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I ants to the vacant scats from New Jersey, and that they be informed thatthe committee has re considered, and indefinitely postponrjl the reso lutions furnished them on the 28th .|sstant, and that this committee will hear them a'} their com mittee room on Saturday, the Ist February prox imo, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, tin the sub ject of the measures which.should be to obtain the evidence applicable to the inquiry be fore the committee.’’ | Ttie parties accordingly m n t a:vin * n committee room, and, after they severally heard, the committee adopted Uie following re solution : | “ Resulted, That we will now take lip the tes timony which has been referred t" tie commit tee in the New Jersey case; and if.llunng the investigation of t!ie subject, it shall by either party to furnish additional testi|iony, that then the parties be allowed such re is liable time as may be determined by the comniii|;e, to take such additional testimony in the man|er prescri bed by the laws of New Jersey relating to con tested elections, unless the parties Igree upon snne order mode which may be saiptioned by the committee.” Thus it will be perceived that bes ea paper purporting to be testimony in this case, yas open ed by the committee, it was resolved*lhat time should be allowed either party requiring it to j take additional testimony, with a v’»?w,as we j supposed, of ascertaining the whole truth touch- | ing the merits oflhe election, and the only action of the committee under this resolution was to decide on the objections raised by either party to the competency of the testimony exhibited. This resolution the committee adopted, with out knowing how it would affect the interests of eillier parly, or which should be the li/st to ask for time ; for it depended on what portion of the testimony might he received, and vvha? rejected on cither side. j In pursuance thereof, the committee proceeded to hear objections and arguments on the compe tency of the evidence. Most of the testimony on the part of the non-commissioned claimants consisted of certificates and sworn copies of pa pers, the affidavits, appended to which were ex parte, and taken without notice. And most of that adduced by the commissioned claimants, besides their commissions, consisted of depositions taken before fState officers in New Jersey, upon notice to the opposite party. Numerous objec tions were taken to the competency of. this evi dence, but the undersigned felt no crnb|r rasment in respect to any of them, except that Vt|aich rais ed an inquiry as to the sufficiency of She notice of taking the depositions; there being |io law of Congress or ot the State, applicable to|lhis case, directing the mode of taking evidence,! the com- j mittee experienced great difficulty in fiijJing any rule that would do justice to all concerilxl. Ihe usage of the House, for many years, !*id sanc tioned the practice of receiving depositions, in cases of contested election, taken on reasonable notice ; but had not settled .vhat was reasonable notice. The commissioned member.-: indicated a willingness that, inasmuch as they wese to re turn to New Jersey to obtain additional proofs, the committee should reject a' l testimony in re spect to which there was me doubt, t| the end that they might retake the evidence place the matter beyond dispute. $ It is proper to state that this suggestion, made from motives of prudence, avowedly influenced the action of one of the undersigned, who voted for the exclusion of testimony which he would not have hesitated to receive if compelled to pro ceed at once, and dispose of the case Dibits mer its. The chairman seemed disposed t«< take a liberal view of the subject, and to admi|. nearly the whole of the evidence on both sid ; treat ing what we deemed objections to co mpetency as mere objections to the sufficiency oft e proofs: the effect of which was, with the aid of the four members concurring in the report alreldy sub mitted. to let in much the most important part of the testimony adduced by the non-commissioned claimants, though taken ex parte, and without notice. Hut when the testimony on she other side came under consideration, the same 1 >ur mem bers voted against its competency, though taken on notices, in some instances at least, ample and abundant; and it so happened that i.c. conse quence of the doubts of one of the uad reigned, and the influence of a wish which he Indulged to have the case cleared of all embarrassment by re-taking the evidence, much the most, impor tant part of the proof offered by the commission ed claimants was rejected, and the testimony be fore the committee was left in a very confused, imperfect, and chaotic state, and in such k condi tion as to render it. in the judgement ot|the un dersigned, in a high degree unjust to male it the basis of their action eitherin the conaaiitfoe or the House for any purpose whatever. | When the committee had thus disposifl of the questions of competency arising on the Jvidence before it, the commissioned members aga'|i renew ed their application for further time, to Inish ta king their testimony; and again verbally Mated to the committee the various difficulties w?ich had prevented the completion of t:ieir prool| before the session of Congress. And this statement not being denied by the non-commissioned claimants, the committee, m consideration of thoseSdifficul ties, and also in reference to the fact that touch of the testimony adduced had been, rejc in the manner above staled,'deemed the able, and determined to grant i’; and botll parties being decidedly of the opinion that the ttltimony could not be taken before the second Mcliday of April next, the committee adopted a j gamble and resolution as follows: f “ Whereas the People of the State Iff New Jersey are at present deprived of five-.|ixths of their representation in the House of Kej’esenta tives, and it being highly expedient that lye decis ion of the question between the several ciliimants to the five contested seals in the House islbresaid be made as speedily as practicable, consistent with a due investigation and deliberation;, and J. 15. Aycrigg, William Halsted,and other I having made application to the committee forUime to take further evidence to maintain theirlright to ssats in said House, and the contestors having al leged that if the committee go into an investiga tion of the question of who received the jlurality of legal votes, they desire time also to Ui|e testi mony : | “ Therefore resolved. That the chairlum be • required to notify the several claimants a|»resa:d, that this committee will not proceed to a Inal de cision of the question of ultimate right defending before them until the second Monday 2i April next, at which time the committee will rei ort, the proofs to be closed, and will not receive nv tes timony taken by eillier of the parties as: i;r that time; but nothing in this resolution shall jrevent the committee at any time before that C iy from taking up and deciding said case, if the parlies shall declare themseb es ready with all thjr testi mony.” I Injustice to the chairman of the comnfittee, it should be stated, that he indicated to the |ommit tee an anxious wish that the time allowed for the completion of the proofs should be a jbjpviated, with a view to bring the case, upon its m|r ts, be fore the House, at as early a day as practicable; and three of the undersigned, in deferent’! to the opinions and feelings ofihe chairman, co-|perated with him in an effort to procure a reconsijeration of the above resolution; which was defeated by the votes ot the other members of the cot*mittee. Nothing now remained to he done, but o carry out the original plan as exhibited in the sc d reso lutions ; and accordingly the following rej dution was offered by one of the undersign, i, and adopted by the comm'(fee: “ Resolved, That the parties m the contested election for the State of New Jersey Sc, and they are hereby, authorized to take the tc jfimony of such witnesses as either of them ma| desire » • s to examine, by deposition in conformity with the laws of that State in force at the time of taking any such testimony, on the subject of contested elections, in similar cases: Provided, that the parties may, hv any agreement under their hands, regulate the mode of giving notice, and other matters of form, at their discretion.” Soon after the adoption of these resolutions, the commissioned members left the city for the State of New Jersey, to finish taking their evi dence, where they still remain. We did not an ticip ite, nor had we an intimation, from any quar ter, that turtber proceedings in the case were con templated, cither in the committee or the House, until the expiration of the time allowed the par ties to complete their evidence; ncr are We willing to believe that the House would have adopted theiresolution of the 2Sth of February, if it had known the situation of the case before the com mittee, or anticipated the construction which the committee would put on the resolution. Nothing is more abhorrent to a well-regulated mind, than the appealance ol deception or treach | cry in the administration of justice. We will not. for the honor of our country, believe that the highest deliberative assembly in the land, act ing as a judicial tribunal, and deciding, not only upon the rights of individuals, but also upon the rights of one of the sovereign Slates ot the Union, will, for a moment, after these parties have been j sent away in confident security that they were I to have time to take tiieir evidence, en ertain the idea of taking up the case in their absence and deciding it without a hearing, and with the proofs on one side wholly incomplete. Such a proce dure would be an example of injustice and perfi dy so flagrant, and establish a precedent so perni cious, that it would hardly be respectful to this honorable body to give it a further examination. At this stage of the proceedings (the parties having returned to New Jersey to complete their testimony.) the subject was again brought before the House, and a strenuous effort made to in struct the committee to report forthwith who had received a majority of the votes given at the polls; and,on a proposition to amend the resolu tion by inserting the word "lawful,’’ so as to re quire the committee to report the lawful votes only, a long, earnest, and, to some extent, an an gry debate arose; and, by the casting vote of the Speaker, the amendment was adopted, and the resolution was sent to the committee in the fol lowing form: “ Resolved, That the Committee of Elections he authorized to report to this House such pa pers and such of their proceedings as they may desire to have punted by order of the House, and that they be instructed «also to report forthwith which five of tbe ten individuals, claiming seats from the State of New Jersey, received the great est number of lawful votes from the whole State for representatives in the Congress of the United States, at the election of 1838, in said State, with all the evidence of the facts in their posses sion: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent or delay the action of said committee in taking testimony and deciding the said case upon the merits of the election.” A majority of the committee, paying no re gard to absolute instructions of th* House, to re port the lawful rotes, decided that the introduc tion of the word lawful ’ did not affect the ori ginal meaning of the proposition, and that the resistance it had encountered in the House from four of their own members had no objection in it but a perverse and obstinate determination on their part to oppose a perfectly harmless amend ment; and they proceeded at once, without deign ing to go into an examination of the testimony before them, to make a report on the whole num ber of votes given at the polls, lawful and unlaw ful, the men and the boys, the aliens and the citi zens, without discrimination, and without stop ping to inquire whether the elections were held in the manner prescribed by law, when they knew that allegations had been made and partially es tablished that all these matters would be proven, and many of them, perhaps enough, already pro ven by the te timony then before them, to change the result, at least in part, if they would have opened and examined it. 15ut this the commit tee conclude, and labor throughout their report to prove, they were not authorized to do, because they were directed to report, forthwith on the lawful votes, and that the effect of that omnipo tent and pungent word “forthwith," neutralized and nullified the word lawful, and rendered it perfectly nugatory: and that, being required to report forthwith the lawful votes, they were of necessity compelled tw regard all unlawful votes as lawful votes, and that that was what the House intended when, by a vote of 97 to 96, they de termined to insert it. Why, then, did these gentlemen themselves resist its introduction! It was precisely what they desired! It was exactly what they had struggled for in commirtee, and why did they not put the same construction on their own act in committee, when by the casting vote of the chair man it was then decided to insert the word legal under the same circumstances! Why did they not then proceed to ascertain who had received a majority of illegal as well as legal votes, and re port that fact to the House! Only, w-e suppose, because that “ pungent word forthwith ” was omitted. This branch of the report, we confess, we feel much difficulty in preparing, from*an indisposi tion to say any thing that mig ,t bear the appear ance of a want of a proper deforenct for the opin ions of our colleagues; and yet, we have so little respect for the reasoning contained in that report, that we scarcely know 'how to characterise or t~eat it. We do not mean to impeach their mo tives or intelligence; hut, at the same time, we are impelled to speak of it as the most extraordi nary document that has ever come under our ob servation. Let us compare tbe resolution of the House with the report of the committee, and as certain whether the instructions therein contained have been obeyed or disregarded. By that resolution the committee wore instruct ed to report forthwith, which five of the ten in dividuals claiming seats from the State of New Jersey received the greatest number of lawful votes, from the whole State, far representatives in the Congress of the United States, with all the evidence of that fact in their possession: Provi ded, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent or delay the action of the committee in taking testimony, or deciding the said case upon the merits of the election.” How has this position and absolute instruction been fulfilled! Was there a member of the body that did not feel and believe, on the introduction of the word lawful, that was so strenuously resisted, that the whole objects of the mover of the origi nal resolution and his friends had been defeated! Was there a member of the House who antici pated that within a few days from that time, without the examination of testimony, the com mittee would report that all the votes given at the election were lawful votes, because they were enjoined to report forthwith, when they were exprosssly required to report who received the greatest number of lawful votes only, Croat the whole Slate; and if there was no testimony be fore the committee to enable them to report forth with, what they were required to report, why did they not state that fact to the House! Why did they not report, that the testimony is incomplete, and the parties to the contest are now, by order of the committee, at home, taking evidence, to establish what you have instructed us to report! Why did they not give to that pungent word “ forthwith ,” its plain, common sense meaning, as soon as practicable, without unnecessary de lay ! But, instead of that, it is made to control the whole resolution. W hat says the report: “ When the proposition to instruct was origi nally intiodneed as an amendment to tbe applica tion with which the committee had come before the House, its intent was clear that a report should be immediately made of the names of those who had received the greatest number of voles at the last Congressional election in New Jersey. If any thing more was wanting to explain the mean ing of this proposition, it is to be found in the proviso which was added, and which clearly in dicated that the action which the House was moved to demand did not contemplate an inter ference with the course, adopted by the commit tee for the ‘ taking of testimony, and deciding the cast upon the merits of the election .’ And, yet, when the resolution is so altered as to require the committee to report upon the law ful votes only, it means precisely what was inten ded before the amendment was adopted. Such a course of reasoning, we take for granted, can not be satisfactory, either to the House or ihe country. The report proceeds to say : “ At the same time, the commit tee cannot en tirely, (mark (he word) overlook the word law ful, or strike that from the resolution which was insert.'d upon a contest so close as to require a casting vote for its decision.” Which casting vote may as well be ascribed to the chairman of the committee as to the Speaker of the House, for one vote counted as much as the other; and wc would respectfully inquire whether the honorable chairman himselt, who draughted that report, attached no importance to the inser tion of the word lawful , at the time he voted for it. The report goes on : “ There is but one other basis, left, and that is th e pri mu facie case upon the returns of the lo cal officers of the several polls; and, the nature of the controversy taken into consideration, it can scarcely be doubled that to this basis the reso lution looked.” But the very subject of the controversy before the House Was, whether the resolution should look to that basis 01 not: whether it should look to the whole vote, or the lawful votes only; and it had been decided by the casting vote referred to, that it should look to the lawful votes only, and not to the whole given, as originally propo sed by the resolution ; and while the committee cannot entirely overlook the word “ lawful,” or strike it from the resolution, limy find no diffi culty in disregarding its plain import and mean ing, and they report the very matter the\’ were instructed by the House not to report, and this not from a desire to make such a report, (because five members of that committee had constantly refused to make a report based unon any such principle.) but in strict obedience to the instruc tions of the House. But. in addition to this/?«/z --gent word, “ forthwith it is said the proviso qualified the meaning of the word “ lawful.” Now, the construction wo give to the proviso is, that it qualifies this word “forthwith” and was intended as a qualification of that word when first introduced. That is to say, that whilst you are required to report forthwith, which five of theve ten gentlemen received the greatest num ber of votes from the whole State, nothing here in contained shall be so constructed as to pievent or deiav the action of the committee in taking testimony, or deciding said case upon tho merits of the election. It appears to us that there can oe but one opinion on this subject, that the proviso was intended as a qualification to the “forthwith” report to be made; and it is totally incomprehen sible to us how the minds of the committee could have been drawn into the strange error, that the proviso was intended to qualify what, al the the time it was written, constituted no part of the resolution. The subsequent introduction of the word law ful, as we conceive not only does, but was in tended to qualify, control, and explain the whole resolution: it was an explanation of itself. But . the committe have determined that the word “forthwith,” and the proviso, which were in i' tended to be explained by the word “ lawful,” . themselves explain the explanation ; or, in other , words nullifies and renders altogether nugatory this most important and all-controlling explan ■ atory amendment. There is one view of this subject that is truly singular, however, and that is, that in the early part of the session, when the same facts were ad mitted before the House that are now reported by the committee, there was not a member of this body prepared to give the scats to those who re ceived a majority of all the votes given, including the bad with the good. Why was the case ever referred to the committee! The House having refused to recognise those persons as members i who have the legal commissions, and not ventu ring at that time to recognise those who had no returns, and only claimed that they had received a majority of legal anu illegal votes, the whole i matter was referred to a committee for investiga tion, under such circumstances as to indicate con clusively that those of this body who were in fa vor of going behind the commissions, contem plated an inquiry the most ample and compre hensive. I To this result the undersigned are led by a re view of all the circumstances which have attend . ed the House on this subject, from the commence ment of the session, as well ashy the flsgrant in , justice which will mark the contrary course, leading, with a haste unparalleled, to the decision of a great and important question in the absence [ of the parties, and contrary to the expectation? which they had been authorized to indulge. In order to bring this subject more fully before the House, the undersigned deem it proper to , state, that immediately upon the assembling of the committee, under the resolution herein exam ’ iued, the majority, without cons.dering the proofs admitted to be competent, the tendency of which was to snow that unlawful votes had been pulled for non-commissioned claimants, settled, “forth with,” the principles upon which the teport should , be made; and peremptorily instructed the chair man to add the votes of Millville and South Am- I hoy to those counted by the Governor and Privy Council; thus resolving the duties ot the com mittee into the solution of an arithmetical pro blem of the most simple character. But there is an additional and most imposing fact which we desire to present for the considera tion of the House, before they decide this impor -1 tant question. At the moment the committee had the report under consideration, and before any vote was ta } ken thereon, the chairman had in possession a ' scaled package of depositions, addressed to the ' Speaker of the House, to the care of the chair man, and endorsed “depositions in the New Jer -1 sey case,” forwarded by the commissioned claim [ ants; and which the majority of the committee re- fused to seed to the Speaker, to the end that the ' same might be opened and taken into considera tion in the decision of the question then pending in the committee. On examination, we find that ‘ the said depositions establish and prove illegal » votes cast for the non-commissioned claimants, ‘ which, added to other unlawful votes already pro -1 ven, are sufficient to give one ofthe commission -5 ed claimants [Mr. Stratton] his seat, on the } ground of receiving a majoiity of lawful votes 5 cast at the polls. 5 The following table will show how many ille ’ gal votes the commissioned members must prove ’ (if the votes of Millville and South Amboy be added) to establish their right over their oppo- nents to the vacant seats, viz. Mr. Stratton over Mr. Kilie, 31 Maxwell “ Ryall, 69 Haisted “ Dickerson 117 , York “ t’ooper, 135 Aycrigg “ Vroom, 199 The proofs laid in the first instance before the committee would have established both Messrs. Stratton and Maxwell in their seats, had the same been in all respects competent. The injustice of reftu-ing to examine the new depositions is the more apparent from the fact that they were taken as substitutes for other de positions on the same subject, which had been re jected under circumstances herein detailed. Their weight and effect is greatly enhanced by the fact that the contesting party was present and cross examined the witnesses. The undersigned made strenuous efforts to in duce the majority of the committee to strike out the word “lawful” wherever it appears in their re port as qualifying the word “votes,” so that the language of the report might correspond with the principle on which it is based, and thus all mis apprehension, either by the House or the country, be excluded ; and also, to induce the majority to insert a clause in their report to indicate opposi tion to it in the committee, and to grant us time for the exposition of our views through the me dium of a counter-report, but their efforts proved wholly unavailing. We have said enough, we trust, to establish the propriety of having the report of the committee recommitied, that the instructions given may be literally and faithfully obeyed. With this statement of facts, to sustain which we respectfully ask foi the printing of all thedoc umenls, we leave the case to the House: and if it be contemplated to maks a report, submitted un der such circumstances, the basis of any action that will compromise the rights of either of the parties in this controversy, we beg leave, as mem bers of the committee, as Representatives of the peoploe. and, in behalf ofthe sovereign States of this Union, to protest against what we conceive a most indefensible and unlawful proceeding. Millard Fillxxore, Jno. M. Butts, Geo. W. Cna nii, Tucmax Smith. Washington, March 10, 1840. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 24. Minority Report. This very luminous and logical document will be found in this day’s paper. It is a paper of great merit, and in a calm, temperate and dignifi ed tone, exposes most triumphantly the illogical reasoning and absurd conclusions of the Majority Report. It is in truth so complete and so well adapt ed to the comprehension of every mind that it woul 1 be a work of supererogation on our part to attempt any elucidation cf its contents. We therefore ask for it a careful investigation, w T ith the confident be lief, that every man whose sense of justice predom inates over his party bias, will agree with us in saying, that the minority of the committee would have been fully justified from the facts in impcach ing the motives of the majority. From Harrisburg. — At the time this paper went to press (says the U. S. Gazette of Wednes day) the mail from Harrisburg had not arrived. It may be well, therefore, to state that a letter was exhibited at the Exchange, yesterday, in which the writer expressed his belief that the Resumption lliil would be allowed, by the Committee of Con ference, to sleep unreported through this session of the Legislature. An apology is due our readers for the absence of our usual variety in this morning’s paper. The length of the Minority Report, which we could not divide without greatly impairing its force, and consequently diminishing its influ ence, has excluded that vsriety which we should otherwise have served. We hope, however, that all who feel any interest in this very important question, and all should, will be much pleased, although it may have-excluded some items of news. The Great Mail Route. We are indebted to the courtesy of Capt. Ro binson., of the Charleston Rail Road, for a copy of the petition which we published some days since, for the establishment of a line of daily coaches from the termination of the Georgia Rail Road, to the head of navigation on the Tennes see, &c. &c. The petition is at our office, and we hope that all who feel an interest in the pros perity of the city, will call and enter their names. Mr. Richards’ Lectures. We are requested by Mr. R. to state that his fourth lecture takes place to-night, and if the weather will permit, the subject will be Electri city, if not, Magnetism and Electro Magnetism. The Mails. The recent rains have cut off for some days back all communication West. It has been so long since we have had a mail West of Columbus, Geo., that we have quite forgotten when it was; and yesterday the Northern Mail again failed be yond Richmond, Va. St. Augustine, March 20, Indian Murders. — I’he express rider who ar rived at Black Creek, on Wednesday morning last, 18th inst. states, that the wagon train from Post No. 2, on its way to Micanopy for supplies, escor ted '•y some of Lieut. Hanson’s Company, 7th In fantry, (Lieut. 11. commands Post No. 2,j wore at ticked by Indians —two of the escort, the team ster and one or two of tho mules killed. The bodies of the men were much mutilated. — News, Correspondence cf the Charleston Courier. Washington, March 19. There are rumors about the Capitol of trouble with England. It is stated that the correspondence between Mr. Fox and Mr. Forsyth, in relation to the British military preparations at Temhcouta be came “ rather particular,” as they say “ down east,” and ihat Mr. Fox, before answering any qestions, claims time to communicate with his government. What is most remarkable about this matter that there is no peace party in this busi ness —among any dozen whom you meet, ten of them will express an opinion in favor of a war. The benate sat but a short time to-day, and with closed doors, in executive session. The subject under consideration, yesterday, was an Indian treaty. In the House, we had the usual N. Jersey squab ble; and, after that the treasury note bill was taken up Mr. Bond concluded his speech on the sub ject, opposing the bill. Mr. Vanderpoel replied to the arguments urged against the measure, shewing that it was the most convenient resort that the go vernment could have, in the present emergency. He stated that Parliament never adjourned without issuing exchequer bills, and if the reve nue should not be equal to all the expenditures, they would be funded at the end of the year. But they did not resort to a direct ioaa, until it was ascertained that it would be necessary. So, here, he contended, Treasury notes ought to be issu ed for the purpose of anticipating revenue, and avoiding a permanent loan. An attempt will be made to sit out the question to-night —but without success as I imagine. The bill cannot come up, till next Tuesday, without a vote of two thirds, and again, on Wednesday, the Printer’s Reporter from Mr. Black’s committee will have precedence over it. It is stated that in London, the legal profession consists of 1500 barristers, 100 conveyancers and pleaders, and 3000 solicitors and attorneys. In Dublin there are 700 barristers, and 1800 solic itors and attorneys. Original Anecdotes of Decatur.—The late gallant Decatyr was a sailor to the very heart’s core, and loved to tell anecdotes of the common sailors. I recollect qua which he used to relate, to the following purport: In one ot the actions before Tripoli, while fighting hand to hand with the captain of a gun-b .at, Decatur came near being cut down by a Turk, who attacked him from behind. A seaman named Reuben James, who was already wounded in both hands, seeing the risk of his commander, rushed in and received the blow of the uplifted sabre on his own bead. Fortunately, the honest fellow sur j vived to receive his reward. Sometime afterward, when he had recovered from his wounds, Deca tur sent for him on deck, exprossed his gratitude for his self-devotion, in presence of the crew, and told him to ask for some reward. The honest tar pulled up his waist-band, and rolled his quid, but seemed utterly at a loss what recompense to claim. His mess-mates gathered around him, nudging him with their elbows, and whispering in his ear; 4 He had all the world in a string, and could got what he pleased the 41 old man could deny him nothing,” etc. One advised this thing, another that; 44 double pay,” “double allowance, 44 a boatswain’s berth,” 44 a pockct-full of money, and a full swing on shore,” etc. Jack elbowed them all aside, and would have none of their council. Alter mature deliberation, he an nounced the reward to which he aspired ; it was, to be excused from rolling up the hammock cloths ! The whimsical request was of course granted ; and from that lime forward, whenever the sailors were piped to stow away their hammock. Jack was to he seen loitering around, and looking on, with the most gent'emanlike leisure. He always continued in the same ship with Decatur. 44 1 could always know the Stale of my hiie by Jack,” said the commodore. 44 1 f I was in good humor, and wore a pleasant aspect, Jack would be sure to heave in sight, to receive a friendly nod; if I was out of humor, and wore, as I sometimes did, a foul-weather phyisognomy. Jack kept aloof, and skulked among the other sailors: It is proper to add, that Reuben James received a more solid reward for his gallant devotion, than the privilege above-mentioned, a pension having been granted to him by Government. * * * On another occa sion, Decatur had received at New York the free dom of the city, as a testimonial of respect and gratitude. On the following day, he overheard this colloquy between two of his sailors; “ Jack,” said one, “what is the meaning of this “freedom of the city,” which they’ve been giving to the “old man V 1 “Why, it’s the right to frdlick about the streets, as much as he pleases; kick up a row ; knock down the men, and kiss the women!” 44 O ho!” cried the other;“ I.hul.s something worth fighting for !”— Knickerbocker. It is said that a wealthy Jew, a brother-in-law to the Rothschilds, is endeavoring to negotiatefor a tract of land in Palestine, for the purpose of planting a colony of Jews there, preparatory to the final restitution of that dispersed and perse cuted people to iheTand of their fathers. A Chinese Map of the World.—Malcolm, in his Travels, gives an account of a Chinese map of the world which is two feet wide by three ami a half high, and is covered almost entirely with China. In the left hand corner, at the top, is a sea, three inches square, in which arc deline ated as small islands, Europe, England, France, Holland, Portugal and Africa. No mention is made of Arneiica —whether because the Celes tials ditl not know where to locate it. or because they thought it too inconsiderable to he noticed, we are uncertain. Their idea of navigation at sea is rather singular. The ocean is represented in huge waves, with smooth passages, or high ways, branching oft’to the different countries, or islands. They suppose that ships which keep along these highways go safely; hut if they di verge, through ignorance or stress of weather, they soon get among the awful billows and are lost. These notions are quite in keeping with the characteristic self-importance of the. Chinese. How ridiculous soever these ideas may seem, it is easy to discover in them nothing more than the natural consequences of that seclusion from the rest of the world which it has been the policy of that empire so long to preserve. The effect of isolation in an individual would he of acorrespon ding nature. Self, in being the centre and the circumference of the range of ideas, would grow and enlarge as it continued to form the chief ob ject of contemplation; and this the more from the want of other standards of comparison by which the true relations of things might be ascertained. commercial” Latest dates from Liverpool, Feb. 29 Latest dates from Havre Feb- 25 ALGU ST A MA RK ET. Cotton —Since our report on Saturday, the news by the British Queen, bringing intelligence of a still farther decline of in Europe, has again ren dered our market quite “flat.” Yesterday the rain, which continued throughout the day,rendered out door business so unpleasant, no transactions that we hear transpired. Holders were unwilling to make any concession from former prices, and were in no instance, that we are informed, met by buy eis, who all demanded a still farther d dine!— Hence, in the very unsettled state of the market, where nothing has been really fixed as to prices, we are wholly unable to give any quotation which is founded upon actual sales. We therefore con tinue our quotations of Saturday, as the prices at which it is held by owners, who appeared, up to the time our enquiries closed, very firm and un yielding. Ordinary to middling, lo 7 Fair,* to 7$ Good Fair, 7| to 8 Prime and choice, SftoSj Freights —To Savannah, 75 to 100 cts per bale; | toCharleston, by rail road, 35c per 100 lbs. for square, and 45c per 100 lbs. for round bales. Groceries —We have no change to note in this branch of the trade; the supply is equal to the de mand, and the assortment varied and complete with all descriptions, at former quotations. Exchange. —On Ncw-York at sight, 7} a 8$ per I cent, for current funds; Charleston at 44 a per I cent; Savannah 1 a 2 per ct.; a 3 per j ct.; Lexington, Ky, per ct.; Richmond per I cent; specie commands 6 per cent, premium. Bank Notes. — Savannah Banks, 1 a U percent, prem, Columbus Insurance B’k 2 “ « « Commercial Bank, Macon, 2 « « ct Mechanics’, 44 (Augusta,) 6 44 c» « Agency Brunswick, 44 6 4 4 44 44 Planters’ and Mechanics’ Bank, Columbus, 2 44 44 dis. ’ Milledgeville Bank, a3 44 44 44 Ocmulgee Bank, 3 44 44 Monroe Rail Road Bank, 4 44 44 , Hawkinsville Bank, 3 44 44 Chattahoochie R. R. & B ’k Company, 10 44 44 44 Darien Bank, 15 44 44 44 Bank of Rome, 25 44 44 44 1 A 1 other Banks now doing business, at par. * Specie Paving Banks. — Mechanics’ Bank, Bank 1 of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com mercial Bank of Macon, and Brunswick Agency in this city. ConsigncesJpeFSoiith Carolina Rail Road. Hamburg, March 24, IS4O. Rees & Beall; T Dawson; Gould & Buiklcy;C A Platt; T J Parmeloe; Stovall, Simmons & Co; T B Reese; W Rattier; Scranton & Smith; J & S Bones-, J W &TS Stoy; Pinson & T; Brannon & Monday; Clarke, Me lei r & Co; \V E Jackson; D’Antignac & Hill; I Moise; Russell & Hutchinson; D Hook; W & E Story; K Miller; II W Sullivan; J W & I T Heard; Bolling & H; Maher & Rhoney; G Par. rott; Anderson & Young. will attend without further no tice. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, March 21. Cleared —Brig Mary Ann, Curtis, Boston; schr Mary Reed, Gray, Philadelphia. Arrived— Ship Minerva, Adams, New York; ship Viola, Palmer, Boston; brig Planet, Knowlton, Portsmouth; brig Powhattan, Laurence, New York' brig Persia, Chandler, New York; schr North Star* Smith, Bath, Me.; steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Au gusta; steamboat Cherokee, Gould, Augusta. Sailed —Brig G B Lamar. Kisley, New York. Went to sea—British ship Courtenay, Brown, Liverpool. Departed —Steamboat Hamburg, Wood, Augusta; steamboat John Randolph, Lyon, Augusta; steam boat Erin, Hubbard, Augusta. Ch arleston, March 23. Arrived on Saturday —Barque Potomac, Gor ham, Boston; steam packet Southerner, Budd, St Augustine. Arrived yesterday —Line ship Calhoun, Sinclair, New York; brig George Washington, Miner, do; schrs Mary, Griffin, Port Royal, Mart; Wandopa*- so, Eddy, Providence; Sarah Augusta, Wbilden,do. Cleared —Brig John C Calhoun, Bnben, Havana; line ship Niagara, Smith New York; C L brig Em ily", Sherwood, do; schrs Middlesex, Tyler, do; Su san, Hardy r , Matanzas; Mandarin, Webster, Balti more. THE READING ROOM Attached to this office is open to subscribers, and strangers introduced by them, every day and eve ning (Sunday" evenings excepted) until 9 o’clock. Subscription $5 ; for a firm of two or more $lO, Mr. Editor —You wi'l please announce Dr. F. M ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISHOP and F. 11. COOKE , as candidates for members of Council, at the approaching election, in Ward No. 3. m 23 Mr Editor —PETER BENNOCH, Esq , is re commended as a suitable person for Mayor, for the ensuing year, and the following named gentlemen for Aldermen of Ward No 4: JAMES HARPER, EDWARD THOMAS and ROBERT FILLIP, who will be supported by" mar 21 ' ALL UP TOWN. r 'T" We are authorised to announce JAMES B. BISHOP, THOMAS RICH ARDS, and Dr. F. \l. ROBERTSON , as candidates for Members of Coun cil in Ward No. 3. mar 21 Mr. Editors—The following named gentlemen are recommended as [suitable persons for members of Council for the Upper Ward.— JAMES HARPER, C.B.HITT. They will be supported by Many Voters. mar 20 Messrs. Editors—The following gentlem nwill be supported for members of Council, in Ward No. 2, at the approaching election: B. 11. WARREN, JOHN G. DUNLAP, GEORGE M. NEWTON. mar 20 Mr. Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen candidates for election as members of the city" council fro n ward no 1 at the approrching election in April next. GAREYPARISH. WM. E. JACKSON mar IS PHILIP CRUMP. Messrs. Editors; —The folowing gentlemen will be supported for Members of Council in Ward No. 1, at the approaching election: G. F. PARISH, W. E. JACKSON, mar 18 Messrs. Editors —Seeing from your paper of yesterday, that the Hon A. Gumming declines a re- electian for Mayor of the city,at the approach ’ iog election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY, Esq., as a person well calculated to fill the ollice,and he will be supported by' (mar 13) Many Voters. Messrs. Editors: —Observing in your paper the names of several gentlemen suggested as candi dates for Mayor at the approaching election, we take the liberty of proposing the name of Dr. DANIEL HOOK, as one well qualified to fill that office and who will be supported by March 18 ts Many Voters. 3lr. Editor ;—Sir, I see a notice in your paper of the 12th instant, stating that our worthy" Mayor declines being a candidate for re-election lo the of fice he has so worthily filled, and as it is time the citizens should fix on a suitable person, to repre sent them as Mayor for the next year. Allow me to recommend the name of MARTIN M. DYE, as a suitable person, and who will serve if elected. Many Voters. Doctor J. J. WILSON oilers his profes sional services to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity". He will be found at his residence, the first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis street, recently occupied by John L. Adams, aug 17 ts (ffPUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Monroe, Surgec!? Dentist, has returned to Augusta, and has removed his operating rooms to one door belo w Martin Fred eiick’s Confectionary, and opposite the Br dge Bank Building, feb 10 (fj- TO THE LOVERS OF THE ARTS .— The Paintings at Mr. Richards’Drawing Academy, (Masonic Hall,) will hereafter be opened to visilj tors, every Saturday afternoon and evening, from 2 o’clock until 9 o’c.ock p. m. At night the rooms will be well lighted. dec 19 (fj* Dr. W. FLINT offers his services to the ci tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his profession. He may be found at all hours at the ; ateresidence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets. ncv29 ly (Tj* Dr. J. 11. MURRAY offers his professional services to the citizens of Hamburg and the vicin ity, Gilice at H. R. Cooke’s Drug More, mar 17 1m SCFfV. G. NIMMO, General <om miss ion Mer chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to the Constitutionalist. nov 7 (ff EXCHANGE ON NEW YORK— At sight, and at one to tw ty days sight. For sale by nov 23 GARDELLE & RHIND ffj NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger Tram between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as follows: upward. Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m. 44 44 Summerville, 44 - -8 30 44 44 Georges’, - 44 - 10 00 44 44 Branchville, 44 - 11 00 44 44 Midway, - 44 - 11 30 h * 44 Blackviile, - 44 - 100 m 44 44 Aiken, - - 44 - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400 DOWNWARD. Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m. “ 44 Aiken, - 44 - 730 “ 44 Blackviile, 44 - • 930 “ 44 Midway, 44 - - 10 30 44 44 Branchvill 44 - - 11 00 44 44 Georges’, « - - 12 00 m. ‘ 44 Summerville, 44 - - 2 00p. w. Arrive at Charleston not before 300 Distance —ISfimiles. FareThrough—slo 00. Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain 20 minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not longer than 5 minutes for wo - 4 and water at any station. To stop for passengers, when a white flag is hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also at Sineaths, Woodstock, Inabinel’s, 41 mile • •» Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, Windsor, Johnsons, and Marsh’s T. O. , Passengers no will breakfast at Woodstock and dine at Blackviile; aoivn , will brcaniast at A'ken and dine at Sumraervilic. ma y