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CHRONIC : AND SENTINEL.
A JGUSTA.
MONDAY M< RNING, DECEMBER 21.
FC I CONGRESS.
HINES HOLT, Jr.
( ? MUSCOGEE.
Election on ?irst Monday in January.
•■e* 1 ■--- I
F nny Elsler.
By reference to t ir advertising columns it will be
seen thattbeentei rising manager of the Charles
ton Theatre has engaged the services of Mile, j
E.sler for a few ights. Those of our citizens j
therefore who thi k of spending the Christmas J
holidays in Charles on., will have an additional in- I
ducement, as it wi probably be the only opportu- j,
nity afforded them o witness her unrivalled per- jj
formance.
Correspondence t ' the Chronicle and Sentinel.
M lledoevili.e, December 17.
In the Senate th morning nothing of interest
occurred, except t e reconsideration of the bill
passed yesterday, a relation to the issue of Pott
Notes by the Ban* . The motion to reconsider
gave rise to an ani lated debate, in which Messrs.
Gonder, Gordon, I sencer, Harris of Burke, and
Jones participated. A number of local bills were
passed or rejected t the afternoon. At 7 o’clock
the Haraison and S ite Rights party met in Con
vention, in the Re; cestntatiee chamber, and nomi
nated by ballot irti out any name being suggested,
the Hon. William C. Dawson, as their candidate
for Governor. Th votes were, for Mr. Dawson
176, scattering 13.
At the same hou the Van Buren party met in
Convention, in the enate chamber, and nominated
by resolution, the 1 en. Chaet.es J. McDonald, as
their candidate for he Executive chair.
We have no fear about the result —confidently
committing our ca didate to the committee of the
whole people of Gee gia, who have so recently re
ported against the < aims of Martin Van Buren, and
who will no doubt a like manner dispose of those
of Gov. McDonald. Q.
Mxlledoeville, ?
Tursdai 9 o’clock, p. m., Dec. 17.5
The tax bill wa re-considered in the House this
morning, and, contr ry to my expectations from the
decided >ots again t the measure yesterday, was
passed; that is, tin bill from the committee on Fi
nance. It revives he tax act of 1804, with some
amendments; ami igst others, subjecting Bank
stock to a tax of 3 J cents for every hundred dol
lars. Nothing else n importance was done in the
House to-day. Th bill of Mr. Crawford, of Rich
mond, changing t e Constitution in relation to
biennial sessions, { .ssed last night after the close
of my letter. Thi bill will have to be sanction
ed by the next Leg >laturc before it becomes part
of the Constitution and if then passed by consti
tutional majorities will take effect in 1543. A
great many local bi is have passed both Houses to
day, but not of eni jgh importance or interest to
notice. All that cc fusion and precipitancy which
generally precedes m adjournment, and which is
so inconsistent will proper legislation, is prevail
ing in both houses. The post note bill was re-con
sidered this mornic in the Senate, and will, ulti
mately, most proba ly be lost.
The claim of tt heirs of McCullough, which
had been re-consid red in that body, was also re
jected to-dai*.
The College bill is it is termed, or the one which
has passed the Sen. e, withdrawing the annual ap
propriation, under ic act of 1830, from the Uni
versity, hasfoi sev ral days been superceded in its
order in the House by other bills being taken up
and acted upon o\ r which it had precedence.—
To-morrow, I supp ;e, it will certainly be disposed
of.
The Convent on as the Harrison party which
was to assemble in this city to-day, according to
previous call, for tit purpose of nominating a can
didate for GovernoJ held its meeting this evening,
at half past 6 o’clo k, in the Representative hall.
The number of del gates in attendance was large,
being one hundrec and eighty-nine, I believe, in
all. Counties frorr the seaboard to the mountains
were represented. The body was organized by
placing the presid. ig officer of the Senate, the
Hon. Thomas Sxot :s, in the Chair, and appointing
Messrs. Cabinass and Lataste Secretaries. —
When, upon motio , the nomination was proceed
ed to by ballot wit out the announcement of any
name. The resul was, that the Hon. William
C. Dawson receive the almost unanimous vote of
the Convention, —( ily a few scattering votes being
given out of the er ire number. Never before, in
any Convention in bs State, was so decided a pre
ference uttered wit greater unanimity. With such
feelings of partiali , that give Mr. Dawson such
singular popularity not only here but throughout
the State, we can b t indulge in the most sanguine
assurances of atrii nphant success.
The o; posite par rat (he same time held a meet
ing in the Senate c imber, and have re-nominated,
as was expected, te present incumbent. Their
meeting, 1 underst ad, was addressed by several
gentlemen, for the urpose, doubtless, of keepinir
them in “ spirits amongst others, by Col. Wax
son, their present candidate for Congress. Bui
Holt’s majority ov r him will be another damper
to their hopes, and early indicate the triumph of
Dawson in October
Yours &c. Hamilton.
P. S. The selec committee on the late Exe u -
tive communication has not yet reported. They
can, however, bu- ject any scheme of involving
the State in additu al millions of debt. We are
bad enough off at \ esent, without increasing our
embarrassments. H.
Mil LEDCEVILLE, Dec. 18.
In the Senate tl s morning, the re-considered
bill in relation to >ost notes, was taken up, and
passed with two am ndments, —on* prohibiting the
issue of such note: for a less sum than SSO, and
the other requiring their receipt before maturity,
by the banks issuin them, in payment of debts.
The bill reporte| by the majority of the com
mittee on his Excellency’s Relief Message, whicia
provided for the ise|:e of $2,000,000 State bond:,
next came up, andl upon motion, was laid on the
table for the balalce of the session, (yeas 39
nays 38,) without Jiscussion. This raessige and
bill will, no doubt, le used as political capital nex t
year; and the belilf is strong with many, that
the whole measure fas been concocted for no other :
purpose, and that f(|>, at a meeting of some of the
head men and ware-ors of the Van Buren party.
A portion of the morning and nearly ail the af
ternoon was consumed in the discussion of the bill,
from the House, if define the liability, kc., of
Rail Road Compands for stock killed by their en
gines, dec.; which vsas passed.
The bill, which fasted the Senate, authorising
certain county .officers to advertise in Augusta and
Columbus, was amended by the adoption of a sub
stitute in the House, which authorises all county
officers in this State to advertise in any newspaper
of the State having a general circulation in their re
spective counties. The Senate concurred in the
amendment.
At 7 o’clock both branches of the Legislature
proceeded to the elections set apart for the even
ing. Joel Crawford, David Irwin, and James Lid
del were elected Commissioners for the Western
and Atlantic Rail Road. Simmons Crawford and
Gazaway B. Lamar were elected Directors of the
State Bank. Benjamin T. Be’.hune and William
Y. Hansell were elected Commissioners under the
Free Banking Law. James Wingfield was elected
Brigadier General of tha Ist Brigade, 4th Division.
Q.
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Correspondence of the Charles'on Courier.
Washington, December 14.
I In the House to day, Mr. Winthrop of Mass,
made his first appearance. He is quite a young
looking man, and possesses a clear, shrill voice,
that suits the hall. His seat is on the outer circle,
and the most remote from the Chair—so it will
require some power of lungs to enable him to be
heard. It is, however, a bad omen for new mem
bers to appear first on a small subject. Mr. W.
brought to the notice of the House the omission of
his name in the yeas and nays on the motion of
Mr. Stanley to reconsider the vote ordering 15,-
000 copies of the President’s message to be prin
ted. That motion was lost by a majority of one,
the vote being 89 to 90. Os course, Mr. Win
throp’s vole would have made a tie. After some
discussion of the subject, in which Mr. Petriken,
of Pa. contended that lh*e vote of a member could
not be changed after it is once recorded, an.l that
if a member loses his vote it is his own fault, it
was ordered that Mr.|Winlhrop’s vote as also that
of Mr. J. R. Williams, be recorded. Thischanged
the vote so as to throw a majority in the affirma
tive, and Mr. Stanley’s motion was accordingly
agreed to.
Thus, for the first time in the history of our
legislation, has a vote been changed by the recep
tion of votes so many days alter the question was
taken.
The motion of Mr. Stanley to reduce the num
ber of the messages of the President ordered to be
printed was then carried. Mr. Stanley’s reason
for this course was he said, to encourage economy
in the expenditures of the government.
The death of Mr. William S. Ramsay, of Penn
the youngest member of the present Congress,
who died by his own hand, was announced in an
appropriate manner by his colleague, Mr. Leet.
The death of Mr. Anderson, of Ky., was also an
nounced by bis colleague, Mr. Thomson.
In ihe Senate we had much matter of interest.
Mr Clay, Mr. Benton, Mr. Webster, all brought
forward in a manner admitting of no doubt of their
course, their several views on some subject.
Mr. Clay, brought forward a resolution declar
ing that the Sub-Treasury ought to be repealed,
and instructing the Committee on Finance to re
port a bill accordingly. This shows that he and
his friends will wage a war of extermination
against all the humbugs of the present and late
administrations. Mr. Calhoun will have his hands
full at thi* session, for at every turn he will be
obliged to vindicate some of his favorite theories.
Mr. Ciav attacked the bill of his Alabama
namesake to reduce and graduate the price otthe
public lands. He said it was, however disguised,
a bill to reduce the value of the public lands. Mr.
Calhoun’s project of cession will come in conflict
with Mr. Clay’s plan of distribution. Mr. Web
ster strongly intimated a desitc to offer opposition
in limene, to the views of the President and the
Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the finance,
a national bank, &c. At lis instance, the refer
ences of these subjects to the Finance Commute
was postponed till Wednesday. We have, thus,
strong evidence* that the Senators intend, at once,
to commence the fight on some of the great sub
ject* before the country, and that the present sess
ion though so short, will be devoted, mainly, to
speech-making.
Washington, December 15.
This has been a very interesting day in the
Senate, owing to the debate, which arose on the
consideration of the notice of Mr. Clay, of Ken
tucky, to repeal the sub-treasury act. That gen
tleman, in calling the attention of the Senate to
the subject, made one of his usual strong efforts
in opposition to the present administration, and
in favor of one which shortly comes into power,
and of which be will no doubt be the Ajax in
Congress. He staled, in commencing, that it
was not his intention to have a re-argument on
the matter, for he would as soon think of argu
ing with a criminal who had the ropo round his
neck, and the cart ready to be drawn from under
him, as to attempt at this late day to show the
follies of the law which had just been condemned
by one of the most astounding reactions which
had every taken place in any government. In
the year 1800. the contest on the Sedition Law
between Adams and Jefferson, was a mere no
thing to the one just past, and he now called up
on Senators in the name of nineteen States of
the nation, to repeal this obnoxious measure. He
stated that he had hoped and expected the Presi
dent to touch upon this subject in his message
in some manner, even if it were but to announce
to Congress the expression of the will of the
people on this subject; but he was astonished to
find that instead of doing this, both the Presi
dent and Secretary had not only continued to ad
vocate it, but had actually recommended improve
ments in the various blanches connected with it.
Mr. C. denied having received or seen in either
of the documents anything furnishing an expla
nation of the success of the bill, and stated that
things seemed to him to be carried on-in the old
way, and that Mr. Hoyt, the Collector of New
York, was in the habit of placing the government
money in hank to his own credit, which was even
a worse mode than the old pet system. He thank
ed God that he lived very far off from every Re- \
ceiver Ge.ieral, and wished the distance greater*
but feared much for the safety of the public funds
while they were in the hands ofsuch individuals.
Mr. C. then expressed a willingness to let Sena
tors take time to consider the matter betorg acting
upon it.
Mr. Silas Wright, of New York, followed Mr.
Clay, and expressed his satisfaction at the issue
made by that gentleman, but was anxious that a
full Senate should be present when the vote was
taken, as several members were sick or absent.
Mr. W. stated that it was the first time he had
learnt, that in the late contest the Sub-treasury
was the matter which ihe people of nineteen
states had decided against, and was equally sur
prised to hear that a U. 8. Bank had been the
antagonist measure which the people were in fa
vor of. Instead of looking at the result of the
contest is even in favor of the pet bank system
he had thought that it would only amount to the
pulling down of the building in which he spoke,
(the Capitol) and erecting in its place a huge
Log Cabin, decorated, instead of by crimson cur
tains, pictures, &c., only with gourds, coon
skins, and things of that kind. Mr. W. conclu
ded by asking for the yeas and nays on Mr. Clay’s
resolution.
Mr. Clav then rose, and in answer to Mr.
Wnght’ a want of principle in
the whig party, stated that the country was well
aware of his principles, and those of the party
with whom he acted. He stated them to be
econom*. ratr«n*Un»*iu »afe keeping of the pub
lic money, reduction of executive patronage and
large appropriations, a remedy for ail of which,
and the attainment of a fiscal agent, would be
accomplished hw of the Sub-treasury
law. Until that wv be did not think it
necessary to propose any new method of keeping
the public money—“ sufficient for the day was
the evil thereof.”
This brought up Mr. Calhoun, who slated,
that if Gen Harrison’s administration was con
ducted on the principles set forth by the Ken
tucky Senator, be (Mr. Calhoun) would give it
his hearty support. He said yes to every thing
expressed by Mr. Clay in favor of economy, re
trenchment, &c., but would be much better satis
fied if he had the words from the next President
himself. He (Mr. C.. had never fought for any
thing but principles, and would not suffer the
character of the men composing the opposition,
to deter him from supporting what he consider
ed good doctrine. But if. as Mr. Clay said, tne
Bub-treasury was a contiuation of the old plan,
why repeal it, or why at all bring up this matter
at the present session—why not defer it until
Gen. Harrison comes in, and propose another
plan. We certainly could not fall back on the
U. 8. Bank nor the pet bank system. Both has
signally failed, and he believed, befi re God, that
the establishment of another fifty millioi bank,
with its customary privileges, would aseffectu 1-
ly, deprive us of our liberties, as if we had a
President elected for life. He thought the late
contest had little or nothing to do with the bank
question—the issue were many and quiti differ
ent in their character throughout the country,
and even were it the question agitated, the op
position had some of the strongest opponents of
a bank in our own ranks. But with these, their
numerical majority in th i nineteen states was
comparatively small—only 110 or 115,000 out
of nearly two million of votes. He felt satisfied
that the present financial plan was the only cor
rect one, and that the whigs themselves would
finally have to adopt it. It was surely constitu
tional, and Mr. Webster had lately came out
pretty freely a friend of constitutional matters
and the doctrines of’9B. Mr. Ca houn conclu
ded by repeating his determination of giving
Gen. Harrison a fair hearing, and hoping that the
resolution would be defeated.
Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, and Mr.
Anderson, of Tennessee, followed Mr. C., and
Mr. Allen, of Ohio, proposed striking out of the
resolution all after the word “Resolved,” and in
serting a clause relative to the constitutionality of
the Sub-treasury, &c.; pending action on which
the Senate adjourned.
An appropriation bill, for contingent expenses,
amounting to $150,000, passed the Heuseatan
early hour, and was sent to the Senate, and after
electing a Mr. Braxton Chaplain, that body also
adjourned,
Two days Later from England.
The packet ship Columbus, at New York sail
ed from Livepool on the 9th November.
The New York Sun and Era furnish the follow
ing items:
There is no important news. The papers are
filled with comments upon the speech of the King
of France, then just published. It was consider
ed satisfactory in all quarters. The tone of the
public journals is extremely mild and concilatory
and evinces a disposition to make every honor
able concession for the purpose of preserving the
peace of Europe. The Times, in its leading
article, says “the speech of the King of the F rench
which we gave yesterday in a second edition, has
real.zed all our hopes and predictions of the be
coming spirit in which that discourse would be fra
med and of the just and upright intentions both
towards France and towards neighboring Powers
which would be manitesled therein by Louis
Philippe. The king proclaims his love of peace,
and appeals to the representatives ol the French
nation to assist him in the maintenance ofa bless
ing so essential “ to the common interest of
Europe, to its people, and to the progress oi
civilization.”
The Times concludes its pacific remarks as fol
lows ; “It must now be the business of both
governments to obliterate as much as possible
these unhappy traces of the past, or to recollect
them only as lessons of future wisdom. We have
no doubt that the signal successes obtained by the
joint arms of Britain and Tuikey furthering the
cause of a just and moral policy w it have remo
ved from the shoulders of King Louis PJiillipe and
of his Minister a load of embarrassment not less
perplexing than that which the British govern
ment itself must have suffered under, had their
enterprises fallen instead of triumphed.”
• The effect of the speech upon the money mar
ket was beneficial, consols, as welt as other securi
ties immediately advanced.
The cotton market at Liverpool was less anima
ted, though prices were firm.
Liverpool, Nov 9, 1840.
On the 6lh inst. the supplies in the London
corn market were very large, but trade was dull
even at previous rates 12.000 quarters of Irish
oats were received during the present week, and
of a better quality than usual.
Flour was dull—there has been a large- arrival
•f American Bond.
Our own corn market (Liverpool) although the
supplies have been moderate, aad we have recei
ved no grain or flour within the last three days
from abroad, there has been little business done.
No want of confidence however was evinced.
In our cotton market there has been less activity
than usual.
Liverpool Cotton Market, Friday, Nov. 6
—There has been lessaclivdy in the demand this
week, and the market has not been so buoyant
as we la t noted it, but we are unable to reduce
our quotations for any description. There has
been more difficulty in obtaining extreme prices
for short staple American, Surat and Brazils,
whilst Egyptian and Sea Island are rather higher.
1250 bales have been taken on speculation ; the
rest of the sales are to the trade. —The transac
tions on the whole being very modern to, the pres
ent report (owing to its being given out rather
earlier than usual) will not embrace the entire of
to-day’s transactions, which will probably reach
4000 baies of all kinds. The import this week is
7296 bags, and the sales are 17.790.
Resumption. —The New York American
says:—The arrangement with the Philadelphia
Banks is, as our readers have been told, perfected.
The subscription by Banks was to .the amount of
$550,000, and by five individuals or firms, the
balance of $250,000 w,2S made up. The resump
tion in Philadelphia will, we presume, he slid into
gradually, without naming any particular day,
without perceptible difficulty.
The New York Express says that the follow
ing are the particulars as far as known of the
Loan made in that city to the Philadelphia
Banks:-
Certain New York 8ank5.......... $605,000
Prime, Ward & King, , f . 50,000
Geo. Griswold 50.000
J. Brown, (for Brown, Brothers & Co.) 60,000
Nevins & Townsed 25,000
John Ward & Co 25,000
$805,000
The New York Journal of Commerce states
that the Boston Committee kaye notified the Pro
vidence Committee that the arrangements for the
loan to the Banks of Philadelphia are completed
This notice was accompanied with a request that
the Providence Committee would comply with
such directions as the Philadelphia Committee
might give in regard to the disposition of the
funds.
Mr. M. 8. Lincoln, of this city, who was se
verely injured, sometime since, on the Schenec
tady and Saratoga Railroad, and who recovered
S9OOO damages, has since made a compromise
with the Directors, and consented to receive
SSOOO in compensation for the injuries sustained
—the Railroad Co. having signified their inten
tion to carry it up to the Court of Errors.-—£o«-
t?n Transcript.
From the New Orleans Bee of the 14 th.
Steamboat Explosion.
By the arrival of the steamer Maid of Arkan
sas we learn that the steamboat Cherokee was
blown up a few days ago, by which accident many
lives were lost. Her boilers burst just as she was
putting off from the shore at Louisburg; several
of the cabin passengers snd some of the crew
were killed oy the explosion. Some of the peo
ple on the banks of tue river were severely woun
ded by fragments of the boat, and one or two, it
is said, were killed. It is reported that sixteen
persons were killed or missing by this dreadful
calamity.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
We have since learned, that among the pas
sengers were Capt. Armstrong, the disbursing
agent at Arkansas, his daughter, the daughter of
Gen. Armst ong, of Tennessee, and Major Rec
tor s daughter. The three ladies were in the ca
bin,and Capt. Armstrong was on the boiler deck
at the time the accident occurred. Strange to
say, they all escaped, the boilers bursting through
the sides, instead of upwards as usual. The pilot
house was thrown on ihe bank of the river, and
the pilot hurled into the stream, from which he
escaped by swimming. Capt. Harris’s back is
broken, and his life is despaired of. The passen
gers had barely time to get ashore, when the wreck
of the boat sunk in 15 feet water. A Mr. Ste
vens, who was on the bank of the river, was im
mediately killed by a piece of the connection pipe,
wnich passed through his neck.
One hundred and thirty thousand dollars of
specie, belonging to the Government, was recove
red. The engineer and several of the deck hands
were killed.
LIST OF KILLED AMI WOUNDED.
By the explosion of steamer Cherokee at Louis
bwg.
Killed —Mr. Osgood, ol New Orleans.
Mr. Pitman, of Louisburg.
“ Capt. Wyman, of steamer Lady Mor
gan.
“ Mr. Smith, es Louisville.
“ Senior Forsyth, of Louisiana.
“ Mr. Miles, of Van I’uren.
“ Mr. Cook, or Arkansas.
“ Thomas Fanning, (boy,) of Arkansas.
“ Budd. watchman.
“ S. Gibson, hand.
“ Mr. Hobson,(f Steubenville, Ohio.
“ R. L. Hubbard, of Connecticut.
“ Mr. Kensy.
And two others, names unknown.
Dangerously wonndtd —Captain C. Harris.
“ “ Louis Clanton, engin’r.
“ “ Martin Williams, mate.
“ “ Mr. Clide, passenger.
“ “ Pery, do.
“ “ Frederic. German, deck.
“ “ Campbell, fireman.
“ ( “ William, cabin boy.
Fire —At 6 o’clock on Sunday morning, a fire
was discovered in the basement of the 4 story
building owned and occupied by Mr. Jacob Van
derpool, Jr., and used for the storage of mahogany
in the rear of his dwelling No. 20 and 30 Cherry
street. Before it was finally subdued, damage to
the extent of SIO,OOO was incurred. There is no
doubt this fire was the work of incendiary. Three
times during the last fortnight, attempts have been
made to fire the premises. Large rewards are
offered for the detection of the incendiaries. Mr.
Vanderpool was fully covered by insurance.—
New York Courier <!j- Enquirer.
By the Alakapas papers, received this morn
ing. we are happy to learn, that the sugar plan
ters in that quarter had not, as late as the sth in
stant, any great reason for complaining of the
unpropitiousness of the season, although the su
gar cane in some places did not yield as much
this Feison as the last.
E>* Passant, we will remark that editors are
often puzzled as to the degree of faith to be put
in the reports which reach them of crops in the
country. — J\'ew Orleans Courier of the 1 \th |
Found Guiltt.— Robert White, ex-Cas! ier
of the Manhattan Bank, in New York, has been 1
found guilty, in the Court of Sessions, of an as- I
saull upon the person of Mr. Jonathan Thomp- 1
son, committed during the troubles in the bank,
consequent upon the absquatulation of one of the
officers.
Large Artificial Lake. —The Cleveland
Herald says that the grand Canal Reservoir in
Mercer county, Ohio, covers 13 000 acres of
land, the water from 4 to 27 feet deep. It is said
to be the largest artificial lake in the world.
The New Orleans Picayune, speaking of the |
weather there a few days since, styles it “South- j
ern weather with Northern principles.”
Mourning. —The Painsville, Ohio, Republi
can having died off a few days since, the editor
of the Conneat Gazette says, as an outward evi
; dence of grief at its demise, he has caused to be
1 hung up in his office a blacking blottle and a pair
of broken snuffers for sixty days.
*
Illinois. —The State debt of Illinois, includ
ing the internal improvement debt, bank debt,
school fund debt, and the liability on account of
surplus revenue, appears, according to the Go
vernor's message, to he $13,633,001 83.
We find in Dicken’s last work, the “ Old Cu
riosity Shop,” the following sly hit at the law
yers: “As (JocL?rs seldom take their own pre
scriptions, and divines do not ajjjrays practice
what they preach, so lawyers are shy of med
dling with the law on tbeir-ovVn account, know
ing it to be an edged tool of uncertain applica
tion, very expensive in the working and rather
remarkable fur its properties of close shaving,
than fur its always shaving the right person.”
The Alpaca.— An attempt is making to na
turalize in Great Britain, an animal of the Lama
tribe, called the Alpaca, a native of the Cordclle
ras or mountain districts of Peru. Its wool is
of extreme fineness and is exceedingly valuable.
Importations of it have already taken place to the
amount of three millions of pounds, and manu
factured. The fabric is said to be equally fine
with silk. An English print says of this animal.
“It is used as deer in the parks of the Span
ish grandees in Peru, and its flesh is eqal to any
veoh>°n. Some are white, others brown and mot
tled. The alpaca does not perspire as sheep do,
and therefore requires no smearing, which will
be an immense saving to thescotch farmer; and
the heavy coat of wool on its body (fine as silk)
is sufficient protection in the Peruvian mountains.
where deluges of rain fall four months in the
summer season. The alpaca lives under the line
of perpetual snow, which proves that a cold cli
mate is congenial to them even in wintei. It
feeds on “zeho,” a kind of withered grass which
grows cm all mountains above a certain allitud ,
—proving that they will exist where sheep will
not.—Supplies of the animal were at Gla.sgow
for sale, and we believe Lord Breadalbane bought
some to try on his estate at Taymouth where
the cappercailzle already flourishes. There were,
also, samples of the raw alpaca silky wool, assor
ted black, (without dye) white, red, brown, foxy,
gray, mottled, &c. No animal grease in this,
wool—illustrative that the animal requires no
washing before shearing, and the wool can at pre
sent be sold at 20d, per lb. During the panic ot
1837, when Highland wool sold at 3£d. per lb.,
upwards of 1,000,000 lbs, of alpaca realised 2s.
and 2«. fid. per lb. Different kinds of jaanufac
ture from alpaca, in imitation of silk, —some black
as jet, (without dye) others white, coloured, dyed,
and wove in grear variety of figures—can be
manufactured at one-third the price of silk, and
is said by the manufacturer to be three limes more
valuable than Scotch wool.
From the Evening Journal.
Martin Van Enters Adieu to the White
House.
Tune —■“ The Campbell's arc coming.'"
Adieu to the White House, the East-room adieu,
Ye beautiful gardens I hasten from you.
So more shall my eyes with your beauty be blest,
No more shall ye >ootne my I o*om to res .
\ e lights that upon me so brilliantly shine,
Ye sofas so splendid on which I re dine,
(), much I would giv" to remain wheie you are,
And rest all ray days on my tabouietls rare.
CHORUS.
0 Benton what made you keep rolling that ball,
Why Benton what madeyou keep rolling that ball,
'lhe Whigs have long told us we ere long should
fail,
If you, dear Tom Benton, kept rolling your ball
Ye carpets, ye curtains, ye ottomans too.
Silk tas.-cls and gimp, I must bin you adieu,
No more can 1 bask in the pleasures you gave,
Nor lake fiom the people what li l tie they have.
Ye green finger cup* whit h old Harrison hates,
Ye wine con.eis too, and ye bright silver plates,
() soon, very soon, must 1 take leave of you.
And give you ail ever to Tippecanoe.
O Benton,&c.
Dear rosewood piano—your notes are so sweet,
1 hoped that thy music my ears long would greet,
Hut the people have taien their fourth so ier tho't,
And now 1 regret ’hat by me you were bought.
Became I suppo>ed eight veais would elipsc,
Peihaps many more, but i was all perhaps.
For little 1 thought tvhai the people could do,
To bleed such a storm for Tippecanoe.
0 Benton, &.c.
’Tis useless to mention all that I hold dear.
Which has cost my puorpeople some millions ayear ■
And if you are anxious to know the amount.
Please read Ogle’s speech and you have tne account, !
Towards Amos’ babies I feel very kind.
To know they must suller much troubles my mind
For in Sa t River country no milk is in stoic,
And soon they must land on that desolate shore.
O Benton, &c.
Now pack up m - baggage, I soon must embark,
On boaid the black schooner, that horrible ark.
And steer up Salt River, the people say go.
And cleanse my gay palace for Tippy you know, i
Flow on biiny river my passage is long,
Your waters are salt and your current is strong, ;
But puli away Kendall and all my brave crew, I
For we aie expunged by old Tippecanoe.
O Benton, what madeyou keep ro ling that ball, !
Why Benton whatmade you keep rolling that ball, !
The Whigs have long told us we ere Ling should
fall, ' j
If you. Tommy Benton, kept rol ing your ball.
Oneida Castle, Nov. 26th, 1840.
COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool , November 6
Latest dates from Havre, November 4
CeUUROS, Dec. 10.
Cotton —We have had quite a spirited demand
throughout the week just closed, for all qualities
of Upland, in which both the purchasei for foreign i
account and the operator Tor the home markets have j
participated ; and the sales far exceed thu>e oi any i
previous week this season—amounting in ail to
5426 baUs. r i hroughout Satuiaay last mere was a I
st nd off between the buyer and seller, and the
market was consequently quiet, at the prevailing ]
rates given in our review of tiic Lth lust; but a
general attendance of dealers on Monday, who be- :
came purchasers to some extent, material y chang
ed the aspect of affairs ; and at the opening of the
mantel on Tuesday, holders refused to sell unless
at an advance of g to g. which before the < lose of
operations on that day was obtained —a still fur
ther advance, however, has been effected on the
business of the last thiee days, and ttie market
closed yesterday at the following quotations—in- :
feiior and ordinary 8$ Q 9g ; mid ding to middling
fair 9; (a) fair to fully fair .0 (a) 10$; and good 1
and line cent' Id. The saies of the week
are 4 at 8; 40 at
125 at 9g; 351 at
9|; 1944 at
and 267 bags at cents if lb. A little business !
nas been done in long Cotton, but not sufficient to
establish prices—it is impossible therefuie to affix
prices ro our quotations until a more active busi
ness engage dealeis. 'lhe transactions in white !
Sea Is.and amount to about 161 bales as follows: j
68 bales between 28 (a) 33; 5 at 25 ; 15 at 35 ; 10
at
cents and upwards; and about 10 bags stained do.
from 12£ to 20; and 52 bags Santee from 25 to 28
cents & lb. ✓
Eice —A heavy business has also engaged dealers ;
in this article since our last—out pr.ces have a
downward tendency. The sales comprise about !
3380 tieic. s at the following rates, viz:—96 at 2|;
120 at 2 l-!6; 101 at
3j; 380 at 3 3-16; at 05; and 283 tierces at $3
5-16 49- 100
Orain —The receipts of Corn for the week have
been about 6000 bushels from Maryland and North
Carolina, which have been taken within the range
of our quotations. 55 (Si 57 rents bushel. 'lhe
rece pts ts Hay have been veiy light —a! out 10c
bund es biought 90 cents 100 Ls. More lets
are held at something above this ra c. No Uacs 01
Pens bav e been received. Quotations for these ar
ticles are therefore nominal.
Flour —The business of t e week in this article
has been very light—the sales having been con
fined to small lots for home use, at about former
prices.
iiacon —ln this article there is very lit'le doing.
Salt —Received this week coastwise, 4500 bush
els'Burks Island, and 1555 sacks Liveipool—and
from Liveipool 2336 sacks, and 152 bushels from
Nassau, 'ihe market is well supplied with aB
descriptions of the aiticle —and theie is no demand
whatever for the country trade. Sales have be 11
very limited, and at a decline on the rates of last
week. We quote Liveipool 130 (a 140 sack,
and l inks Island 28 a 3o cents 44 bushel; a sale
of this description was made at something below
the for ■ er pi ice.
Sugars —Received this week from New ( rleans
268 hh is and 13 lihds from St. Sale
have been made of old Porto Rico at auction, at
prices ranging tiom to S.f— and New ( rleans, ol
the new crop, from 7 to Iff, this desciiplLn ol
Siigar has also been taken at [ rivate sale at 7, 7a
and
lb.
Molasses —Received this week from New Orleans
218 bids. This descript on has been selling at 29
(3> 31, the bulk of the operations, however, have
been at SO cents gallon. A lot of a about 52
hhds old Cuba, brought 21* cts. gallon.
Coffee —Received coastwise this week 36 bags—
and trora the West Indies 1 CO bags of the new crop,
which is held at 12 cts. A lot of Cuba, fair quali
ty, sold at IT| cents lb.
Exchange —Our quotations of last week are still
the current rates for Foreign Exchange. Bills on
New York having COdays to run, have been taken
at ct. discount; 3i) days do. par (a) £ premiun ;
and Bight Drafts have been selling at 1 <xt> li et.
premium.
Freights —To Liverpool and Havre see quota
tions, To Boston transient vessels nave been taken
at l£ 4? bale, while the packets are asking ct. £>
lb. To New 8 ork we quote Cotton in square bags
$1; and bbl. for Ripe.
Savannah, Dec. IS.
Cotton —Arrived since the 11th December, 5639
bales Upland, and 166 bals 8.1. Cotton and cleared
at the same time 3652 bales Upland and 27 bales
S. I. Cotton ; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of
all on ship board not cleaied on the ISlhinst., of
9152 ba!es Upland and 38S bales ■•?. I. Cotton. The
business in Uplands this week has been at foil
prices of last, and stiii continues to be chiefly for
northern account. The receipts are still moderate
for this period of the season, arising from deficient
growth and a general disposition among the plant
ers, to keep back their crops in expectation of high
er prices. The sales aie 2672 tales, viz:—2l at
9; 9at 9a; 42 at 9*; ]9 at ; 185 at
; 1092 at 9J ; 15 at 9 13-16; 195 at 9|; 48! at
19; 18 at U Sea Island is in fair request at full
rates, the sales are 1 bag at 19; 21 at 25; 12 at 27;
9 at 28; wjth 20 stained at 12 a 14.
oc!& ofCo,wns '
Georgia, Dec. IS 2 SJ! S
South Carolina, Dec. 14..
Mobile, Dec. 5 * 303
New Orleans. Dec. 9 ’* “ , ft “ 9340
Florida, Dec. 5 208342
Nonh Carolina, Nov. 21.
Viigmia, Nov. 10 j'*' 564
lbw 25(0
309256
Ihe fol’owing is a statement of the
Cotton on hand at the respective nl res m
Savannah, Dec. 18 :
South Carolina, Dec. 11 mw-n
Mobile, Dec. 5 --. 169iH 'o 6 ' 5
New Orleans, Dec. 9, 98(96 u?! 4 *
V irgmia, Nov. 10.
North Carolina, ISov. 21,
Augusta 6t Hambu g, Sept. 31,. -1 ’. !3730
Macon, Dec. 1, -.q (t7 ,? iy 3
Florida, Dec. 5,.
Fluladolphia, Dec. 5, ' *1135
New York, Dec. 2,;, 90oS 3 g
Tota: 16i994
Rice—' There has been/a fair business dme •
Rice since our la't, the sales amountin'* m
of 1300 casks, at the currenis r.ite> of last wJu*
vzi :-]4l at 1151 at $%56 at $3 3-ffi;^ 1
■s’- 4 •
Hour —This article continues extremely dull
and we have no improvement to notice. k s a ] es
Howard sUeet in smail parcels at 86. Canal
i 2UO half bbls Mniadelph.a at SQ •
Corn —There ha been no airivais this week,
retail from store at 60 a 65 cents, with a moderati
demand. *
Groceries —ln Coffee, Sugar, and, Molise: the
demand is still confined to limited lots to sudd'v
the ti de—sales of SO bags Rio C f? t -e at li/.
Porto Rico and t. Croix Sugar at SSA a IDA.
lasses at a 24 cents.
Sat —Since our last about 20,('C0 bushels loose
have been sold at 25 a26 cents 1000 sacks Liver,
poo', from shipboard at 130 C sacks from s J r *
a: sl*.
bacon —The market for this aiticle continues
{ dull.
j Spirits—ln dome-tic Liquors we have no charge
j to notice, either in demand or pri e. °
Exchange— On England 11 p ct. prem. D ra ft,
lat Mght on New York, 4- ct. (>rem.
■ Freights —To Liv\ ri 00l dull. To New York
175 cents square, and $1 iound bale.
STATEMENT OF COTTON,
Upl’ds. s. I.
! Stock on hand Ist Oct 1953 28
j Received since llthinst 5639 jgg
Do previously 19511 288
27133 482
| Exported this week 3652 27
Do previously
17981 94 |
Stock on hand, including all on ship
board not cleared on the ISlh inst, 9152 338
Macon, December 17.
Cotton. — dir ing the week, have been prin
cipally from to 9£. —These prices were paid
yesterday, and stricty piime was sold at 9£.
market will probably vary very little from its pie
sent state without an account of a change in For
eign Markeis, which is not likely to take place.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
1
1 Savannah, December 18.
Cleared —shin John Dunlap, Choate, N. Orleans; r
barque Oazelle, Allen, Por'smouth ; brig L. Bald- )
win, Pas-ett, New Y one; brig New Hanover, tarty,
Philadeh hia.
j Sailed —brig Augusta, Sawyer, West Indies.
Went to sea barque Gazelle, Allen, Ports
! mouth; brig L. Baldwin, Bassett, New York; sebr
j Daty Chase, Thomas, Havana.
December 19,
1 Cle red —ship Susan Drew, Babbage, Liver,oo!.
j Arrived —hiig Atlantic, Wheeler, New Orleans.
Went to sea —biig New Hanover, Caity, P. ila- .
delplna.
D purled steamboat Hamburg, Gould, Augusta;
steamboat Chatham, Wood, Augusta.
Charleston. December IS.
Arrived y sterd.iy —line skip Catharine, Deny,
New York.
Cleared —Br. schr. Ariel, Kirkpatrick, B:. West
Indies.
H Alt li IS O N N Off I\A Ti ONS.
JtrnGES OF THE INFERIOR COURT.
Judge B. li. WARREN,
Jud e VALENTINE WALKER,
ROBERT ALU N, Esq. • I
JAMES HARPER, Esq.
WILLIAM P. BEALE. ’ I
TAX COLLECTOR.
Rev. WM. KENNEDY.
TAX RECEIVER.
COSBY DICKINsON.
(Xj 3 D. P. RUSSELL, Esq., will be supported
f>r the office of Colonel cf the ICth PegimcntG
M , oy many friends. dec 21
(Xj* We are authori-ed to announce ENOCHft-
C ARSW Ei.L, as a candidate for the offic of D*
Collec'or of Buike county,at the emumg electioa.
dec 17
( fj' W T e are authorized to announce JAMES A.
FULCHER as a candidate fur Tax Collector fur ■
Burke county, at the ensuing election, dec 13-2 t J
Xj’W’e are authorised 0 snnouocc LF.OX P.
DUGAS as a candidate for the office of Receiver of
Tax Returns. dec 15^
QXr I he friends of Captain M. P. STOV ALL wil
support him for the office of Colonel of the Ktb H
Regiment, at the ensuing election. dec 12 1
Q3 3 Ue are authorised to announce ROBI-R ( A. a
WATKINS as a canriida’e for the office ol F
Collector of luchmond county. dec 14-td I
{Jr? - We are autliorised to announce GEOR'-’t-
M. WALKER as a candidate fur the office of Re
ceiver of Tax Returns. ded- .I
(U'f We are requested to announce
BURCH as a candidate for the office of Kcfei«'
of Tax Returns. dec9-h
(r>We are authorized to announce
MACLEAN as a candidate for the office o( E e *
f-civerol .ax Returns decl ;l<^
I) V V H) a. V AS ON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, J I
Palmyra, Lee county, Ga-
Will practice in the adjoining counties of the Cb if '
lahoochee and Southern Circuits.
references:
Col Zadock Jackson, ? n , „ ra
itev. Jonathan Uavis.3 Ualmyra, (.a.
Col. H. 1 ope, / ...
Hon. C. Dougherty,s Athcns ’ Ga *
Col. A. iieese, /..
Johnston & Robson,3 ac^lson ’
J. VV. Jones, Augusta. .
ANDREW J. BAJtTKLb,
A TTORNE YATLA W, , M
nov 25-ts |
W. 11. CUNNINGHAM, A Co.,
GENERAL COMMISSION
oct 31 Savannah, Ga.
JOHN it. STANFORD,
attorney at laic, [
jy 17J \
ifTl| -, VKK«V»
A TTOIH * * A ’ 1 ’ LA VC,
feb 25 Jefierson. Jackson count},
J o*ll N . J • i* VKD,
NUT A lO I>LII UC. . hi f
Will be thankful to j
smess in the abov* • 11 , t 04
with rectitude, dfc