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I'rmn Ike Olohe M \t rl ‘V KIl > V W All, joinou 1 ieuV?. r S! ViWBWh. colled forilio sub. extract from the columns of the National In leHi/oncer, ol .yesterday. The call embraced this miter, but excluded the brief answer of the Secretary ot War. Why was this? The immediate appearance in the newspapers of General Jet)tip's views in regard to the war, separated from those of the Department makes it plain, that it was designed to impress the belief on the public that General JuriUp’s ■uggestions were Hcqnicscod in by ihaSecre ttry of War. Knowing the deep interest which the country lecls in this subject, we have felt it a duty to obtain from the Depart ment tbo reply to General Jesup, that the principles ami policy on which the Govern ment has acted, in relation to the Scmmoles, may be fully and fairly understood. For this purpose wo submit the letter of the Sec retary of War to General Jesup, of July last, while preparations for the campaign were making, and Uni in reply to General Jesup’s last communication, which appears isolated in the Intelligencer. From both, it will be seen that the General, so far from having re ceived encouragement to fl itter the Semi noles, that they ooubl conquer a peaceable possession ot any portion of the country they have coded to the United Stales for more than an equivalent, had every reason -to know that such an idea was inadmissible, and certainly, wo think, after the first coni, •inunicaiiun of July, ought never to have been repeated. The position of the Seminolos is, ol all the tribes tho most dangerous totho neighboring •States and Territories. The country, acces sible on ell sides from tho sea, opens tin: way to foreign enemies to send arms, ammu nition, and instigators, m tho midst ot thin warlike and daring tribe. On the oilier hand, to us, when assailed, they are almost inaccessible; retreating to their jungles, like tigers, alter their sanguinary incursions aniog the plantations, they would fiilu securi ty not only for themselves, but tor the recruits ond allies of a darker complexion, ■whom experience shows they are prompt to ■draw o£T from settlements, and well know how to employ. VV e understand that Genera!Jackson fore saw ull these mischiefs in the present pnsi - lion of the Heminoles; unit when ho con. qured ilium, and they proposed to emigrate, lie strongly urged their removal as the policy which Air Muinue should adopt. Copy of a Idler from the Bneuutarv of WAR to Muj. Gen. J usui*, dated Wau Dkpartmknt, July V!r>, IHJJ7. Sir; Asyou have in several ot - your letters expressed an opinion ol the impossibility ol removing the Heminolos, and a doubt of the , policy and propriety of persevering in that measure, it becomes necessary to explain to you the views of the Executive on lbut sub ject. It is true that the Seminolos dwell in an inhospitable and do idly donate, and occu py inaccessible swamps and morasses, wh cb are not susceptible ot' cultivation or improve, luent by the whites. Still, their further conti nuance there was found to be incompatible with the puaco and security of the citizens ol flio United .Stales who inhabit Florida, as well ■as with their own preservation and indepen dence; it became, iherufoie, the duly of the Government to carry out liie same policy with regard to tho Bnmmoles, which it had I adopted in iis treatment of Ilio other Indian tribes east ot the Alississippi—remove lliein to the Abundant and leililo country beyond that river, 1 or to withdraw the settlers (rum East Florida, and protect the western part of that Territory by a cordon of posts and troop.) Every consideration of sound policy required 1 them to adopt the former alternative; and, in pursuance of tins decision, the treaty of 1 Fuyno’s Landing was concluded. Three 1 years were allowed the Indians to prepare 1 L for their removal; and this term was Inrtlior 1 ’ extended, and every indulgence (hut they as- 1 ked promptly and kindly granted, until it was made inunilo.il that they oul not intend to lul )il their treaty obligations, and it became the imperative duly of tho Executive to compel them to do si. As soon us this determination ot tho Government was made known to them, they broke oul into open hostility; and, ta king advantage ol the unpro eeted stale of the ' frontier, carried lire and sword into the while selll unenis, committing the most horrible ern- 1 1 cities and excesses, Itistrue, that in the) 1 •contest which ensued they have displayed in 1 an eminent degree, me savage virtues of con- 1 slancy and courage; mid that-, aided by thn •climate, and the nature of the country, they 1 have so fur successfully defended themselves 1 against superior forces, directed by brave and 1 skilful otlicers; but the conduct and courage ■ •ot the enemy do not alter the nature of tbo 1 war, nor dimmish our obligation to subdue 1 •lliem, and to compel them to tultil their en- ( gageißoirt*. To abandon the settled policy I 1 of the Government because the Seminoles 1 1 have proved themselves to be good warriors, ! * and rely for the protection of our frontiers up- j 1 on the faith ol treaties with a people who have 1 given such repealed proofs ot treachery, would 1 be unwise and impolitic. Wo cannot desist < from prosecuting this war until the Seminolos 1 * consent to remove from Florida, without an abandonment of the only measures which can ; * preserve tho independence, unit even oxh- ' tence, of the Indian tribes, and inviting the j 1 reaibLttDce or utl w(k> now rciuuui c.is! , * of the Mississippi. To withdraw our forces j : now, would betray great weakness, ami not only tarnish the Honor of our arms, but vio late the sacred obligations of the Government ot tiro United S.ates, to protect the persons;' and property of the ciliz ms of Florida from i the savage aggressions of the Indians. lam I persuaded that tins obligation can bo (ulliiled I without seeking to exterm mite the Bcminoles, j and am gratiliod, to find, that, after having bad 1 time for further examination and reflection, you coincide in this opinion. In consequence of the earnest desire expressed in your letter to the Adjutant General, ot lho5;lt of June last, to be relieved from the command of the army of Florida, this Department assented to your wishes and you were informed that, you might withdraw from the army, and return to your appropriate duties at Washington, pro vided, on tiic receipt of that .permission, you still desired to do so. The uncertainty of ■your retaining the command, rendered it un necessary to correspond with you on the sub ject of tbo preparations for the next campaign; hut finding, -from your letter of the Bth of Ju ly, to the Commanding General of the army of the United States, that you are now de sirous to remain and conduct the next cam paign, which you believe may be <lono in a manner to -ensure success, 1 will enter into the subject folly, and-iirturm you of the incisures wh-ch have been taken hero already, and ot those which ais deemed advisable to adopt, as well in tho prosecution-ot the preparations for opening tho campaign, as for the conduct of the war. In giving j,hc views ot the Do pmmoitl on tins subject, it is not rnea nt to confine your operations in the field, but more, ty U point out the general principles on which those ought .1 It" ( I'M. lii-Iril, leaving nil the » details to your ■ >ii i.«l di>crei>on; \\ uc ■< aided by ilie kiiu vli il-fi: ynii li:ivo a " quired ol iho country will le.ul, no doubt, to tu r rtfrff,Trf,{{Wh* 'At m 1 ». . a !?. d '!. Bllcct ‘ SH ' The recruiting service has been very true cessful, ami the regiments serving and to curve in Florida will have their lull complement; and n iti intended to ask authority from Con* ureas, in September, to increase the tompi niea to one hundred men; so that then: will ho sufficient time to carry out that measure be fore the period arrives for opening the cam paign. With the present establishment, by sending the whole of the First infan'ry, four companies of the Second infantry, three com panies of the Second regiment of dragoons, and a sufficient number of recruits to till the companies to their establishment, there will then ho thirty six companies of artillery, of fifty each, making one thousand eight hun dred'; thirty two companies of infantry of fifty one thousand six hundred; and leu com panies of dragoons of seventy each, seven hundred; making in all four thousand one hundred men, which will be in Florida by Oc tober next; and if the contemplated measure of augmenting the army meets with the ap probation of Congress, the companies can be . increased, mid the army of Florida carried up to uovert ilumsund live hundred men. Mea sures have been taken loohinin the ludim force you have recommended, and it is hoped that ono thousand warriors will heat Tampa . in time to eo-operate with the regulars at the i commencement of the campaign; say two hundred Delawares, four hundred Hhawnces, . one hundred Macs and Foxes, one hundred i Kickapoos, and two hundred Choctaws ; ma , king, in all, onelhuusand warriors. With re . sped to the rnililin, it would appear preterit _ bio to have them brought into the field from diflerenl sections of the country, m comps r riles, andpiiot to organize them into separate t regiments, hut attach them ns light Infantry , companies to those already organ zml. The „ stuff of iho militia is exceedingly expensive . and cumbrous, and might very well bo dispen j sed with. Ills thought totally inexpedient ! to employ mounted mil it in on tins service. Experience lias prove' 1 that description of j force to be more expensive Ilian efficient, and f will place under your command us many coini.'unies of the lid regiment of cavalry ‘as you niaj’ deem requisite. Your suggestions with regard to the useful , ness of spy companies, meets the approbation ’ ol'lhe Department, and lias been already ac ted upon. Measures have been laken lo en gage the doss ol people designated, and, on 1 your jiart, you may adopt such as you think proper to increase this description of force. Measures are being adopts I for establish ing rapid and certain communications be tween this Department and the seal of war. : A lino of steam packets is already in success ’> ful operation between Washington and Lbar- Icteton, leaving tins place on Friday and roa ( clung t.'lmrlcsion on 'be following Monday; when a sea stoamur imj' he desp uchcd loiliu ( >St. Johns, and return in ti n. fordm departure uftho packet un the following V'iday. Ibis vessel reaches Washington again .oil Monday, , so that ten days will sulficu to corm.T'u’'icatc with tho forces under your command. L proposed to make Jacksonville the principa 1 depot tor the operations outlie eastern side of I ho peninsula; and you will give immediate orders for the erection of sufficient sloi ehoii- I sen for ilini purpose, sending a competent i di cer to make a judicious selection of tho site, which ought, if possible, to he on the liver bank, so as to avoid the expense and delay of land transportation. From this point, forage provisions, and all things required for the use ot the army, can bo conveyed by btcanic.s to any place on die St. Johns where they may bo wanted, to the nearest u».J most i oinmo- 1 dious point whence to commence land en rage. In order lo ensure the success ol these ' operations, it will bo necessary to engage the requisite number of steamboats for this ( seivice; and the Department desires to be fully inturmud on that subject, m order that it may decide whether to continue the con- | tract or to purchase boats. And here il may bo well to remark, that sea vessels ought to , he employed for transportation between Ncv Orleans mid Tampa, and between the Eastern ports mid Jacksonville, and the use of steam ers confined lo the rivers. It will lie we 110 have on the eastern and western rivers, in add lion to the baiges which you already leave, a number of flat-boitomcu boats to push up the shallow streams, and tu serve for lighters in Iho event of the steamers grounding. Whatever land transportation you may re quire will be furnished by the proper dep irt nicnt. Light two horses wagons, diawn by mules, cue the best. And here let me advise you not to burden yourself with two many horses, either for cavalry or transportation; it is extremely difficult to subsist them in the country you arc to operate in, and, when too numerous, instead ot facilitating, they retard the movements of an army I observe in the plan of campaign submitted to tho Depart ment, in your let er of lath June, you call for nine hundred and fifty cavalry; this appears to bo too great, a number to subsist in Flori da, but, if they are deemed essentially nec'S s.iry, they shall be furnished of regulars. The immense loss of horses by the militia, and the enormous expense incurred by tho em ployment of that description ot troops, have determined the Department rather lo bring into the field tho whole disposable force ol the regular cavalry, than to make any draughts for mounted volunteers. In the entire absence of topographical knowledge of the country which is the thea tre of your operations, 1 can not give an opin ion ofllio plan of ram pa go you propose to follow. It his appeared to me that, hitherto, the base ol your operations has been confin ed too iiuieii lo a lino parallel to the coast, and that, if tho nature of the country would permit, it m ght bo better toeslabliah it across the peninsula; but of tins I will defer a posit ive opinion until 1 receive cop es ot the res ults of the several reconnoissunces you have caused lately to bo made. 1 beg t hat you will communicate frequently with the Department and as much as possible in detail, so that there may bo no defect nor tardiness in sending forward the supplies you nay require, or oth erwise co-operating with you in making the necessary arrangements and preparations for a vigorous prosecution of tho campaign, ns soon ns the season will permit it to be corns me need without risk to the troops. The period ought lo be determined by exs penenco of the climate. In all our Southern countries with which Jam-acquainted the Fall of the year is tho most sickly; nod to coins 1 menco active operations in the lower parts of , Caro ma nr Georgia before tho Ist November unless there should be a frost curlier in the I season, would bo attended wiih certain dis* c.ve, and occasion the. destruction of one half s ' of the army. It the troops are assembled in t October, it appears to me tune enough; but I wid be glad to hoar further from you on (fiat j subject. J. R. POINSETT. To Moj. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup, ('nmmamHng in Florida, \ Copy of a teller from Major (Jen.S%BVP to the Secretary of \Vau, dated 1 Head Quarter?, Aumv of the £ Fort Jupiter Feb. 11,1838. \ \ Sir ; 1 reported to toe Adjutant General i on .the 9th instant, the operations of tins tli j vision of'the army south of Ihi/t post to that clalo, and the arrangement which I had made ed with the chiefs Tnskcegcc and Ilallek Ha go. The arrangement ia, that they are to earths in with their families and people, and arc to await the docisioiy of the President whether they shall remain in the country or not. I promised to recomnend that they be permitted to remain, and that a portion of i this Territory be assigned to them as their residence. Before presenting rny vows on that, subject ■ and redeeming my pledge to the Indians it I may be proper for me to stale my own posi tion in regard to the question ot emigration, so that in wlmt I shall my tn relation to tire Sominules, my views in regard to the general principle may not he mistaken. Believing, an 1 do, that the Indians cannot, under our i Constitution, hove a separate political exist • ence within an independent State of this Un i ion, without the consent of the Slate, I believe that it is duo to the Slates in which they arc ; congregated in large bodies, to remove them i whenever they are pressed upon by the while • population, and their lands become necessary i to the agricultural wants of the communi- I ty. And I hold that Congress, mid not the i Indians, are to determine the proper lime for, ; their removal. We, in our Federal capacity j owe the Indians protection; not that prolee , lion secured to our own citizens by the equal i operation of our laws, fur that in their coiidt - turn would bo merely nominal protection ; - but we owe them, in tutor individual and col - lective capacity, that protection which the i parent owes to the child, or the guardian to the ward ; and to secure them that protection; ■ we must elate them beyond the operation of r State laws. With the fullest conviction, j therefore, not only of the policy, but of the t justice and humanity of tho measure, 1 am in favor of their outi u emigration ; and I have I supported that policy under (our successive . Administrations. But I believe wo should f not apply the principle until the while popu -1 lalion are in contact with; or inlerm.ogled r among them. The state ot'things at which I i consider their removal imperative, actually existed when the tribes inhabiting Ohio. Indi . ami, ll.inuis, Missouri, Mississippi, and South i .Alabama, were sent lo the West: that slate • of things actually exists in relation to the • Chcrokees in Tennessee, North Alabama, and Georgia; and, regardless of Ihu oppusi, : tion made to the measure, they sln.uld be at . once removed. In regard to the Scminoles, we have com . milted the error of attempting to remote them . when their lands were not required for ngn culiuriil purposes; when they were not in the way ot the while inhabitants; and when the greater portion of their country was an uuox ; plorcd wilderness, of the interior of which wo ■ areas ignorant as «f the intei ior of China, ■ Wo exhibit, in onr present contest, Lite first ; instance, perhaps, since tho commencement ot authentic history of a nation employing an j army to ex. lore a country, (lor vvu can do little more than explore i:,j or attempting to j remove a hand of savages Irorn one unexplor ed wilderness to another. .V a soldier, it is my duty, I am aware, not to common.* BP OII |I|U P'd'cy of tno Government, bm to cairy >t 0111 *" accordance with my instruc tions. J nave faithfully to do so; but the prospect of ' na , til,ff 1,10 T r ir l son aI) I u time is any \.U.'’S j’ul nattering. My decided opinion is, ilia', >uo M ss immediate emi gration bo abandoned, the Wu 1 continue tor years to co oe, and at accurr| ulaling expense, li is not then well worth,’ l **° !-<! iiou» consideration of an enlightened Go vei'inicnt, whether, even if the wilderness we arc ire, urging could be inhabited by the white man, (whfcii ,t ' not the fuel,) the object we are contending for ' would bo worth the cost! I certainly do not think it would; indeed, I do not consider the country south of (Jbickasa Hatch worth the me dicines wo shall expend in driving the Indians from it. If 1 were permitted, and it is wi h great diffi dence 1 venture to make the suggestion, 1 would allow them to remain, and would assign them the country west of the Kissimmee, Okee, Cho bce, and Panai Ukce, and east of Pease creek, south, to tho extreme of Florida. That would salisfy them; end they might bold it on tho ex press condition that they should forfeit their right to it, it they should either commit depredations upon the white inhabitants, or pass the bounda ries a-sigued to them without the written permis sion of l bo military commander or agent. By placing an agency, and authorizing trading homes on (Jharlotl's harbor, they could be soon concentrated; and stationing a competent milita ry force there and at Tampa Bay, they might icadily rocontrollcd, and, if neccs.-ary, removed from the couniry, should they become trouble some, or fail to fulfil their engagements. I re spectfully recommend tiro measure to your con sideration and that of the President, as (ho only means of terminating, immediately, a most disas trous war, and leaving tho troops disposable for oilier service. 1 desire a decision as soon as your convenience will permit, as, by the middle of April, at lartliost, the troops must he withdrawn I rein all the posts in the interior, to preserve thoir lives Should it be determined to remove the Indians by force, audio continue the war until they sub mit unconditionally, I desire Ural the communi cation bo confidential, and that ibe matter be considered ns confidential at Washington, in or der that I may have information of it before it can be communicated by letter writers to others* for there can bo but little doubt of their Hying to j the swamps again and renewing the war, should j the decision be to remove them. If it be determined that tho Indians nowin Florida remain, it would bo better that those who are at New Orleans and Charleston, with the ex ception of one or two of the chiefs, tie sent to lire West; their force would thus be divided and weakened, and many of tire relations of those sent West might soon be induced to follow. This communication will he delivered to you by my aid-de-camp, Idem Linnard, a highly va luable officer, whom I earnestly recommend to your favorable consideration and attention. 1 have the honor to bo- most respectfully, your obedient servant, TH. S. JESUP. Major General commanding. Tho Hon .I it Poixsktt, Secretary of War. Washington cilv. Copy of a letter from tho Secretary of War to Maj. Gen -lesup, dated Defautmkxt or War, March 1, 1838. Sin: f have the honor to acknowledge tho re ceipt of your communication of the 14 th of Feb . tuary, which was delivered to rne by your aid de-camp, 'Lieutenant Linnard. The" subject of it is one of deep interest, ami I have given to the most diligent and respectful consideration. 1 lathe present stage of our relations witiit Indian* residing within the Stales ami Territo ries oast of tho Mississippi, including the Semi noles, it is useless to recur to the principles and motives which induce the Government to deter mine their removal to the 'West. The aels of the Executive, and the laws of Congress, evince ads ennitiaUen to carry out the measure, and it is to be regarded as the tetiled policy of the i country. In pursuance of this policy, the trusty |l of Payne’s Landing was made with the Semi- j 1 notes, and the character of the officer employed 1 on the part of the Government, is a guaranty of j j the perfectly fair manner in which that negotia- \ I lion was conducted and concluded. Whether | i the Government ought not to have waited juntil i the Semiuoles were pressed upon hy the whitu | j population, and their lands become necessary to | the agricultural wants of the community isj not a , question for the Executive now to consider. The ] treaty has been ratified, and is the law of the land, and the constitutional duty of the Presi- , dent requires that he should cause it to he cxccu- . led. I cannot, therefore, authorize any arrange ment with the Semiuoles by which they will be permitted to remain, or assign them any portion of the Territory of Florida as their future resi dence. Tire Department indulged the hope, that with | ' 1 the extensive means placed at your disposal, the i 1 war, hy a vigorous effort, might bo brought to a 1 close this campaign. If, however, you are of opinion that, fiom the nature of the country, and , 1 the character of the enemy, such a result is inis i practicable, and that it is advisable to make a i temporary arrangement with the Seminole a, by which the safety of the settlements and tho posts \ will ho secured thionghout the summer, you are j jat liberty to do so. In that event, you will es- j I Inblish posts at Tampa, and on (he Eastern ! -Shore, and wherever else they arc, in your opi- I ninn, necessary to preserve the peace of the 1 country, and I would suggest the propriety of I j leaving On), Zadoc Taylor, of the first infantry, I in command of therti. In moving north with S j your forces, you may make similar arrangements ! I j wiih tho other bands. I doom it, however, of I : great importance that every exertion should he j ’ i made to chastise the marauding Indians who I 1 have committed depredations upon the inhahi. I tants of the people of Middle Florida. I beg i ; you will address yourself to Col James Gadsden I ' for information on this subject; and yon may* if | I you think proper, yield to his suggestion of leas 1 ving a hat ulion fur tho protection of tho people i in that neighborhood. It is hoped, however, that ■ you will be aide to pul it out of the power of i these Indians to do any further mischief. They ; out to be captured or destroyed. As soon ns, in J your opinion, it can be done with safely, yon 1 will reduce your force of mounted men from ■ Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, 1 Very respectfully, 1 Your must obedient servant. J. K. POINSETT. . Mtij. Gen. Trios. S. Jr.suc. i Cotntl’g. Army of the South, Fort Jupiter, Flos , rida. |j CllltdiNlCLK AND SKNTINKL. 1 'yfajcTlfSTA" ~ Thursday Moruilig, Alarclx 29. ! q'Jj' The Express Mail from tho North failed yesterday rnonting. Wo call the attention of but city readers to the ; following resolution of the Council, for the pur- I | pose of ascertaining the wishes of the voters on 1 the subject of [laying the Mayor a salary. We understand it is contemplated by the Council to revise all tbc Ordinances now in force for the government of llie City, and the resolution below has been passed for the purpose of taking (he sense of the city, on the question of a Salaried Mayoralty, with a view to fcrialilo the Council to reorganize tho office of Mayor in compliance with the wishes of tho citizens. The question is one of great importance to the City, and we therefore throw open our columns I to a calm discussion of it by (hose who desire to tako up tho subject. Unsolved, That at the next election for Mayor and Members ol Council, the voters he requested to endorse on their tickets "Salary” or ‘‘No tary,” it in favor of or against allowing a Salary to the Mayor of tho City; and that a Tally Sheet of I such votes he kept and returned hy the managers j t\‘he election, to the City Council. A * rlIC cxliacl from the Minutes of Council i the 3d day of March, and published by or der ' GEO. M. WALKER, Clerk. Stecie.—Abo, ,l 5'25,° 00 in gold and silver, . , , . , ‘,p' sloop Opera, which ar. were hi ought out hy w. 11 , , ,v , • c 33d, from Matamo nved at New Orleans on tu ta*. No news of importance hj >era ’ Specie lias taken a sudden rise in j leans, and now commands sevon.per cent j >fenl, Meeting in llubeishuiu. ' At a meeting held in Clarkcsvillo, on the 18th of March, 1838, Col. S A. Wales was appointed | * Chairman, and I, F E Dugas, Secretary. When upon motion of Richard W ildhershatm , Esq., it was ] d Resolved, That the citizens of Habersham , ’j county do nominate Delegates to represent them at the meeting of Merchants and others, lobe 7 1 fi held in the City of Augusta on the first Monday I in April next, * On motion of Col. Benj. P Patten, it was Resolved, That those Delegates bo John K. ) Mathews, L C Dugas, Geo, K Jessup, and John j ' Milledge, Esqrs. i ; SAME. A. WALES, Ch’n. 1, F E Dugas, Secretary. Mahvland Ranks.—By the report of the committee of tho Lcgiature of the Batfksand tho currency, it appears that Ihsßanks of the State 1 ; possesses at this timefour hundrec and twenty I three thousand dollars of sjiccie moreLhan they , , did at the period of suspension. From the N. Y. Express, March 23. MON Elf MA.HKEI.—CITV NEWS. j | TnuKsiiA v, P. M.— Within the last two weeks 1 the banks in this city have curtailed their dis j counts about Half a million of dollars. This ! 1 course of procociling is one that gives universal [ ! dissalisfacu on.—The mercantile community have been snowed up within the last year in a manner altogether unprecedented, and n is only ; wonderful that so many merchants have been I enabled to sustain themselves. Jt is exceedingly i to herogreted that the hanks piusue the course j they have, and continue tu do. The hanks can hardly expect to retain the merchants or the public as their friends in their efforts to return to specie payments, unless they pursue a more lib eral course of conduct. When” a resumption of specie payments took place after tho late war, it was brought about by a free expansion of loans, by making money matters easy, and rbus by a restoration of public confidence. Many of our banks arc not, however chargeable with this nar row policy. The Merchants, New York, Me chanies, and Commercial Banks, with some otheis; have stood by their customers, have ran, fined their loans to their dealers, and have not violated their trusts hy using their fund is in disc routi ing (Southern Exchanges, anil thereby having the public to an enormous extent. There 1 is a great desire on the part of the public to re j i turn lo a sound currency, hut this must not ho done by ruining lhe merchants. There is no expectation that any hank south of the Potomac will resume for months lo come, and thus the Exchanges which aee now sobad, will probably be woisc. Every possible effort should therefore be made to he as indulgent as possible, so ns l o enable those who have funds at the South to got their funds home with as little sacrifice as possi- ft ble. Our hotels are now well filled wtlh stran gers, and large additions are made lo the num ber by the daily arrival of steamboats. The supplies of goods are abundant, and noiwith- g standing the prostration of credit, and the I great want of confidence, yet those who ask tor credit are mostly entitled to it, and our merchants would readily meet them. The barrier, however, to all sales, is the state ol Exchanges. Our merchants require either p that the notes shall be made payable in this ci- f ty, or if taken payable at a distance, the pur chaser shall pay the difference in Exchange, so as to make the payment at par here. Thi» rate of Exchange is now frightful, viz: on Mississippi 25 per cent., Tennessee nearly as much. Alabama 17, and other places pro portionally bad—that prudent men who mean to pay their debts dard not make engagements under such circumstances; and the conse quence is, that an immense amount of goods that would otherwise be sold, will remain on ' hand. This is a state of things Zhat cannot 1 be endured. Bad as mercantile matters have been for ilie last year, they are inconceivably worse now than ever. The subject of receiving Safely Fund Notes by all the Hanks is one of deep interest. The bills of the Uanlts throughout New England are m ordinary times received by every Bank i to the incalculable benefit and convenience of the inhabitants of that Section of country. ! The consequence is, that there is no differ | ence of Exchanges between one town, or : Stale and another. This is all done by kee ping balances in the Boston Banks, and this 1 precludes the necessity of keeping quantities ■ of specie in any other place than Boston. The Banks in this city have never received all the Safety Fund Bana Notes until reqni | red to do “o by a law of the State passed last I year. That Law will expire in May next and j ought to be revived. The Banks in this city run no hazard, as the Safely Fund is now i about six hundred thousand dollars, a sum ! greater than any Bank can keep in circula tion. The Bunks have the power to make the same arrangements as are made in Bos ton, and the bills of any Bank would then be received in all parts of the Slate, and out of it even, they would have wide circulation, ow ing to this fact. Exchanges would then be wholly regulated, so that in this State, there would be no differences, and between this and Now England they would not exceed J to 2 percent. The /faults in this city must he the gainers, as they would enjoy a grealer de posit, and Ihe country banks would be amply paid by the increased credit, and consequent increased circulation. Exchange on England to-day is exceeding ly dull—fi} premium is the rate asked, but, as already very considerable sums of British Gos verhifleut Bills are In the market and large sums of'Southern Bills, buyers hold off under lmi impression that the rate will decline lo ; six if not lower- com'me rci al. Cotton.— Our markoi for this article has been a litilc more animated for the lust week than it has been for some time past, although ve have no advance lo notice; the sales during the week have been very heavy at prices ranging from 7 a cis, the demand for the better qual ities is more than the quantity offering can sup ply. GitocKiitr.s.—Business with the interior con tinues dull, and as our stocks arc not heavier than the trade calls lor, most articles are gelling at lair prices. Two large parcels of West India Molasses have boon sold from the wharf at 35 a 37} cents cash. Exchaxoe—Can ho had at all our Banks at ! the following rales: fur Checks at Sight, New York, 7 per cent prem; Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, 5 por cent; Charleston, 4 per cent; United Slates Bank Notes are dull sales at from 3 a 4 per cent prom,! Charleston Bank Bills 3 per cent, the the following Banks are not received at our Banks in payment or on depo site, and are bought by our brokers at the follow ing rates: Planters and Mechanics at Columbus, lj percent dis.; Monroe Kail Hoad at Macon, 2} per cent dis.; Oegmulgee at Macon, 1 per cent dis; Western Bank at Romo, 10 a 12} per cent dis. JHAUINU INTELLIGENCE. “ T - 'ON, March 23, —Arrived Hr barques C H AHLI-.rl Liverpool; Cutler, Lasscil, St .logo Abercremby, 1. 1 * "n, Liverpool; Danish brig Thor dvCobo; Mary, I, w oyl;lirig Acorn, iiuWcs, Fliila valrt, Grombiu g, Live.i'f ’ dolphin. -11, Philadelphia: Alpha, Cleared, brigs Kb-"nor, Wilson, Now Vorli. Thomas, Havana; ichr Kxtra, brown, New York; Went lo sea, Ul, brig Jlo«> , ne; steam packet srbr James Harbour, tinker. Hall.m /fusion, Ivy, Wilmington, ■ ■■■IIMMIIIHIII, DIEM ... „ ns Yesterday morning, Mrs. Milpukd C’u , w ' wife of Mr. Sterling Combs, ol Jackson cou’nL * in the G4lh year of her age. | The friends anil acquaintances of Mi-» Comb.* are inviied to attend her funeral this morning at 10 o’clock, at the residence of Dr Joseph A Eve. Undies’ Working Society. CrT’Tho “Ladies Working Society of the Pres byterian Chinch in Augusta,” will hold a Fair at the Masonic Hall, on Tuesday, the 3d dav of April next, when a number of usefuland fashionj ble articles of their own manufacture will he exhibited for sale. Tire Society was formed for the purpose of general benevolence, as may be percctved by the following extract from its Constitution : “The object of this Society shall be, to afford relict to llie sick poor oflho city of Augusta, and ; its immediate vicinity; and lo promote ns far as ' practicable, the education, morals and physical comfort of indigent children within the same I limits, especially by co operating with the Board i of Directors of the \ugusla Free School, in sus | tabling and carrying forward such plans for the | improvement of the Female Department of said school as they may deem expedient, and proper to adopt.” 1 he purpose et the Society being to do good to the sick, tiro suffering anil Ihe helpless, who, in their immediate vicinity may need their assis tance, they have little doubt that their object will so commend itself lo Ihe community, as to secure to their efforts a liberal patronage, especially as in tire pleasant trafic it invites; both buyer and seller aro co-operating in the important cause rs benevolence, March 8. UCF We are authorised to say that WinYW HOLT will not be a candidate at the approach ing election for member of Council, ROBERTSON declines being a can didate lor n seat in the next Council. [ f T MteJ t 0 sav lhnt THOMAS RICHARDS declines being a candidate for ’ Council in V\ ard No 3. 1 Mr Jones— Please announce the following ■ gentlemen as candidates for Council in Ward No. 4. ANDREW J. MILLER L. P. DUGAS. C. B. HITT, J’lcafic announce the following, ticket for Members of Council for ward No. 3. T. RICHARDS, A. G. BULL, W. G.NIMMO. Mu. Jones—Please announce the following gentlemen as candidates for Council in Ward No. 4. A. J. MILLER, L. P. DUGAS, C. B. HITT. Mu- Jones—Please announce the following gentlemen as candidates for members of Council for Ward No. 2, at the approaching election : B. H. WARREN, ROBERT BARBER, S. M. THOMPSON. Mr Editor—Please insert the following icket for Aldermen, for the 2d Ward, and oblige Manx Voters. B H WARREN,T A CUMMING, C Aldermen. JOHN BONES. 3 Mr. Jones : Please insert the following ticket for Mayor and Alderman for the 4ili Ward, and oblige Mam Voters. Fon Mato it. SAMUEL HALE. For Members or Council. C. B. HITT, L. P. DUGAS, JOHN HILL. Mn. JonkS— Please announce the following gentlemen as candidate for Mayor an I members of Council—members to represent Ward No. 3, and oblige Manx Voters. FOR MAYOR, Samuel hale. FOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, W. W HOLT. THOMAS RICHARDS, ISAAC MOISE. CMr Jones, will please announce the follow ing gentleman as candidates for members o Council for Ward No 4, at llic ensuing electioii WM P DBARMOND, CHAS. B, HITT, JOHN HILL. (£/■ The following gentlemen will be sup ported for members of Council for Ward No.',, by Manx Voters, B. B. KIRTLAND, F. H. COOK, A. G. BULL. Please announce the following gentlemens Candidates for Ward No. 3, at the approacfcfiig Election in April next, B. VV. FORCE, B. B. KIRTLAND. QTj” The following gentlemen will ser\4i» members of Council in Ward No. l,if clSed on the first Monday in April next: ! / PHILIP CRUMP, > T R. F. BUSH, MITCHELL NELSON. Mr. Jones, we should lip gratified to be fe e seated in Council by the following genllcmoa.ir A. CUMMING, MARTIN M. DYE, JOHN BONES, and hope they will suffer lllcif names id bem« nounccd as candidates at the appioachiog elector. Manx Voters of 2d Win. Mr. Jones—Please announce the folkirng gentlemen as candidafcs for Council in ti»ir«t Ward at the approaching eicctlon in April; GAREV F. PARISH, Philip cßijmP; william e. jackson. | OTICE.— Will be sold on the first 'fipilay in Muy next, at the Court House door jfaK'.ir ronton, Warren county, within the usual tmen id I sale, two hundred and twenty-eight n'crdjftliiik and hickory land, whereon IVilliam IViltMamv lift fl, levied upon as the property, o,( Willlnwi’ild er, to satisfy “a fi fa. in Invor of Joriii 0; IVjppfic IVilliam Wilder and -Solomon Wilder. ■; J.V». HALL, Uop. March 29, 183*. ~WSTEW WILL bo sold on the first Tuesday dthlnr next, between the usual hours of itei, the following property, to wit; One hall of a bouse and lot known as |j»Eiigls Tavern, in ibo town of VV at renten, levied om« the property of Stephen Blount, to sniislyja fi. fa.Aiavor oi ESaw Brooks vs. Stephen Blount-japriperty pointed on: by I'laihtitTg Attorney A/fo, one hundred and twenty acres cf lapitmllio waters dfCiirson's creek adjoining lands l of Henry t Hight, and others, levied Ofi as ihepropojKif Ara- 'J bro.se Heath, to saiisfy sundry fi. las, nkveruf Charles Wilder, nod others, vs said Atubfca'fVnlli, Timothy VV Lite, and John Wright, fi. Aka.taming from a Justice’s Court, Uist. No. lGst3fs,p.‘rty pointed out by the defendant. Levyjmi;.! unit relumed to me by a Constable; JEREM IAH PERRYMAN,Sh’fI■ iVlarcli 29j 1838. id _ NUW GOODS? ft' * WILLIAM H. CRANK is now racjwig hi" spring and summer supply of-Ruy and Staple Dry Goods, consisting oi a grcafeßiiHly ol new and fashionable articles, which hav«kr. pur chased at rcduied prices, and will be soldla small advance for cash or approved paper. N<*a3l Broad street, next door above the Georgia |j|i>i Road Building. _ Ath 28. _ LEARY & Co’s. HAT WAUE.9uojl.fc 1 No. 3 Broad street, and 1 A pjr llmjfu I Broadway, New York. mbseri bers, lor several years pastjlijve had many and urgent solicitnli,>B4supply orders at wholesale, and .1 been obliged, almost uniformly, to decline, in oqti»*juence of the demand at retail licing as much, or 1 ih*many 1 instances more, than they could meet. ■ 1 lo establishing a branch sales room oc the Aster it became necessary to enlarge tl nit finish- M ing establishment, and in doing so ihey lave made 1 ’i such orfngr ments as will enable them to supply tu & <i n /united eiisut orders at wholesale. t 'fi q., I t 'ir sales must in a measure be limited in con-9 5 ficquenC' 1 ’ ot l beir determination to adber* strictly i 0 Ik 4 the princi le heretofore pursued, of keepiigno steef ■ i nticad which r< ‘K" lutlnu has been on«fm<mn# 0 ■ S givingthein tn° Advantage over the larjn andi-m M , portable lioness, in being in advance wi|li the 4li U \ ions, having no olu' t,,c 1 K ‘her M from anticipating rlie wishes of tire fashionable pul m lie for a change when cni. le ,°J; . ■ Each and every liat will . 1 ' nbisfiedHprossiy f their rerail tmdv, and orders C* "holepif will ■' taken front them, without any sjdoctiwi. except a sizes. By this means the retail deai!.‘ ,r the lull benefit of our facilities and /«Ttioi"''| I ■ bringing ioru-ard tile latest and raos PPpI^ 1 1 9 fashions. I - Having attained their celebr ty no® ov by /hr* F 9 nisbing a superior article at a rodui-eA pro, but by I fl a strict uilherence to a system pecuin to II B solves and novel in this country, thejjiwildiivoiil f H any thing in makiug this arrangcradSnt shwuid L£jms interfere with tlml systeu . idling but one quality of hats, fip)f h" great* 1 H part of our customers being connrwiJrri of article, whose nice discrimination nan - toot lb least defect in iis quality, beauty, djt.xiem! ch» r W acter for true taste, we propose supply:'; that P 3,: ol the wholesale dealers with an lor their most particular take orders for hats varying in qnaßtyr tiiose retailed by ns at the rime the oii is recci^ For the information oftliose ' !'° reputation of ilieir establishnier thev ann the following editorial remarks ftoßihc Morning Herald ; - W ‘•Tlie progress which the A "everal branches of mannl'actiir,AMßßßBßßt A tew years nili'.l Stales and '■•ninny A great ebangc lias ■' ' ii.ni: SI I’ll a .'ip'M'ioici) oi ’ <|| |V Ilf New both in in nle f 111. i ■ lII' i