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XUe Vurhru Carotin** of
Wurtcntburjr.
[Tl>« tallowing singular story emanates
from one of the Imperial Chamberlain*, who
alleges that he heard it related by Napoleon
himself, one evening, at Malmaison. The
conversation happening to turn on the Prin
cess the Emperor addressed
to bis Chamberlain the following question;---]
“ flow old is the present king of Wurtein
burg ?"
no longer a young man, sire. Fre
oftrick William is seventy. He was born in
1734. In 1780 he married Princess Caroline
of Brunswick VVolfenbmel ; and be became a
widower in September 1781."
“ Yes he became a widower ; remarked the
Emperor.
The tone of voice in which Napoleon utter
ed these words, rivetted the attention of every
one present. A dead pause, ensued, and the
Emperor himself broke silence by narrating
the following story
"On the 4th ot October, 1781, abmrt eight
■o'clock in the morning, a man called on Air.
Dietrich, the Prr.leur* of StrasUirg. The ser
vant, when he entered to announce the visiter
to his master, looked pale and lerrifi-d.
■“ What is the matter, Frans?” inquired the
Preleur. “ Sir, ’ said the servant, trem
bling.—“ Why do you not answer?”—“Sir," re
plied Fran*, “it is the Executioner,What
can ho want ? No matter. Show linn in and
go away."
‘The Executioner ofStrasburg was a man
infinitely superior to those who in oilier coun
tries exercise his fearful calling. He was pi
ous and well-informed. He had studied sur
gery, and was skilled in curing fractures and
setting broken limbs. His gratuitous services
in this way bad conferred on him a sort of po
pularity among the poorer classes. They pi
tied rather than despised him; yet his pre
sence seldom failed to excite an invincible
feeling of terror.
When introduced into the presence of ihc
Preleur, an expression of gravity, even great
er than usual, was observable in his cuunto.
oar.ee.
“ * What have you to say to mel" inquired
J«. Dietrich.
“* 1 come,” replied the Executions? 1 , “to
discharge a duly imposed on mo by the irnpe
rative mandates of my conscience. I entreat,
air, that you will receive a disclosure winch 1
wish to make to you, and that you will write
it down as I deliver it. It affair of great
importance, and I must slate it in detail; for
to a duo consideration of all the facts 1 look
for my justification.
‘‘lt will readily be mippos?d that these pre
limitary remarks excited the curiosity of the
Preleur. He immediately scaled himself at
this writing-table, and the Executioner thus
commenced his extraordinary disclosures ;
“ ‘ About a week ago, that is to say, on the
night of the 20tli of last month, I was at home
in rny retired dwelling, in the suburb of Kiel,
on the right hank of the Rhine. It want past
midnight. I had gon ■to bed, and I was sud
denly startled by a loud knocking nt my door.
My old housekeeper being awakened by the
noise, hurried down stairs to open the door.
She was not alarmed, for 1 am frequently
knocked up at all hours of the night, by poor
persons, who come to solicit those acts of ser
vice which I am too happy in being able to
render to my suffering tellow-crealures. 1 bad
also risen, and was proceeding down stairs,
when i discovered that the pour old woman
was disputing with two men, whose faces
were masked, and who were bolding a pistol
to her throat.
“ • Murder me,” sha exclaimed, ‘but spare
rny master.'—‘No barm will betide him,' said
•one of the two men. *ou the contrary, he
■Will be largely rewarded. But ho must go
with us immediately. Hia life depends on Ina
■compliance.'
“Seeing mo descendiug the staircase, the
■men rushed upon me, and levelled the pistol at
my breast. In ithe present moment of my
alarm I imagined that they had come to take
revenge on me lor an execution which bad
been ordered by the king, and a {natural im
qmlse promoted raeto implore that they would
mpare my life. ‘Yonr life is not in danger,’
said they, ‘if you obey us punctually. But if
■yoiMHamfeßt the least hesitation, rest assured
almtiyonr death is certain. Provide yourself
with your best s*e, ami we must tio a ban*
b*go aver your eye« ; be silent and follow us.’
All this lime the pistol was pointed at mu.
Resistance was vain, and 1 accordingly sub
mitted to their commands. My eyes were
bandaged, and I was helped into a e image,
in which the two strangers immediately sea
ted themselves, and the horses sot oil" at u
gallop. I left my house-keeper almost petri
fied by terror and amasement; and as we
drove off, I board one of the men tell her, that ■
if she did not carefully conceal her knowledge
of their secret v sit, my doom was coaled.
“I rode s i in a painful state of perplexity.
I commended myself to the Holy Virgin, to
whom I mentally addressed a prayer. Alter
having invoked the holy name of the Mother
of Christ, 1 felt my mind somewhat more at
case, and I lri*d to discover is wh»t
we were travelling. On this point I could ar
rive at no satisfactory conjecture ; but accord
ing to the best calculation I could make, the
journey must have occupied between eighteen
and twenty hours. On reaching the place ql
our destination, I was carefully assisted out of
•the carriage. The two strangers arranged
themselves on either side ol me, and each look
hold of one of my arms. Having walked in
this way for the space of a few minutes, we
ascended a staircase which appeared to be
very spacious, judging from the resounding
noise of our footsteps. 1 was then led into a
large apartment, where the bandage was re
moved from rny eyes. 1 now discoerved that
it was still daylight; but the sun was setting.
“A sumptuous repast was served, consist,
jngnfthe most exqisite dishes ; hull could
not help remarking that the allowance of wine
was very sparing. At night-fall I was direc
ted to hold myself in readiness to perform my
duty of executioner, by decapitating a person
who bad been condemned to death. Though
long inured to the painful duty which the law
imposes on me, and though 1 had never, for a
moment misapprehended the motives of my
•trange journey, vel wUcn that motive was for
mally announced, a thrill of honor unnerved
mo. Bull recovered my presence of mind,
and 1 was expoalulating with all the energy
I could command, when a person, whose
voice I had not hitherto heard, said, m a tone
f calm decision, ‘Do as you are required,
and without hesitation, other wise you merely
seal your own doom, without being able to
avert that of the culprit.’
I found that further protestation would be
in vsia, aud yielding to compulsion, I con
sented. 1 repent my weakness, and bitterly
reproach myself for it; but it was certainly a
casein winch the law of necessity was im
placable. The axe was placed in my hands,
a blaplt veil was thrown over ray head, and
two men, grasping my arms, conducted me
through a suite of several apartments. At
length we entered a room larger than the rest,
and there my conductors halted. The black
veil was removed from my lace, and I beheld ‘
in the centre of the room a scaffold, raised to
the height of about three feet from the ground.
A black velvet drapery covered the wood work,
and that part of the floor immediately round
it was strewed with a thick layer of red-co
toured saw dust, I was in t painful stats of
anxiety, and bewildered in ajmaze of conjec
ture, respecting the victim on which 1 was
destined to strike tlio fatal blow. Wy con
jecturc was soon at an end. In a few mo
ments a female was led, or rather carried in
• The function* of a PreUur arc equivalent to
(heseof Mayor, but he i» invested with more ex
lendvc authority,
X*
1 to >c room. She was of tall stature, 'JLa
he! neck was br.l antly (air. Her light hair,
( of which she appeared to have a great profu
( sion, wa* confined under a cap of black crape.
Her dress, wjjpch was of black velvet, was
. confined a lute above the ancles by a purple
silk cord ; her hands were alsu bound by sil
ken cords of the same color. Her face was
. concealed by o mask, so that no part of bur
i person was visible except her neck and shoul
ders, which was dazz ingly while. She made
no complain', and olfuted no resistance, and
a* she approached, I perceived w.th increased i
| horror, that her mouth was g igged. Eight or j
ten men, all of whom were masked, raised
her on the scaffold ; she inclined her head, and j
laid it on the block. * * * * 1 need not say,
any more I 1 trust that Heaven will forgive
me, 1 doubt not that the victim was a person
of illustrious rank, and I would not be sur
prised to hear that all the Courts of Europe
have gone into mourning.
“Having performed rny horrible task, I was
conducted back to the apartment In which 1
had partaken of the repeat on my first arrival.
There 1 (bund the table replenished, and now
several bottles of wme placed on it. 1 sal
down for a few moments to compose myself,
uncertain what was to be my late, but perfect
ly res good to tho wdl of God.
At ur the lapse of a little time I again step
ped into the carriage, followed by my two
masked companions. We journeyed ail that
night and part of the following day. Nearly
twenty hours elapsed before I reached my
home, at the door of which, I was set down,
and a purse, containing two hundred French
louis, was presented to rue. Here it the mo
ney, Mr. Detrich, I place it in your hand.,, and
beg you will make whatever use <jt it’ yon
think fit. I was expressly recommended to
observe the most idviol-.jlo tt/tonce respecting
tins extraordinary event. ‘On y„ur dike re
tion, eaul tlio t v ;o modked men, ‘your Bately
depends. A.ny attempt to discover the secret
° •’•■tir will be utterly vain, and if you
rctoii to any one what has transpired, the dis
•'.Oaurc will beat once fatal to yourself and to
those who receive it.’
'* The Fruteur ofStrasburg listened with
deep interest and attention to the tragical and
mysterious history related by the Executioner.
He declined to take charge of the two hun
dred loins which the Executioner wished to
lodge in his h inds. ‘lf you will not recoivojtlic
money,'said the executioner, ‘I will dispose
of it in paying fur musses, and relieving the
warns of the poor.' His deposition was read
over to him by the Fre tear, and after signing
it, he took hia leave.
‘•As soon as he was gone, the Preteur put
tho document under cover, carefully sealed it,
and sent it by a confidential courier tu the
Baron de Bretenll, who was then at tlio head
of the French Cabinet.
At this point of tlio narrative Napalcon
paused, and darted a scrutinizing giance at
his auditors, as it anxious to ascertain what
effect his story hail produced. That eflect
was most powerful; a sensation of mingled
liotror and amazement pervaded every one
present.
Josephine was the first who ventured to
break silence, "Mon dieu I Bonaparte” she
exclaimed—“why do you tell those horrid sto
ries? You do it to Inghtcii ns.”
Napoleon smiled good humorodly, and said,
“Silunce,|Josephiiie! hoar the story loan end.
Then turning to me, he said,—
“What do you think was tho result of the
despatches sent to the Baron dc Brcteuil ?
“I cannot guess, Hire."—“l will tell you.”
“Two weeks elapsed, and at the expiration
of that, M. Dietrich received a packet trans
mitted tu him by the Governor of Htrashnrg.
It enclosed a letter from tho Minister M. tie
Brcteuil, wbichwas couched nearly in the fol
lowing terms:
“ ‘J have laid before the King tho writen co
py of the deposition which you forwarded to
me, and J have received bis Majesty’s com
mands respecting it. It is the King’s desire
that the individual, who made the disclosure
shall keep the sum of money that has been
presented to ititu, aud his Majesty adds n sir'll
of equal amount on condition that inviolable
secrecy bo observed, respecting nil that has
passed.’* •
“New,” pursued Napoleon, I will give you
the key 40 this adventure which is of a nature
not so rare as may bo supposed in the history
of conns."
“The Duke of Wurtomburg contracted a se
cond marriage about nine yours atler the
death of his first wile. He was united during
my second campaign in Italy, to Charlotte
Augusta Matilda, Princess Royals of England
and oldest daughter of George 111. Ho was
at that time only Prince Royal of Wurtem
herg, and he succeeded his father on the I9ih
December, 1797. Wurtemherg hud made
common cause with the Germanic empire u
gainst Franco; but the Prince, on Ins acces
sion to the Ducal throne, hastened to con
clude peace with us. Ho wrote to mo and his
letters were couched in friendly terms. 1 an
swered him in the same tone and wo main
tained a pretty regular correspondence until
my departure for Egvpt. After that time”
* [Here Napoleon suddenly stop
ped short as it tearful of saying too much re
specting lus then existing relations with the
Duke of Wurtomburg. After n pause of a
few moments, he then resumed his narrative:]
“Tho Duke's first wile, who was a beautiful
and accomplished woman was accused us re
garding with 100 favorable an eye, a youno
page m the service of tlio Duke. This page,
emboldened by the kindness which the Prin
cess extended to him, took the liberty of quit,
ting the Ducal slates without tho permission
ot his illustrious master. On arriving at the
frontier, he alighted at uu inn where ho order
ed supper. On silling down at tho table, he
saw inscribed on one ol the Dresden china
plates, the words Return or tremble! He
did return. At the first meal to which he sat
down in the palace, n beautiful glass, of rock
crystal, was presented to him, and on it were
inscribed, in letters of geld, the words Depart
or tremble ! He would have been wise had
he obeyed this second mandate as readily as
ho did the first: but love is venturous, and the
page remained.
“Rumor adds that, the Prince Royal repair
ed to the father of the Pago, and laid before
him several letters, the perusal of which prov
ed beyond tho possibility of doubt, the exist
ence of a criminal intimacy between tho wife
of one parly, ami the sou ot the other. “Pro
nounce sentence on the culprit," said the
Prince. The father, without uttering a word,
is said to have raked out the ashes from under
ihe grate, ami taking the p liter, traced in the
dust three letters, the first of which was T,
and tho last 1), (Tod, the German for Death.)
“A council was immediately summoned. It •
•1 am enabled to fill up, at least in part, the
void Ufi hereby Napoleon. The correspondence
between General Bonaparte and the Duke of
Wurtemlmrg was resumed immediately after the
return of the former from Egypt. Tho Duke
was among the first to recognise the Consular
Government; and he received his reward at die
negotiation of the treaty of Luneville, when he
‘ was raised to the rank of Elector. In I SOo, dur
ing the first campaign of Vienna, he received the
Emiieror in his stales, in a style of magnificence
worthy of Louis XIV. The Emperor said to
him—“ Duke, you were my cousin before, but
henceforth you shall be rny brother.”—“Does your
Majesty then authorize me to lake the title of
King?”—“Yes. you have the sentiments ol a
King, and you deserve to he one. I feel assured
that you know how to command the respect of
your subjects,” Napoleon here slluded to the j
conflict which the Duke ot Wurtemherg bad
maintained against the nobility of his dominions. [
Tho nobles wished In assert their independence,' !
but their attempts were frustrated by the resolute
determination of a Prince whose pride and oner- '
gy of mind recommended Inin to the Emperor.
A
was attended by flic principal members of the
Cabinet, mid several of the Prince’s relatives.
They were requested to examine with the ut
most attention the lelllcrs above mentioned.
All concurred in declaring that the proof of
criminality was but too evident. One voice
was raised to propose an arrangement, by
virtue ol which a divorce might be obtained.
A near relative ol the unfortunate Princess op
posed that suggestion, and firmly maintained
that nothing but a severe and irrevocable pun
ishment could avenge the injured honor oi the
, Prince. This opinion was adopted.
“ The council broke up, and the individual
. who had ventured to ra se the voice of tner-
I cy in behalf of the wretched Princess hasten
ed to warn her of her impending danger.
He even offered to secure her escape from
Wurtemherg that very night, on condition of
her prom sing never more to see the page
who had been the partner of her guilt. It
was proposed to conduct her to Scotland where
j * castle in the Highlands would bo assigned
as her place of residence. Will it be believed
that the infatuated Princess refused to aban
don her paramour. She so positively rejected
the condition on which tlio safety of her life
depended, that Count C——, who had declar
ed Ins readiness to protect her, abandoned
her to her fate, observing, « I behoved that I
was tendering my assistance to a penitent wo
man, not a hardened sinner.”
“ 1 he P'.go lodged in the palace ; his cham
ber was at ',no uppermost part es the building:
the door opened into a large corridor, beneath
there was a similar corridor or passage
Vi every story, down to the ground floor of the
palace. It was known that the page every
night passed along this corridor to a private
staircase by which he descended to the apart
-1 menu of tho princess. A most singular plan
■ was devised for his destruction. In each of
these corridors descending from story to story,
a few boards were removed from the flooring,
which boards were afterwards neatly fitted in
their places, but loft unfastened, so as to form
1 * succession ol trap-doors. The unfortuoatc
page, having no idea of Ihc gulf that was rea
dy to open beneath his feet, was at tlio usual
hour hurrying from Ilia own apartments to
those of the Princess. Ho had not advanced
more than a lew yards from his own door,
when the flooring gave way tinder his feet.—,
He struggled to save himself, but in vain : he
was dashed from a fearful height to the floor
ings o( tlio Inst corridor immediately above the
Princess' Chamber. The oeilingof this apart
ment had of course, been left untouched : but
the removal of the flooring above it rendered
it sullicieoily fragile. It immediately yielded
beneath the weight of the falling body ; and
in another moment the lifeless and mutilated
remain* of the page lay at the feet of the
Princess.
“ The sudden horror rendered her for some
time insensible ; her attendants, alarmed by
the dreadful crush, rushed in, and tho apart
ment was soon filled by persons from the
most distant parts of the palace. Most of
them were lost in conjectures respecting the
cause of the tragical event, btrt there were a
few to whom that cause was sufficiently well
Hnown. These latter attributed it to the de
cayed stale of the building, and under pretence
of preventing any recurrence of the accident,
all the corridors were fastened up, until the
floor was completely repaired. Thus the mul
titude regarded tlio affair merely as a melan
choly accident, unattended by any mysterious
circumstances. Tho Princess recovering
herself, sufficiently understood the late that
awaited her. It, is possible that .alio then re
gretted her refusal to accept the assistance
of Count C . Now, she knew not where
to find him. In this deulorabfo situation she
resolved to quit tho tmminiotm of her father
iu-law. Hho communicated her intention to
her principal femme de chambre, whom she
implored to assist her in escaping from ene
mies, in whose hands she felt assured that her
life was not. secure The femme de chambre
threw herself at her mistress’s feet, and thank
ed her for this proof of her confidence. She
assured the Princess that she was both able
mid willing to aid her. Her brother, she said,
was attached to the police department, end
with the assistance of hia agents, it would be
easy to rescue the Princess from her persecu
tors. it was agreed that on the following night
the Princess and her attendant should escape
from the palace, by a subterraneous passage,
which led through some ancient vaults to a
retired house beyond the boundaries of the
city. There n carriage was to bo in readi
ness for them.
“ Assured of her own safety, the unfortu
nate Princes's was reflecting with bitter regret
on the fate of i.’er {.over, when she received a
message from her husband, requesting an in
terview with her. Ins'oad of granting this
interview, she listened onif to the dictates of
her passion and her pride. Mho wrote to the
sovereign master of tier desliify a note to the
following effect :
“* You have shod the blood of a blameless
victim I alone am guilty. You t\ill have
to answer for lus death 111 the presence .ot'God,
where probably you will likewise have i‘o an
swer for mine. It you wore capable of fifing
just, 1 would bow to you as my judge ; but J
feel 100 well convinced that you desire to be
not my judge but my executioner. I will not
see you ; aud may Heaven's vengeance await
you !’
“Such a letter could not fail to exasperate the
already irritated feelings of a betrayed husband.
Night arrived. Tho Princess had collected, in a
huge casket, her diamonds, her gold, and her let
ters. She retired to rest at her usual hour; but
no sooner had her attendants withdrawn than she
arose ami dressed hoi self, assisted by her confiden
tial femme de chamber. She wrapped himself in
a large silk cloak, such as was usually worn by
females of the middle rank in that part of Ger
many. She hoped, hy help us this disguise, to
elude observation. Quitting tho Ducal apart
ments, the Princess and her attemlcnt descended
a narrow staircase, and then passed along a cor
ridor which was parallel with the kitchens, which
received its light from them. Some of the ser
vaiAs were up mid engaged in their work, but
the Princess courageously pursued her course.
“There still remained a long range of passages
to ho passed, when, on opening a door tho keys
which die femme de chambre carried, fell from
her hand. The noise alarmed the fugitives.
Fortunately it was heard only hy themselves,
they collected their keys and proceeded,
“They now entered a spacious vault, in which
they had advanced some distance, when they
worn stopped by a closed door. This was the
last door they had to pass within the walls of the
castle. What was their distress on finding that
none of their keys would fit the lock
“ They naturally concluded that this key must
have fallen along with the rest, and that they had
ommitted to pick it up. It was agreed that the
femme ile chambre should go hack to seek it, and
that the Princess should waitkintil she returned.
She waited alone and 111 darkness. A considerable
limcj'iad elapsed, & the Pricess listened anxiously
for tho approaching footsteps of her companion,
but she listened in vain. What could detain her!
Had she been surprised, or could she have be
trayed her mistress ? Unable longer to endure
the painful suspense, the Princess resolved to go
in search of the attendant. But how ot where
was she find the door of the vault. Excess of
fear frequently inspires courage.! To find the
outlet of the vault, she thought she could adopt no
better plan than to walk straight forward until her
hands caineiu contact with the wall. Having leach
ed the wall, she kepi her hand upon it, and grop
ed her way along, until she reached an opening,
which assured her that she had gained tho door.
She entered a narrow passage, communicating
with the vault, and was creeping along cautious
ly, in order to avoid stumbling against some frag,
incuts of stonejwhich lay scattered here and there;
suddenly she was slanted by the sound of foot
steps above her bead, A a gleam of light penetra
ted through a narrow grating, rendered her in an
instant as motioulcss as a statue. The sound of I
voices was heard ; and in a few moments the I 1
Princess was roughly seized hy the two arms,! 1
and dragged from the spot in which she had been j
•landing, Uansfjxcjfwilh terror, 'f lie violencejof
her assailants roused her from her insensibility ;
shrieked, struggled, and called loudly for help.—
Her cries were unheeded ; she was thrown bru
tally on the ground, and bound hand and foot.
Her suplicalions for mercy were unheeded : she
was enveloped in a cloak or rather sack or black
satin; and to complete the outrage, a gag was
forced into her mouth.—‘From that moment
God Slone beard her complaints.”
Here the Emperor ceased to speak, and after
a lew moments, silence, the empress said with
profoundernouion, “ Gracious Heaven ! was this
the fate of the first wife ol the Duke of Wurtem
herg I And was she the victim who perished by
the handjof the Executioner of Strashurg 1”
“So report affirmed,” resumed Napoleon.
. “ But the public voice is always so ready to ca
luininaiedhc great, that wo ought not to give
too ready credence to popular rumour. The
mention of the name of the Elector ofWuitem.
berg reminded me of this sad story. I related it,
because I knew it would interest you ; but lor its
truth or falsehood I do not lake upon me to ho
responsible. Behove it or not, as you please.”
CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AiJuij.vr \.
Mimituy Even in if, Marc in 20. lis.tl.
(Jj"Mons. Adrien has arrived—we observe on
the list of the arrivals at the Planters Hotel that
oltho great professor of the Magic Act—he also
purposes to open shortly at the Theatre—From
the reputation that gentleman bears throughout
Europe and American, we can depend upon a
rich treat. It is also said that he has a variety of
beautiful novelties, and one of the most superior
cabinets of the day. As soon as he is prepared
to astonish us, wo will not hesitate to give notice
of this groat professor.
“ We have noticed with deep regret, the ap
pointment of William N. Bishop, to the office
of Feller of the Central Bank of our Stale—a
man notorious from character, as a common dis
turber ofihe public pence,destitute of thossjprinci
pies which should actuate a high-minded and
honorable man, devoid of those qualifications ne
cessary to the discharge es so responsible a trust.”
The above is an extract from the presentments
of the Grand Jury of Cobb county. Wo have
been blamed for the severe manner in which we
have spoken of Bishop’s appointment to the Tel
ler-ship of the Central Bank, but here is unani
mous censure of the Grand Jury of a Union coun
ty in politics—a county in the neighborhood of
Bishop’s residence for year’s past, in which the
jurors, many of whom are no doubt acquainted
with him, and acting under oath, have confirmed
all we ever said ! A writer in the constitutiona
list over the signature ot Aristides, abused us and
the editors of the Georgia Journal and Columbus
Enquirer for the stand we had taken in regard to
this matter; let the valiant scribbler now turn his
batteries upon his own partizans in Cobb county,
and upon his political friend of the Miner’s Re
cordor.
FOR THF. CIIRONIOL.It AND SENTINEL.
Mr. Editor —Permit me to call your attention
i again to the condition of the roads in the ncigh
> borhood of Augusta. Are they to be never re
paired—are they never to be worked upon I
Dare the Tax Collector perform his duty at this
time? Arc this community going to pay for a
, thing they do not receive ? Who will pay the
poll-tax this year.
Annually wo have some work done on the
principal roads leading to the city. But this
year, I ask what has been accomplished ? What
, is now their actual condition ? Absolutely there
has been nothing done to improve them, and they
! arc at (his time, not one, hut every one almost
i impassible. How long shall this slate of things
1 last ? Where are our Judges of the Inferior
Court ?—Wat are they doing I
True it has rained, but that must bo expected
every year—true wo are getting a Rail Road, but
this is no reason we should negleet those leading
to our city in daily use. I say the roads must be
repaired, or for one I will not pay the poll-tax.
A FRIEND TO HORSES.
IS I BOX B*K 80S* J?a XB h.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, March \G.
We have been favored by the Editors nf tha
Courier with the following intelligence, brought
by the Virginian from Liverpool.
Wo regret to find that there has been another
decline in the Cotton Market.
LATER FROM ENGLAND.
By the arrival of the packet ship VinnrNi*rv,
Capt. Watson, from Liverpool, whence she tailed
on the Slh February, we have received our regu
lar files up to that dale. The news from the
continent is anticipated by previous arrivals. We
attract from the London Times of the 7lh, the
state of the money market, which appears to be
somewhat tighter,
London, Monday Evening, Feb.7th. — Money
—The amount of bills sent out on Sat
uicj’ay by some of the private bankers greatly ex
ceeded that of former periods. One house in
Lombard street, for instance, had to demand pay
ment on 4,800, its average on former heavy occa
sions being’ from 1,000 to 1,500. The exact pro
portion of Dishonored hills, did not, of course,
transpire. The first estimate taken, wc consider
to ho a great exaggeration, and this wo believe
is borne out by the result. On any view of the
case, however, thar defalcations which have oc
curred, arc such as fortunately arc very rare in
this region of credit. As much of the inferior
paper will now ho taken out of circulation, com
merce may he expected to revert shortly to its
previous healthy' slate.
The inactivity of the English stock market
has continued throughout the day. No transac
tions of any grsat an.'ount are mentioned as ha
ving taken place, and i.ho quotations generally
remained almost without variation. There was
one transaction of .£30,000. Consols sold at
8!)I just before close of the niarke’. v’onsols left
off at 89 Jta j money, add for the February ac
count to |.
From the Neu i York Daily Repress 1 1 tit iusl.
THE JOSEPH BANK-
Wall street has crowded with people to-day, (
who have assembled to «cc the ruins of the Joseph 1
Bank. The falling of such a building in one of i
the busiest avenues of the city is a serious em
barrassment to business, inasmuch as it is both i
dillioull and dangerous to pass up and down the 1
street—for the people obstruct the side-walks and
what is left ofihe walls, fronting on Wall street
threatens to fall upon every passer-hy.
The building is in a now style altogether.—and
one which it seems will not stand the test of ex
periment—The aim ofihe architect was to erect
a fire proof building supporting the floors by ar
ches without abutments, the arches resting upon
and pressing the walls outwards. An attempt
was made to correct this violation of all the
rules ofurchocturo, by supposing the walls with
iron bars or chains, tulining from the walls.
The support it appears was not sufficient.
Alarm was given some days ago, in our, and
other Journals, but the architects quieted all 1
this alarm, by cenfiicates of its strength, safely,
&c„ The loss to some-body, hut to whom is a
question yet, will bo from $40,009 to $60,000. It
is hut justice to the architect to any that he has
been concerned in erecting some of the best build 1
ings ofihe country, and has been eminently suc
cessful—and no man stands higher in the public ! 1
estimation. “The experiment” was the cause of ]
the mischief.
Tcksdat two o’clock P.M.—Wall street a
round the Banking House, is crowded with a
multitude of persons, and the remnants of the j ]
building are being taken down. A ! 1 the materi- 11
als are badly damaged and the loss cither of the 11
architect, builder, or contractor, it is now suppot- 1 r
led will reach nearly one bundled thousand dol
lars. The Banking House will be immediately ,c
rehult-
From the Boston Patriot of March. HA. J;
Fkom S.htbna—We have received Smyrna "j
papers to Jan. 81. The population were condde-
ably alarmed early in the month by a rumor of
the spread of the plague in several quarters of the b
city, but it proved on enquiry that it existed only n
in two cases, in which it was ascertained that I
the disease was brought from Vunrla. The disea- ,‘j
sed persons were pul in quarantine, and measures j,
were taken to prevent the spread of the din ear a, j
which proved effectual. i
Letters from Smyrna as late as January 26, 1
have been received, which state that about the
18ih, the Plague was abating at Constantinople, j
and that the whole number of deaths during its j
prevalence, was estimated at 80 to 100,000. Smyr
na was free from it although some of the villages I
not far distant had been visited by it. In Bourna
bat and the neighbouring villages there had been ‘
no new cases within the last three weeks,
i News had been received fram Bailout, under ;
date of the 1 Ith.which states that the whole of
Syria had been thrown into consternation by a
'• catastrophe which had involved several towns
and villages in ruin. On the evening of the first
day of the year, a few minutes before sunset, the
towns of Tiberius, Japhet, and several villages in
■ the ncighornood, were entirely overthrown by a
violent earthquake, the shock of which was fell
throughout the country, for a distance many
1 leagues. -
Those towns were but a heap of ruins, and it
i wassai l that nine-tenths of the inhabitants peris
t hed. Every day new details of the frightful disas
ter were received, from various quarters, which
- showed its effects to be more extensive than was
r at first supposed. No intelligence had been recciv
f ed from Jerusalem or Jaffa, and this silence was
favorably interpreted, as it was supposed that if j
andjcalarnity had befallen those cities, the news of
it must have been received.
! At Acre and Seide the shock was very severe. 1
It was said that all the new buildings at Acre had
been destroyed.— 4l Seide, several houses were
’ thrown down, and all the others were mure or less
: injured. The Khan of the French agent was ren
-1 dered untenantable, and his wife was rescued
‘ from the ruins winh her leg crushed. More or
j less damage was done at Bairout, and in the
villages near. Apprehensions were felt of further
’ disasters, as light shocks continued to recur every
day. 1
i Much damage had been done in the country
3 about Smyrna, by the violent rains which had
prevailed. The fields were inundated, and many
c trees had been blown down by the storm.
• The papers contain accounts from Constantiao
- pie to Jan. 18. Two officers who had been at
, tached to the Euphrates expedition, had arrived
C there, on their way to England. Col. Chesney
with tiis steamboat was at Bagdcd.
e ,
1 Consulate orm U. 8. of Amehica, >
j Pout Oiiolava, (Tencriffe.) Feh. 8, 1837.5
Samuel Swarlwout, Esq, New York;
Sir.—The schooner Dower, Capt. James,
Curtis, arrived at this port on the Sfith nil.; six
s days out from New York she fell in with the
rj wreck of thr schooner Spy, of New York, dis
-9 masted, all her sails and rigging gone, and in a
sinking state, ami took from her the captain,
> Jesse Jefferson, and crew, four in number.
By the deposition of said Capt. Jefferson, he
sailed from New York on the 30lh November
last, in ballast, bound to James River, Virginia,
and was blown off the coast in a gale, and must
i have all perished, had they not been fallen in
with by the aforesaid schooner.
I hasten to communicate this intelligence for
the satisfaction of their friends, and remain ve
• ry respectfully, sir.
i Your most obedient servant.
, JOSEPH CULLEN.
) —M I *. I :' IIIUM,JIMI um- I ———
CO.TIJIERCIAX.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT.
’ Revised and corrected semi-weekly , for the Chronicle
t Sentinel.
__— ar.: ■
• Bagging, Hemp 23 a26 Pepper, Sail
i Tow 16 a3O Spice , 9a II
Bale Rope, 10 a 14 Raisins, (dull) 250 a 875
1 Bar n, new litre, 31 a4l
s Hams 15 al7 Spin's, Whiskey 53 a6O
Shoulders 13014 N.F.. Rum 53 a6O
Sides 15 al7 Cog. Brandy 150 a 350 1
Butler, Goshen 30 a35 Holland Gin 135 a 150
j N. Carolina 15 aBS P. Brandy 871 a 135
Candles, Sperm 33 a 38 Sugars, St. Or. Ilia 1-4
I Tallow 16 alB Muscovado 81 all
, Cheese, 14 al6 Porto Rico 8 a 101
Coffee, gr. Cuba 131 al6 New Orleans Sail
1 Java 14 al6 Havana, white 14 als .
Common Rio 131 al4 Do brown 10 al3
Cotton, 14 al7 Salt, 60 a75 i
Flour, Canal 813 all Neap, yellow 71 a 9 i
! Baltimore 13 a 131 Shot, 9a 10 ,
Corn, 87i a 100 Teas, Hyson 70 a 100 |
. hard, 14 alB Imperial 93 a 185
Hides, At. salted 111 al3 Gunpowder 90 a 135 1
, Lead, 81a 9 Mackerel, No. 1 813 a 130 j
Molasses, 43 a4B No. 2 811 al3
’ Nails, 71 aBl No. 3 s7l a S ,
Oils, Sperm, 135 a 137 Wines, Malaga 60 a75 j
Linseed 125 a 137 Tencriffe 871 als |
Whale 55 a65 Madeira 150 a 300 ,
Pork, Mess 28 a3O Claret, per cask, 8350 ,
, Prime 34 a25 Champagne 810 a 150 '
1
REMARKS. <
i Cotton.—The business done in this article dur- ’
i iug the last week was quite light, and at a daily de- ,
1 dine in prices, and the accounts published in our 1
1 paper, will, no doubt, cause a pause in the operations
in this arl : cle, for same time to come. W’e shall omit i
quotations as no sale has come to our knowledge
. this morning—on Saturday a prime crop lot of 73 1
bales was sold at 15 cents, for which 17 cents was
asked on Monday, and 161 cts. refused. j
• Groceries.—We have no change to notice, a
■ small lot of JV/olasses was sold at 42 els., 90 days. 1
. Exchange —On New York at sight, 2a 21 per i
cent, 30 days sight 11 per cent. f
| Freights—Continue at old rates.
Extract of a letter to a mercantile house in tills city i
| LIVERPOOL, Feb. 8,1837. J
W’e confine to have an extremely dull market for <
| all descriptions ol pioduec,and the slate of the mo- i
1 ney market has an increasingly unfavorable effect j
upon Che trade. t
The demand for Cotton is still very languid, and
it is so abundantly pressed and indeed forced upon s
ihe market that prices have declined fully 1 d per lb. [
-Since our Circular of Ist inst., making the reduction i
; in Ihs lust three or four weeks quae lid per lb., and 1
. oven at this decline it is irumpossiblc at present to f
effect sales to any extent. The business doing is s
chiefly in thn new crop, and the range of prices for
new Upland is 81 a 93; very little above 91, and
chiefly at 9 a 91; and tho range lor the new crop (.
lof Orleans is Si a 101, In inferior low rotten there a
jis scarcely any thing doing, Tho sales for the a
j week eliding 3d hist,, w ere 14130 bales, of which
j 5000 were Upland at 71 a 101; 5430 Orleans at 61 b
[a US ; 510 Alabama and Mobile at 81 a 11. Yes
terday’s sales were only about 800 bales.
VV, &J. BROWN & CO, j*
Extract from another letter. a
Liverpool, Feb. 8, 1837. n
We regret to stale that our cotton market is de- v
pressed very much owing to ihe state of the money
market; and prices are now fully a J per lb. lower J
than the quotations in the circular here;villi sent,
with but little demand. j
Yours, respectfully.
Tho Liverpool Circular for the week ending 3J
Feb. says that the new crop of American had d 'di
ned Ito 1, while the old Oh lower classes have declin- V
ed only {to 1. F
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, March 16. tl
LIVERPOOL MARKET, FEB. 4 TO 7. 11
Salunlay, Feh. 4.—Wo continue to have a very ri
flat markai, and a very great desire to sell the new c j
import of American Cottons, which aro being forecd ;
off at a farther reduction of Id to 3d, being a decline
of Id (Kir lb within the Inst three weeks; all other r<
kinds are heavy of sale, last week's rates nut being t*
obtainable wiihin Id to Id per lb. w
Babins are nominal, and much neglected, and in w
J.’asl India there is less do ng. Exporters have la- j,
ken 150 Bengal and 50 Surat, GUOO American, 8»J0
Pernambuco, 300 Egyptian, 300 Bahia, 200 Sural, .
and 69 Muranham, wore forwarded into the country 11
last month, unsold, being chiefly imported on consu- al
mer's account. ' G
V
The import this week is 16,1*52 hogs, and the attics :
each 11 KM) bags,viz:—GO Sea Island 27 lo 36d ;
KKK) Upland* 74 a 101; 510 rthib.'iinas 8} a II;
5430 New Orleans 61 a II); 650 Pemams 104 a
12); ICO Bahian 9 a 101 ; 830 Laguyra,9) a 10;
3*o Egyptians 12 al6 ; 870 Peru 9. a 91; 100 4fu-
Jraa 7) ; 760 Santa 4 a 71; 150 B.ngal* 41; 400
jl/aranham 9 a 13.
Wo have had a heavy cotton market to-day. A
bout 1500 bales have been sold at yesterday’s prices;
namely 60 Egyptians, 12id ; 69 barms, 5.d ; 60
Pernams, Hid, a tew Bahia, Hid ; and about 1,300
Americar, from 8d to Kkl. Bales.
Taken on sjieeulaliun this year, 9,500
Same in 1836, 23,003
Forwarded into the country unsolc this year, 7,550
Same in 1930, ' 4,590
Increase of import this yoar, compared with
the same dale last year, 20,941
Increase of stuck, G1,7U0
Decrease of quantity taken for consumption, 19,300
Deere.ise of quantity taken for export, 1,740
Feb. 7th.— Colton —The demand on Saturda - ' con
tinued very limited, and the sales did not exceed
1200 bag--. Yesterday there was a more general in
quiry, and 2,500 bags were sold at rather low prices
lor American. The sales include 100 ATaranham*,
from lO.’d to Hd; 55 Egypts, 15J; and 50 burals,
6d to 6d per lb.
From the Now York American, March 16.
POSTSCRIPT.—'Two o’clock.
The Virginia, from Liverpool of Bth Feb., is
below. No papers are received, or political news,
as yet. We are indebted to the owners for the
latest commercial letter.
Correspondence of the American.
Liverpool, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1837.
We closed the third flat week in our Cotton
market—the last by far the worst of the three.
•So mneh was Colton pressed for sale, and so much
were the buyers importuned to make oilers, that
they, as well as the holders, took the alarm, and
bought even less that) they had intended. Inferi
or short stapled American Cotton was sold at a
reduction of £ to id. per lb., and good new was
forced off ala reduction ol j| to and even
per lb., according to the fears of the seller, may
in some instances have been conceded to the buy
er. It is not easy lo say what our pikes ate, but,
as near as we can get at them, in the present un
settled slate of things, we would say in now Col
ton we are down fully Ijd, per lb. from the pri
ces of a lew weeks ago. Some will, perhaps, still
quote the best Upland at and above 10d., but,
seeing ho w tittle can be sold over 9jd. we dare
not carry our quotations above and abundant
ly high too, when we come lo actual business.’
And, further, we reget lo say we must be lower,
unless wc have very soon a change in feeling,
such as to induce the holders not to heap their
Colton on the market as they have done.
The sales of the week, as follows :—6O S. Is
land, 2s 3d, a ;3s Sd ; 5000 Upland, 8| a 10£d ;
5430 Orleans, 5} a Hi; 35, lljjd; 510 Ten
nessee and Mobile, 8J a lid ; CSO Pernambuco,
10J a 12$ ; 160 Bahia and Macao, 9 a 10$d;
400 Maranham, 9 a 13d ; 370 Peruvian, 9$ a 9 sd;
40 Demarara, 12$ a 14d;330 Laguira, a liid;
370 Egyptian, 12 a 16d; 680 Surat, 4 a
150 Bengal, 4 jd. Total, 14,150 hales.
Nothing done on speculation, and only 200
bales East India taken for export. The chief
sales made in Now Upland were from 9$ to 9s,
in new New Orleans from 8$ to 10, and in new
Mobile from 9 lo 10 ; and old of the three sorts,
at 7j to Bs.
The import of all sorts of Colton into the
Kingdom, since the Ist Saturday, amounts to
147,700 against 103,800 hales, and of American
separately to 106,*00 against 74,700 bales. The
Stock, as estimated on the 3d inst. umoun'ed to
225,000 of all kind in this port, against 166,000;
and ol American, separately, to 106,000, against
87,000, the estimated stuck at the same time in
1836. Turpentine is again lower, 1400 barrels
were sold last week at lls 9d down to lossd per
cwt. Tar, no sales. Ashes have declined in
price : 800 barrels of Montreal Pot were disposed
of at lower rates, namely, 30s to 30s 6d ; of Pearl
the sales amounted to about 150 barrels at 36s
per cwt. Our Corn market flat, and prices con
tinue to go down.
We remain, your’s respectfully,
Upland, ordinary to middling fair, 6$ a7} ;
(air to good fair, 8| a 9J ; good lo fine, 9J a
Orleans, ordinary to middling fair, 6 j a 7$ ; fair
to good fair, 9 a 9s; good to fine, 9J a 10J. M a/*
bile, ordinary to middling fair, 6J a 7$ ;
good fair, 9a9) ; good to fine, 9j a 10. J. Ten
nessee, ordinary to middling, 6 i a 7$ ; fair to
good fair, 7J aßs ; good to fine, Bj. Sea Island,
Is 6d a 2s 3d ; and extra fine, 2s fid, 2s 9J, and
up to 3s.
The sales of Cotton the last three days about
5000 hales, the market very flat, and low prices
accepted.
REVIEW OF THE NEW YORK MARKET, MARCH 15.
Coffee. —A great degree of heaviness continues to
prevail for all descriptions of Coffee, and the sales
which have been merely in lots for horns use, have
amounted only to about 3 to 400 bags Brazil at 11
a 12 cents; 230 Laguira, 12; 200 do prime, 121;
and 100 St. Bomingo, 10} cents. By auction, 950
bags Brazil, damaged, 6) a 81 cents, cash.
Cotton. — During the past three days, transactions
have been almost entirely suspended, 'j he shippers,
in consequence ot the unfavorable nature of the ad
vices from abroad, have declined proceeding in their
purchases, and consumers, In the expectation of some
reduction, have also mostly withdrawn th involves
from farther operations. The only sales we have to
record, are about 50 bales New Orleans at 10 a 18 ;
50 Florida, 151 a 17; and 50 Uplands 15 a 17i cts.
The arrivals have been 5731 hales.
Flour and Meal —The Flour market continues
exir mely heavy, and prices of all descriptions may
be considered fully 12) cents lower t an at the date
of our lasi report. Wequote Western Canal sll 75
a 12; sales of Georgetown and Howard street al
81150; Alexandria 11; and Philadelphia 11 127 a
11 25. Considerable quantities of foreign flour,
someofvvhich is represented as being of fine quality,
have been received from Europe since our last.—
Rye flour remains at SO Corn meal has farther
declined, tho prices for barrels are now 84 75 a
4874, the latter with time.
Molasses —ln the absence of sufficient supplies,
prices continue to advance ; a cargo of 20J hlids
Trinidad Cuba was sold m lots to the trade at 40
cents, 4 mos. Sales since our last have also been
made of 23,000 gallons prim 'New Iberia at 40 cts.
tor hhds,4o) lor tierces, and 41i fer barrels A ear
go of New Orleans, arrived yesterday, had been pro
vimtsly sold
Precisions —There :s a fair demand for Beef, and
prices are well maintained. I’ork tetmins dull, and
considerable receipts of Moss, via N Orleans h is re
duced the price to 822 50 a23 50. Lard lan her de
clined ; Western in kegs has sold at 12 cents.—
Haras are more plenty, and we reduce our rate to
12 a 131 cents. 1 ranked Beef is scarce, mid sells at
HI cents; 20,000 lbs Bacon sold yesterday at 131
cents.
Spirit*.—Prices of Brandy have advanced as the
stock diminished ; sales have been made of Crown
brand at $1 35; 35 hall pipes E bigneilo, r 37; 50
quarter do, 135; 6 half pipes A Signette, the last
in market, 1 40; and 15 pipes, and 35 halves Olard,
Dupuy & Co. part at I 50, and balance on terms not
transpired. Sinai' parcels New Orleans Kuril have
been selling it 55 cents. No change in oiher de
scriptions.
“Baltimore Market, March 14.
Flour. —The transactions m Howard street
continue to be confined lo retail sales from stores,
at §10,75 per bbl. The wagon price is uniform
at $lO 25.
City Mills, standard quality, is held at $lO per
bbl. Market dull and very little doing.
Wequote Ist Rye at $7,74.
Grain. —Several cargoes of Wheat have arri
ved flora Europe within a day or two. We
have as yet heard of no sales. In the present in
active state of tho Flour market, millers appear
not anxious to buy. One parcel of very prime
while, which we have seen, is held at $3.30.
Sales cf while Corn at 86 a 87 cents, and of
yellow at 90 a 91 cents.
Sales of Md. Rye at $1,20 a $1,25. Euro
pean Rye is held at $1,30 —no sales- Sales of
Md. Oats at 48 cents,
From the N. O. True American, March H.
Nothing moie has transpired in the all en
grossing subject of the failures worthy of notice.
Rumors are afloat that they will he all arranged
—that lime will be given on the liabilities—that
Ihc hanks will he liberal and merciful. We are
not prepared to announce any confidence in such
rumors; It may or may not he so. Under any
rircumslances, the evil to the money market ari
sing from ihe stoppages will not extend to tho
Tgular business of tho city. Money is said to
re the root of all evil—in the present instance,
.ve should say that cotton was. No sales of cotton
,veie recorded by the board of brokers for this
lay. The transactions in this article, out-doors
vere not heavy. Prices have suffered no mate
ial change, Haiders are not anxious to sell,
md purchasers,*™ careless about doing any thing.!
3ood paper running 60 or 90 davs. commands I
from 1a 1 3-4 per cent per month. The hanks .3
are not over liberal in discounts. There is con
siderable difficulty in getting money, arising
probably from the disturbed state of confidence •
produced by the trepidation manifested in cer- it
tain high quarters. Tidings of the late discomfi- '
lure will have reached New York by to-morrow, j
We are anxiously waiting the result it will pro- |
duce in that city. The rumors of the stoppages !
of the mail, with a view to retard the intelligence
of our difficulties, have proven to be without foun- I
daiion. Our legislature adjourns on Monday— I
the bill to nppropiiate half a million to the Nashs I
vilic rail road having become a law. '-1
From the N. Y. Commercial Adee.liser.
15lh, One o'clock. —Anolhet heavy day in 1J
Wall street. Money scarcer than ever, and stocks I ‘
almost a drug in the market. The sales tu-day I
were very large, and the rates from one to five / j
per cent. less than those of yesterday. Un iled
Slates dropped off per cent., Delaware 3s,
Morris 1, Farmers’ Trust 1, American Trust Is,
Vicksburgh 5.
The rail roads, as usual, fluctuated the most.
Mohawk closed al 3 per cent decline, in yester
day's closing rates. Patterson 4 per cent, Har
lem 5, Boston & Providence 2, Long Island 3,
and Stouington 5, per cent.
16th, One o’clock. —Tho sales this day at
the Board were of varying character. Soma
stocks dropped down below yesterday’s prices,
Among thesa were United States, sold at 116.
Delaware at 86, Morris at 92 and State Bank at
110. Kail Roads generally improved; in Harlem
went op to 63, an advance of 3 per ce«t on yes- •-
terday’s closing prices, Boston & Providence at
ton, Worcester at 91, Stonington at 66, and
Long Island at 73; Taken generally, things
look rather better to day.
Exchange on England.— We mentioned
yesterday that Bills on England for the packet of
this day, began at 9 j and advanced to 10. Be
fore the close of the market, yesterday they ran
up to 10$, and in some instances drawers asked
10 J. This morning, cash sales were made at 9}
a 10.; and in some instances, on time, sales
were made at 11 a 11$.
From the New York Herald.
WALL STREET March 16.
We are in the commencement o) a fresh panic
■ The only question is, “bow long will it last Joel”
' JStocks yesterday fell—every stock in the list came
tumbling down Josephs’s new banking house—
some one story —some two —some three—some
four—some five—some six—some seven—some
eight—some nine. Harlem fell the farthest—
nine per cent —probably from an apprehension
, that the magnificent tunnel might fall in tomor
row or next week—who knows! I'here is, also
, a great pressure in tho money market.
; By means of the financial measures of En
; gland, our cotton kas has fallen in value—pro
; liahly equal lo live millions for crop.
; Yesterday, there were imported 8,452 bags of
wheat—B,2B7hags of rye—and 100 barrels of
I flour —besides what is daily arriving at the cut*
f pons—Boston and Baltimore. In a few days
, the rivets will be open. Fiour must therefore
' come down, in spite of all the efforts of m llers
, speculators, holders, or middle men, to keep it up.
Provisions generally, will follow—beef is 100
i high—mutton is 100 high—p uk is too high—
-1 roguery is too high—politicians 100 high- All
i must comedown to reason. Kents are already
i on the wane, but the fall of teal estate wilt effecl
i ually bring down rents. 'J'hei e mutt be a gen
l e"al fall in all the necessaries of life. The re
action has appearently begun, amt nothing can
stop it. The aclion of the executive or of the
legislature may aid this general decline—they
cannot prevent it. Speculators—the rascally
speelulators—the state’s prison monopolists—tile
penitentiary forestalled—must Le driven from
society and their strong positions. It is high
time fur common sense and moderatiou to reign
in all commercial transactions.
WALL STREET, March 16.
This is the age of gingerbread. We eat, drink,
g, sleep and transact business on brittle gin
ead. Our housesare gingerbread—our stocks
ingerhread—our characters are gingerbread ■
3 are all gingerbread.
1 Yesterday, something like an additional panic
to k place in the stork market, accompanied by
some symptoms of a most remarkable nature. A
large house, dealers in stocks, went by the boaid,
to the amount of two or three hundred thousand
dollars, if not more. The moment this news was
circulated it spread a contagion around. The
pressure lor money is enormous, and tho rates of
interest, for the best paper, have risen to three
per cent a month. Exchange also rose on En
gland, for the packet today, to 110 and 110$, and
an alarm seized the hanks that their little specie
would grow still less. More failures are antici
pated before the week is oat, and when there is
to boa change no one knows. The merchants
also, in spite their various efforts, cannot stand the
present state of things much longer. It was ex
pected that the early spring would bring on its
breezes an early assistance. It btings nothing
but mud and protests. The protested paper still
returns from the southwestern states on New
York, to strengthen the strength of the pressure.
Alabama and Mississippi, have issued large bills
which are brought here for money, without a dol
lar of funds prepared to redeem them.
Thus we go. Every body is again inquiring
into the reasons of this new panic—this singular
foretaste of the touching qualities of the new ad
ministration. The present st te of the money
market is caused by various influences. First, —
The full of cotton in Europe, which is equal to a
diminuation of 5 millions in the value of our ex
ports. Second. —The increasing importation of
broad stuffs from Europe, which will unquestion
ably teke away our specie when we least expect
it. Third. —The continued operation of the dis
tribution and (arifif laws, which still accumulate
money in the treasury, for no earthly purpose but
to furnish the deposit banks with capital, to loan
io those whoshave at 3 per cent a month. Fourth.
—The want of all system, harmony of action or
practical good sense in our numerous banking in
stitutions, which are continually running each
other for specie. Fifth. —The suppression of
small hills, by which the real business ciiculation
of a paper currency is made to give way to a spe
culative largo note currency. And Sixth. .
But we must stop. It is hardly possible to
enumerate all the causes—the ever varying cau
ses—which are at the bottom of the present un
healthy aclion of the currency and commerce.
Many begin to believe that no remedy can bo
applied till a general and simultaneous suspen
sion takes place among those who have been
harassed for eighteen months past al the rale of 2
and 3 per cent, a month. The recent high price*
in certain articles of the first necessity are ccts
tainly beginning lo give way. A crash among
the merchants, who have been most deeply “suck
od” by the banks, would have the effect of clear
ing tlie atmosphere a little. Things cannot s taiul
long us they are.
J he (lour market yesterday was very dull and
declining. Wheat is still arriving—2009 bags
yesterday. Prices are beginning to recede, in
spite of the arts of the speculators. As soon a»
Ihe livers are opened, and the foreign wheat can
be manufactured, we expect a decided fall in pri
ces. Consumers arc now buying their supplies
from day to day at the present prices. The fol
lowing are the leading operations of Ihe market
yesterday : A sale of 168 barrels imported Flour,
®t T’J, lo 8, cash : 756 boxes hunch raisins,
at $1 60; 42 half do do, at 70; 6 qrdodo, 37$ }
8 boxes bloom do, I 10; 15 boxes clusters, 75 ;
2 boxes samples, 70, 4,monlhs ; 250 boxs Bunch,
at 1474 a 150; 50 half do do, 70, cash ; 95 casks
raisins, 3$ a4, four months; 27 boxes Brazil
Sugars, at 5J a 6, 90 ds and 4 months; 15 half
pipes London Brandy, at 90, 91, a 92; 23 half
pipes Rochelle do at 113, 114,at 116 4 months;
7 boxes arrowroot, at 3, cash ; 50 hhd« unmer
chantable Kentucky tobacco, at 2J. average ; *
sale of 250 packages foreign and domestic Dry
Goods, by Messrs, John Haggerty and Sons, at
6 months credit. It was very fully attended, but
pri es were low. Are dry goods lo fall too!
By Express Mail we have accounts from New
Orleans of the 6th. Flour there is at $8 to $9,
best qualities.
Ga. Insurance Sc Trust Co*
PURCHASER.? of new stock are reminded that
one half the premium, on the sale, is payable on
1 Wednesday, 22d inst.
March 20 2t W}(. T. GOULD, See'ry