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* * C H RON I' / D SFiN r pNEL. a. { OCTOBER 2. FOR PRESIDENT, WILLIAM IIEMIY HARRISON, Os Ohio ; The invincible Hero of Tippecanoe—the incor ruptible Statesman —the inflexible Republican — the patriotic Farmer of Ohio. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, JOHN TALER, Os Virginia; State Rights Republican of the school of ’9B— —of Virginia’s noblest sons, and emphatically one of America’s most sagacious, virtuous and patriot statesmen. s FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-'tPRESIDENT, GEORGE R. GILMER, of Oglethorpe. DUNCAN L. CLINCH, of Camden. JOHN W. CAMPBELL, of Muscogee. JOEL CRAWFORD, of Hancock. CHARLES DOUGHERTY', of Clark. SEATON GRANTLAND, of Baldwin. ANDREW MILLER, of Cass. • WILLIAM EZZARD, of DeKalli. C. B. STRONG, of Bibb. j JOHN WHITEHEAD, of Burke| E, WIMBERLY, of Twiggs. | FOR CONGRESS, | WILLIAM C. DAWSON, of G«3ne. R. W. HABERSHAM, of Haberliam. JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup.j EUGENIUS A. NISBET, of Bibl. LOTT WARREN, of Sumter THOMAS BUTLER KING, * f C lynr ROGER L. GAMBLE, of Jeffers n. JAMES A. MERIWETHER, of Putnam. THOMAS F. FOSTER, of Muse -ge . FOR SENATOR, ANDREW J. MILLER. FOR REPRESENTATIVES, CHARLES J. JENKINS, GEORGE W, CRAWFORD WILLIAM J. RHODES. | Illegal Voters. I Although there are always numeroul complaints of the number of illegal voters in citiel it has al ways been matter of astonishment to*s, that the proper means are not taken to arrest «ich a state of things, n might be easily done, ind with a proper spirit on the part of the two coifcending par ties, much of that wrangling’ which is frequently seen at the polls and which is by no mlms credita ble to a free people, might be avoided.! To accom plish these objects then, whi h are, (I should be desirable to every citizen, who wishes die elective franchise exercised in its purity, we re disposed to make a suggestion to our opponents and if they areas desirous to prevent illegal vettu as we are, we are sure the proposition will be m : and acted upon. Wc propose, therefore, as the organpff the Har rison party, to the Van Bure* party |f this city* that each party shall appoint a comm*tee of res pectable intelligent citizens, whose mrty it shall be to attend the polls, and aid the M«jUt;rates in carrying out the objects of the law, vi;2 the exclu sion of illegal voters, and the protcc®)! of legal ones, and also the preservation of ihatjgirder which is always desirable on such occasion" • Should this measure he adopted, ?>*■ gentleman of the opposition can signify such a acptance by calling at our office and notifying us. Cad the com mittees can be appointed according!*, in time to make the necessary regulations. JJ Locofoco Document We understand that the Locofocos It their meet ing on Wednesday night, resolved to late thro’ the city and country, a number of hi ;.d-bills con taining the celebrated constitution o the Virginia Abolition Societj'. They must place a higli esti mate upon the intelligence of the peo le, and have great confidence in their powers to gt 1, to suppose that such a document as that coul influence a rote. And as the Corporal seems to r< :ard the case made out, we should like to see the vidence that Gen. Harrison was a member of that aciety.—His name is not subscribed to it as the C( istitution re quires. Give us your proof Corporal as you have such an aversion to assertion. The day is past when such gull tra s as this can work any influence, and the people re too fami liar with the desperate means to wh; h the Loco foe* party resort, to give credence t« this lew forgery. They have been told so rr ch about the Abolition of the Northern Whigs, id such like stuff, until the new changes which e rung upon the subject, fail to charm the ears of he populace and the unfortunate and dasconsol»sj of Locofocoism are in a truly depkm lie condition* for that is the last resort. By the way, Corporal, can’t you enlighten tiie minds of your readers, by submitti g the article * we published a few days since from the Philadel phia Sentinel, to the consideration ol ,-our readers? We are aware it is very much at ariance with your custom to spread truth before th n. hut never theless, we have mo doubt they ? * like a'l the human family, (if they are Locofoct .) and would prefer a little spice of variety, pan! ( ularly, when they are fdrnishcd with se little by ran, which is calculated to enlighten their minds nd lead them to correct conclusions. We urge yo ; Corpora),' by all means to give it to them — so' nal' * pill of truth will not probably materially al *ct tuem,and then, you know. Corporal, \ou will cquirc some little character for fairness, and your tock requires gome additions. What say you, Cor oral ? The New Hampshire Patriot is 3tting fright ened. See how Isaac s teeth chatt i . “The democrats in New Hamsbi * may as well understand wow as ever, that they ave got to meet eveiy federalist at the polls i November, and may make up their minds to nr t them there, or suffer the consequence. The f leralists are making no half way work in ani Slate this year , and it is time for the elemocr, :y to bestir themselves.” 1 (Later From England. By the Charleston Courier of yesterday, we have received intelligence, in advance of the Mail, of the arrival of the Great Western, which reached New York at 4 o’clock P. M., on Saturday last, from which we make extracts of the Commercial news. From the London Standard. Extraordinary Express from Paris. —Conflict be tween the people and the Troops in Pans. We have just received the following important letter from our Parisian Correspondent; Paris, Sept. 7.—1 may say that my letter of yesterday anticipated, generally speaking, the views of the journals of this morning, as to the aspect under which the eastern question now presents itself. The last news from Alexandria has, as I stated, counteracted the effect of Lord Palmerston’s pacific note, and the tone cf the press is essentially warlike. The Uebats yesterday, in ignorance of the dis patches communicated to the Constitutional and the Moniteur, and which announced the proceed ings of Commodore Napier upon the coastof Syr ia— that journal, I repeat, characterised Lsrd Palmerston’s note as satisfactory ; to day, it finds out that it is by no means responds to the hopes it had conceived, and that it is but a paraphrase of his speech in the House of Commons. Three O'clock— Affairs are at this moment so menacing that I have resolved upon sending you an Extraordinary Dispatch. At this moment there is a bloody emeute in the Ruedes Amandiers in the Rue Faubourg Saint Antoine. The street is barricadocd by means of carts and omnibuses, seized and overturned by the people. The General, the second in command, is at pre sent with the troops. The people have fired upon the troops, who have returned the shots, and ma ny are said to have fallen. Louis Napoleon has been removed to Vincin nes, and every precaution has been taken to se cure him from surprise. Bourse, half past three o’clock. —There is a rumor of a secret treaty between Franco and the Pacha of Egypt. I believe it to be well founded. War is considered inevitable. The Funds have fallen five per cent. The Threes are now down to 75c. 50c. The Fives areas low as 109 f. or ex-dividend 106 f. The ruppel is beating every where. Bad news is also expected from Spain, where a civil war is likelv to foMow the intrigues of M. Thier’s ambassador. I have just heard that the barricades have been taken, the crowd dispersed, and that for the mo ment order appears established. But only for the moment. From the Baltimore Patriot Latest from Maine. We received by the Eastern mail this morning the fallowing letter from our friend, the editor el the Boston Atlas, It settles the question. Atias Office, Boston, Sept, 24, 4 p. m Gentlemen who left Augusta yesterday after noon, are HOW in this city. and they assure us that Mr. Kent is positively elected Governor of Maine by the people. The majority will be about two hundred. Every town and plantation had been received. Yon may fire away and celebrate the victory—it is a splendid one. The Whigs have a majority in the Senate, and have already a majority of 2 of the whole House, 94 Whigs and 70 Locofocos chosen—22 dis tricts yet to choose, of which one-half will re turn Whigs. The Hon. George Evans, will undoubtedly be chosen U. S. Senator. A Contrast. Who gains by the destruction of Credit , and j the establishment of a Hard Money Currency? The Office Holders —who will receive their sal aries in gold and silver, while the value of pro perty will be reduced to one half. The Money Lender and Usurer —Whose gold and silver will be augmented in value in a ratio corresponding with the reduction in value of pro perty. The Rich —For it will in the language of Gen. Jackson, ‘make the rich richer and the poor poorer,’ The Creditor —Who will thereby be enabled to oppress, and utterly ruin his unfortunate debt or Wht loses by the destruction of Credit , and the es/ablishmcjit of a hard money Currency. The Farmer —Whose farm is reduced in val ue to one half, and its productions in an equal proportion. The Laborer— Who is either utterly deprived of the means of earning his daily bread, or is compelled to work at prices varying from 10 to 40 cents per day, instead of from $1 to $2 as heretofore. The Poor Man —W’ho will be deprived of all prospects of ever rising to opulence in life by the destruclien of all credit and enterprise. The Young Man —Who will have torn from him the greater mainspring to industry and exer tion—and who henceforth, must never allow his aspirations to rise tibove the lower anil bumble walks of life, unless born to wealth and opulence. The Dehtoi Whose property will be sacri ficed to fill the coffers of his rapacious creditor. Let every man in the country ponder well the above truths. The Administration has decreed the destruction of credit, and the establishment of a metallic currency ; and unless speedily ar rested in its course, will soon utterly demolish the level of individual and national enterprize ; prostrate the institutions of our country, and overthrow the prosperity of its citizens.—Bel /otvs Falls Gazette. Rejoicing.—The Portland Advertiser, an excellent Whig paper, thus hints in the midst of the glorious news: “The old men expect the young men of Cumberland to be moderate in their acclamations of joy over the good news coming in from every quarter of the state. There arc many reasons why we should rejoice, and none why we should not. But there is a difference between joy and exulta tion, and while we may freely indulge in hearty praises and thanksgivings among ourselves, it be comes us to temper discretion in our public acts of triumph. It we would not, as good men, strike a falling or fallen foe, we ought not, as good men, to rail at our opponents. They have been defeat ed by the people.—That is glory enough for us, and rebut - enough for them. We can assure our friends that the locofoco party, the office hold ers especially, leel the most poignant sorrow,” The Nf.w York State Votes.—Tire fol lowing table wifi show the number of votes pol led in this State, at several periods. The vote cast at the last election, is larger by nearly 25- 000 than at any previous election since the adop tion of the Constitution: No. of Votes. 1789 for Governor, 12,353 1801 “ “ 45,651 1813 “ “ 83,041 1820 “ “ 93,437 1826 “ « 195,920 1828 “ “ 276,583 1830 “ « - 252,035 1832 “ Presidential Electors, 323,393 1834 “ Governor, 350,908 1836 “ Presidential Electors, ~..305,358 1837 “ Senators,.,, 296,203 1838 “ Governor,., ~ 375,406 1838 “ Lieutenant Governors, 375.864 The present population of Newark, (N. J.) is 17,292, being 2440 less than in 1826, and 6339 more than in 1820. In the meantime a part of the present township of Clinton has been set off from Newark. VV HtEuMr, September 22. t ; ov . John Tyhet arrived in this city last evening, and though suffering from weakness, which is the attendant of a recent attack of biliaus fever, was prevailed upon to address the Mechanics’ Associa tion for a short time, which he did very eloquent ly. He will remain in town to-day, and to-mor row start for Columbus, where he will attend the Convention on Friday. He gave to the people who assembled at the City Hall last even ing a glowing account of the feeling and enthusi asm of the people of the East. He had evidence in the enthusiasm of the thousand freemen who assembled to hear him at a moment’s warning, that he can bear back to the people es the East that those of the West will do their dut.y\ Gen. Harrison addressed, on the 17th, a meeting of 75,000 people at Chilicolhe, Ohio. The iSth a bout 20,000 in Somerset. Yesterday he was at Lancaster, on Friday at Columbus. \\ c have seen several men, among whom was Penrose, of Penn sylvania, who say that Harrison made the best speeches at Chihcothe and Somerset they ever heard. Mr. P. says he was beyond all the young men they could produce—he would travel fuilhei, f and make a better speech than any of them. Times. Senator Talmadge’s calculation on the Presideutiial Election. During the last sesssion of Congress, the Hor. N. P. Tallmadge made the following calculation of the probable result of the Presidential election, which at the time was considered by many rather sanguine, but promises now to be more than con firmed : FOR HARRISON. Electoral votes. Electoral votes. Now York 42 Indiana. 9 Pennsylvania 30 Connecticut 8 Virginia 23 New Jersey 8 Ohio 21 Vermont 7 Kentucky 15 Illinois 5 Tennessee.. 15 Louisiana o North Carolina 15 Rhode Island 4 Massachuselts 14 Delaware 3 Georgia 11 Michigan 3 Maryland 10 196 19 States, 24S votes. FOR VAN BUREN AND DOUBTFUL. votes. votes. South Carolina 11 Alabama 7 Maine 10 Missouri 4 New Hampshire 7 Arkansas 3 Mississippi..., 4 l4 32 7 States, 46 votes. Gain so far on the above calculation : votes. votes. Maine 10 | Loss—lllinois 5 Testimony of Gen. Scott. In the Pittsburg Gazette we find the follewing letter, in which a gallant soldier bears direct and and honwrable testimony to the gallantry of a brother officer: Saratoga Srnixcs, Aug. 20, 1840. Dear Sir:—Your complimentary letter on the lOlh instant, inviting mo on the part of the Har rison Committee of Correspondence for Duller county, to visit you, and be present at a Conven tion in Pittsburg, has found me in this place. A tour through the Keystone State would he highly interesting to me, but my public duties at this time forbid, and I ought to add. that as an officer of the Federal Government, I early pre scribed to myself the rule to abstain from taking any active part in the conflict ol politics. Hence, in thirty-two years I have not once been t® the Polls or a parly meeting. This official reserve has, however, never prevented me from discuss ing with a spirit of a freeman, in the casual in tercourse of society, the merits of all public men and public measures ot my time. Thus it has often fallen in mis way to bear zealous tes timony to the distinguished services of General Harrison, both as a statesman and soldier. — With these services I have long been familiar, and can only attribute to gross ignorance or to party malignity , the recent imputations to which yon allude. [f at the end of the late war with Great Brit ain, oral the end of that so successfully waged by Gen. Wayne against the Northwestern Indi ans, any person had shamelessly impeached the courage of Gen. Harrison, he would, I am fully persuaded, have had not only his patriotism but his courage denied by every honest hearted Amer ican. It was never my fortune tu serve in the same field with Gen. Harrison. But 1 well r emcniber the admiration entertained by my Im mediate associates in arms for the Hern of Tip pecanoe, Fort Meigs and the River Thames. — This sentiment as far as ever I knew or believed, was common throughout our Armies, both offi cers and men, placing him, with one accord, in the class of our most gallant and successful com manders. Without meaning to violate the self-imposed restriction mentioned above, I cannot, being di recily appealed to by your respectable committee, withhold this humble testimony from an old broth er soldier who has been so unjustly assailed in this latedav of his fair renown. I remain, my Dear Sir, with great respect, your obedient servant. WINFIELD SCOTT. Samuel A. Purviance, Esq., on behalf of Tip pecanoe Cluli, of Butler county Pa. Te!fXE?SEK.—The following is from the ITon. C. H. Williams, member of Congress, from Ten nessee, to Senator Smith, of Indiana, we copy from the Indiana Journal: Lexington, (Tenn.) Sept. 7, 1840. “ Dear Sir : Since my return home, I have ta ken great pains to inform myself upon the sub ject of the next Presidential election. You may rely most confidently, that the vote of this state will he given to Gen. Harrison, by a majority of from 8 to 10,000 votes. “ With much respect your friend, C.H. WILLIAMS.” “ Hon. O. 11. Smith. Col. Worth,one of the most heroic and val uable officers attached to the army, has just been ordered to Florida, to take active command in that inglorious war. He is now with his family at his residence at Watervliet, but will soon leave with a large body of troops, for that region. A1 most every day some officer, recently from Flor ida, may bo seen in this city, wi h feeble health and ruined constitution.—Among them all there is but one opinion expicsscd as to the humilia ting character and painful nature of the Flordia service. Already it has been tho grave of many of the best officers and soldiers of the American army. We are pained to learn moreover, before that stupendous fraud o! subduing and exter minating the Indians is accomplished, that other kcroic spirits will sleep the sleep of death in the hammocks of that dark and ill-fated land.— Troy Mail ' Appaeling.—The Van Buren men of Boston have adopted the following startling Resolution! Resolved, That it we have lost Maine we will rain Massachusetts. This is really whistling to keep up the courage of the party. Fku Contra.—The Tennessee (Van Buren) feentincl ot a recent date, says:— 1 he fact is not to be disguised, that the demo cratic party is hut the shadow of what it was even one year ago. Many us our strong holds have lately surrendered to the enemy, and where the Harrison mania will stop God knows better than we do. T here are few quadrupeds that produce their species more rapidly than swine. The celebra ted Marshall \ auban, the greatest military engi neer of bis day, once wrote a treatise on hogs, and entered into a minute calculation, fie result of which was, that in the course of eleven years, the multiplied produce of one sow might amount six millions of individuals. Watch the Post Office. Are the people aware of the power of the Post Office Department ? Have ihey ever thought of the immensity of its machinery—the manner in which it may be employed—and the hands which direct it ? Who are they that still talk es the re election of Martin Van Buren as certain ? The agents of the Post Office Department. Who are they that smile so significantly when we speak of the immense gatherings of the People ? The a gents of the Post Office Department. Is it not too low a calculation, when we estimate that this De partment directly operates on a hundred thou sand active agents ? And are they not all men who, to preserve their offices and contracts, will lend themselves to any scheme to sustain the pres ent Administration ? Ntles is the tool of Amos Kendall. Amos c-n convey through him to partic ular sections of the country, precisely those false hoods which are best calculated to operate on their particular prejudices ; and Kites will lake care that they reach their destination. Whig papers mav be allowed to rot in the vaults of the Depart ment. The letters of Whigs may be inspected and suppressed. Delinquents may be kept in office ; and defaulters overlooked for their political zeal. A deep scheme of fraud ha" been concocted in this depart cent, by which the people are to be bam boozled, and the decision of the ballot box may be defeated by knavery. And it is this scheme which makes the spoilsmen talk of the re-clcclion of Mr. Van Buren as probable, and smile at the gather ings of the people. Watch the Post Office ! If the voice of public opinion can be defeated, it will be through the intrigues of the Post Office Depart ment. — Madisonian. Lons Bonaparte.—The following letter, dated Boulogne, August 7, appears in the Com merce:—“From all that lias transpired on the subject of the attempt of Louis Bonaparte, it would appear that his intention was to arrive at Boulogne before daylight, carry off without noise the infantry in garrison here, to proceed to the upper town and take possession of the Chateau, where there arc about 5000 muskets, to call the population to arms, and then to advance to the strong towns of the north, where, it is said, influ ential aid was promised to him. Unforeseen dif ficulties on the landing thwarted this plan. He could not arrive until full daylight, and at too late an hour for the accomplishment ©f his pro jects. However this may be, and if nothing could equal the rashness of the plan, nothing either could equal the courage displayed by this unfor tunate young man. At one moment he imagined that he could succeed—the soldiers, received him with cries of “Viye I’Empereur,” and when, up on the prohibition of a captain es grenadiers, they refused to follow him, ho could easily have re gained, with all his companions, the steamer which was waiting ii\,ihe roads. All his friends entreated him to adoptthisjresolution, but he repli ed that he would meet death at Boulogne. Hav ing in vain attempted to break open the gales of the upper town, he proceeded to the foot of the column, erected to the glory of the grand army. “ It is here that I will die,” said he, “it is here that I will wait for death.” But his friends re moved him by force from this spot, and dragged him to the shore for the purpose of taking him on board the steamer. When he had arrived on the shore, he was surrounded by tho national guards and custom house officers, who fired up on him and the persons by whom he was accom panied. They succeeded in finding a boat, but it upset at a few yaids from the shore, and M. Louis Bonaparte fell into the sea. For a quar ter of an hour he and those wh® were with him were exposed to a sharp fire, until another boat came up and secured him, and put an end to this horrible drama. Shopping.— No offence to the ladies, but we can’t resist appropriating the following good thing from the Providence Journal: Two ladies called into a ladies’ fancy store. What is tl e price of that ribbon? it is beautiful —only lot iat the shades. Here is another; it is tho handsomest pattern I ever saw—what is the price of it* Fifty cents a yard. Oh ! only look at this bonnet—is it not splendid? (tries it on,) how becoming—what is the price of it? Seven dollars. Oh! Mrs. B. just look at this cap —how sweet it is—do. Mrs A. look at this edg ing—is it not delicately beautiful l Oh, bless mel what a magnificent collar—what do you ask for it? Ten dollars. Oh, do look at this scarf-—what magnificent colors — what is the price ofit? On ly two dollars. Is that all? well, if I had brought my purse with me I would take it. Have you yours with you, Mrs. B. ? No I forgot to take it with me. Exit, the ladies. A gentleman’s put goods Store.—Enter Mrs. A, and Mrs. 13.—Have you any gloves? Yes, inarm. "Fhese are too small; have you any silk hose? Yes, marrn. I do not want plain ones—hand down some figured—no, I want the open work. Have you any French muslins? (looks at them.) I will take a pattern of these, too. Have you any linen handkerchiefs 1 Yes marrn, and they arc very cheap, too. What is the price of them ? Only sixty-two cents. —Mer- cy how cheap; (feeling in her reticule.) why, I have left my purse at home ; I intended to have taken a dozen. Good morning, sir. Good morn ing, ladies. Jouhxkim kn FiusTETts.—lt is a fact that they are nothing at times, yet every thing when oc casion requires it. Brought up to a profession which schools the intellect, and confers an exten sive knowledge of the world, they become quali fied for any situation where the mind is called into action. We know one of the craft who was, we be lieve, brought up in an office in this city. The narrow field in which he found himself on gain ing his liberty, proved -altogether too insignificant for the exercise of bis genius. He turned stage driver and afterwards pedlar. We next knew him as a school-teacher at Salem,N. J., and sub sequently as the captain of a Duck-river sloop. The latter occupation soon lost the charm of no velty. Here we lost sight of him for a time, but our acquaintance was renewed in 1835, at Lew isburg, Va., where we found him officiating as a Methodist minister, after this he gave lessons in penmanship and Poonah Painting at Roches ter, practiced the Thompsonian system of medi cine at Richmond, Va., edited a paper in New Orleans, a boatman on the canal, a sheriff’ in Ohio, superintended u female seminary at Louis ville, and finally “ settled down” a Western far mer in the “ Salt River District.” The last we heard of this Typo, he was in the Legislature of 1 ennessee, where he was employed in dissecting the general administration. The history of this disc iple of Gil Bias is char acteristic of the profession in general. They are an honest, talented, noble minded, * dcvil-me-care’ set of fellows, who want but enough of this world’s goods to supply their necessities, and are gener ous to a fault. Like sailors it is a principle with them to assist each other, and no regular bred workman of good character is ever obliged to beg for a subsistence. As evidence of their capacity to rise, it is only necessary to mention that seven eighths of the editors of the United States arc practical prin'ers, and that some of the most hon orable post in our government are filled by those who commenced their career as Journeymen Printers. “What ark we coming to?” —Well may this question be asked by the Rutland Herald.— The Herald states, »n respectable authority, that ov# an Ness, in answer to a question put to i»n at Whitehall, said he believed that Mr. Van Buren would be elected—That Gen. Harrison might possibly got a majority of the electoral votes, but if he d d he would not he suffered to iakftthe Prrsideniiul Chair. — Vermonter. A letter from Ita’y stales positive’y, that Tag honi will visit this c runtry in the course of n'At summer. So says the Boston Transcript. I he following ex tract from the amendments to the Constitution of the United States, shows the mode of procedure in the election of President. The electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote hy ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice president; and they shall make distinct lists, of all persons voted for as president, and of all persons voted for as vice president, and of the number of votes for each, which lists they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United Slates, direc ted to the president of the senate; the president of the senate shall, in the presence of the senate and house of representatives, open all the certifi cates, and the votes shall then be counted ; —the person having the greatest number of votes for president, shall be the president if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors ap pointed : and if no person have such majority, then frem the persons having the highest numbers, not exceeding three, on the list of those voted for as president, the house of representatives shall choose immediately by ballot, the president. But in, choosing the president, the votes shall be taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote ; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the slates, and a majority of all the states, will be entitled to a choice. And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president when ever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the ease of the death #r other constitutional disability of the president. SiNr.cLAK.—An English miser, John Pleech, lately died in London, leaving the following will; “ I give and bequeath to my nephew my old black coat; I give and bequeath to rny niece the flannel [ Waistcoat I now wear;l give and bequeath to each of my sister's grand-children one of the earthen pots on the top of my wardrobe; finally I give and be queath to my sister, as the last token of affection I have always fell for her, the brown stone jug at the head of my bed.” The disappointment of the legatees, when this strange will was read, may easily be imagined. The deceased was spoken ofby all ;n away by no means flattering to him,and his sister, in a fit of anger, gave the brown jug, her legacy, a kick, which broke it to pieces; when lo ! a complete stream • f guineas flowed out of it, and the general disappointment gave way to joy. Each hurried to examine his or her legacy, and the flannel waistcoat and lit tle earthen pots were found equally well filled, the testator having only wished to cause them an agreeable surprise. Pkiuls of tuk Df.kp.—The Philadelphia North American makes a computation, by which it appeared that for sixteen sailors who die of all diseases, eleven die by drowning or in wrecks— that the number of British ships which are lost is about one to twenty-five—that nearly two thousand perish annually in the mighty deep, chiefly from shipwreck, by which properly' to the amount of three millions annually is absolutely lost to the nation, and hundreds of widows and thousands of orphans are thrown upon the cold and precarious charity of the public—that the more frequrnt cau.sc of these shipwrecks is in temperance; and that in the case of those who are saved from such sudden death and a watery grave, so severe is the labor and exposure of the seamen, that forty-five is the average limit of life. COMMERCIAL. Ixitest dales from. Liverpool, September S Latest dates from August 24 From the Constitutionalist of yesterday. STOCK OF COTTON In Avgusta and Hamburg on the Ist inst. J 1840. 1839. In Augusta, 2,7 13. . . .5,184 Hamburg, 968.. .. 1,009 On wharf and boats, 49 00 Total stock, 3,730 6,193 SHIPMENTS OF COTTON From Augusta and Hamburg, to Savannah and Chat leston, from the Ist Oct. 1839. to Is/ Oct. 1840. 1840. 1839. From Ist to 30th September, r^\ To Savannah,.'. 2,302 00 Charleston, by rail-road, 1,312 OO 3,614 00 Shipped from Ist Oct. 1839, to Ist September, 1840 188,241 fO 191,865 145,108 Sent to manufac’s in the interi0r...2,500.. . .2,000 Total shipments, 194,365. . 147,108 RECEIPTS OF COTTON At Augusta and Hatnburg on. the Is/ inst. 1840, 1539. Stock on hand Ist inst 3.730... .6.193 Shipped from Ist October to 30th September, 191,365. .147,108 198,095. . 153,301 Deduct stock on hand Ist Oct 6,193 6..73S Total receipts, 191,902. .T 46,563 Os this rec’d by Geo. rail-road,.. .53,131 Leaving by wagons and boat*.. .138,771 New Orleans, September 26. Cotton —Arrived since the 2:>d inst, of Louisiana and Mississippi 1191 bales ; —Tennessee and North Alabama, 54; together 1245 bales. Cleared, in the same time, lor Liverpool, 1733 bales—Cowes and a market, 15—Hamburg, 66—Boston, 344; to gether, 215 S bales; making a reduction in stork of 913 bales ; and leaving on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard not cleared on the 251 h inst., a stock of 19,046 bales. STATEMENT OF COTTON. 1839. Oct. 1, stock on hand, 16307 Receipts last three days, 1245 “ previously,... .950826 952071 968378 Exports last three days, 2158 “ previously, 917173 949331 Stock on hand, 19047 The market has maintained the same character noticed in our review of Wednesday morn in" last transactions have been to a tolerable fair extent without any variation in prices, which remain very fnm. Buyers manifest an indisposition to operate before the receipt of late intelligence from En'- land, which is now hourly expected, and holders from the same cause are not over anxious of sell ing. The sales of the week embrace 2800 bales and during the last three days amount to about 1500 bales ; among which we enumerate more par ticularly 202 bales Louisiana and Mississippi, bare ly fair, at at 9i; 53 do at 9s; 23 do middling, at 9c, 200 do’ middling fair, at 9 (a) 9J; 11,2 do at 9g; 133 do fair at 10; 65 fully lair, at 10$; 19 do good fair, at 104:’ 53 do at 10; and 399 do fully fair, at * LIVERPOOL CASSIFICAION. Louisian i and Mississippi —Ordinary ® Middling, 6 (a) —; Middling fair, 9$ (» 9A ; Fair, 10 O 10$; Good fair 10$ 0) 11}-, Good and nne, 11 $ (tv . fennessee and Aorth At ibama —Ordinary, (a) —; Middling, (a) ; Fair, —0 ; Good f a, r, (a> —■; Good and fine, none. Sugars. The transactions during the whole week have been exceedingly limited, amounting in all to a! out 200 hhds. at old prices. The stock is no.v reduced to about 800 hhds. which enables the few remaining holders to maintain a very firm ap- pearance. Wc continue our former mm*-., 6c. (a) Sc. for the extremes of the market ' llUn ' of Molasses —Continues very scarce and s -1 confined to small lots at our last quotat on/JV*’ 6 V gallon. us 01 20c, Flour. A1 though the arrivals have been r paratively light during the last threedavs ti * ket has further declined, in anticipation „f * N large receipts by flatboats which aie daily ed. and we now quote Superfine at £5 at K- Ct * price the transactions have been exceeding.-' p IC . h tod. The demand tor export, which we’ - ■ some time back, lias now altogether subside i° UCC(i Bacon. Owing to the very small receiot* «> demand continues tolerably good, and the ? is firm at our last quotations, which are fw‘' 9t vassed Hams, 14c. (d> 15 ; Uncanvasscd « ’ I lc; Shoulders, Sc. ’ -> ■ Hcs, Whiskey. —The market continues in ih e depressed stale that we have noticed for < Sa,lle weeks past, and holders have in their anxiet realize again, submitted to a further decline \v J now quote rectified, ® 23c. and difficult f sale at these reduced rates. ‘ tof Exchange. —On New Yoik, 60 days sight i ct. prem. On Philadelphia 60 days Boston, 60 days sight, 1$ per ct. prem. ’ ' Freights. —To Liverpool, 4d per lb. for Con™ to Havre, lc.; to New York, §c. u 5n > Charleston, Oct I Cotton. —The operations in Upland, since oiir view of the 26th ultimo, have been to a fait ext when we take into consideration the limited ness which has engaged dealers for some time but the market has n«*t exhibited thatfirmnessvih characterised the transactions of ihe pievious as in several instances parcels have gone off t low former asking prices. ’lhe sales'* 1149 p^’ 0 ' are from Bto 10$ cents per lb. The market J 5 ’ very languid at its clo-e yesterday we, and doubt whether any thing but a tancy lot, Mould haw brought over 10 cents per lb.s. In long cotton there is noihing doing, and we have for the present eras ed our quotations. Rice. —Although the sales in this article have been very light, our quotations have been fi nn i! maintained. But about 240 tierces have been soli at prices ranging from s3g to ■> 100. 8 Grain.—We have not had a single arrival of any description of Grain since out last. o„ r qu tations of Corn, Oats, Peas and Hay, must therefore be < onsidered nominal.fi Flour. —The heavy business dose in Flour the previous week has left the market rather inactive The bakcis have however been purchasers to a limited extent, within the range of quoted rates Bacon. —Sales have been effected in this aiticle at the following quotations; Hams 12 0 16 Shoul ders 9 (a) 10, and Sides (a) u cts. per lb. Lard. —Retailers have taken smail lots within quoted rates. Salt.—An immense quantity of this article has found its way to thi- market during the past year we have taken some trouble to ascertain the quan-’ tity, and give the following as the result viz: 100,360 sacks, and 70.323 bushels in buls. Sales have been made in Liverpool sack within quoted rates, viz: 1$ p sack. For the price of Turks Island and Cadiz, see quotations. Groceries. —There has been very little doing at wholesale snceour last, in any of the lead in‘'"ar ticles of Groceries Our second rale dealers, howe ver, have been doing a fair business in the filling if eiders lot the country. We have below the re ceipts of the leading articles in this line of foreign ports, from the first of October last; and will,in future, Le entitled to add the ccastwisa receipts. Sugar.— A small lot Muscovado, say about 30 hhds., at fU and 9] cts. per lb. is the only trans action we have to report. The icteiptsof Sugar from foreign parts since the IstOctooer, !S39,have been as follows:—3109 hhds. 20 tierces—lGs3 boxes, and 1021, barrels. it lolasses. —There is very little in first hand?; and as we have n® wholesale operations to report, our quotations must be considered nominal. Re* ceivfl from foreign ports, since the Ist October, 1839, 2568 hhds., 296 tierces, and 60 barrels. Coffee. —We have been informed of the sale of about 300 bags Cuba, at prices ranging from 11 to Mic. per lb. Received since the Ist October, 1809, from foreign ports, 138 hhds., 122 bbls.,»Ed 15,830 bags. Bagging. —Sales have been made in Ragging within quoted rales Received since the Ist Octo ber last 12,950 pieces. Exchange. —There is so little doing in Foreign Exchanges, that our quotations may be considered nominal. Sight Drafts on New York,! a1 $ per ct. prem. Freights. —To Liverpool and Havre, see quota tions. To New York, there is nothing offering. To Boston, we quote for Cotton in square bags. Liverpool, Sept. 9. Cotton Hlarket. —We have hart but a moderate business in Cotton to-day, the sales not exceeding 3,000 ba»s, of wliicii 430 art 1 on speculation. MARINE INTELUG I’.NCb. Savannah, Sept. 30. Arrived —birg Augusta,Sherwood, New York. Went to Sea —sc-hr Daty Chase, Thomas, Boston. Charleston, ('ct. I. Arrived yesterday —Br. brig Mary Ann, Wood worth, Bermuda; brig Mary Ann, Thompson,N. Orleans. At Quarantine —brig Excel, Nichols, from Sa vannah, for New Y^oik. 03 P. F. EVE, has moved to Green street, just below Mclntosh street. oct 2 3t GC7* The Subscriber has taken an office in Mrs. Caulfield’s buildings on Jackson-strcct. nextdoor to the one formcilv occupied bv Jujgc* Loaned, whore Ins professional services can be at all tifil?*, commanded tie intends to re-comnience, on the first Monday in November, the LAW SCHOOL, which he formerly conducted, on the same pUn, and the same terms, as before, oct 2 dlwwlm WM. T. GOULD. C3* Miss TRAIN will resume her Schools! Summerville on the first Monday in November, aug 12 ts (fffLr. GARDNER, fom.crly resident surgeon n the New r York Hospital, and physician at Belle vue Hospital, New York, tenders to the public his professional services. Office in Washington street, between Brood and Ellis streets Residence, L ruled Slates Hotel, ap 2 __ 03" EXCHANGE ON NEW YOBK—M sight, and at one to twenty days sight. For sale oy nov 23 GARDELLE k KHIN'f 03 Dr. ( . B. DILL offers his professional ser vices to the citizens of Augusta and its vicinity.— He will be found at .he Drug Store of J. L. Houston, sept 8 l m (J 3 Dr. J. J. WILSON has removed for the Summer to the heuse of James Gardner, Esq., j- 1 £oor below the Academy. june 0 03* Mrs. CHAPMAN will resume her School in Augusta on the Ist Monday in October, sept 23 d&trwlw (£3 NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger i between Charleston and Hamburg, will lea\c a follows: upward. Nol to leave Charleston before 7 DO a “ “ Summerville, “ - -S 30 “ “ Georges’, - “ - 10 0 “ “ Branch vHle, “ - UOO ‘ “ Blackviile, - “ -100 r. u “ « Aiken, - - “ - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before -40 b DOWNWARD. Not to leave Hamburg before 000a. m. “ Aiken, - “ -7 *>o “ Blackviile, “ - • 0 “ Midway, “ --10 30 “ Branch vill “ - - 11 00 “ “ Georges’, « - - 11 45 M. “ “ Summerville,“ - -1 **' Arrive at Charleston not before 31° . Distance —136uiile». Fare Through —$10 00- Speed not over 20 miles an liour. To remain - minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and n°' longer than 5 minutes for wood and water at al '- station. . To stop for passengers, when a white flog hoisted, at cither of the above stations; and also » Sincaths, Woodstock, inabinet’s, 41 mile y- Rives’, Grahams, Willcston, Windsor, Johnson' and Marsh’s T. O. t Passengers uu will breakfast at Woodstock a® | dine at Blackviile ; a own, will turcaiaast at A'y e lan d dine at Charleston. nia * v *