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R< ii.Su SKNT ISEiJL A L i : j U S T A . 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-