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tOB JOItFH Kllll.l
Votes counted by the Governor an Pri
vy Council. 27,924
Votes of Millville and South Ami >y, 502
Total for Joseph Kille. 28,426
FOR JOHX B. ATCRIG .
Votes counted by the Governor ai I Pri
vy Council. 28,150
Votes of Millville and South Amt y. 144
Total for John B. Aycrigg. 28,264
FOR JOHX P. B. MAXW LL.
Votes counted by the Governor an Pri
vy Council. 28,239
Votes of Millville and South Ambc . 144
Total for John P. B. Maxwell. 28,383
FOR WILLIAM HALSTE .
Votes counted by the Governor anc Pri
vy Council. 28,192
Votes of Millville and Soutt Ambi '. 145
Total for William Halsted. 28,337
FOR CHARLES C, STRATI X.
Votes counted by the Governor anc Pri
vy Council. 28,252
Votes of Millville and South Ambc . 144
Total for Charles C. Stratton. 28,396
FOR THOMAS JOXF.B TOR E.
Votes counted by the Governor and Pri
vy Council. 28,177
Votes of Millville and South Ambc . 144
Total for Thoms Jones Yorke. 28,321
It will be observed that the for joing state
ment does not include as votes 1 r Philemon
Dickerson the three votes stated in t e document
B, as having been given to Philemoi Dickinson,
and which, if added to the votes t r Philemon
Dickerson, would make a total of 2i 456.
The addition ol the one vote state 1 in the like
manner as having been given for Jol i B. Acrigg,
to the votes for John B. Aycrigg, vc uld make a
total of 28 295.
Thus it appears that prima fad , upon the
evidence in the possession of the committee,
Philemon Dickerson, Peter D. Vroo i, Daniel B.
Ryall, William R. Cooper, and Jost h Kille, are
the “ five of the ten individuals da ning seats
from the Stale of New Jersey, [wl >] received
the greatest number of lawful voi ? from the
whole State for Representatives in t e Congress
of the United States, at the election f 1838, in
said State .”
CHRONICLE AND SEN PIN EL,
AUGUS TA.
MONDAY MORNING, MARC [ 16.
We received by Saturday night’s mail, from
W arrenton, a letter containing an obi ary notice,
without being accompanied with i e name of
the writer. A Ithough the letter and o ituary bear
the evidence that no trick is design 1, we must
adhere strictly to the rule, not to üblish any
communication without having a esponsible
name. :
New Jersey Members, 1
The crowded state of our columns to-day pre
vents any remarks of our own on th ■ subject of
the contested election. We present i > our read
ers the majority report, and the a tion of the
House thereon, as detailed in the cor ;spondence
of the Baltimore Patriot, to which wi f invite their
especial attention. We must therel *re content
ourself by adopting the subjoined r marks from
the National Tntelllgfncer of the 11th inst.
which concur with our own views.
The House of Representatives can • yesterday
to a decision such as it is, upon il ; contested
election from the State of New erset; a
decision against the Constitution of ;he United
States, because it is against the St£ utes of the
Stale of New Jersey made in pursu nee of the
Constitution; against usage founded in reason
and propriety ; and in violation of its . wn pledge,
through its committee of elections, » the live
persons having possession, from the ot set, of the
legal evidence of title to seats as Rep tsentatives
in Congress from New Jersey.
They have admitted as Represent lives from
the State of New Jersey five personslwhora the
authorities of New Jersey, legally ailhorised to
act upon the subject, have officially < ;clared not
to have been elected to sit as Rep tsentatives
from New Jersey.
A majority of the House of Rep .'sentatives
has thus not only nullified the laws o the State
of New Jersey, and given seats as 1 en oers to
persons having no ascertained title t them, hut
they have done so under the followin ; revolting
circumstances;
First, They refused to hear what tl 3 opposing
claimants have to say.
Secondly, They refused to hear t e testimo
ny in the possession of the Commitb i of Elec
tions.
Thirdly , They ret used to receive and hear
read the report ot the minority of the Committee
of Elections,
h ourthly. They passed the resolut >n thus vi
olating the Constitution, usage, and their own
plighted faith, under and by the pi ver of the
Previous Question, which cuts off all debate.
;
Georgia and Maine. I
We perceive by the proceedings in lie Senate
that Mr. Lumpkin has introduced the Resolutions
ot L.e last Georgia Legislature in reh ion to the
Maine difficulty. A short debate ensu J between
the Georgia and Maine Senators, eact Jeiending
the course of their respective States when the
resolutions, on motion of Mr. Lumpki , were re
ferred to the Judiciary Committee.
The last number of the New York S irit of the
Times, being the first number of a m r volume
—contains a portrait of the celebrated orse Bos
ton. It is stated that Boston is to be f lowed by
plates o*' Colonel Hampton’s Monarch and Gov.
Butler’s Argyle, and the celebra‘ed Louisiana
Champion, Wagner, together with ot ?r dUtin
guishcd horses. The reading departme t of “ the
Spirit” is full of interest.
For the Chronicle and Sentin , ,
Our Medical College.
Mr. Editor :—We were at the Mt ical Col
lege on Saturday, and must be permi ed to ex
press our great gratification at what w saw and
heard. We are pleas d to see tl interest
our School of Medicine has at last exc ed in our
community. We found every room crowded,
and the one in which the exerciseJ rere con
ducted was not half large enough for he audi
ence. We were particularly struck wit the gen
teel appea.ance of the Graduating lass, the
largest, we learn, ever passed by this College ;
and we are sure that we express the union of
all present, in hoping to see the very t propriat*
and eloquent Address of Dr. Hook in print.
But, Mr. Editor, we are especially anxious by
this notice, to extend the information to odr fel
low-citizens, 'that a popular course of Lectures is
to be commenced this evening in the College, on
a very useful and interesting science —we allude
to the course proposed by Professor Davis.—
From what we observed in the Chemical Labo
ratory, and other preparations, and from the high
reputation of the Lecturer, we feel persuaded
that all who will embrace this opportunity will
he well entertained and rewarded for their trou
ble. We have heard Professor Davis, on a for
mer occasion, and know no one who so happily
mingles amusement with instruction. W e un
derstand, as a lecturer in his department, he is
not surpassed by any in our country. We hope,
therefore, to see his room well filled this evening,
at eight o’clock, when he commences his course.
Augusta.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
New York, March 9.
The various items of foreign news continue
to attract public attention, both in political and
commerical circles. The news as to oar staples,
cotton, flour, and tobacco, is bad, and to-day
there are no sales and no buyers, holders not yet
submitting to the fall ; flour has sold a little lower
than on Saturday. Orders previously received
here for the purchase of best Western at $5 50
per barrel have been countermanded by this arri’
val. Orders for good fair cotton are limited to 8
cents.
A letter from Paris says the Bank of England
has paid in advance, principally by specie, nearly
two thirds of its debt to the Bank of France,
which renders money there (Paris) abundant.
U. S. Bank stock sold to-day at 75; Manhat
tan at 74. Exchange on Philadelphia is unchang
ed. The packet ship Patrick Henry, which sail
ed to-day, took out bills on London at 107£ to
1084.
Tne movements of the British in and towards
China attract much attention here, and indeed
our trade is much interested. It is hoped that
our Government will hurry to the Chinese seas as
much of a naval armament as it can afford there
for the protection of our valuable commerce in
that quarter.
I see that the’English journals are somewhat
disturbed by the relations of the United States
and Great Britain as to the Northeastern boun
dary. They appear to have learnt something
which gives them race disquiet than wc have
cause for with our information.
The Liverpool steamship would not probably
leave Liverpool till May 1. The British Queen
was to leave March I. The Great Western
leaves New York on the 19th. The'British Queen
will soon be in upon us, this week perhaps.
For the Chronicle 4- Sentinel.
To enlighten the public mind by means of
popular lectures in the various departments of
science, has long been in successful practice in |
our Northern cities. In Boston, the literary I
emporium of our country, more than thirty ;
courses of lectures have been delivered the past |
winter to crowded audiences, and their effect is 1
:
best shown by the general diffusion of knowledge j
among the people. We are giad to perceive that
kind of instruction becoming popular among us,
hailing it as one of the most efficient means of
disseminating knowledge in our city. We have
been led to these remarks by listening to the two 1
lectutes already given by Mr. Richards, on the
science of Chemistry. We have attended many
lectures on the same subject, but none with more
interest and profit.
His extensive and well prepared apparatus, the
number and brilliancy of his experiments, his
lucid and familiar explanation of all the phe- i
nomena he presents to his auditors, cannot fail to
please and instruct. His experiments in the re- i
cent sciences of Magneto-Eiectricity ind Electro-
Magnetism, are entirely new in this place, and
cannot fail to interest the man of science, as well
as the mere beginner in scientific lore. The next j
lecture, to-morrow evening, will be on the chemi
cal properties of the atmosphere, and we antici
pate a succession of useful and brilliant experi
ments. We trust the citizens of Augusta will
richly appreciate the opportunity now offered
them for instruction for themselves and children
in one of the most useful natural sciences.
Augusta, March 16. W. S.
We clip the following items of foreign news, ■
from the correspondence of the New York press.
It is stated, that before the Prince quitted
England, before Christmas, Lord Melbourne I
wailed on him, and reminding him that all the ex
oenses of their establishment would be paid by 1
i the Queen asked him what amount of pocket mon- I
! ey he would think adequate for him. The Prince j
i at first declined answering, but being pressed on
j the point, s..id that he hoped the yearly sum of
£4OOO would not be deemed too much. It was
1 then that the Queen said “he shall have £IOO,-
000 a year!” With some difficulty she consen- !
ted that half that amount should lie asked for.
The cruel Commons lopped off* two-fifths of it.
The queen is said *0 have almost lost her senses
with rage, and thinks the conduct of Sir. Robert
Peel, who caused the amendments to be earned
lobe of the most unpardonable kind. This young
lady is, however not increasing her popularity at j
the present time.
The evident coolness between the Queen and I
her mother has, at last, broken into a quarrel, and :
the Duchess of Kent has taken the house 36 Bel- '
grave Square. It is Lord Ingestrie’® house, but I
j was recently tenanted by the Prince of Cupa. i
In a few days she will take pos esssion of it, but
is to spend some months in each year on the
Continent.
It has been particu'arly affirmed in the Com
mons by Lord John Russell, that there is no in
tention of recalling Sir G. Arthur, the Governor
of Upper Canada. A war with America, on ac
count of the disputed Maine Boundary, is feared
and England has not money to carry it on.
A St. Petersburg paper (the Russian Invalid)
of 3>J inst. slates that the Russian expedition
against Chive reached the River Emba on the
31st December. The cold was intense—32 de
grees of Rearaur or 72 degrees of Fahrenheit be
low the freezing point.
“ None of the soldiers had,’’ says the paper I
quote, ‘‘perished.” We recollect, however, that
in the horrible retreat of the French army from
Moscow in 18 12, when the temperature was only
22 degrees below zero of (Rearnur) lh< (Russian*
died of cold in numbers equal to the French.
The expedition will nevertheless succeed.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the lllh, says:
“A very little change in our money or stock
markets yesterday. The European news nas
had an unfavorable effect on Flour, Cotton, and
American Securities. Money is more abundant,
but capitalists still hesitate, unwilling to act defi
nitely, until they know the final course of the
Legislature in relath n to the Banks.”
A Post Office has been established at Red
Clay, Murray County, and Henry K. Smeuley
appointed Post Master.
The Boston Post asserts that Hon. Edward
Everett has declined the nomination for the of
fice of Governor.
Extract from the Correspondence of the North Amer.
Harrisburg, March 9th.
The resumption bill from the Senate was again
taken up, and various amendments were proposed,
but all of them negative !. A great deal of time
was spent in discussing the several propositions
when Mr. Hegin« moved the previous question,
which was sustained, and the main question being
put, which was to concur in the amendments
made by the Senate, (without the amendment
made,by Mr. Hegins, and which was adopted on
Saturday last,) the yeas and nays were taken and
the motion negatived by a tie vote, after which
the House adjourned.
The presumption now is, that the Senate will
insist upon its amendments, and that a committee
of conference will be appointed, which will settle
upon a bill that in all probability may be passed.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, March 9.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS.
Mr. Lumpkin called up his resolution propo
sing the adjournment of both Houses of Congress
by their respective presiding officers, on (blank)
Monday in May next.
Mr. Lumpkin made some very judicious oh
servations in support of the resolution. He
thought that if the Senate were now t» determine
to adjourn in about two months hence, more bu
siness would be done than if no day should be
appointed for closing the session. He deemed it
important also to the preservation of the dignity
of Congress, by confining the proceedings to the
actual business of the Legislative Departments.
After some remarks on the importance of the Le
gislature in our form of Government, (which we
hope will he bo-ne in mind by the political asso
ciates of the honorable Senator, when they have
before them measures for strengthening the Ex
ecutive branch) he proposed to fill the blank with
the word “eighteenth.”
Mr, Clay, of Alabama, supported the resolution
on the ground that Congress might easily finish
all the important business before it by the eigh
teenth of May :—and added some remarks in fa
vor of equalizing the length of the two Sessions.
Mr. Clay of Ky. said that he was glad this pro
position came from the other side of the Senate ;
and he assured the honorable mover, that he
w r ould vote fcr the adjournment of Congress on
the day designated—or for an earlier day if pro
posed—to adjourn to-morrow—nay, even this
day! For he confessed with regret and mortifi
cation, that he did not expect any thing to he
done, at this session, to mitigate the sufferings or
promote the interests of the country. The soon
er therefore members should go home to their
constituents—the sooner they mix with them—
j and get instructions and counsels for their con
i due’ at the next session, a session to which, he
thought all would come under other auspices, the
better for the people. Let us go home then, said
| Mr. Clay, and see our constituents—ask for their
| wives and children—hear the recital oftheircon-
I dition from their own mouths—and hear their
! suggestions as to measures of relief.
He had no doubt that the honorable mover
was perfectly sincere in his proposition; hut he
believed that the tendency of it would he to de
ceive and impose upon the people. Did the Sen
ator from Georgia really think that Congress
would adjourn at the time designated ? Mr.
Clay could not believe they would. He thought
there was a greater chance for a session in mid
summer—that they would be found here in the
i dog-days. The condition of the Treasury was
itself a strong obstacle. The Treasury Note Bill
; would keep Congress here for some time; and
i Mr. Clay did not hesitate to declare his belief that
' the Government would call for another addition
al amount of Treasury Notes before the session
should be over. Ho repeated that he would vote
; for the resolution.
Mr. Lumpkin said he had some doubts at first
of the success of his proposition; but he thought
it his duty to persevere.
Mr. Benton expressed a wish that the mover
would permit the resolution to lie over for a
while, and then endeavor to connect it with a
proposition for equalizing the two sessions of
Congress, which he thought was most desirable.
He expressed a belief that the Government might
be embarrassed by deciding on so early a day.
There were several great measures yet to be act
ed upon; and especially those necessary to the
actual support of the Government. He then
broke out into one of his paroxysms of violence,
declaring that he—he would not consent that this
Government snould be stopped, nor would he con
sent to put the possibility of such an occurrence
in the hands of those who are willing to see the
Government go down.
Mr. Lumpkin persisted in his motion With
majorities in favor of the Administration in both
Houses, he thought his friends could despatch the
public business by the time designated—and if
this was not done, he really thought that the
blame ought to rest on the majority.—But he
j took for granted that rnemtiers would be influenc
ed by proper and patriotic motives to do what
the interests ot the country demand within the
period appointed.
Mr. Sevier declared his intention to support
the motion. He wished to go home. He belie
ved that every thing important could be done by
Congress before the middle of May. As to what
had been said about supporting tlie Government,
he would go for five, ten, or one hundred millions
of Treasury Notes, if really required to carry on
; the Government.
I Mr. Hubbard moved to postpone the resolution
| till Monday fortnight, which was rejected—Aves
| 20, nays 22. y
A Senator moved to lay the resolution on the
table—which was rejected.
Mr. King moved to postpone the lesolutbn till
Monday next, which was agreed to without a di
vision.
MAINE BOUNDARY DIFFICULTIES
The President transmitted to the Senate to
day some additional documents in reference to
the d'fficulues between the Government of the
fTu L Bta fV nd Gre " t Britai,t ’ on ‘he subject
of the North Eastern Boundary. They consist
of a letter from the Governor of Maine, and cor
respondence thereupon arising between the Bri
tish Minister anc Secretary of State.
Governor Fairfield declares in his letter to
Secretary Forsyth, that the explanation con
lamed in the letter of Mr Fox, last communica
ted to the Secretary, of alledged occupation of
the Disputed Te ritory by British troops are “not
true , and that the Minister s positive and un
qualified denial of facts of which abundant proof
has been obtained, is only equalled in character
by the pretensions to the Territory heretofore
set op by the British Authorities.
He concludes with an official call upon the
President for protection of the State ajainst inva
sion.
M Forsyth communicates to Mr.Fox.the
information contained in Governor Fairfield's
letter, and submitting that there must be some
extraordinary misapprehension existing on the
subject, asks an early explanation.
Mr. Fox ente-s into a long and minute expla
nation of the circumstances, declaring that the
representations of the Governor of Maine are ex
aggerated ; and repeating his former statements
relative to the precautionary measures which
were taken by the British authorities in Canada,
and which were rendered necessary by the ag
gression of the citizens of Maine.
Mr. Williams, after some remarks, moved
the printing of 5,000 additional copies of the
message and documents.
Security of Public Money.— On motion
of Mr. Wright, the bill for securing the public
money, and for the punishment of defaulters,
was made the special order for Tuesday next.
The Senate then adjourned.
Washington, March 10, 1840.
UNITED STATES SENATE. BANKRUPT LAW.
A number of memorials were presented to-day
from New York, New Jersey, and other Slates,
praying for the establishment of a Uniform Sys
tem of Bankruptcy throughout the United States.
Mr. Wall, the Chairman of the Committee on
the Judiciary, to whom these memorials and pe
titions were referred, gave notice that the Com
mittee are now preparing a Bill which will prob
ably be submitted to the Senate next week.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After some time consumed in amending the
journal of yesterday, Mr. Bolts of Va., asked
leave to present and have read the report of the
minority of the Committee of Elections in the
New Jersey case.
Objections were immediately raised by the !
whole Administration members, which, however,
were withdrawn on the Chair stating that the
mere reception and reading of the report, without
the question of printing, would not make it super- i
cede the question on Petriken’s resolutions.
One illustrious personage remained obstinate j
in h;s objections, and that was Petriken himself, j
who magnanimously expressed his willingness to j
lay the report on the table, but not to have it
read.
Mr. Bolts then moved a suspension of the \
rules, and the yeas and nays being ordered the
motion was lost, two thirds not voting for it.
The question then (hy the application of that j
party axe, the previous question, which cuts off
all debate.) having recurred on the resolution of |
Mr. Petriken to amend Mr. Fillmore’s motion to I
recommit, by substituting therefor a preamble
declaring that Messrs. Dickerson, Vroom, and
their associates have received a majority of the
lawful votes of the people of New Jersey, and a
resolution stating that those gentlemen are entitl
ed to their seals as members of the House, and [
requiring the Speaker to administer the oaths to
them and duly qualify them, when they present
themselves.
Mr. Smith of Connecticut, moved to lay the
resolution on the table; which was rejected, yeas
92, nays 113.
The Speaker then put the question on the
adoption of the resolution.
Mr, Monroe of New York, protested against
this proceeding as most unwarrantable, and asked
to he excused Irom voting, as he had not seen |
the documents or testimony.
Mr. Calhoun of Massachusetts, refused to vote. 1
He believed the resolution stated that which is ;
not true in point of fact.
When the name of Mr. Foggin was called, he
asked if he could have the privilege of assigning
his reasons for the vote he was about to give ?
but the Speaker declared he could not under the
rules of the House.
Mr. Russell offered a resolution requiring the
members to vote who had declined voting.
Mr. Dromgoole contended that this was out of
order.
File Speaker decided that it was in order.
The Loco Focos reversed the decision.
The question was then taken on the resolution !
as amended, and carried in the affirmative—ayes
111, nays 80—a number of the opposition mem
bers having refused to vote.
[Mr. Habersham of Georgia, came into the
House just as his name had been passed in call- i
ing the yeas and nayr, and asked that (as his !
vote would make no alteration in the result) he
might be permitted to have it recorded in the
negative.
Objection being made, on the ground that such
requests, though often made, had always been
refused—
Mr. Habersham moved to suspend the rules, j
observing that as he had seen many very extra- i
ordinary things done by this House,' it might as I
well do one thing a little extra-extraordinary.
The motion was negatived.]
Mr. Jones of Virginia, called for the orders of
the day.
Mr. Dromgttole said he hoped that now the
report of the minority of the Committee on Elec
tions would be received hy general consent, and
! that iu together with the evidence before the Com •
mittee would be ordered to he printed.
Mr. Bolts, in some remarks, (scarcely heard
by the reporter amidst the noise of general con
gratulation which pervaded the Hall,) observed
that he hoped, and would now move, this should
be done; and also hoped that the nation would
observe that the House had first voted that the
fi\e gentlemen from New Jersey had received a
majority of the votes of the whole State, and
afterward that they would have the evidence of
this printed for their consideration.
Mr. Garland demanded the yeas and nays on
Mr. Dromgoole’s proposition. * He said that a
little while ago gentlemen had refused to receive
the minority report of the Committee, or allow
it to be printed; but now their object had been
accomplished, they were ready to do both hy
unanimous consent. He in isted on the yeas
and nays. J
Mr. Dromgoole said there was no need of a
vote, or any yeas and nays. The report was al
ready received hy general consent.
Mr. Calhoun of Massachusetts, said he hoped
the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Bolts.) would
withdraw his motion for the reception of the
minority report. It had already been suppressed
and let it go to the country as a suppressed re
port. •
Mr. Bolts declined. He thought that it was
important that at this particular moment, above
all others, such a vote should pass.
Mr. Lewis Williams moved to suspend the
rules to receive the motion. 1
On that motion, Mr. R. Garland asked the
yeas and nays.
Mr. McClellan contended that the same motion
could not again be made on the same day, after
it had been once negatived; and he moved an
adjournment.
The yeas and nays were demanded, and, bein~
taken, resulted as follows; Yeas 95, nays 87 °
So the House, at a little past 3, adjourned.
Washington, Tuesday Evening,March 10
The contest in the House of Representatives
about the New Jersey Election case, has termi
nated as every one knew it would, after the Ad
ministration Party had shamelessly avowed their I
wish that the quality of the lawfulness of the
votes should not be regarded by the Committee
of Elections in making their report; and after
that Party had repeatedly refused to allow the
Minority of the Committee to make a Counter
Report. The non-Commissioned pretenders, i
Messrs. Dickerson, Vroom, and their associates, j
have been voted into the vacant seats by a nu- j
merical majority, who are ready at all limes to
yield a blind, unthinking unscrupulous, servile
compliance with the requisitions of Party. No
time has been given even for the consideration of
the Report of the Majority of the Committee
declaring that the non-commissioned pretenders
had received a majority of the votes as shown
before the polls were expurgated. None of the
testimony has been considered by the House—
the judges in this momentous case. The Mi
nority of the Committee h tve not even been per
mitted to bring in their Counter Report—much
less make it the subject of examination and dis
cussion ; and scarcely one of them has been per
mitted to open his mouth to expose the partial
and iniquitous proceedings of the framers of the
Report. Mr. Fillmore, it is true, did succeed
finally in speaking hypothetically, after being
interrupted repeatedly by such persons as Petri
ken and Duncan.
The great mass of the Loco Focos who march
ed up in solid column to vote in their New Jer
sey brethren.'without a blush or a wince, were of
the mind of an extraordinarily candid member
of their ranks, who was directly charged to-day,
in the lobby, with knowing nothing at all about
the merits of the case. A gentleman—not a
member—said to him, “Come now, Mr. ,
confess you have never examined this case—you
have never seen the evidence. How can you
vote that these men are lawfully entitled to their
scats 1”
“Oh ! They are good democrats , I know, and
that is enough forme!” What care these parli
zans for law or justice, when “the party’s” inter
ests are at stake 1
The New York papers of the 7th inst. con
tain an advertisement offering a reward of SSOO,
with all reasonable expenses, for the apprehension
j and delivery to the officers of justice in that city,
' of C G. Newcomb, late first teller of the Man
hattan Bank.
Printing ix the United States.—Ac
cording to an estimate made sometime since, by
i the New Bedford Mercury, the Printing busi
; ness in the U. States gives employment to two
i hundred thousand persons, and thirty millions of
! capital.
J
A vessel has sailed from Genoa for Philadel
phia with a lull freight of Morns Multicaulis
trees.
Pexxsvlvaxia Bank Bile.—We learn from
the Harrisburg Reporter that on the 9th, the
j House of Representatives refused to concur in
I the amendments of the Senate to Mr. Pkxximax’s
bid, for an immediate resumption. The vote
stood 42 to 42. Being a question of concur
rence—a tie vote defeats the amendments.
The state of the bill now is this: the House
passed it, and sent it to the Senate. The Senate
; sent it hack with amendments, which the House
reject. It will now go hack to the Senate,
in which body the question will he t) recede from
its amendments, or insist on them. If it recede,
Mr. Pkxx imax’s bill as it first passed the House
will only want the Governor’s signature to be
| come a law. If the Senate insist on its amend
ments, committees of conference wi'l he appoint
ed by each house, whose province it will be, to
reconcile the differences between the houses. If
they fail to do this, the bill is lost.
Two hoys, apprentices of the late Mr. F.
! Scholmeyer, have been arrested on the charge of
having set fire to his shop and dwelling in Liberty
street, on Friday night last —Baltimore Ameri
can.
A symptom of War.
The London Weekly Dispatch of February
19th says’ “The accounts received from the
United States are of a threatening aspect —The
scientific men sent out by the British Govern
ment to survey the disputed territory, are said to
have reported according to the letter, the whole
of the disputed land belongs to Greet Britain,
and the full strength of the nation will be put to
enforce our right.”
The Dispatch is a radical paper, and not likely
to he very well versed in the secrets of this Gov
ernment, The above, however, is the only notice
we have met with of the report of the Boundary
Agents. If the statement he true, the fact is in
deed important. —Philadelphia Inquirer,
j We learn from private sources that Mr. Jaudon
has effected a final arrangement for the Dutch
loan of five anti a half million of guilders to the
j Bank of the United States.— Phil. Nat. Gaz.
i Ihe Bagging Factory, together with the hemp,
| bagging and rope, of Mr. Oliver Anderson, of
j Jessamine county, as we are informed, was en
! r tirel y destroyed by fire on Saturday night last.—
The loss is estimated at $15,000, *
On Saturday night last, a Rope and Bagging
Factory belonging to Messrs. Young & Milton*
of Fayette county, was also destroyed. Loss
s3,ooo.— Lexington fKy.J Intelligencer.
Consignees per South Carolina Hail Hoad.
Hamburg, March 16, IS4O.
C A Greiner; D’Antignac & Hill; A Sibley; W E
Jackson; J Darby; W Fuller; J VV& VVS Jones; Byn
ton & McCall; Wooten & G.; J G Gant; N B. Par
ker; T Richards; D Mattison; J M & w Adams*
Russell & Hutchinson; C J Cooke; Stovall & Sim
mons; T Dawson; Rees & Beali; T M Simmons'’
Band & Rowland; J M Cooper & Son; Anderson &
Young; J F Benson; Jeffers t Boulware; G Parrott;
Kernaghan & Wray; CChipman.
(£T Consignees will attend without further no
tice.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, Feb. 20
Latest dates from Havre Feb. 17
Charleston, March 14.
( otton —A very active demand was exhibited
throughout tiie week, for every description of short
cotton, and the principal operations were made at
last week’s quotations; sinee the reception of the
advices per Great Western at New York, on Thurs
day last, business was nearly suspended, and the
article declined from gto Ac per lb. Several large
lots Uplands were shipped this week on planter’s
account for Europe. During the week Id per lb
has been the ruling rate of freight lor actual en
gagements; at this time however, that price cannot
be obtained, id being the highest offer for English
ports,. We report sales of about 80c0 bags, viz: 99
at
290,7; 115,74; 541,74; 136,7|;
820,74; 28, 7J; 866, 8; 412, 8& 721,84; 297,8?
916.
Long Cotton —Prices of this article still remain
as previously quoted; 490 bags were of
during the week at from 18 to 36c per ib.
Rice —The amount of transactions this week, al
though more than our last review indicated, w*as
effected at a decline of £ per cent. The scarcity
of shipping still opciates disastrously on the arti
cle. 2085 tes were disposed of from ti £3 per
cwt.
Rough Rice —9394 bushels were sold at 68 to 72c
per bushel, including 530 bushels seed at sl.
Flour —100 bbls Baltimore Flour sold at $64 per
bbl; 120 do Forth Carolina at $6; 50 bbls Balti
more at $64.
Gram —Two cargoes Corn amounting to 6000
bushels were disposed of at 54 a 57c per bushel.
One lot Peas of 1200 bushels sold at 68c; 3000 bush
Oats brought 38c per bushel.
i.ay —A cargo of 500 bales sold at 75c per cwt*
900 bund ts Portland were disposed of auction ft
j 80c per’cwt.
Groceries —We cannot perceive any ininrov
ment in the various articles connected with tr*
branch of business; business is still dull, and n n
pects discouraging: 135 fehdstMuscovado Sugar «°m
at 6to 8$ cents peril); 120 bags Laguira Coff
sold at Icts per ib; 75 Cuba, 104 a luR 207 k,
Ilio at 10$ a ?0| cts per ib. 2 ’ ba gs
Bacon —2so new’ Baltimore Hams sold at U
200 new Cheraw do cts; and 800 sides
cts. Large quantities old Bacon remain on
almost unsaleable 1 l(^
Lard — The demand for this article is confined
a small extent. lOctsperlb. °
Salt —ls worth sls a per sack
Domestic Spirits —No sales worthy of note
Stocks —Dull.
Exchange— On England 9 a per ct premium
France, 6f 15c a 5f 25c. ’
New York and Boston, Shtht are taken at 24 a 7
perct premium, 30 davs, 1 a 14.
Richmond, 60 days, 1 per cent.
Bank of Charleston rates of Exchanep fin «
•North.- 6 ’ the
New York, 3 per ct premium.
Philadelphia,2 per ct discount.
Columbia and Camden, 14 per ct.
Savannah Bank notes, 4 per ct disccont
Spanish Doubloons, sl6| ; Mexican Ifi’
Sovereigns, $4 S 5; Specie, 2 per ct prem.
Freights— To Liverpool, Id per lb forCotton*
Havre 14 cts per lb; for Rice. sl4 per tierce. New
Y ork, 7o cts and $ I per bag for Cotton.
statement of cotton.
Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1
Received this week, 30 ?
do. pieviously, 11112 172 q 6t
13392 178^26
Exported this week, no I
previously, 9866 25407
On ship board, 307 3^'
10283 32547
Stock on hand 1309 14537$
New Orleans, March 7
Cotton —Arrived since the 3d instant, of i.ouisi
ana and Mississippi 16 905, Tennessee and Ws
Alabama 728, Arkansas, 121, Mobile 788, Florida
5, together U',547 bales. Cleared in the same lime '
for Liverpool 11,206 bales, Stockholm 40, Havana
361, New York 985, Boston 520, Philadelphia 79
together 13,186 bales—making an addition to stock
of 5,361 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of all
on shipboard not cleared on the 6th instant ast jrt
of 129,035 bales.
The demand f >r cotton, which was quite limited
at the time our repor. of last Wednesday moraine
was made up revived a little on that day,and sales
were effected to the extent of 3500 bales, at rates
not essentially varying from th >se before current
The transactions of Thursday showed the continu
ance of a tolerably fair demand, at pievious pii, e s
purchasers having taken about 3,800 bales. Yes.’
terday the market appeared very quiet, though
there was a pretty fair business doing notwithstand
ing, the sa es having amounted to 3tOU bales. We
continue former quotations, nothing having occured
since our last that would authorise « change. The
demand for cotton latterly, has been very genera!
including every description, and has not been con
fined to any particular class of buyers. The small
number of vessels now in port, and the high rates
which are in consequence demanded for freight
continue to have a very prejudicial effect oaW
market.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, a 6-
Middling, 6£ a 7 ; Fair, 84 a 8^; Good fair, 94 a 91*
Goo and line, H>4 a—, Tennessee and N. Alaba- i
ma Ordinary, middling, fair, good lair, good and
fine, 54 a 9, extremes.
statement of cotton.
1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15324
Receipts last three days 18547
“ pieviously, 582566 601 113
v t j 616937
Exports last three days, 13156
do. previously. * 474716 487302 j
Stock on hand 129u35 I
Sugar — Lousiana —There has been a rather bet- I
ter demand, during the past three days, and some
parcels have been taken for shipment to the north.
The receipts, in the mean time, have been light
and the sto k now for sale on tiie Levee is reduced
to a smaller quantity than we have noticed for
many weeks past. Prices, however,remain asoe
tore quoted, say a cents, though mo>t of the
sales have ranged from to -14 c. ()nly a very prime
article will command our highest figures, a; d this
description is scarce, ihe sales on p antaiion are
geneiHh at 1 cents, but we are not advised of any
Lansaetions of importance. There is very little
demand foi Havana Sugars, and prices remain as
pieviously quoted.
Molasses The demand for barrels, on the Le
\ee, has been quite brisk, and at the time of ma
king our enquiries of yesterday, but few lots ie
mained unsold. The prevailing rales have been '
-0 a2l cents per gallon, which we sti 1 quote, >
though 22 cents are said to have been obtained for
some small lots, i here are some transactions on
plantation, at former prices, say 15 a 16 cents per
gallon.
Savannah, March 13.
< ottun —Arrived since the 6th inst. 1 1692 bales
I pland, and 636 bales 8 I < otton, and cleared at
the same lime 4805 bales L pland. and 695 bales S
1 Cotton; leaving a stock on oand, inclusive of ail
on shipboard not cleared on the 13th instnnt.of
56491 bales Upland and 2758 bales Sea Island Cot*
ton. Jhe higher qualities of Upland hasbeenmuch
soug it ailei this week, and have advanced in value
fully 4 cent, but on V\ ednesday and yesterday there
was less disposition to operate. This morning the
Gieat \V astern’s advices have been received, and
j their unfavorable nature caused genera] disappoint
ment. Ihe sales of the week have been 5455
bales, viz: 10 at 5; 25 at sf; 75 at 6; 51 at 35
at 65; 3at 6|; 48 at 6f; 148 at 7; 89 at 74; 161 at
,5 57 at 7 i; 24 at 7|; 12 at ?4; 976 it 8; 191 at
8y; o-:6 at 84; 396 at 8|; 925 at 84; 322 atß|; 910
at 8v; 111 at 8g; 323 at 9; and it is know: that
several parcels have been sold ab#ve our highest
quotation. Ihe demand for S< a Island has contin
ued at t.h“ full prices of last week, and generally
the salts have been at 4 a 1 cent per lb advance;
the sales of the week compiisc 396 bales, viz: 3 at
17; 21 at 18; 11 at 184; IS at 19; 4 at 19 ; 59 at
20; 25 at 21; 17 at 22; 26 at
statement of cotton.
Upl’ds. S.l.
Stock on hand, Ist Oct, ] 1692 223
Received this week, 12441 636
do previously, 146497 5266
159712 6020 *
Exported this week, 4805 695
do previously, 95416 2567 103221 3262
Stock on hand, including all on ship
board not cleared on the 13th inst- 56491 275 S J
Rice—The business in this article since our last ]
has been quite light, amounting to about 500 casks j
at s 2 } a being a decline of fully 4on last j
week’s prices.
Hour Continues dull and declining. Sales of 1
400 bbls Howard street at $6 a 64. °
Corn- The supply in market moderate, with a
very limited demand. Retails from store at 65 a
70 cents.
Salt— Sales of 3000 sacks at sl|; 5000 bushels
afloat, at 20 cts.
Hay—Sales of 500 bundlesat 87| asl.
Spirits —ln domestic liquors, we report sales of
Whiskey at a 32; N E Rum at 35 a 36; Gin at
45 a 55.
Exchange —On England, 10 a per ct prem;
drafts on New Y'ork, at sight, per cent prem; o
days sight,44 a 5 per cent prem.
Freights— To Liverpoji, 1a I Id; New Y'ork, lc,
to Boston, 14 ct.
. New York, March 11.
Cotton —Since the arrival of the Great Western,
the tiansa tions in Cotton have been to a veiy lim*
ited extent, and those generally at a decline of | c
per pound upon previous rates: 300 bales hav«
been taken, 125 of which were New oceans,
8 a 10c; 50 Mobile 84 a 104 c, and 125 Florida i 3
9£c.
Coffee —-The market remains without any ,na f e *
rial variation; there is more enquiry for St Dorfon*
go, and holders are asking a small advance; die
sales comprise 140 bags Laguayra at lie; 566 hag*
Brazil at 94 a 1 lc, on the usual credit; 460 bags 01
St Domingo at
cash, and 50 bags Porto Rico at ll^c.
Flour and Grain—— ln consequence of several