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ASCJKNB IN MON TV. VIDEO. 7l »u in the month of July, 1819, that J happened in be m the port of Monte Video. A cruel and bloody war at tint time raged between the authorities of Monte Video and Artcgne, a chieftain,unpolished and uneduca ted, but whose native shrewdness and valor commanded the admiration of the wild and half savage inhabitants of the Uiindti Oriental, and whose ambition rromp'cd him to put him self at their head and declare for independ ence. At this time the “rights of man” were but little regarded at Monte Video. Despo tism, oppression, martial law, and its attend ant evils, triumphed over liberty and justice. Americans were objectsol especial dislike— not only on account of the freedom and hap piness which were known to reign in their country, but because their privoteors, under the flag of Anegas, who owned not u ship or a seaport, with commissions hearing Ins seal and signature, were roving over the ocean, and capturing every Portuguese vessel they fell in with. Americans were, therefore, viewed by the inhabitants of the various parts ia the Brasds with distrust—they were dis liked, and were not unfrcquontly treated with insult and indignity. At tins time there were two or three A me r'can vessels lying in the harbor of -Monte Vi | dso, there being peace between the United Nines and Portugal. One nf these vessels was the beautiful an'l ftst sailing brig Ariel, commanded by a very worthy hut high spirit- | ed Yankee name! Richardson, belonging to sport m Massachusetts /#iy. Inconsequence I of the reasons lo which I h ive alluded, he had j met with some ddlicnlty ut the custom house, [ and was readv (or sea. On the morning of j his intended departure, he was gelling bison, chorand making sail, a final from the guard ship, came along side; an Oliver sprung on j board, and informed him tint two sol hors had deserted the barracks the night before and there was reason to believe that limy were j secreted on board h s vessel, (apt'iiu Rich urdsun, who knew there vvos n severe penally j attached loan offence of tins kind, conscious of his innocence, fold the ollieers that there ) must lie some mistake in (ho matter, os the men could not bo on bo ml—but he was, ol course, welcome to search, Iho sea roll ton k place, and alter a little while, the deserters were found slowed away in the fore peakJ having bsen brought off the night before by ss.no of the crow, on shor.i on liberty, and of course without the knowledge or consent ol the captain or mates. This discovery pul an end to all jwejiara tionsfor sea—’.he cable was again played out, | and the sails furled. Cap'inn Richardson was wtth little ceremony, ordered into the hoat, and conveyed on shorn, where a guard •>f soldiers tsok charge of linn, and escorted *mn lo the Admiral nfl/ho Port, a part of whose duty '.l was lo take cognisance of such matters. The Admiral was a fierce, swarthy looking man, of short stature, hut a powerful ( Taw , e _ i frown of mil gnity constantly rest ful on his brow: ho delighted in the wanton exercise of Vito almost unlimited power with which ho was at tins lime invested, llode- I ghted in acts ol cruelty, and knew nor cured nothing for the principles ol justice. When the offending American was brought before bun and Ins crime explained, a gleam et savage joy for a moment lighted up Ins countenance, which soon however, gave place to a scowl of (earful import, lie listened with impatience to the testimony of the ollicer, who staled the fads of the case; he would j listen lo no exploitation from Capt Diehard- I ■on, who loudly and repeatedly disclnime 1 j any criminal intent or knowledge of the act. Biil tins, said the Admiral, was altogether useless; enough was proved to convict Inin of an attempt to carry away from Monte Video two Portugese soldiers, in conic.npt of the laws prohibiting such an act —and lie con ceived that it was his duly to niH cl upon him exemplary punishment, us a salutary wain mg to others. And without further ceremo ny he ordered the astonished American to be conveyed to the quay or landing place, lushed to a gun. and severely Ins hale back! The scntcrce was executed upon Captain Richardson in the most unfeeling and brutal manner —Ins back was shockingly lacerated — but bo bore his sufferings am d the jeers and shouts of the populace who were present, without a murmur nr a groan. When the ex ecutioner had performed Ins duly, he was freed from fellers, and insultingly told by the Port Admiral himself, who had witnessed the punishment, that lie might now go on hoard Ins vessel and proceed to sou—carrying with him a token of Portugese justice ! Richard son answered him hut by a look breathing scorn and defiance. —and hastened into his heal which was waiting ter him at (lie landing place. As ’..is men towed him on board, he nanl not a word—but the convulsive twitch mgs of his features allowed that although all w»« fair without, too passions were busily at work (within. Ho went into is cabin and changed Ins clolln *5 disguisingh hmiselt m such a maimer, that lie cou d not easily be re cognised. Ho loaded a pistol with two bails, put it into bis pocket'nnd went on deck. He then caused the brig to bo got under weigh; and ordered the male, who was a ‘mlMul and intelligent officer, to proceed over the bar and boare lo lor a couple ol hours; and if ho, Hie captain, did not come on board willi u that time, to make the best ol Ins way to the sea port m the United Slates to which he was bound. He tl cu ordered Ins gig, a beautiful four oared-boal, to bo lowered ami manned, and proceed to shore. It was about 10 o’clock in the forenoon when Capt. Richardson landed at the quay. He told bis men that they must remain in the boat, toady lo above off and pull lor ihoir lives ul u moment’s warning. The men, who were attached to their commander, promised the most implicit obedien ce to Ida orders, at the same time declaring that they wera willing to petit their lives m bis do. fence, if necessary, lie sprang on shore, but owing to the alteration in bis dress bo was .not recognised by any person on the quay; although all remarked bis burned g rit, and the Irerce ami determined expression of his countenance. Me looked around him Ur the admiral of the port Ibe tyrant who had punished linn unjustly, and as be thought disgraced trim forever, unless hr could wqrc out the slain on bis honor, with Ihi heart’s blood of his adversary. At tins time tin admiral was standing near the walls of tiro bat tery, in ibo midst of a group of olliccia, to whon he was apparently with much savage g’.eo relal ing the monrng’a advcnitnc. Richardson «d vanced towards the group with Ins band in In pocket, resting on Ins cocked pistol. \N ne wribiii a few paces, be dtew lorlb the "wtp u pointed it at the admiral s bead wi.b uneiitn Him, and pulled the trigger—at the same tim exclaiming, in a voice lendercd by the impute of revenge, almost preternatural!)’ loud and vies “Die,Tyrant, Die!" The bullet aped uml ill its work. It lodg al in the brain of ibe uduiiru who fell lo lire ground a corpse. Ricbaidson turned, and mailed towards In Iron—aware lhat that was the only chance i escape. Uuttho gicat work ol vengeance aa accomplished, and whether he now lived or <hcr J s with him compartively of trifling cousidera • tion. However lie resolved to strive as long Its possible for bis life. Home soldiers who wilness ] I'll Ihe dead,hastened to intercept him in bin (light —hut KiehariJaon, who wan at all times a power- I fill man, uml who now seemed imbued with I superhuman strength, caught the bayonet in his hand as it was directed to his hoaom, ami wrenched the musket to which it was attached, from the gra-p of the owner, then wielding it us n club, he felled every one who dared to impede ’ his retreat, until he reached Ini boat, into which he hounded, and ordered his men to give way with all their strength—and in an almost incredi ble short apace of time after he had gratified his revenge he was a hundred yards from the quay, proceeding with astonishing velocity towards Ins vessel. The officers had by this lime recovered from their stupor, into which they had been thrown by this nnexpcled act. They now gave the word to the soldiers to (treat the boat, and the bullets whistled around the head of Ulcliuidsun and . Ins gallant erVw; hut he, nowise dauotc, rose in | the sleein sheets,and while with one hand grasp- I ed the tiller and tlireeled (he course of the boat, I he shook the other clenched hand in defiance al I the officers, soldiers, arid citizens, who hr (his lime had crowded, in immense numbers, tbs landing place Ilium. Hunts went now manned from the quay, and j from the guard ship,and sent off after tint retreat ing boat. Hut Kiebardson bad got the start of I Ins foes, and dashed across the shoals at the cn -1 trance of the harbor, in (lie direction of his brig. I His mate hail literally obeyed his instructions, { l lre Ariel was lying 100, with all sail sel.hut with her main top sail lo the mast, just clear of the ' shoals, and mil id gun shot. He reached ihe | deck with Ins brave men, unharmed —the gig i was hoisted up —the jib set, and I lie after yards [ tilled—and ns the beautiful brig rapidly glided ; away from bis pursuers, Captain Kiebardson east a look'tipon (be towers rd Monte Video, fast lessening in ‘.be distance;—“Farewell,” said he, "I sh ill never return hither—l have been deeply injured, but that injury lias been fearfully uveng. ed.” —/{union .1/er cuntile Journal. BY EXPRESS MAI 1,. Tito following letter was received Sunday, but inadvertently overlooked, (FROM OUII COnUlisroMlKNT.] • I WASHINGTON, Feb. 13th, 183 ft. Tlic House of Representative* to d*ty, resum ed the consideration of the charge of corruption made by l lie "Spy in Washington" to which : referred yesterday. Alter the reading of ihe journal Mr. WISE said hu had just seen an article in the Newark ! Daily Advertiser, staling that the editor of that I paper knew, for a week before, all the fuels con i nocletl with the case referred to by “the Spy”— | that the chief witness referred lo is a respectable I citizen ol Newark; and the member of Congress' a Senator of the United States, now in his place. Mr. WISE said that after this disclosure, he hoped the House would, without delay, call the witness before them; and if he should say tha 1 the person implicated win a Senator, the case would he clear. His object was to vindicate the 1 House from a charge that struck so strongly at its honor and integrity, Mr. SMITH of Maine, said he had inquired nto the matter, and was now satisfied that the | charge was made on an insufficient, and cxceed j ingly trivial basis. He was led lo believe that | the person implicated was a member of the Sen ate, ami ho was anxious lo have an investigation lie was proceeding to speak of that Senator, when he was peremptorily railed to order by tho Speaker, on the ground that it was wholly itregu.- lar to refer lo a member of the Senate. Mi. SMITH then moved lo lay the. whole pro ceedings on the table; which motion was nega" I lived—yeas 4<>, nays Kl7. The question was then loudly called lor; and jhe Speaker propounded it. It was on the adop j tion oftho following ; “Hrsolveil , That Mathew L. Davis, ho suit ptrnned lo the bar of the House, to testily and give evidence of what ho may know respecting ! tho name oftho member implicated, and the nu. (hors of his information.” This resolution was agreed tu—ayes 1-10, nay* 40. The Speaker then issued his summons; and Mr. M. 1,. Davis was brought to tho bar. Tho following series ol intunogatoriea was then agreed upon to bo pul lo the witness : Ist. Are you the author of the following letter. 1 (Hero the article from the Courier and Enquirer i was lo lie read to the witness ) I 1 Whether the witness declines or not to mi.. 1 swer this question, then the Speaker was directed i to put the following : ( : Snd. Do you know who is alluded to, or in -1 tended lo be charged, in the preceding letter 1 i Answer yea or nay, as the ease may be, Without { giving the name. | 1 ;3nl. 1< the person thus alluded lo a member ol . i the House of Ilepresoiilatives 1 1 If the answer ho in tho ofltmalivc, then •Ith What is the name ot the member! If the answer ho in llie negative, then thi | witness shall be foilhwilh disc lunged, and all tlu s proceedings on this matter shall instantly cease 1 \ The first question being propounded, Mr. Davit i asked the pet mission of the House to stale why he should not he required to answer that queg | lion. I A long debate utoso on the propriety of grant s ing this request. Al last the House resolved by r a vote of yeas 103, nays 00, lo grant the loavi - asked by the witness: 1 Mr. DAVIS, then presented in writing the I following answer; I dotty the rights of the lloust it to ask, amt therefore 1 decline lo answer tin h I question whether lam or not the author of "tin d i Spy iu Washington” or the extract related to in , ! lie interrogatory; but at the saute lime 1 respectful 1, ly state that 1 know the member of Congtess to c wlium the Spy alludes, and tun prepared to name 1 him at toe liar ot this House or elsewhere.” He asked leave lo have this answer euleied ot in the journal. ’■ ibe second question (a* above) was thcr J - , . j propounded. mi Mr. DAVIS replied that he did know the pet n > sou alluded lo iu the publication iu the Couth and Enquirer. IB sl , The third question (as above) was then pu ir. To which Mr. Davis replied that the perso referred to was not a member of the House < liepicsuutalivcs. ,i s The chair then informed the witness, that b ol the order ol the Ho use has was discharged. H V ioslantlv relited bom the bar, and tho lion■ x J adjourned. In the Senate to Jay, Mr. Wsbstar presented a -memorial from tho New York Board of Trade, setting forth the evil* and sufferings resulting from the present deranged state of the currency and the exchanges; anil praying Congress for relief; laid on the table and ordered to he prin ted. After some miscellaneous business of an un important character, the Sub. Treasury Bill was then taken up. And Mr. NILES of Conn, concluded bis speech in support of it. Mr. CALHOUN is expected to speak on Thursday. M. P. S. Mr. licoui.Ks of Maine, is the Senator refered to by “the Spy.” WASHINGTON, Feb. 16. Mr. CALHONN has just closed a long and claborole speech in support of the Sub Treasury Bill. He was listened to with the greatest atten tion by as large and respectable an assemblage as could be crowded into the Senate Chamber. In arrangement, collocation, (if I may use tho ex pression) and in the {general style it was one of the beat efforts he ever made: and if after all the American people, unit the American congress will not change tho opinion which they have al ready so unequivocally expressed against this monstrous projscl for an overshadowing 'Treasu ry Bank, it will he owing U the intrinsic evil of the '"iubo, and not to any deficiency of zeal or ability in the most distinguished of its defenders. In closing the speech, Mr. CALHOUN de clared lie had taken his stand, and was resolved to adhere to the system which the Bill was de signed to establish, “What may he the decision I now” said he, “I fell convinced that this cause will ultimately triumph! On its side are justice, equity, law, civilization, and all improvement in tellectual, moial, social and political!” I propose in give you in my next letter a con densed nut satisfactory abstract of his principal I arguments; In the meantime I may slate that Mr. Calhoun has made the discovery that the question is between the Sub Treasury System, and the proposition of Mr. Hives! Not more than a week ago Mr. Wright, in lecturing Mr. Hives, told him, in effect, that the conservatives w*re but a Kiuall sqiiaid, and that his proposition could not have more than a dozen supporters in Congress,and that the only question was between the Bill, and a National Bank! Mr. Calhoun on the other hand, declares that Mr. Hive’s scheme is the Jivat choice of all opposed to the Sub 'Treasury System. So you see, the new premier of the Administration differs with Mr. Wright, at the outset; on the real point that is at issue ! The miscellaneous business of the Senate,was not interesting. 'The House of Representatives resumed the consideration of the bill from the Senate entitled, “An act for the appointment of commissioner to adjust the claims to reservations ot land under the 14lh article of the treaty of 1830, with the Choctaw Indians. Mr. DAWSON moved that the bill ho recoin, milted to a Committee of the whole House, and made the special order for tomorrow. Mr WHITTLESEY remonstrated against occupying any part of the time alloled to private bill*. Mr. DA WSON changed hi* motion to a sirn - pic postponement. Mr. BELL intimated that he had an amend ment, which he Wutild prepare in a few momcnls ) nnd which would meet the chief abjection ot the gentleman from Georgia. Ho then moved to amend the bill by adding an additional section, as follows: He il enacted , That nothing contained in this act, or the act which this is intended to amend, shall he so continued as to embrace the claim of any Indian or head of a Choctaw family who has remained West of the Mississippi river, prior of tho Ist of January, 1834. Mr. BELL went into a brief recapitulation o* the history of the Choctaw treaty, and of the provisions of the 14th article, which gave CIO acres of land to every Choctaw head of a lamily, who resided in Mississippi, and should signify, his intention of remaining there, and should ac Ktslly remain for five years. Under this article, j many fraudulent claims had been set tip, in the names of Indians who had left the Stale, ami gone beyond tho Mississippi, but had been i brought hack by speculators who urged them It present claims and went halves in the proceeds 15,000 of the nation had emigrated prior to the ,( Ist January, 1884, hut il did not appear that an) had done so since that time: hence the limitatioi t| in his amendment. Mr. DaWSOM objecting to this limitation. e Mr. BELL consented to modify his amend e incut, ami struck out tho I mitation. ; Mr. HA VNES suggested that if the Indian iS had complied with the provisions of this artich y ol the treaty, and then after tho five years gom i- West, he did not see how they could ho denier their land. t- Mr. BELL said there could he at most hut von y few such cases, and, if proved, Congress couh 0 make a special provision for them individually. Mr. DAWSON, made a general attack upoi 0 the bill, which he pressed with much deter ie ruination and zeal, offering to prove that its pa* 1 sage would subject the United States ts th wrongful payment of ton or fifteen millions o II dollars. * The original number of tho Choctaws at th ’ time of the treaty was 19,000,0 f these 15,000 ha e gone West of the Mississippi, and of thosejwh remained, hut 572 heads of families had cluimr 111 reservations: yet it now appeared from a letter c tho United States District Attorney, that thcr 11 was not less 10,000 Choctaws at this moment ii the State, who were likely to become claimant r ‘ under this 14lh article of the trcaiy, namely, 2 cr 000 heads of families, estimated to have, an aver age, eight children to a family! >t. Mr. D. went into the history of the agenci ft appointed by Government, and the claims on thi 01 part of the Indians to reservations within th State, and insisted that a large portion of th by latter had been fraudulent in their nature, bavin; Ie been getting ,up by speculators for their owr •c private ends. To their influence he traced the original ap puintment of the commissioner l Congress to examine into Choctaw insisted that the evidence it was now ' was all ex parte —in the highest degree loos^®lJ^ vague; and yet, being countervailed by no site testimony, would have to he allowed JH Congress hereafter, lie then read estimates f V show that the claims k of 16,000 Choctaw* and * their children would require 3 millions of acres of land to satify them, and at an estimate of 5 dollars per acre would amount to £13,000,000. Three dollars was the very lowest average value of those lands, which were the best in all the Southwestern State*, Mr. BELL denied the estimated number of claimants, which he read from a letter to show Would not exceed 800, if they amounted to so j many. Mr. DAWSON concluded his speech, when Mr. DELL replied, and called for the reading of a report from tho Committee on Indian Affairs. It was read partly through by tho Clerk. Mr. B. then proceeded further to show the incorrectness of the estimated number ot claimants; and urged the fact, that if the e were some fraudulent claim an s on Indian rights, there were also pre-emp. tion claimants to keep a sharp look out upon them, and the Government hud its District At torney on the spot. Mr. PARKER of N. Y., took the same side, and urged the necessity of a speedy passage of the bill, as the commission had now hut thirteen days to rurl. Mr. CHARY of Michigan, opposed the hill, and j offered as an amendment lo that moved fry Mr. Doll, to confine the allowance of tfluinis lo such ' as had been originally presented lo tho locating | agent prior lo the first Monday of December 1835. Mr. LYON of Alabama, advocated the amend, mentof Mr. CHARY, and spoke in favor of the i hill. It would he easy, from the written lists for- ! merly taken, to ascertain what Indians had left I the Slate, and to detect them if claiming now. Mr. CAMPBELL of South Carolina, spoke for some time in favor of the hill, hut against the amendments. ’The question was then put upon Mr. Crary’s amendment, which was negatived. Mr. BELL’S was agreed 10. Mr. EVERETT moved a further amendment, guarding against frauds by the substituliollf by the Indians, of each other’s children as their own, and incurring a forfeiture of claims in all cases where this attempt should ho detected. The amendment was adopted. The hill was then ordered to its third reading; read a third time, and passed. And then tho House adjourned. M. uuriiwwv rii l m ‘*pn i 11 —* CHRONICLE - AND SENITNEL augistaT 'I uenduy Morning, Feb. 20* To Cohiieei'oxdexts. —Our co,respondent eTrno” shall he attended to. Tnc Expres Mail yesterday brought no slips. Ixsuhhkction at Tat xiDAD. — Extract of a ; letter dated Trinidad de Cuba, Jan. 17, received ! atihe Boston Exchange Rending Room, per brig Adelaide, at that port :“P. is some days since we - were in great consternation by the revolting of some negroes, who net fire to two plantations— one, Mr. J. \V. Baker’s—and killed several men. They sol fire to all his houses, which he ' ing fire proof, were hut slightly injured; destroy ed his steam mill, carts, and all the utensils• They arc now concealed in the high mountains, about 100 in number, hut arc closely pursued by 1 our troops. Mr. Baker had a horse shot from un ’ dcr him, but he succeeded in arresting several of the rebels. The destruction is now over, and not 5 likely lo occur again.” r Capl. McLoon slates that when ho left, all the American merchants in the place were pulling their properly on board the shipping. It was rc -8 ported that Mr. Baker had lost 2000 hhds. inolas ® ses, and had ill his standing cane destroyed, and '> that the negroes were headed by a white Span ’’ jsrj, ' [ron TilE CltttOjmtLE ASJD SEXTIXEt.] Mu. Editor.—l have looked anxiously into 0 , .. every city paper, lately, for some expression c. opinion, on the mo nentous questional present under discussion in Congress—l mean the Sub I must confess I have been dia appoinled at finding so much apparent apathy on a s hjcct, which appears to me, of such vital importance. Are the people weary in a war against corrupt,intriguing & heartless politicians'! Or do they imagine that the parly in power, , after having ruined tho country in a strife to obtain this object—after openly avowing and ailing on the principle that, “to the victors I belong the spoils”—after the open and disgust ing manner in which office-holders have inter ie j sered in elections —after destroying the best currency the woild has ever seen, because they could not make those who managed it parlicipa ■ tors in their corrupt intrigues—afler prostrating the power of Congress, and arraying one portion • of the people against another, to screen them. 111 Selves—in short, as before observed, after having '■ ruined the country to secure the passage of this s ‘ bill, which will legalize the seizure of the public 10 purse, by tho Executive; do the people imagine, if the party he allowed quietly to secure this power, that they will throw it away, after having 18 made such efforts lo obtain it! And may not u * silence on this subject be construed into approval! I foi one think quite enough power and patron [>‘* age are lodged in the Presidents hands already °f We have seen, for instance, iiiqtit.es concern. re ing malpractice* in office, instituted by the pen -111 pies representatives, thwartjd at every step of ‘is the investigation by the Executive. Will this J,- further concentration of powci in his hands he ir- likely lo aid investigations of a like nature! The party in power are hurrying Uis measure through ie Congress as last ns possible, lest there should he ie an expression of public opinion against it, which He they know exists, but which they hope to escape ie by pushing the hill quickly lo its final passage, ig It is high lime, Mr, Editor, that those opposed n to this infamous measure should be up and do ng; and 1 do believe nine tenths of this corn a- m unity are opposed to it. I hope you will giv I your Kcm on the subject at your earliest con \ venieimv ,„j a g ree with me in recommending a 1 public feting to be held, for the purpose of 1 giving a \a ihance to express their opinions. : A TYRO. y the V M GREAT BRITAIN, ... the Biilisb his,ite Inconstant ah fax on 1 1, \ and 4t( >* St u * llrD0 ’ a(^v * ccs 10 '* l R° m I jHk’Jie rmn/>p from Cork have been recei vet * 'bough no later than previous- COII,a '° considerable intelligence of interes^Bt' 1 ‘° t,le "leasurcs which were be- Awards C« n , da . nS lM.e°folisyi'e nth Jr ,hC N Y C ° Urlel an I l.v’ .■ . . . . 1 The frigate IlBL:. ’7h h,C ? lh,Slntelll ‘ i gence reached ° Ut . lhe * eft wing of the 93d l®!^ lin 1 in ? a "' ,od '/ Ma jor Arthur. The a . l « alif “ on the 31st ult. whcreMLl?. „. recclveJ m h great enthusiasm by ?* It had been reported inlifc ' ‘ Harding, one of the moat , . x P er,e nc«d Geneals in the British een . ted commander of the forces inßjs 113 * r " ® shall be most happy to find the reML COn ir , as a bettar selection could not ■ l,aade ’ The London papers of the 4th ultii<*B^ >c 1 we received by the Silvio de Grasse, how^^y were silent on the subject. ' We regret to observe that the Viintic 1 hod made its appearance in Waterford, and in the neighboring town of Carricou j It is said (hat there were ID cases in lon the first day of the apperdnee of the disease, ' i The following extracts are of considerable in terest. Coiik, Jan. 4—AiimT —The Troops for CrN nnja. —Orders have been received, we under stand, to put the Fermoy Barrack in readiness for the immediate reception of a large body of troops, horse and foot. Transports are expected at Cove (it is said that the line of battle ships Uellerophon and Van guard, the former at 78 and the latter at 84 guns have been ordered inslanlcr from die Mediterran ean, for the to lake on board the de pots of the llih and 73J, and proceed to Gibral tar, where they are to meet the service companies of the regiments, now in Corlu, and take them on to Halifax. from the Limerick Chronicle, Jan. 3. An order from the Horse Guards was received in the Garrison yesterday morning, for volun teers to serve in Canada, with a bounty of one guinea to each man. The order was promptly lead on parade to the 251 h Regiment, at the New Barracks, when fifty active fellows including se veral of a Grenadier Company turned out without hesitation, and tillered their services to the 1 llh and 73d Regiment*, which are the Corps specifi ed in the despatch; and to join their ranks, these volon'em all embaik next week at Cork on route to Gibraltar, where the 11th and 73J are to await orders for Canada. The 22d Regiment in Cork has been called up on for volunteers to the R gimencs in Canada. «a»«» « ■ COMMKIICIA.L. We have been politely favored, by a Commercial House of this city, with tbs lollowmg Liverpool Circular. LIVERPOOL, 30th December, 1337. Sir: —The year which is about to terminate has been one of the must remarkable in the annals of the Cotton business, and furnishes more than ordi nary topics for observation. The stimulus which had been imparled during the first months ol last year to every brunch of in dustry, through the undue facility of credit, (and to none insro than the Cotton'raile,) bad received a salutary check before the close, one ol the conse quences ot which had been a gradual tall in prices, and a larger stock in the Port than had been confi dently preilictrd at an earlier period. Still, hotvvev cr, the quantity on hand, being little more than ton weeks' consumpl ion, could scarcely bo deemed ex . cessive, a tact which, coupled with the growing demands for the article for Iho manufactories of this and other countries, seemed to justify an opinion that the then prices would be sustained in the lace even ol an abundant crop. But whatever variety of effect might have been anticipated from this or other causes, ike most sagacious did not pretund to foresee the disastrous state of things which a few mouths were destined to disclose. Before the end ot January, the import began to produce a sensible impression upon Iho market; in the three following months it continued to gain in an increa-ed ratio upon that of the year fiuloro, whilst the accumulation of slock was still more slri : king, having ruihor more than doubled bytheend of May. During the whole of this period, pr.ces bad been uuilormly declining; m l txoagh a specu lative demand occasionally enlivened the market, it was 1 transient in i:s effects to restore confi lence, or to arrest the downward movement of prices. ' The trade bought sparingly, le.-s however from mo tives of prudence than of necessity, and the means of many considerable consumers were further crip pled by their having been largo importers on their 1 own account. The market at length settled down to its lowest point about the middle of June, from which limo to the end of July it remained in the most hopeless slate of depression; lair qualities of Upland had fallen from lOd to (id pr lb, Pernambuco from lid to } Sid pr lb, and B'ural from sid to 4d pr lb, and the f slocks had swelled to 335,501) bags, being mi in ■ ," r easeot 150,500 bags iipoiilhocorresponding Him i onlm proceed. l1 *? year. 1 nose who remember former periods ol glut in 1 1927 and 1828, when prices were fully us high, and . the quantity on hand considerably greater than in July last, with a consumption of little mare than 1 one-half, will readily admit that the circumstances 1 of the stock alone were woolly insufficient to explain so serious a fall. But whatever may have been r due to this cause, it isobvious llintlbe embarrassed ! stale of commercial credit was the main instrument in bringing aooul such serious results. It is boy ’ ond the scope of a publication like ibis to trace I these financial difficulties to their source, and their j immediate effects are 100 fresh in the recollection of every one to require more particular notice. 3 Their influence was telt with more or loss intensity for many morulis,and thvir action upon Cotton was perhaps, disproportionately severe, being the article • amidst the general dullness, which from the short t ness nl the payment and its comparat.ve facility of presented the readiest means of meeting the 1 pressing wants of ike day. It soon began to be perceived, however, that , the evil would work its own cure, and that the impediments which were thrown in the way of negotiating Bills would operate as a very season able chock upon the shipments in the autumn, 5 upon these grounds, large speculations were en -3 : . . - . - . b Comparative Statement of IMPORTS, STOCKS, and PRICES of COTTON, » In the Pori ofLivunpooi,, on the 31st December 1835, 1830, and 1837. I I ‘ U1 ’ OU ' r - [ STOCK | VEICES. ! 183 - 1837 y Stained, ’ i 303691 35954 312334' 1500 142 t 1 77<'i 'ofafo # f,7 ed, > 37890 31200 35290 ®*Sl3* 7nU 7 “’o Vi i an>S , V \-\ ( 343241 352331 474574 37yuC i 30000 20070 7iul li 7 a l2 GinOi Alabama and IN.obile, > 9fiG() ,- “Win r? 1, ,f, b * a , PamambuconAracnu <Si'f 58358 72337 54124 lUO?oi 15310 l ] rrtn o? a IoV Gia 9 1 llahia and Muccto, 40364 3363; M 2GIO S*i £ u° 3 ' lU ' al3 °lalol s Marnnham 43281 41089 u 1(0 8440 t “V* 11 *' 7la 91 . 51 inn and Para, 309 130 »j 1* I «>» Wi.Wi S .10 S Surinam, ) >o „ 1(11l 1 JU 880 >lO Bialu s Demerara, t , 1430 1 9 .j n ! -i-'n ~ ln ‘J *ll ! Barbadoes, )’ 814 484 * 3 °' jSI 7 '° 10aI2i UHaU 9^121 Lnguita, ] | 280 J°° 5--J 1 9*110: IOaIOS B'a 81 L Canbngcna ~,.J >: B<uloC SlalOil Cia 8i l Bahama. I 2 - ]4 , 384U | 4b9o | >B|7 a 7i s{a 6 Peruvian, f 13,99 * io 24379 0 4 .?, 175,,! R ,J 8 al 3 IBa 12 3 Common W. ImJia, <ic , 3 ~ , 8^! 10ialul 91a iu 81a 9 . Smyrna, J I G '" 182 J , PJalO i 71a 10 6i tBl Bfe’yp*. , 35923 ' 31153 35568 ]TO5O >9 i 7ia Bil o*u 7 1 m“S. »a *»« Sm mm SS ; ;i* . f_J™ 1 ■<*«. s « m, s| gw :.V 1:»! ft c! JoT ‘ L ’ 9(0253 1036205; 184700 W4590 , f7082( . 3J, ‘ S * ‘ 5 t'rum tin United Sennet Gazette—Dec. 30 V RoTAi AiTiLiKti—Owing to the state of I anairs in Canada, the two companies that wem I (o have embarked yesterday for Jamaica an J I uarbadoes, have been countermanded, and it i* B supposed they arc now destined to proceed • ■ Halifa*, enroute for Canada, ■ Twenty live officers, on the half pay, hav. I been ordered out to assume the command of ami I direct the regiments of militia in Canada; manv ■ of them embark by the next picket. Among tWfc ■ are Col. Cox, Major Macphal, Baron de KottV ■ luug, Lieut. Col. Fitzgerald, late of the Legion I CHARLESTON I Citizens Purge, $ I 000—3 Mile Ihatt I I Dr. Ouigngrd’s, Clodhopper. la" ■ Lovell & Hammond’s Gerow, 4 3 3 I Col. McCargo’s Genito, 3 13 9 Col, Span’s Convention, 244 H Time— lst. heat, 6m Os;—3d, Cm sg— 3d I 6nl 13s. S The Rr.ces will ho continued today by a I Sweepstakes, for coltg and fillies, 3 years old ■ 2 mile heats. —Mercury of.Monday. ’ ■ MARINE INTELLIGENCE. " * B* CHARLESTON, Prlr, 19.-AirwteisfaV~l.rf ~ t & r ■ rulnSnutv, N. York, II .ctu.Geo. A (Tjoks ? .dler‘ I Billi'iiore: aleani piick.'is Xeptune, Penneyer, X Tori' I via Smithville, (N. C.); Georgia. Rullins, Nj.-folk- *’ ■ Sailed yesterday, Sw, barque Kama, Bohn, Antwern- I Fr. hurriue Imliistnrl, Bosqunil, Havre; briir Alol,«’ I J Eulope. D “"‘ VUl ' ' Vttrd, > Gr ‘ *n. NonU ■ Sri led on Sat ‘relay, 1) r. ship Roger Stewart, Gordon a t.itenock; ships Commerce, Perry, l.iv, rpool; Persia* B kvo ilisoii. do.; barque Glohe. Silshee, do.; I, brig Cor^ ,X. York; UI, brig Junes, Hull da; linu ■ J » ken. | : ’inckney. Ford, Baltimore. DIED. 1 Lite residence, in Richmond County M on the le'sh inst. Mrs. Aw. Uihiuiiaut, in the H 28th year of her age, loved and esteemed by all to ■ whom she was known. ■ Tlie friends and acquaintances of the deceased ■ are invited to meet ai the grave, at the late resi- ■ denee of Mr John Fox, on the Sand Hills, this M afternoon at four o clock, without further invita- ■ tion. "s K On Savannah river, St. Peters Parish U L . au ■ fort District, on the 15;h inst, Dr. Gkoiio* J. I Ghat, afler a painful illness of three weeks £ which he bore with fortitude and resignation. ’ 1, r-n'lr n i0 uu I ! : n(l "cquamtanos of iho lato Mr JOS lal (1 C. Ih VL and ot the family, are invited to at- fu l tend has funeral at the Cottage, the residence of Mrs HF Adams, to-morrow morning, at 10 o’clock. Augusta Benevolent Society M Committees appointed (or the presem month ' Committee Division No. I—Messrs. \Vm T » Thompson, Demetrius A. liland, Mrs. Catharine K Smith, Mrs. Thomas Gardner. Committee Division No. 3—Messrs \V m , If Crane . ft Solomon Kneeland, Mrs. Elizabeth Don-iasa Air.’ 16-, Elpha Morrison. “ I] Committee Division No 3.—Messrs. E.VV Dough- |i ty, John Fleming, Mrs. E. W. Collier, Miss Marr I] Glover. n All eases of sickness and distress please renort fIJP them. M. M. BROWN, See’y pro ten. ft The Constitutionalist will please copy the above.’ ft, (cb 1J Jm 40 H lured into, which at once gave great steadiness to- ft the market. 'J’he amendment, however,was very ■ gradual, and no material advance took place un- I til the soundness of these views was confirmed t by the falling oil’ in the import. From the low est point in June lo the close of the market yes terday, the advance had been on fair qualities of American 2id, and of Brazil, Egyptian and East India lsd per lb. Below will be found the usual tabular Mals ment of import and slock, by which it will bo seen that the former is pretty nearly the sams as that of last year, whilst the latter is considerably less. It will he observed also, dial ihero is lath er more discrepancy than of late years, though a very unimportant one, between the estimated and the ascertained stock, a variation which may be accounted for by the imports up to the latest moment being included in the latter. The con sumption in spile of partial interruptions hone disputes with the operatives in I’rcston and Glasgow, and the still more sciious drawbacks arising out of Iho suspension of demand for Goods for the United Slates during a large por tion of the year, has continued to increase, hav ing now reached, according to the most accurate cslimales which can be mado, 30,785 bags per week, being 931 per week more than last year. ■Some opinion will he expected as lo Iho prospects for the future :—die hislory of (his evendul year has shown how extremely fallaci ous calculation may he, which are based on the simple questions of demand arid supply; but ths financial arrangements between the Slates and this country being now placed, as it is hoped; uponamore secure fooling, disturbing causei such as have been recently experienced, may Id' stlely excluded from consideiation. The quan- / lily in die hands of the trade is unquestionably greater than it was at iho same lime last year the difference being perhaps, at a rough estimate' equal to the difference of the stock in the port at the two periods. All accounts concur in a favor able report ot the new crop, the shipment of which, from the causes already alluded to, has been much ictarded, an unusually large balance al 0 o( the old crop, from the same causes, remains in the hands ot the planters and others, which 1 will come forward .simultaneously, and will no ; doubt conlribut ito swell the import of the first lew months, On the oilier hand, the consump tion is on the increase, not only in this, but in cry country in Europe; and even should the stock! / accumulate during the full tide of import, so as cause temporary inconvenience, it is not probihle that the depression will be either serious or of long duration, from the conviction which would seem lo be gaining- ground, that the supplies from all quarters are not likely to be more than adequate to the rapidly increasing wants of the country. It is scarcely, however, to be expected that the present prices which are the result of a combination of fortuitous circumstances, can be maintained when the spring supplies begin to pour in; though, con sidering the smallness of the stock, and viewing the prices in comparison with those of the same period last year, (on the average lid to 2d pr lb lower,) they must be regarded , as moderate, and high only when measured by the low standed of last summer.