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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. * * - AUGUSTA. WEDNESL VY MORNING, APRIL 1. gj* & ee >a &' (Xj“ No Mail Sorfh of Richmond night. The I oundary Questioa. In this morning’s paper will be found the cor respondence bet ween the English Minister, Mr. Pox, and the Secretary of State, to which we al luded yesterday, and winch has given rise to so many rumours es of war between the two coun tries. For ourselves, however, we entertain no fears of a war, between England and America, for this conlcmptabl; strip of poor forestland. There is too great a community*<>f interests exist ing between the people of the nations to counten ance a resort to arms on the part of rheir rulers Her Majesty’s Government has quite too much to attend to at home, in the protection of her India possessions, in watching the movements of the Emperor of all the Knssias, and in her present re lations with die Celestial Empire, to think for a inmnent of jeopardising her possessions in North. America,by art open rapture with this government. Although we are quite satisfied that the admin istration would not be at all displeased to get up a difficulty, which would serve to direct the alten* tion of the people, now being so genarally arous ed, from its corruptions and intrigues. The following very sensible article, on this subject, is from Hell's Loudon Messenger: The affair of siie American Boundary ques tion, appears to a very insignificant affair; a mere-case for commissioners, who, fertile sake of keeping their respective salaries, and from that unlucky quality which always characterises all business to be settled by paper references, will possibly keep the matter in dispute for another twenty y< ars. The main point is, that both countries are alke unwilling to quarrel for this most worthless object; me whole province of New Brunswick not being worth the cost of a single British frigate,|so far us it filings any thing into the English exchequer. No one will accuse us of belonging to the utilitarian philosopy of the day; hut things of this kind are really cases of profit and loss, and are best decided by ihe plain question put to ourselves—what is this boundary really -worth, and what would it cost us in the event of an American war to maintain it I The boundary is nearly worth less, and the average erst of a war of three years would be at least ten millions a year, or thirty millions in the whole. Upon this point, therefore, we think the apprehension of war to he utterly chimerical. Franking Privilege. The Van Buren presses are quite in ecstaciea at one or two communications which have re cently appeared in the Globe, from citizens who have received circulars and news papers from members of Congress, who were unknown to them bearing their franks. These Editors have forgotten that the practice of franking the Globe, was adopted by Gen. Jackson, during his admin istration, and m the excess of his anxiety, to give currency to its depraved sentiments, he franked one to the Hon. John W. Womack, of the Ala bama Legislature, for which he received in return one of the most scorching and indignant letters we ever recollect to have read. The following account of the recent Whig victory in Mobile, we copy from tbe Advertiser of that city; Charter Election-Official Returns. Fun XATOR, E. Hall, (Whig) J. B. Hogan, (Loco) North Ward 257 167 Middle “ H 4 53 South “ 2tß 285 West “ 241 2i7 9 lb 722 Whig maj. 1!|) 4|>n AT.-DEHMETT. I North Ward, Whigs. J Locofoco’e. John R. Blockeri 2€l ft. L. Want ins, 162 James Baltic, f 256 Jeremiah Austfll, 161 •Middle Ward. J.F. Mcßride, f 139 Charles Cullen, 71 Lewis Gueringey, 135 West Ward. John Fowler , 263 Jo-eph Cain, 219 Dabney Palmer, 233 Percy Walker, 201 South Ward. George Wragg, 257 Hugh Mu time, 290 Thomas Lobe, 240 J. W. Ashton, 286 Those in italics are elected. The entire Vv hig ticket for Common Council was elected as given yesterday, by an average majority of 144 votes. All that the lo; ofocos have saved out of seven teen municipal o' leers, are, the two Aldermen in the South Wo i d’ Is not this a Waterloo de feat ! And whei we compare it with the result last year, it seem almost incredible. One year ago the Locofoco carried their Mayor, bv a ma jority of 332—S i out of eight Aldermen, and their entire tick i; for Common Council. The average Whig in Ijorily in the North Ward for Aldermen, was den three; this year average Whig majority 9i ! In tbe Middle Ward, la-t year, average Wig majority 40—this year 63. Xu the West Wa 1, last year, the Locofoeos elect ed both Aldorm ji, by an average majority of 197, this year this the tables are turned, and the Whigs have bothtAldermtn, bv an average ma jority of 38 votei! And in the South Ward, the Locofoco njjorily of last year was 212, which was redu pd on Monday* last to 40 ! Showing a clear Yhig gain in the city, during the last twelve rr nfhs, of fits liusnnitD asd twextt-five r rrs! If we take the Mayor’s election as ate?t the Whig gain will be five HCXDUEV IXD F HTT-THREE ! ! New York, March 26. Bark Bcrli : otox Bcrxt at Sea.—On the 17th inst. in it. 40J, lon. 3444, the packet ship St. James, Cipt. Sebor, wb : ;h arrived here yesterday from Lt-ndon, descried a sail to the W. 8. W. distant 6 *r 8 miles. The weather was moderate and baz \:. At 1 o’clock, P. M. made her out to be a bt rk, with signals of distress. — Stood foi her irnr edialely, and at 3 30 spoke her. She proved to be he Burlington, Capt. Hallet, of Boston, 32 days rom New Orleans, for Havre, then on fire, hav ig been struck by lightning on the 10th inst. C it all hands, 15 in number, and some provisions, on board, and made sale from her with all poss’ 1c despatch. In 15 minutes af ter, the fire burs , out, and she was all iu flames. At 8 P. M. the r un and in zen masts fell, and at 10 shesuddeo f disappeared. The bark had 1553 bales of cc ton on board. Change.— W on the poet, or philosopher, or moralist, or what ver he was. wrote the sentence “This is a work of change,'' the banka had not suspended.— Pit. To the Sendie of Ike Vailed States. I transmit to the Senate, herewith, copies of official notes which have passed between the Secretary of State and British Minister, since my last message, on the subj ;ct of r -solutions of the 17lh of Januaiy. M. \ AN BUREN. Washington, 26th March, 1840. Mr, Fox to Mr. Forsyth. Washington*, March 13, 1840.^5 The undersigned, her Brittannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary, has been instructed by his Government to | make the following communication lolheSecre- j tary of Stale of United Slates, in reference to the ! boundary negotiation, and the affairs of the ! disputed territory. Her Majesty’s Government have had under | their consideration the official note addressed to ; the undersigned by the Secretary of Stale, <«i the 24th of last December, in reply to a note from the undersigned of the 2d of November preceding, in ! which the undersigned protested, in the name of ins Government, against l!*esystcm of aggression ! pursued by the people of the State©!' Maine within | the disputed territory, to the prejudice of the rights : of Great Britain, and in manifest, violation of the | provisional agreement entered into between the | authorities of the two countries at the beginning of the l ist year. Her Majesty’s Government have also had their attention directed to the public message trasmilted by the Governor of Maine to the Legislature of the Stale, on the 3d of January of the present year. Upon a consideration es tbe statements con tained in these two official documents, her Ma jesty’s Government regret to find that the principal acts ot encroach meal winch were denounced and complained of on the part oi Great Britan, s© far from being either disproved, or discontinued, or satisfactorily explained by the authorities of 'the State of Maine, are, on the contrary, persisted in, and publicly avowed. Her Majesty’s Government have consequently instructed the undersigned once more formally to protest against those acts of encroachment and aggression. Her Majesty’s Government claim and expert from the good faith of the Government of the { Untied States, that the people of Maine shall re place themselves in the situation in which they stood before the agreement of last year was .sign ed—that they shall therefore retire from the val ley of St. John, and confine themselves to the val ley of the Aroostook; that they shall occupy that valley in a temporary manner only, for the pur pose, as agreed upon, of preventing depredations; and they shall not construct fortifications, nor make roads or permanent settlements. Until this be done by the people of tlie Stale of Maine, and so long as that people shall persist in the present system of aggression, her Majesty’s Government will feel it their duty to make such military arrangements as may be required for the protection of her Majesty’s rights. And her Ma jesty’s Government deem it right to declare that if the result of the unjustifiable proceedings of the Slate of Maine should be collision between her Majesty’s troops and the people of that State, the responsibility of all the consequences that may ensue therefrom, be they what they may, well rest with the people and Government of the United States. ‘The undersigned has been instructed to add to this communication, that her Majesty’s Govern ment are only waiting for the detailed report of the British commissioners recently employed to survey the disputed territory, wh'ch report, it was believed, would be completed and delivered to her Majesty’s Government by the end of the present month, in order to transmit to the Government of the United Slates a reply to their last proposal upon the subject of the boundary negotiation.” The undersigned avails himself of this occa sion to renew to the Secretary of Stale of tbe the United States tlie assurance of his distin guished consideration, H. S. FOX. Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox. Department of State, Washington,March2s, IS4O. The undersigned. Secretary of State of the United States, acknowledges to have received Mr, Fox’s communication of the 13th instant, in re i ferenre to the boundary negotiation and the as , fairs of the disputed territory. The information given in the closing part of it. that a reply to the first proposition of the U. States upon the sub ject of the boundary may be expected in a short time, is highly gratifying to the President, who has, however, given directions to the undersign ed in making this acknowledgment, to accompa ; ny it with the expression of his profound regret j that Mr. Fox’s note is Lu no other respect satis i factory. After the arrangements which, in the begin j ning of lastyear, were entered into on the part | of the two Governments with regard to the oc cupation of the disputed territory, the President had indulged the hope that the causes of irrita tion which had grown out of this blanch of the subject could have been removed. Relying on the disposition of Maine to co-opc.ate with the Federal Government in all that could lead to a . pacific adjustment of the principal question, the President felt confident that his determination to ! maintain order and peace on the border would be j fully carried out. He looked u(w>n all appreuen | sions of designs by the people of Maine to take possession of the territory, as without adequate foundation; deeming it improbable than on the eve of an amicable adjustment of the question, any portion of the American people would, with out cause and without object, jeopard the success of the negotiation and endanger the peace of tl«j country. A troublesome, irritating, ami compar atively unimportant, because subordinate, sul>- ject, being thus disposed of, the President hoped that the parties would be left free at once to dis cuss and finally adjust the principal question. In this he has been disappointed. While the pro ceedings of her Majesty’s Government at home, have been attended with unlocked for delays, its attention has been diverted from the great su!>- ject in controversy by repealed complaints, impu ting to a portion of the people of the United States designs to violate the engagements of their Government; designs which have never been entertained and which Mr. Fox knows would re ceive no countenance from this Government. It is to be regretted, that at this late hour, so much misapprehension still exists on the side of the British Government, as to the object and ob vious meaiiing.of the existing arrangements res pecting the disputed territory. The ill success which appears to have attended the efforts made by the undersigned to convey, through Mr. Fox to her Majesty’s Government, more correct im pressions respecting them, calls for a recurrence to the subject, and a brief review of the corres- i pondence which has grown out of it, may tend j to remove the erroneous views which prevail, as j to the manner which the terms of the arrange- I rnents referred to have been observed. As Mr. Fox had no authority to make any j agreement respecting the exercise of jurisdiction ! over the disputed territory, that between him and the undersigned, of the 27th of February, 1839. had for its object some provisional arrangement for the restoration and preservation of peace in the Territory. To accomplish this object, it pro vided that her Majesty’s officers should not seek to expel, by military force, the armed party which had been sent by Maine in the district bordering on the Restook liver; and that, on the other hand, the Government of Maine would volunta rily, and without needless delay, withdraw beyond the bounds of the disputed territory any armed force thew within them. Besides this, the ar rangement had other objects—the dispersion of notorious trespassers, and the protection of public property from depredation. In case future neces sity should arise for this, the operation was to be conducted by concert, jointly or separately, ac cording to agreement between the Government of Maine and .New Brunswick. In ibis last mentioned respect, the agreement looked to some further arrangement between I Maine and New Brunswick. Through the agen- I cy of Gen. Scott, one wa* agreed to. on the 23d | and 2oth of March following, by which Sir John I Harvey bound himself not to seek, without re* j newed instructions to that effect from his Govern | ment, to take military possession of the Terrilo j ry, or to repel from it by military force the armed | civil posse, or the troops of Maine. On the part ; of Maine, it was agrees.! by her Governor that no { attempt should be made without renewed instruc j tions from the Legislature, to disturb by arms the j province of New Brunswick in the possession I of the Madawaska settlements, or interrupt the > usual communications between that and tiie up per provinces. As to possession and jurisdiction, ! they were to remain unchanged,each party hold ! ing, in fact, possession ot part oi the disputed j Territory, but each denying the right of the oth !erto do so. With that understanding. Maine : was, without unnecessary delay, lo|withdraw her military force, leaving only, under a land agent, a ! small civil posse, armed or unarmed, to protect i b.e timber recently cut, and to prevent further depre at ion s. In the complaints of infractions of (he agree ments of the state of Maine, addressed to the undersigned, Mr. Fox has assumed two positions which are not authorized by the terms of those agreements: Ist. admit ing the right of Maine to maintain a civil oosse in ibe disputed territory for the purposes stated in the agreement, he does so with the restriction that the action of the pos se was to he confined within certain limits; and 2d, by unking the advance of the Maine posse into the valley of the Upper St. John, the ground of his complaint of encroachment upon the Mad awaska settlement. he assumes to extend the lim its of that settlement beyond these it occupied at the date -of the agreement. The United States cannot acquiesce in either of these positions. In the first place, nothing is found in the agree ment subscribed to by Governor Fairfield and S;r John Harvey, defining any limits in the dis | puled territory within which the operations of the ‘ civil posse of Maine were to he circumsciibedL The task of preserving the timber recently cut, and of preventing Tardier d predations uvihin the disputed territory . was assigned to the State of Maine after her military force should have been withdrawn from it; and it was to be accom plished by a civil posse, armed or unarmed,which was to continue in the territory, and to operate in every part ot it where its agency might be re quired to protect the timber already c ut, am. pre vent further depredations, without any limitation whatever, or any restrictions, except such as might be construed into an attempt to disturb by arms the Province of New' Brunswick in her posse s sion ot the Madawaska settlement, or interrupt the usual communication between the Piovinces. It is thus in the exercise of a legitimate right, and in the conscientious discharge of an obliga tion imposed upon her bv a solemn compact, that the State of Maine has done those acts which have given rise to complaints no ade quate cause is perceived. The undersigned feels confident that when those acts shall ha' e been considered by her Majesty’s Government at home as explained in his note to Mr. Fox, of the 24th of December last, and in connection with the foregoing remarks, they will no longer be viewed as calculated to excite the apprehensions of her Maj sty’s Government that the faith of existing arrangements is to be broken on the part of the United States. With regard to the second p.isition assumed 'by Mr. Fox. tnat the advance of the Maine posse along tire val ey of (he Restook to the mouth of Fish River, and into tire valley of the Upper St. John, is at variance with the terms and spirit of the agreements—the undersigned must observe that if at variance with any of their provisions, it could only he with those which secure her Ma jesty’s Province of New Brunswick against any attempt to disturb the possession of the Mada waska settlement, and to interrupt the usual com munications between N. Brunswick and the Up per Provinces. The agreement couW only have reference to the Madawaska settlements as con futed within their actual limits at the time it was subscribed. The und *rsinged. in liis note of the 24ih of December last, stated live reasons why the mouth of Fish River and the valley of the St. John through which it passes, could in no proper sense be considered as embraced in the Madawaska settlements. Were the U.States to ad mit the pretension set up on the part of Great Britain, to give to the Madawaska settlements a degree of constructive extension that might, at this ii me, suit the purposes of Iwer Majesty’s colonial authorities,those settlements soon might be made, with like justice, to embrace any por tions of the disputed territory; and the right giv en to the Province of New Brunswick to occupy them temporarily and ( a special purpose might, by inference quite as plausible, give the jurisdiction exercised by her Majesty’s authorities an extent which would render the present state of the ques lio i. so long as ii could be maintained,equivalent to a decison en the merits of the whole ci ntro veisy in favor of Great Britain. If the small settlements at Madawaska on (he north side of the Su Joints means the whole val ley of that river—if & boom across the Fish riv er. and a station of a small posse on the south side of the Sr. Johns at the mouth of Fish river is a disturbance of that settlement, which is twen ty-five miles below, within the meaning of the agreeansent, it is difficult to conceive that there are any limitations to the pretensions of her Ma jesty’s Government under it, or how the State of Maine could exercise the preventive power with regard to trespassers, which was, on her part, the great object of the temporary arrangements.— The movements of British troops, lately witness ed in the disputed territory, and the erection of military works for their protection and accommo dation. of which authentic information, recently received at the Department of Stale, has been communicated to Mr. Fox, impart a etill graver aspect to the matter immediately under consider ation. The fact of those military operations es tablished beyond a doubt, left unexplained, or unsatisfactorily accounted fur, by Mr, Fox's note of the 7th instant, continues an abiding cause of complaint on the part of the United States against her Majesty’s colonia’ agents, as inconsistent wish arrangements whose main object was to dives' a question, already sufficiently perplexed and com plicated, from such embarrassments as those with which the proceedings of the British authorities fail to surround it. If, as Mr. Fox must admit, the objects of the late agreements were the removal of ail military force ami the preservation of the property from further spoliations. leaving the possession and ju risdiction as they stood before the State of Maine found itself compelled to act against the trespas sers. the President cannot but consider that the conduct of the American local authorities strong ly and most favorably contrasts with that of the colonial authorities of her Majesty’s Government. While the one, promptly withdrawing its milita ry force, has confined itself to the use «f the small posse, armed as agreed upon, and has done no act not necessary to the accomplishment of the conventional object, every measure taken or indicated by the other parly, is essentially mil itary in its character, and can be justified otdy by a well founded apprehension that hostilities must ensue. With such feelings and convictions, the Presi dent could not see, without painful surprise, the attempt of Mr. Fox, under instructions from his Government, to give to the existing state of things a character not warrantee by the f'iendly dispo sition of the United States or the conduct of the authorities and people of Maine; much more u he surprised to find it alleged as a ground for strengthening a military force and preparing for a hostile collision with the unarmed inhabitants of a friendly State, pursuing, within their own borders, their peaceful occupations, or exerting themselves in compliance with their agreements to protect the property in dispute from unauthor ized spoliation. The President wishes that he could dispel t’.ie fear that these dark forebodings car; be realized. Unless her Majesty’s Government shall forthwith arrest all military interference in the question— unless it shall apply to the subject mure deter mined dibits than have hitherto been made to bring the dispute to a certain and pacific adjust ment, the misfortunes predicted by Mr. Fox in the name of his Government, may most unfortu nately happen. But no apprehension of the con sequences alluded to by Mr. Fox can be permit ted to divert the Government and people of the United States from the performance of their duly to the Stale of Maine. That duty is as simple as it is imperative. The construction which is given by her to the treaty of 1753 has been, again and again, and in the most solemn manner, as serted also by the Federal Government, and must be maintained, unless Maine freely consents to a new boundary, or unless that construction of the treaty is found to be erroneous bv the decision of a disinterested and independent tribunal, selected by the parties for its final adjustment. The President, cm assuming the duties of his station, avowed his determination, ail other means of ne gotiation failing, to submit a proposition to the Government of Great Britain to refer the decis ion of the question once more to a third party. In all the sulisequent steps which have been ta ken upon the subject by his direction, he has been actuated by the same spirit. Neither Iris dispo sition in the matter, nor bis opinion as to the pro priety of that course, has undergone any change. Should the fulfilment of his wishes he defeated cither by an unwillingness on the part of her Ma jesty’s Government to meet the offer of the Uni ted Slates in the spirit in which it is made, or from adverse circumstances of any description, the President will, in any event, derive great sat isfaction from the consciousness that no effort on his part has been spared to bring the questien to an amicable conclusion, and that there has been nothing in the conduct either of the Governments and people of the United States, or of the S ate of Maine, to justify the employment of her Mu jesty’s forces as indicated by Mr. Fox’s letter. The President cannot under such circumstances, apprehend that the responsibility for any conse quences winch may unhappily ensue, will by the just judgment of an impart.al world, be imputed to the United States. The undersigned avails himself, &c. &c. &c. To the Hon. H. S. Fox, &c. M>\ Fox to Mr. Forsyth. Washington, March 26, 1840. The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty’s En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary has had the honor to receive the official note of yesterday’s dale, addressed to him by Mr. For syth, Secretary of rttate of the United States, in reply to a note dated the 13th hist, wherein the undersigned, in conformity with instructions re ceived from his Government, had anew formally protested against the acts of encroachment and aggression which are still persisted in by armed bands in the employment of the State of Maine within certain portions of the disputed territory. It will l»e the duty of the undersigned imme diately totiansn.it Mr. Forsyth’s note to her Ma jesty’s Government in England; and until the statements and propositions which it contains shall have received the due consideration of her Majesty’s Government, the undersigned will not deem it right to add any further reply thereto, excepting to reier to, and to repeat, as he now formally and distinctly does, the several declara tions which it has from time to time been his duty to make to the Government of the United Slates with reference to the ex sling posture of affairs in the disputed territory, and to record his opinion that an inflexible adherence to the resolutions that have been announced by her Majesty’s Gov ernment,'for the defence of her Majesty’s Govern ment the only means of protecting those rights from being in a continually aggravated manner encroached upon and violated, The undersigned avails him*elf of this occa sion to renew to the Secretary of State of the United States, the assurance of his distinguished consideration. H: S. FOX. The Hon. John Forstth, <fec. &c. After some discussion the correspondence was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 10,000 copies ordered to ba printed. Mu. Van Bures and the late war.—A paragraph is going the rounds, stating that at a public meeting in Hudson, New York, in 1812, Mr. Van Burenolfcred the following resolution : “ Resolved . That the war is impolitic and disas trous; and to employ the militia in an offensive war is unconstitutional!” Mississippi Legislature. —The Grand Gulf Advertiser (Locofoco) speaks of the late L »cofo co Legislature of Missis-ippi in the following terms: “We were present at the‘closing scene’ of the labors of our ‘wise’ and ‘ancrgetic’ members of the legislature of this Shale, and we must say that a more disorderly, undignified, ignorant and inefficient collection, with some few exceptions, it was never our fate to witness congregtaled in such a body, claiming tube of a deliberative char acter,” A passenger in the packet ship Cambridge, ar rived at New York from Liverpool, has been arrested by an order fr. m the Chancellor, charged with having absconded from England with a large amount of property belonging to his creditois. His name is Thomas Cartwright. From the last numberofthe“London Quarterly” we extract the following particulars of tue illustri ous Hungarian house ot the Esterhazys: Magnificence of the Estf.rhazts. —The house of Estei hazy is probably the most magni ficent of nonrcgnanl houses in the world. That jacket o'jackets, which is said to cost the Prince a hundread pounds in wear and tear every time it is put on. has already impressed the English public with the extent of his pos-essions, but the impression bills far short of Inc reality. His estate contains 530 villages, 40 towns, and 34 castles. He has four country houses, as big as Chatsworth, within an hours ride of one another. One of them, Esterhaz, contains 360 rooms for visitors, and a theatre. The well-known story of the Prince’s reply to the lord of Holkham, who, after exhibiting a flock of 2000 sheep, inquired if he could show as many—‘My shepherds are more nu merous than your sheep”—turns out to lie literally true—there are 25.000 shepherds on his estate.— They have a regular grenadier guard in their pay, and the right of life and death on their estates. The ruling passion strong in death, — Mr. Watson ancle to the late Marquis of Rockingham, j a man of immense fortune, finding himself at the j point of death, desired a friend who was present i to open a drawer, in which was an old shirt, that jhe might put it on. Being asked why he wished to change his linen when he was so ill, “Because I'm told the shirt I die in must be the nurse’s perquisite, and that is good enough for her !” This was as bad as the woman, who with her j last breath blew out an in h of candle “ Be [ cause,” said she, “ I can see to die in the dark.” Beivtt ix a Win;.— \ young man married a wife, whose only claim upon his regard was her personal beauty. She said to him, at the end of one of their quarrels. “You don’t love me—you cannot look me in the face, and sav that you love.” “You mistake, my dear.” he cried ; “for it is only when I look you in the face that I can sav I love you.” Irish Hospitality.—“WillJ you dine with me to morrow, Mr. .” “Faith, and I will, with all my heart.” “ Remember,’tis only a family dinner I’m ask in’ you to.” “ And what for not; a family dinner’s a i -,lgh ty pleasant tiling. What have ye got T’ “Och, nothing uncommon! .list an illcgant paece of corned bcafand petalies.” “By the powers that bates the world! Jist my own dinner to a hair —barrin the beaf /” “Go it while* you’re young,” as the old bache lor said to the squalling child. 1 he Boston Post, speaking of our description of a petticoat, says we “mistook the garment.” Are not such garments generally mras-taken T N. O Sail. Locofoco Banking.— The Grand Gulf Ad vertiser, a loco foco paper, says, that the locofoco Legislature of Alabama, has conferred Banking privileges upon the Penitentiary about to be erec ted in that State. Stha wherries. —The fruit season has com menced. and we are ready to receive our share of Pomona’s gifts. An anonymous friend has set agood example by sending us a few fine and noble sized strawberries (our favorite fruit),raised in an open garden, in Meeting-street, near South Bay. The verdant leaves, which enclosed them, exhib it a beautifully indented or escaloped outline, and are of a size which shew the great luxuri ance of the parent plant.— Charleston Courier cf yesterday. ' ■ I * -I- - ■ f. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool, March 2. Latest dates from Havre Feb. 25 New Orleans, March 25. Cotton —Arrived since the 20th instant, of Loui siana and Mississippi 17921 bales, Tennessee and North Alabama 727, Arkansas 627, Mobile 1601, Florida 246; together 21122 bales. Cleared in the same time; for Liverpool 12201, Havre 859, Bor deaux 1' 65, Marseilles 416, Genoa 596, New York 181, Philadelphia 59, Baltimore 43; together 15460 bales —making an addition to stock of 5672 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of ail on shipboard, not cleared on the 24th instant, a stock of 156,484 bales The Cotton market, which declined a little in consequence of the news brought by the Great Western, has, since our review of Saturday morn ing last, become considerably more firm, and a bet ter feeling seems generally to prevail. The de mand on Saturday was pretty fair, and the sales, which amounted to nearly 5000 bales, were gene rally at fuller rate' than before prevailed. Chi Monday there was al-o a fair business doing, ami some of the sales, which reached in all to 4500 bales, were at rates exhibiting a slight upward ten dency in the market. Yesterday the sales amount ed to fully 4500 bales, and the maiket seemed to have acquired additional firmness, as holders, in almost every instance, were able to obtain foil prices. This more buoyant slate of the market arises from a belief, which appears to be pretty genera! among dealets in Cotton, that the rates of freight will, ere long, come down a little, and that, as a consequence, prices for cotton will in all pro bability be better sustained. We retain our for mer quotations, observing that most of the sales have been at the highest figures. The business of the three days amounts to 14,000 bales. Since making up the above report we have heard of a sale of 3000 bales, which will make the sales for the three days amount to 17,000 bales. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. fvouisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, 5 a 5| ; Middling, 6a6s ; Fair, 7* a 72; Good fair, a9 ; Good and fine, 9* a—. Tennessee and N. Alaba ma—Ordinary, 5 a 54; Middling, 5j a 6; Fair, 6J a Good fair,7 a 7c; Good and Fine, 8. STATEMENT OF COTTON. 1539. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 15824 Receipts last three days 21122 “ previously, 665605 689727 705551 Exports last three days, 15450 do. previously. 533617 549067 Stock on hand 156451 Sugars — Louisiana —The Levee continues to be | well supphed with ordinary to fair qualities, which ! still meet with but limited demand at a cts. j Strictly prime sugars come in very sparingly, and : readily command cents in small lots, some very | choice parcels bringing as high as cents. The rate on plantation is still 4 cents for fair crops, but we have heard of no transaction of importance. Havana Sugars —There have been some sales of white within the range of our quotations, bat in brown there is nothing doing. Molasses —The supply of carrels on the Levee is fully adequate lothe demand, which has been ra ti er moderate during the last few days at 19 a 20 j cents per gallon, our last quotations. The rates on plantation continue at 15 a 16 cents per gallon, but the transactions are few and limited Flour —At the time of closing our last report the 1 market was dull at $4 for superfine. Since then there has been no improvement in the demand, the transactions being confined almost exclusively to the consumption of the city and the supply of pla ices in our immediate neighborhood. The receipts, in the mean time, have been rather large, amount ing to about 14,00.) barrels; and though several par | cels were originally destined for the north, the im possibility of effecting their shipment at reasonable rates of freight lias caused them, in many instan ces to be thrown upon the maiket for sale. Thus the scarcity of vessels operates with a twofold pow er in the depression of the article, preventing ship pers from purchasing and owners from shipping on their own account. The consequences are an ex tremely dUil market, an accumulating st »ck and a further slight decline. Most of the transactions, j during the last three days, have been at $4, but | yesterday large parcels could be bought at a fraction I less. and. indeed, we are advised of some few sales at We therefore quote $3 87£ and $4 for superfine. Exchange —Rills on New York are rather dull. We quote 6.) days sight 2 a 3 per ct prem; 30 do do 3j a 4 do; 5t015d0 do 4 a5; Boston, at 60 days, 2 a 3 do; Philadelphia, do 1 a 2 perct dis. Freights —We still quote rates to Liver| 00l and Havre for cotton, in Ameri can ships. We understand that a large British bark has been taken at 1 l-16d —others are filling up at l^d. Mobile, March 2S. , Cotton —Since our last report we have received ■ 19,849 bales; and shipped to iiverpool 10,575 bales, to Greenock 12U5, to Havre 3291, to Antwerp 553, to New \ ork 894, to Boston 420, to Providence 375, to Baltimore 105, to Thomaston 229, to Portland 590. and to New Orleans (including some not here tofore reported) 3,215; making in all 21,453 ba'es, and leaving a sto. k not cleared of 185,987 bales! At the corresponding period last season, the total receipts were 222.401 bales, the Exports 146,601 and the stock 75,859. 1 he past week has been marked with consider ab e activity, perhaps more so than any previous week during the season—Our last report was issued on the morning after receipts from Liverpool per Great \\ estern—and we observe that on the day previous purchasers had withdrawn from the mar | ket in consequence of these advices. On Wednes day buyers and sel ers having well considered their bearing, were prepared to act; accordingly, a lively and spirited business took place, and about 10,000 bales changed hands with a very little variation in . rates, inclining however to a slight reduction. ; On Thursday there was a little more firmness on the part of holders, induced by the continued de mand. Friday and Saturday, the weather being unfavorable for out door business, transactions were limited. < n Monday and Tuesday, a very respectable business was transacted, unmarked by any excitement. We estimate the sales of the week about 20,000 bales. Wc make a slight alter ation in our quotations, basing them upon the tran sactions of yesterday. LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION. Good and fine • • . q a Good Fair, - - - - —a Fair-- - - 7sa7^ Middling - - - - Inferior and Ordinary, - - 5 a 5$ Exchange —Since our last record of transactions in this department, negotiations of an imposing character aave beeneileected. In Eastern exchange an immense business has been done. Should we estimate the amount negotiated since our la-4 re port, we would not think half a million dol ars 100 large a sum. A brisk business has been done aho in New Orleans funds. Specie is in much request. The figures in the table exhibit the ruling rates since our last issue. Sterling bills, 10 all per ct prem; 60 days sight bills on New York, 2 a do; 30 do do do 3 a 3£ do; 5 do do do a 5 do; Specie (dollars) 5 do. Money— Complaints of a (ontractcj cunenby are still heard. The banks are discounting little or nothing Freights —The arrival of several vessels, and the expectation of mure, has caused the firmness of masters *o relax some; and s;nee our last re;ortea gagements have been made for Liverpool at 1 id. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, .March 29. Cleared —Ship Newark, Scullard, New York; Ur barks 8a ah, Kenney, Liverpool; Clarance, Betts, do; brigs Independence, Evans, Bo<uon; El eanor, Sanners, Baltimore; schr Eagle, Wylly, Ha vana. Arrived —Brig Poland, Gardner, Havana Sailed —Brigs C itizen, Thing, New York; Elea nor, Sanners, Baltimore; Oglethorpe, Jones, Ha vana. Departed —Steamboat John Randolph, Lyon, Au gusta. Charleston, March 31. Arrived yesterdiiy —Sw brig Preciosco, Asander, Boston; schrs Ajax, Wheeler, St Jago de Cuba; Helen Vlar, Munroe, Camden, Me. Cleared —Br karque Prompt, Morton, Liverpool. Went to sea yesterday —Schr Emma, Bancroft, N York. At Quarantine —Brig Baltimore, Jones, Boston; line ship Lucas, Eldridgs, do; brig Action, Hunt, do. tfy We are authorized to announce the follow ng gentlemen as candidates for men Lcrs of Coun cil in Ward No. 2: B. 11. WARREN. JOHN BONES , mar 31 JOHN G. DUNLAP. Mr. Editor—Please annoum e the fol'owing gentlemen as suitable persons to represent Ward No. 2 in the next C ouncil: B. H. WARREN, A. READ, mar 31 S. M. THOMPSON. Mr Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen as candidates for election as members of the city council fro n ward no 1 at the approrching election in April next. GAREY PARISH. WM. E. JACKSON mar 18 PHILIP CRUMP. J Mr. Editor —You will please announce Dr. F. M ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISHOP and F. H. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council, at the approaching election, in \\ ard No. 3. m 23 Mr. Editor —PETEß BENNOLII, Esq , is re commended as a suitable person for Mayor, for the enduing year, and the following named gentlemen for Aldermen of Ward No 4: JAMES HARPER, EDWARD THOMAS and ROBE3I' PHILIP, who will be supported by mar 21 ALL VP TOWN. • We are authorised to announce JAMES B. BISHOP,THOM\S RICH ARDS, aid Dr. F. M. 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. 1 ditors : —The following gentlemen will be supported for Members of Council in Ward No. 1, at tne approaching election: G. F. PARISH, W. E. JACKSON, mar IS Q(jA|Messbs Editors —Seeing in your paper of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Cumuino declines a re-electian for Mayor ol the city,at the approach ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug gesting the name of JOHN PiIINIZY, Esq., as a person well calculated to fill the office, and he will he supported by (mar 13) Many Voters. Messrs. Editors: —Observing in yoor paper the names of several gentlemen suggested as candi ! dates for Mayor at the approaching election, we j take the liberty of proposing the name of Hr ; DANIEL HOOK, as one well qualifier to fill that j office and who will be supported by March 18 ts Many Voters. Vlr. 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 to 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. (Fj' Dr. J. H. MURRAY' offers his professional services to the citizens of Hamburg and the visin ity. office at H It, Cooke’s Drugstore, mar 17 lm SYT W. G. NIMMO, General ( ommission Aler* chant, office on Mclntosh street, rext door to the Constitutionalist. n ov 7 I TCT BEN EVOLLN T SOCIETY. —For the bene fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity. The visiting committees for the ensuing month, are as follows: Division No. I.—James Godby, J. \V. Meredith, Mrs. Crump, Mrs N. Jones. Division No. 2. —W. H. Crane, W. F. Pember ton, Mrs. Talliafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt. Division No. 3.—C. E. Latimer, James Panton, Mrs. B. McKinnie,Mr«. Julia Bnead. J. W. WIGHTMAN, Secretary. Dr. W. FLINT oilers his services to the ci tizens of Augusta in the different branches of his I profession. He may be found at all hours at the late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second dooi from the corner of Mclntosh and Reynold streets, nc v 29 1 y J. W. TONES, is my authorised Agent for the adjustment of my unfinished business, mar 3 WILLIAM E. JONES. NOTICE. — The Rail Road Passenger Train between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as follows: upward. Not to leave Charleston befoie 7 00 a m. “ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30 “ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00 “ “ Branchville, “ - 11 00 “ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 m ‘ “ Blackville, - “ - 100 ,m “ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400 DO WN WARD. Not to leave Hamburg before 6 00 a. m. “ “ Aiken, - “ - 730 “ “ - . 930 “ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30 “ “ B ranch vill “ - - 11 00 “ “ Georges’, « - - 12 00 m. * “ Summerville,“ - - 2 OOf. m- Arrive at Charleston not before 3 l>o Distance —136 miles. Fare Through— s lo 00. Speed not over 20 miles an hour. Te remain 20 minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not longer than 5 minutes for wo- 1 and water at station. To stop for passenger's, wUea a white pg - hoisted, at either of the above stations; and also a Sincaths, Woodstock, Inabfnet's, 41 mite i. •> Hives’, Grahams, Willesson., Windsor, Johnsons, and Marsh’s T. O. . Passengers uv will B*eak£asl at Woodstock ana dine at Biackvnle, will orcakust ul A^ CB and dine at Summerville. - I