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THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17.
FOR rIONGRESS.
111 N£ S |!hOLT, Jr.
of jJtscoGtK.
Election on Fi> ljf Monday in January.
llam]il|on Course.
Ti e rate yesterdaGwas an uninteresting affair,
Fanny winning the fi||t heat with great ease, her
competitor Fordham Jjras drawn. To-duy belter
sport is anticipated
December 17. —Purfcj* SSO0 —four mile heats
v.WTKIES.
Col. W. K. John soil’ ch. b. Boston —Blue Jack
et and Cap. |i
Col. Crowell g. ;n. Omega—Blue and White.
Co’. W. Hampton Si. h. Santa Anna —Blue and
White. jl
Fuiuitimjj Ware-House.
To those who feelfjm interest (and who does
not} in the progress i>f American manufactures,
u visi: to the Ware-Rooms of Messrs.
. A. Plai t & Co jjof this city, will be a rare
treat. There the ey j| at a single glance, beholds
almost eve ry variety »f the most rich anp beautL
ful furniture, which pastern magnificence itself
could desire, adapter* to every variety of taste’
un«l displaying moSi beautifully the high profi
ciency to which American mechanics have attain
' t
• d, in the niaiini'actufk of this very necessary and
ornamental article. f'or ourself we were quite
-r a loss to determin Iwhat most claimed our ad
miration, whether t|n» rich mahogany chairs, the
tu i ■>. qniiug seat>4| sofas, tiie fine and beauti
ful 1 )’ variegated mar||e lop centre tables, cijrd ta.
i s, tiio.se accompaniments of eastern splendor,
Uie divans, and tagArets, &c., &c., extending
through almost ever| variety of furniture, or the
splendidly finished exquisitely soft toned
Pianos which gract-j the ware-rooms, until we
beard Mr. IvKiisKS. ; |h his inimitable style, touch
one of the latter inst ilments, which to our mind,
far surpassed any sjfijilar instrument we have
ever before heard, ji
Correspondence o/dlie Chronicle and Sentinel.
7 ■
MiLLi|J;bEviLLE, Monday, r. m. }
ft? December 14, 1840. )
The Senate has deih enguged to-day in discus
sing a Bill to alter *|je Constitution of the State,
for the purpose of I‘Muciog the members of the )
Legislature. The d'jlails of the plan proposed, it i
iv unneceisi ry, however, to state, as the bill was
finally rejected by a :lrry large vote.
Mi Jane s’ lesolutflii* in that bod\ - , in tela non to
the Western ir At!;;|rtic Haiiroad, were a’so dis
p> “ I of to-day aifcS considerable debate. The
jd’4 rp volution in tuj stance. I believe, wa? to or
-icr a suspension ot t sis worit, amt a rescinding of
me contracts already .ir.ade iu letting the same on
the farther part of Hoad. This wns lost by a
■ffi'i-d rmj 'iity. 'IT!? other provided for the im-
: **> riate rcrapietiuii :•/ the superstructure on the
part this way. or fraWhite Hall upwards, which j
was carried, i
lii 'he House tiiisjhas been another ore of the ;
most 11 teres ling day lot the session. 7he greater j
('a! - oi fiie morning Ims or. amotion to
j i-co:: -iJcr Hie t enu 1 Bunk bill, which passed on
»atprd v. and a eopjloi which I sent you. i wGh
l oa i ti ne Ij give y<|u a sketcii of this debate, as ;
w ell in ju-tici.' to who partook in the discus- j
sic’., that their uwrf; individual views misfit he i
sf ovn t > the countr |j a* that the true huation
and condition of this jinsfitution might be under-’
voi; by yr> r nttklit Jt i< a gieat omission oa .
' P 1 ‘ 1 7 onr LegL Ltois, that do cot give ’
employ me at to two If more regular reporters, to ‘
give to the country J faithful account of what is
d *’> fc-ch Hou c} and the part that each and j
everv representative- tctl in the settlement and !
- tinn of the vaj; >u< questions of public intei
e t that are daily deijrminea therein.
It is quite perceiv|- le faere now, that there will 1
-ot n be ‘‘a • hai.ge W position ” on the pari of
th m Who have late been so clamorouH for “hard
niuocy.” “ specie,” Jsnd “ specie payments,” and
•• down With the Snail,” &.»•. TbOM before wen
( .I'. prof', . ion* in fieory, which weie never le
g idl’d in practice; while their cry fur popular
* ffect was “ hard they Wert flooding the
; n with the most wtahtless *pt-cies of paper, witlr
which th( country btto M Mtzly tuiued, that
• !i rcq-.i'# the wisdom ot the wisest neads and
;,i ’ P ; I h< r > *oS. jycar- to come, i fear, to as
-1 " !i ' 1 i iate ai)|T necessary reiief. VVnat the
1 j; i- not yet fully understood ;
L/ ‘' ' 1 • f-i' j«*4~ »* certainly in embryo—au J
few BM Btbflilt most will hiing to lull de-
I itoe kill make the tfisclosme.
- .» iito»;on to ■ u«-y osidcr, however, was lost, ty
• *z:::e W:ajP|it.y a- vote- for the passage
ui in* bill, i
i
■ ‘ 1 that qu*-sti>-M. the House
- clal order w««i info tbeewiidmtiM of the
<n ‘ ! * :i " ojpG mp Gtiphio, with which
-he e afternoon If • token up, aed which was
-.uah’, rejected. is a claim of something uj*-
wards of nine thmij-ut pounds sterling, With ia
» against j-s« State; and though it is a
s - • ct upon which f cverol it ports have been made
in uim :m l.egis] i_|ijres, an** much has ..ecu said
’ 71':: both T ; r and against, yet it> entire
i fe re-1 upon a very lew and plaifl
. nevMtus to St he Revolution ot 1770, the
mdii :;s hr.ii ceded t| the Gerernmenl of Georgia—
io n a coiohy of tae* Briuin—a large tract of
c. at y now emb jeed in Wilke* and .adjoining
. s . rrs, in considejation that their debt* to cer
ic.n traflcis amongve them should be paid. This
Uea: . v w ' ialiiie, j;by the paient country, aud
Geo; ru Galphiti w. f|o: ecf toe traders. Under a
commission to asceipain the amount of these debts
us by ci-r.iticate ir.|| 774, wai authenticated to be
.no amount now cij’.iaed. Soon afterwaids liivi*-
/ence was u«ciajetiH-the Revolution ensued, and
iae*omount due according to the authenticated ar
■c.int, was not pail. The lands which had been
- - a .fl by the Ilians unier the treaty, were
*»Wh :v»ssession cr by the State of Georgia, and
J.l ta Geriyitizens. The question in the
opinions of itself into some nice
p -mt-j of national rW, iu\ touching the right of :re-
Ji ss „p,aiust this the British Government; but
wneifior this to pay or not. one thing
i cffla ii, the haijihe lands and they have never
.. »en p?i 1 lor.
• . ifi< afiernoc * the iiovernor sent to both
■ err ext s-jordinary message. 1 send you
r . . cf i svilh ilis, and also send you a copy
a ill for a i<*umpfion of specie paymeuts.
vhicii now only awaits the Executive sanction to
be the law of the land.
The House having concurred to-day with the
Senate’s amendments, the Governor’s message in
both Houses was responded to by a resolution re
quest him to suggest some plan for relief, and bis
reply is anxiously awaited. Yours, &c. H.
Message.
Executive Hepaetmest, ?
Milledgevtlle, Dec. 14, 1840.5
Gentlemen of the Senate
and House of Representatives :
Since your assemblage on the 2d ultimo, the
cotton crop of this year has been generally gath
ered, and the quantity raised has fallen so far be
low the most reasonable calculation that, without
a forbearance on the part of creditors not to be
expected, the pecuniary distress of the people
for the next year will be unprecedented and
ruinous. 1 feel it my duly, therefore, to call
vour attention to this subject before your ad
journment, that you may adopt such constitu
tional measures Tor the relief of the people as
your wisdom may suggest as expedient and pro
per. The Central Bank, burthened as it is and
necessarily must be by appropriations for the
support of Government, cannot extend further
accommodations ; and it you concur with me in
the opinion that the exigency requires and de
mands at your hands some efforts for the aid of
the people through the difficulties of the ensuing
year, disappointed as they are in the usual means
of meeting their engagements by the almost to
tal lailure of the cotton crop in some places and
its great diminution everywhere, you cannot turn
your attention too soon to the subject. Being un
apprised of any measure proposed by you for this
subject, and not being willing to incur the ex
penses incident to an extraordinary session ot
the Legislature, when it is as well known now
as it can he some months hence that the necessi
ties of the peeple will certainly require relief,
which none but the supreme authority can af
ford. I place the matter before you. not doubting
that all will be done by you that can be to avert
the consequences of a calamity that none eould
have foreseen, and that no prudence could have
guarded against.
charles j. McDonald.
Upon the reception of the above message in the
House, Mr. Toombs submitted the following reso
lution, which was agieed to :
HD Excellency the Governor having, in a special
communication to-Jay, called the attention of
this House to the piesent and anticipated em
barrassments of the good people of tnis State —
Be it therefore Resolved, That his Excellency
the Governor be, and he is hereby respectfully re
quested to suggest tc- the consideration of this
House, at his earliest convenience, some definite
measure for the relief of the people. ii.
Milledgevtlle, Dec. 13.
in the Senate this morning, a bill to amend the
Constitution, so as to reduce the number of mem
bers of the Legislative, was taken up and lost
Yeas 40 —Nays 4>. 1 thought the bill a good one.
It provided (H it was amended.) that the Seuale
should consist of five members elected in each Ju
dicial Circuit, no two of them to be fiom the same
county, (the Circuits to be re-organized in 1841,
and made as nearly equal as possible in representa
tive population,)—and the House of members from
: the several counties, in the following ratio, uame
! ly : each county with 7,000 representative popula
i tion. 2 members, anti each county with 12,000 re
j population, three members. Nocountj’
to have more than three member?, and any county
having less than 7,000 rep esentaLve population,
to have one n.ember.
The Harrison party in Geoigia have been charg
i ed by some with being abolitionists, and by others
with being connected with abolitionists. It was
I proposed in the bill referred to, to continue the
present basis of lepresentation. A motion was
: made to strike out the words, “ and including thru
1 fifths of all the people <J eo/oy.” Those voting in the
affirmative were, Messrs. Adams, Boggess, Camp,
! Cannon, f haslain, Diamond, Dunagan, Echols of
j Coweta, Echo's of W., Graves, Guess, Hamilton,
1 Hammond, Heflin. Jetneson. Jones, Kimzey. Lind
say, Loveless, Mays, McAfee. McConnell, Morri? j
Rainey, Reeves, Robertson, Swain, Waters, 28—
all Van Buren men except Jones, neutral. Those
voting in the negative vrt re, Messrs. Beall, Beasly,
Bishop. Blackshear, Bostwiek, Bryan of M., Bryan
of S., Bulloch, Calhoun, Carter, Christian. Conner,
Creach, Crosby. Culbeit'ou, Dawson, Floyd, Fryer,
Glover, Godd rd, Gondtr, Goode, Gordon, Graham,
Griggs, Han is of B , Harris es T., Harris of W.,
* Heniey, Holmes of. 8., Ho!me« of H., Janes,
Knight, McDonald, Miller, Minter, Moore, Neal,
Reid, Muead, Smith of 8., Smith of J’., Sspencer,
SiapHon, Strickland of T., Stnck'and of W.»
Thomas, Tomlinson, Vincent, Waidhour, Wai
tnen, Williams, Williamson, Wiggins, Wright, and
Young, 66. AH the Harrison men present ‘-Bind
ing up, by then vote-, fur the institutions of their
fathers, ido not mean to insinuate that the ’Jb are
obnoxious to the charge made against the Hairisen
partv. But the Ilairisou Senators have shown the
imputation to r;e groundless
In >he afternoon, Mr. Jones’ resolutions in re
lation to the Western and Atlantic Rail Road, were
taken up, and, after considerable discussion, the
first was amended and passed, requiring the Com
missioner* '*o complete the Hoad as speedily as
practicable to Burroughs’ in Cass county, or to
iornr point in Murray county, >o a* to enable the
Httrassee Kail Road to connect with it. (A reso
lution entirely unnecessary.) IDs second resolu
tion, requiring the Commissioners to rescind con
tracts for work beyond Burroughs’, was rejected.
Yeas 13—-Nays 63. t
Hi* Excellency the Governor made a demonstra
tion in the shape of a message, informing the Se
nate* of the shortness of lae cotton crop; antici
pating general distress in the State during the next
year, «* the debtor would be at the mercy of the
creditor; intimating that the Central Bank would
I,e unabie to afford rebel ; and recommending (as
he did not desire to put the State to the expense of
?m extra ses-uonA that the Legislature would, be
fore adjourning, adopt some constitutional remedy
What Bid hi? Excellency mean ? Some sup
posed he meant an alleviation act; others sup
posed he meant, they could nt tell what and many
supposed he desired to increase his political capi
tal (which is now rather small,} by the issuing of
a recommendation of relief, which a Whig Legis
lature might refuse to adopt.
His Excellency was trumped. Mr. Calhoun,
'(who, by the by, is an able and enc:g'tic member
of the Senate, and whom I hope yet to see in Con
gress,) offered a resolution '.ailing on his Excel
lency to communicate any specified measure or
measures of relief; which was objected to, and
kicked at, most furiously, by the Van Buren Sena
tors. After considerable discussion, it was adopt
ed by a party vote. Yeas 44—Nays 39. His Ex
cellency must now show uis hand, and wo can then
Judge what be intended by the message. He should
have spoken definitely, foi the Constitution requires
him to “ recommend such measures us he may deem
necessary and 'expedient” Some may. think I have
garbled the Constitution, because I have left out
the words, “ to their consideration but'l wish to
give bis Excellency’s friends the benefit of the
omission.
Nothing else of interest occurred in the Senate.
I do not now believe the Legislature can adjourn
on the 19th instant, as we have for some time anti
cipated. I understand that the House have con
curred in the amendment of the Senate to the re
sumption bill. Q.
Correspondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Washington, Saturday, Dec. 12.
Neither house of Congress sat yesterday and to
day. Fridays and Saturdays are usually holidays
during the two first weeks of the session ; and are
devoted to interchanging visits among the members)
to calls on the President and Secretaries, and Fo
reign Ministers. This vacation also gives time to
the Speaker to consider the appointments which
would be best for the different Standing Commit
tees, or most agreeable to the party with which he
may act.
The President has received visits from many of
his political opponents —among them from Mr.
Clay. Mr. Van Buren now affects that he antici
pated defeat at least three months ; in testimony
of w'hich he says that General Jackson had written
to him frequently, asking his opinion as to the re
sult, and that he had evaded answering the Gene
ral’s letters, as he felt certain that Harrison would
succeed. This talk now is only an attempt to re
tain some character for that political sagacity, of
which he has exhibited so little of late year*. It
is most certain that if such was his opinion, it was
by no moans participated in by his Cabinet. A
friend of Mr, Poinsett’s received an invitation to
dinner from the Secretary only a few days before
the decisive news came in; and the invitation was
accompanied bj- the remark, that at dinner he
would receive all the particulars rendering the re
election of Mr. Van Buren certain. Well, the
dinner took place, but alas! the news was all ex
actly the opposite of what the Secretary’ had anti
cipated, and you may imagine with what dullness
it went off.
message has been received witn extraordi
nary indifference. Many person? have been dis
appointed that it contains no allusion to the rccen*
Jemonstrations of public sentiment. But Van
Buren received one severe rebuke for the term? in
which he presumed to refer to and censure tho peo
ple’s decision on a former occasion, and it seems he
has profited by the lesson. In the comse of con
versation last week, in a company in which Mr
John Quincy Adams was present, the then forth
coming message was mentioned, and it was asked,
what would Mr. Van Buren do about the late elec
tion ? Mr. Adam? replied that he knew what Mr.
\ an Buren ought to do, for he had been in a simi
lar situation himself; and in preparing bis final
message, he had considered the matter a long lime,
and final iv came to the concluiion to say nothing
at all about the election which had terminated so
decisively against him. “ But,” said a gentleman
present, “M r . Adams, you had never bciorc refer
red to any pievioas election in your messages. If
Mr. Van Buren avoids all allusion to the late con
test now’, the public wlil say that he has been taught
better by the consequences of bis former allusions
to an election, and the way in which he alleged it
to have been carried.” Mr. Adams replied, that
was true, and in that respect he had an advantage
over Mr. Van Buren ; still he thought it more pru
dent, under all the circumstances, that the Presi
dent should say nothing about his defeat or the
election.
Tne message makes an elaborate attempt to gloss
over the measures and doctrines of the late admin-
Utratioti and the present, and contains many mis
repiesenlations of facts, and many sophistical ar
guments which w’ill not probably’ be allowed to
pass by w ithout immediate notice in Congress. —
Some of the distinguished men in the opposition
ranks have been of opinion that, considering the
very mediocre character of the message in point of
ability, and the inconsiderable attention it has ex
cited, it would be advisable not \o give it the'fac
titious importance of making it the subject of dis
cussion ; but let it sink to the obscurity which
will oe its destiny if not too much badgered in
Congress.. Others, however, are disposed quite
differently, aud 1 have no doubt we will have a
debate upon it in the Senate forthwith.
We have intelligence from Richmond to-day,
which renders it probable that Mr. Rives will be
elected to the Senate in time to take his seat be
fore January. D.
Southern Literary Messenger.
We take great pleasure in transferring to our
columns the following just tribute to this valuable
periodical.
The December number of this periodical is full
of interesting and valuable matter. Os the high
est order of interest is an article, which ha* espe
cially arrested our notice, under the bead of “0u»
Navv,” or “Scraps from the Lucky Bag.” It is
a lucid and cogent aigurnet)t, demonstrating the ex
istence of defects in our naval system a? at present
established, and the necessity to its future well-be
ing and xeiiown of a more perfect re-organization.
Foremost among the means requisite to that end;
the writer designates the esiablihment of school
ships for the education of the young—of those
who are to be the future defenders of our country»
and who are carry its standard to the remotest bor
ders of the earth. Os he permanent value of such
an institution there can be but one opinion, what
ever difference in judgement may exist as to details,
nor can its importance be over-estimated. The
writer of the article holds a vigorous pen, a d is
manifestly a practical seaman. It has been here
|ofere intimated to our readers that, according to
oir information, the author of these papers is M.
F. Maury, of the U. S. Navy.—iVaf. Jnt.
Tits Whi ixn Wherefore. —There are a
good many among the adherents of Mr. Van Bu
ren, who do not believe with the Globe and Ar
gus, that the people were bought or deluded into
the support of General Harrison. Mr. John C.
Calhoun, for instance, assigns a far better reason
for the overthrew which has crushed the hydra
of locofocoism. The following extract from a let
ter written by him, since the election, to some po
tical friends in Charleston, shows what he con
siders the real cause of Mr. Van Buren's defeat ;
“It is utterly impossible for the superstructure
to stand on any other foundation, except on the
old Republican Slate Rights principles in their
fullest extent, as understood in the purest days
of the party. And let me add, that if the party
holding adverse principles and policy, should
succeed in the present contest, the cause must be
sought in a departure from them by ike Gov
ernment."—Albany Daily Adv.
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, Friday, 3 P. M.
Exchange on Philadelphia has been selling to
day at 1$ aiy discount. The arrangements for
the loan are considered as finished. The Boston
Committee have notified the Providence Banks
to that effect.
Our stock of Cotton is reduced to 4000 bales,
and the sales this week are going on well. Buy
era say the prices are higher by £ a £ ct. per
lb. than they were ten days ago, and they are
about right. The sales to-day ate 500 bales Up
lands 8 a loy cts., Mobile and N. Orleans 8 a
11 h cts., though there are none in market of
grades so low as to touch the lowest of these quo
tations.
Flour is firm at $4,88 a 5 for Gcnessee. New
Corn sold this morning at 50 cts. 56 lbs., and
Rye at 66 aSB cts. Barley at 50 cts. Good
Hops 35 cts. First sort Western Whiskey at
22 cts., in ordinary bbls.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Brother Jonathan.
This splendid mammoth hebdomadal grown daily
in worth and usefulness, and presents to its readers
a rare display of fiction, fact, fur., and philosophy.
Its selections , which in so many papers seem to be
made at random, and very injudiciously, are O. K.,
always kapital.
Horatio H. Weld, its conducting editor, is a man
after our own heart, and we may well apply to
him what Hamlet, in the play, says of his name
sake. Mr. Weld writes tersely and vigorously ;
never without an aim, and never inaptly. In all
his writings there is a well of sound, sensible phi
losophy, knowledge of the world, and the hearts of
those in it; a quick perception of human foibles,
and a desire to reform them with a gentle yet effi
cient hand ; sarcasm without malevolence, humor
without grossness, graphically an I not caricatuie;
and, withal, (that, devoid of which the greatest
minds aie of little use,) tact to apply his powers
judiciously. In his hands, the Brother Jonathan,
great as was its previous reputation, i? gaining
rapidly in the public’s estimation, and he need not
have ob.ained the valuable co-operation of N. P.
Willis to place it amongst tne very best of public
journals. However, we entenain the friendliest
feelings towards Mr. Willis, and are gratified at
seeing his name at the head of the paper as co-edi
tor. Notwithstanding the abuse that has been
heaped upon him by a lew presses in this country,
we know him to be one of the most whole-souled,
good-natured, generous fellows living, as well as a
writer of unusual readiness, elegance, brilliancy,
and beauty. More than this, he has a wife, a
faim, and a reputation, the super-excellence of ei- i
ther of which is glory enough for one man. S.
Dbcmmoxii’s Ropew’alk Destroyed.— An
extra from the Norfolk Beacon, under date of the
9lh, says :
A fire broke out in this establishment, about 4 i
o’clock yesterday morning, and spread with de« i
etractive rapidity, consuming the whole tannery i
and ropewalk, and all the stock on hand, const*-
ling of cordage, oil, bark, dec.
There was only an insurance of $5,600 on the ;
House, and there being none on the stock on hand |
it was therefore nearly a total loss.
The ioss is estimated at $>40,000 ; in addition |
to the distressing calamity which has fallen on j
the enterprising proprietors, many poor persons
have been thrown out of employment.
The fire broke out in four different places, and 1
is therefore supposed to have been the work of an
incendiary, the fire in the steam engine house
having been extinguished about ten hours before, j
Hon. Levi Woodbury, who for several vears i
past has occupied a place in the Cabinet at Wash
ington. has been elected to the U. Sta’.es Senate
by the Legislature of New Hampshire, for the
term of six years from the 4th of March next.
Speaking of tins election, the Boston Atlas slates
that Mr. W. has no right to take his seat in the
Senate in consequence of ineligibility. He is a
resident of the District of Columbia and has
been for several years—at ail events he is not and
has not been an inhabitant of New Hampshire
for the last eight years. The Allas says “that an
inhabitant of Washington is not ebginie to Con
gress has already been decided—once in the case
of John Bailey, w ho was chosen a member of the
House, from the county of Norf.dk, in this State,
when an inhabitant of the District of Columbia,
and refused a scat} and again tn the case of Mr.
Grundy, who when elected to the Senate from
Tennessee, was compelled to return to that State,
in order to pain a residence, and was then elected
a second time.”
Resignation of Mr. Holleman.
Mr. Orator Holleman of the Norfolk District
has resigned his seat in the House of Represen
tatives. So far as we know, he has assigned no
reason for his course. It is generally understood,
however, that now when he can render no far
ther service to the Federal powers, he is willing
to give way. that the People of his District may
be truly represented. As be knew six weeks ago
that his constituents were opposed to him, why
did he not then resign, that they might have a
Representative in Washington at the opening ot
the -ession 1 Why defei it to this late day 1
The Governor has issued a writ for a new elec
tion to take place on Monday the 28lh instant.—
Richmond Whig.
The N. Y. State C omptrolled has issued a no
tice to all the Safety Fund Banks, to pay over
one half of one per cent, on their capital stock be
fore tr.c Ist of January next, to replenish \he
State Fund, now somewhat exhausted by the re
demption of over $300,000 of bills issued by the
city Bank of Buffalo, which suspended some
months since.
A large portion of this amount will be made
good by securities turned out by the Bank, yet
there will be a considerable sum unprovided lor.
which this percentage will make good. $30,000
is the amount set by some as the deficit, but this
we think much below the mark.
Blarney before Election.—Dear People*
nobody but us can imagine how pure, patriotic,
shrewd and sagacious you are ! You can't be
humbugged ! You can’t be misled ! You always
see right straight through a millstone, whether
there's a hole in it or not. You are always as
right as a book, and nobody can gum you. In
short, you are Q. K.
Raving after Election.—You miserable,
despicable, know-nothing, good-tor-nothing ras
cals ! Bought up by British Gold ! Led away
by Log Cabin fooleries ! Gummed by coon- i
skins! Blinded by skunk-skins! Dead drunk
on Hard Cider ! Senseless, beastly, contemptible
wretches ! Go to the devil Cabin.
Tm Remains of Napoleon.—A correspon
dent of the Boston Atlas says:—“A gentleman
from St. Helena reports, that the remains of Na
poleon wereclandestinely removed from that place
more than five years since. He says a conviction
»f this fact is strong among nearly all the inha
bitants of the island. Toe story is improbaole.
inasmuch as it would have required more than
two days digging to reach the spot, where the
great Conqueror’s ashes were deposited.”
%
From the National Intelligencer.
The Annual Treasury Report.
The Annual Report of the Secretary of the
Treasury, yesterday laid before Congress, states
the Receipts and Expenditures for 1840 as fol
lows :
RECEIPTS.
The receipts and means for 1840, exclusive
of trusts and the Post Office, have been as fol
lows ;
The available balance on the
Ist of January 1840, is com
puted to have been $2,246,749 00
During the three first quarters
of the present year, me nett
receipts from Customs were. 10,689,884 78
During the same period from
Puolic Lanus 2,630.217 25
Miscellaneous 77,660 98
Estimated receipts fourth quar
ter from all other sources.... 3,800,000 00
These make the aggregate or
dinary receipts for the year. $17,197,763 01
Add the estimated receipts of
principal and interest in 1840,
oulof what was due Tom for
mer deposits banks 850,000 30
Add also the estimated receipts
from fourth bond of the U. S.
Bank '2,500,009 00
Add from the issue of Treasury
notes, instead of others re
deemed 5,440,000 00
Aggregate from these additional
sources $8,790,000 00
Which make the total means in
1840, as ascertained and es
timated $28,234,512 01
EXPEN I) I TERES.
The expenditures for 1840, exclusive of trusts
, and tne Post Office, have been as follows:
Foi'first three quarters, Civil,
Diplomatic, and Miscellane
ous 4,118,248 64
Same, Military 8,750.784 52
Same, Naval 4,620,316 35
Estimates by the Treasury,
(though higher by other De
partments) for all expenses
tor fourth quarter 5,000,000 00
Aggregate of current expenses,
whole year $22,489,349 51
Add for funded debt and inter
est for cities of District ot Co
lumbia, ascertained and es
timated 100,000 00
Redemption of Treasury notes,
including principal and inter
est, for three first quarters,.. 3,629,306 61
Estimate of notes that will be
redeemed in lourth quarter. . 425,000 00
j
Making the aggregate of ex
penditures or payments $26,643,656 12;
I Leaving an available balance in
the Treasury on Dec. 31,
1840, computed at......... 1,590,855 89
$28,234,512 01
Receipts and Expenditures fob 1841.
i
RECEIPTS.
BJIn hastily running oar eye over the Report,
l we gather that the Receipts under existing laws
j are estimated to be probably as follows :
‘ From Customs $19,000,000
j From Lands, 3,500,000
; Miscellaneous, 80,000
Expected balance in the Treas
ury, Jan. 1, 1840, 1.580,855
$24,160,855
i Due from banks expected to be
made available,|ahout 220,000
A power will exist under the act
of 31st March, 1840, to issue
Treasury notes till a year
from its (passage expires, hut
not to make the whole emis
sion outstanding at any one
time exceed five millions of
dollars: this will furnish ad
ditional means equal to the
computed amount which can
! he issued at the close of the
j present veir, about 342,618
$24,723,473
EXPENDITURES.
Ordinary purposes, if Congress
made no reduction in the ap
propriations requested by the
dillerent Departments, esti
mated at $19,250,000
This would leave, at the close of
the year, a balance estimated
at 5 473,473 |
By certain payments must also
be made on account of the
funded and unfunded debt,
unless Congress authorize
contracts to Jie formed for ex
tending the time of their pay
ment; thus there will be re
quired on account ot the fun
ded debt,, 149,200
Redemption ofTreasury notes,
if all the others he issued,
which can be under the pre
sent law, as then the amount
returned in 1841 will proba
bly nut exceed 4,500.000
_ I
$4,649,200 I
Estimated balance in the Treas
ury at the close of the year
1841, after all payments
whatsoever, $824,273 i
This is all the information which, ;n the has
ty glance we could give the Report of the Secre
tary, we we-e eble to extract for the information
of our readers.
Novel suit. —An action foi a breach of prom
ise of marriage, was this week tried in the Cir
cuit Court, at the city of Washington, in which
Margaret Hili was plant iff and Alexander Wash
ington defendant—both colored persons. The
reporter states that the plaintiff supported the best
of characters in every respect. Toe defendant
had been paying his addresses to the plaintiff for
five years, and had been engaged in marriage to
her for the last three years. Having refused to
marry her, and destroy her peace of mind and
happiness, the present action was brought to re
cover damages. It was proved that the defendant
was poor and dependent upon bis labor alone for i
means. The case was submitted to thejury with- i
out argument. The ju r y, after retiring a few i
minutes, returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff
of four hundred and seventy-five dollars.
Baptist Church in the U. States.—As
sociations, 245; Churches, 7992; Ordained Min*
isteis, 4495; Members, 561,583.
“ When shall we three meet again /”
South Carolina, Missouri, and New Hamp
shire, the bumble worshippers of the sinking and
malignant obr of Locofucuism! AVhat a noble,
self-sacrificing trio! Equalled only by their im
personations, Isaac Hill, John C. Calhoun and
Thomas H. Benton,
“Life desolate hermits, the last of their raec,
Lo mark where th ; kitchen has been !!”
Truly “misery uiakptb strangp bed-ft llows.”—
Boston Atlas,
Medical Students.— IThe 1 The LouuviiL
f a,M that the numb., of „ ul lems fc"*l
Institute m that citv, is larger th™ at ,b ‘ Cai
period last session,-and them is
ilm ih, class this exceed
The Girard College. —A d ; <iai?rppm
tsts in the Common Council of PhfadXhT
to some of the expenses incur,ed inthe fT’ *
Col.ege. These expenses seem to be
the President. S4OOO per annum of aSW ° f
at S6OO per annum and for the
and of astronomical instruments. The i
of resistance appears lo be that the College U*?.
yet open. g 13
A Politician’s ,
ties which attend a successful politician are
mtrably described by Sam Slick, as follows-
Save your country, says one; save it from™:
cut down salaries. I intend to. says [. r ‘ :
the officials, says another; thev are th- big**
rogues we have. It don’t convene with JiK
that public servants should be the master. 0 f ,h
public. I quite concur with you, says I Re,,.,
lawyers’ fees, says some ; they are a-eatin’ ud
country like locusts. Just so. said I. A bourn!
on wheat, says the farmer, for your life. Would
i y°u tax the mechanic to enrich the agriculturalist’
says the manufacturer. Make a Jaw agia’thi.ti
says one? a regulator about temperance sa !!
another; we have a right to drink if we plea*.'
says a third. Don’t legislate too much L % l
fourth-us ;he curie of the state; and so
without end. I was fairly bothered, for no though,
alike, and there was no pleasin’ no body. The
every man that voted for me wanud some f avo !
or another, and there was no bottom to the obli
gallon. I was most squashed to death with the
weight of my cares, they was so heavy.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, November ß
Latest dates from Havre, November 4
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Wednesday evening, December 16.
The news brought by this morning's mail of
the passage by the- Legislature of the Resumption
Bid, or some other cause, has rather animated out
Cotton Market, as the article has been much sought
after through the day without any reduction of
previous rates. The sales are principally from
wagons, at prices ranging from
round, and 9 g 09$ fur best square packages.—
Principal sales 9J to cts.
Our river is in fine boating order, aad Steamm
(f heavy burthen reach our wharves without diffi.
culty.
Groceries. —With Groceries generally, our mar
ket is wed supplied. Inferior Sugars are serree
I and in demand.
J Flour. —Canal Flour has teen sold from the
i wharf at $7 25. Country Flour comes in freely,
and is sold from wagons at from $5 to $6 per bbl.
Bacon. —Several loads of new Bacon have been
brought to market, and sold by the wagon load a:
0 9 cents.
Exchange— On New York, at sight, —0 Q p
I cent for current funds; Charleston —(3 5 p
ct; Savannah 202$ p ct; Philadelphia 405 p
cent; Lexington, Ky. par ®3 p cent; Richmond 4 2
5 cent; Specie commands —0 4 cent prem.
Bank Notes. —
Savannah Banks, 0 - cl. prea.
Columbus Insurance Bank... .4 “ “
Commercial Bank, Macon, 4 0— “ “
Mechanics’, “ (Augusta,) 5 0 - “ “
Agency Brunswick. “ 50- “ “
Planters’and Mechanics’Bank,
Columbus, par 0- $ “ disc’nt
Central Bank, 7 (S- “ “
Milledgeville Hank, par.
Ocmulgee Bank, 7A 0 - “ “
Monroe Rail Road Bank, I2A 0 - “ “
Hawkinsvilie Bank, ~%0~ “ “
Chattahoochie il. R.& B ? k Co.. 1 0 - “ *•
Darien Bank, 20 025 “ “
Bank of Rome, \2holjt “ M
Union Bank, “ 50 0 “ “
Southern Trust Co. “ 30 (3 - “ “
All other Banks now doing business, at par.
Specie Paying Banks. —Mechanics’ Bank, Insu
rance Bank of Columous, Commercial Bank of Ma
con, and Brunswick Agency in this city.
New Orleans, Dec. 9.1
Cotton. —Arrived since the 4th instant, of Lou
isiana and Mississippi 11150 bales Tennessee and
North Alabama 2031, Arkansas 320, Mobile 16,
; Texas 46, together 13563 bales. Cleared in the
j same lime, for Liverpool 3247 bales, Glasgow 1681
| Havre, 3219, Havana 102, New Yoik 1603. Boston
! 2991, Philadelphia, 113, Alexandria, 1, together,
; 12,957 bales—making an addition to stock of 6(>6
bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of all or,
shin-board not cleared on the bth instant, a stock
of 93,0-6 bales.
We observed in our report of last Saturday mor
ning, that notwithstanding the rather moderate
demand for Cotton which existed during the two
previous days, the maiket closed quite firm, and
we may now add, that sc far from holders having
been influenced to relax in their demands on ac
count of the absence of an a live inquiry, that
they were on the contrary, even more firm on Sa
turday than before ; and although in consequence
of tnis, the sales ol that day only amounted to
about 1000 hales, yet an advance was established
on ill descriptions of fuliy a cent, on our forner
quotations. Un Monday, the market opened with
a very fair demand, and sales were effected cu
ring the day to the extent of 3,8u0 bales, at ratei
| not materially varying from those obtained ot
Saturday. Yesterday the demand was less active
i not more than 240 U bales having been disposed ol
i of and the rnaiket w as. if anything, a Utile !*•’
j firm for qualities below’ fair, while on the other
hand, extn me prices couid readily be realized wr
the better sorts, owing to their relative scaici’T
Tennessee Cottons are not yet sufficiently abun
dant to warrant the adeplioi of a full set of 4 u0 ‘
tations —s .me fine lots will occasionally’
10 cents, tut prices for lound average lists range
from Ni to S| cents. The sales of the three
amount to 7200 bales.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary 7$ & I
Middling,
(d> Good fair 0 11; Good and fine, 12
o—.0 —. Tennessee and .a orth Al tbama —Ordinary*
—0 —; JVi iddling, (ti ; Fair, —(d— i6 c
0 —fair, ; Good and fine, o—,0 —, Average h* ll
8± 0 Bs.
statement of cotton.
1810. Oct. 1. slock on hand bales 2791*
Receipts last three days 13563
“ previously 191656 205249
’ 233160
Exports last three days 12957—**'
*• previously 122i07 I3sbu
Stock on hand
Sugar. — Louisiana. —A good demand h* s
ted during the last few days, and some 500 to 6 L
hhds have changed hands since our last report
principally for the Northern markets, and at pr iC f
ranging from 4| 0 cents ; a lot of about (
hhd-!, extra prime said lo be the best that bas •'*
appeared in market this season, biought the ‘ a
ter figures, though most of the sales have been*
6 0 5£ cents, which are the rates that have be?
generally prevalent for several days past
understood tnat there have been some con.«id^ rae _
transactions on plantation, but are unable to g 1
the particulars, though the prices are said to b a,c
been 5J 0 oh cents. g
Molasses. —Supplies have come in rather ro
freely during the last few days, but there bat WW
an improved demand, several hundred barrels
irg been taken for shipment to the Noith. geners *
ly at 21 cents gallon with some lots at 29 C * D <
which range we quote. \Ve fir? pot v
&py sales on plantatier-