and an elegant he ‘ r
closed the festival. The Victoria Hotel i/ U^r
ble structure, the main building rising five \ n °"
in height, and the apartments connected *1
extending over the whole range of the adi '
stores towards Market-street, save the corner* 1
It is a most commidious, well arranged andT
gantly furnished house of entertainment and
cannotfail of popularity. Alexander Black E*
is the enterprising proprietor, and Mr. Ch
I*. Frazer the attentive conductor ofthis new * **
tabhshroent—and from the specimen already
hibited, by the latter as a caterer of good iJr 81
together with the grace end affability wuhwh'u
he has assumed the character ot “ mine hosf’
we augur his most flattering success. Both ih
proprietor and the host have our best wishes i*
return for their good dishes, and we have only ta
repeat here, in conclusion, the toast with j
wc qualified their good wine—“ May the name
of their hotel be prophetic of its fortune—Yicto
ria!'’— Charleston Courier.
Votes for President and Vice Preside*',
The following table, which we have prepared
at the expense of some labor, will be found us*,
ful for reference. It exhibits the electoni
votes given for the most prominent candidates fO
-of the United States, at the differed
elections since Gen. Washington’s retirement.
1796. President—J. Adams 71, T. Jefferson
68. Vice President—T. Pinckney 58, A. Bon
50.
1800. President—T. Jefferson 73, J. Adaau
64. Vice President—A. Burr 73, T. Pinckmy
58.
1804. President—T. Jefferson 162, Charles
C. Pinckney 14. Vice President—G. Clinic
163, R. King 14.
1808. President—J. Madison 152, C. C
Pinckney 45. Vice President—G. Clinton lis
R. King 47.
1812. President—J. Madison 127, DeWit
Clinton 89. Vice President—E. Gerry 128. In.
gersoll 68.
1816. President—J. Monroe 183, K. Kins
34. Vice President—D. D. Tompkins 113, op.
position scattering.
1820. President—J. Monroe 218, no opposi
tion except one vote given from New Hampshire,
Vice President—D. D. Tompkins 212, opnosi.
tion divided.
1824. A. Jackson 99, J. Q. Adams 84,
H. Crawford 41, H. Clay 37.
1828. Piesklent—A. Jackson 178.J.Q. .y.
ams 83. Vice President—J. C. Calhoun 133,
i R. Rush 83.
1832. President—A. Jackson 319, H. Cbr
! 49, John Floyd 11, Wm. Wirt 7. Vice Presi
! dent—Martin V. Buren 180, John Sergeant 49,
William Wi.kins 30, Lee 11, Amos El
; maker 7.
1386. President—Martin Van Buren 179
W. H. Harrison 73, H. L. White 26, W.P
Mangum 11, Daniel Webster 14. Vice Presi
j dent—R. M. Johnson 147, Francis Granger 63,
scattering 84. —Harrisburg Chron..
Mr. jemmt Mitchell’s Description si
i the Curiosities of ixdii :—“ What sorts’
crathers and bastes is in that place, Misther Mil- j
! chell ?” asked Teddy the Irish hostler. “We
ry hodd—wery hodd indeed,” replied Mr. Mit
chell. “ The most on ’em ’asn’t no legs.” “.\o
legs!” cred Betty, the cook, “ how do they go
then ?” “ They go by a sort o’ patent rewotoic
hingine, wat rolls ’em hover and’ hover."—
“ Well, what else 1” asked Susan, Lady Gordoni
own maid. “ There’s vun ’orrid hanimal as big
as an ’ouse.” “Oh dear ! Lud a massy !” es
claimed the women, lifting up their knives ami
j and forks. “True as preachin’,” contiued Mi.
Mitchell. “ His mouth is as vide as the jjark
! gate, an’ he swailers down twenty-five natyvei
1 hevery meal. But they kills ’em sometimes.’-
‘ How 1 how asked the whole table. “ The
sleeps wery only vunce a year ; an’ d»
people catches ’em in that ’ere particular stau
they drills ’oles in their back, ’cause their flesi;
is wery ’ard, loads ’em with gunpowder, VI
blows ’em up.” “ Oh, dear, what a dreadful ?
place ? How could you stay there T Merc! (
on us!” exclaimed one another, When men
citement attendant on the remarkable news, bad
somewhat subsided, Betty, who was rather a
“ the sere and yellow leaf” of maidenhood, “ ask
ed, Are the ladies handsome, there, Mr. Mit
chell ?” Wery, but there ’isn’t no old maid*l
there. Single vimen never gits beyond thirty.
“ Bless us !” said Betty, “ what do you mean’
“ Vot I says. Miss Betty. No hold maids git
hover thirty.” “ Molly, the house maid, wh<
was hien passe , as is said of fashionable gone-byi
and took as keen an interest, as did Mrs. Betty j
this part of the conversation, asked, “ Why,
is done with ’em ?” « Oh,” said Mr. MitcbeU
drawing his knife very expressly across histhrot
“ they kill’s ’em off ’cause they ar’nt no ford*
use.” Mrs. Betty and Molly fairly shrieked.'
‘ Vor =e than that, Mrs. Betty, they heats ’e®
“ Eat ’em ! How do they eat ’em !” “ D° n ‘
into soup biled considerable. They dosn
care to toast ’em, ’cause they’d be so wcrr ?
tough.”
Allot op Metals.—A curious and valu*^ 1
discovery has just been made in the alloy of &
tals. A manufacturer of Paris has invented ‘
composition much less oxidable than siber, art
which will not melt at less than a heat treble tW
which silver will bear; the cost of it is less
4d. an ounce. Another improvement is in stee :
an Englishman at Brussels has discovered a
of healing iron, so that it flows from the torn**
pure steel, better than the best cast steel of h'S
land, and almost equal to that which has urn#
gone the process of beating. The cost of
steel is only a farthing per pound greater
that of cast iron.
h
How much truth there is in the remark ®
by somebody: “A rich man’s son
begins the world where his father left off.
g rc d^* d begun— penniless^^
MARINE INTELLIGENCE-
i
Savannah, JannaO *
Cleared Ship Hope, Collins, Hav re. - ft2
Arrived— Br brig New York Packet, S
br brig Lady Douglass, Logan, Wales.
- f m
Charleston, January Vj.
Arrived yesterday —Line ship Calhoun, I ■ J
New York; ship Stephen Phillips, Thomas,
Below —A barque, supposed the Gang® s * |
Boston, and 3 schrs. . J
Cleared —Br barque Grace, Reid, Liverpool htj
brig Maine, Coz, Havre. *