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THE WAR
The annexed hit at the unending Florida
War is from a “down-east - ' paper:
Ever since the creation,
By the best calculation,
The Florida war has been raging,
And tis our expectation
That the last conflagration
Will lind us the same contest waging'
And yet 'tis not an endless war,
As facts will plainly show.
Having been “ended"' forty times
In twenty months or so
Sam Jones. Sant Jones, tli.su great unwhipped.
Thou mak'st a world of bother.
Indeed, we ipnte suspect tllo't art
One Davy Jones's brother
“The war is ended," comes the news,
W e’vc* caught them in our gin.
Tin* war is cn<h*tl. past a doiiht.
“Sam Jones has jiwf conic in!"
Hut, hark' next day the tunc wr change,
And sing a cuunter-slrain;
“The war’s not ended,” hcliold,
Sim Jones is out again!"
And ever and anon we hear,
I’rorluuiird in cheering tones,
Our General s hud—a battle no,
A “talk with Samuel Jones!
For ought we see. while ocean rolls,
i As though thet»e crafty Seminole*
Were doubly nerved and sinewed.)
Nor art. nor force can e’er avail.
Hut. like some modern premium tale,
The war's **to be continued."
CENTRAL RAIL ROAD
This road is now complete, and in daily
use to the 70 miles station. It is graded
lor upwards of 40 miles beyond this point,
but the process of laying the superstruc
ture is slow. We have assurances from
the chief Engineer, a point in ISurke
county,HO miles distant from Savannah,w ill
be reached and in use in the month of
June, and that every effort will be made
to complete it to the crossing of (lie < fre
ebee, 101 miles from Savannah, bv the Ist
-November. Now, it appears to us, that
if proper arrangements were made bv the
company, of store houses, agents, &e., at
the SO |miles station, great inducements
would he offered to our fellow citizens of
the interior to send their fall supply of
goods by the Rail Road to that point, and
thence to be wagoned to their place of des
tination; and we would remark to our
fellow citizens of the interior, that at that
point they would be within 30 miles of
Louisville, *2l) of Waynesboro, 50 of Au
gusta, 00 or 71) from Sparta, Milledgcvilte
and Sandersville, and not over 100 miles
from Macon, and great expense and delay
in getting their goods would be avoided,
whilst the facilities in getting their produce
to market would lie as great. We earn
estly recommend this subject to ail con
cerned, under the full belie) - tint this road
needs only to be used, to be duly appre
ciated as it deserves. |Saw Georgian.
We have board fears expressed bv some
that the news of the sale of the Union
Rank Bonds would prove incorrect. Wo
are enabled to state on the authority of
letters received from Col. (iambic, that
the loan had been negotiated, and that (lie
first instalment would be transmitted to
New York immediately. Col (!. was in
Liverpool on the I st of March and expect
ed to return home by the Great Western,
to sail about the 281 h, and has prolnhly ere
this arrived in Non \mk. The happy el
ti ct produced by this intelligence is man
ifested in the cheerful countenances of all
classes of the community, and will give
life and animation to business. The mer
chant, the planter, the mechanic, each
partake in the general benefit, and all
w ill be relieved from that embarrassment
u Inch has so long crippled the energies
and enterprise of our citizens. To Col.
(■amble, Florida owes a debt of gratitude
for bis indefatigable exertions in effecting
this negotiation, and for the services thus
rendered the country in the time of her
greatest distress.—[Tallahas.se Floridian.
“Pi.tins ok Tut: Ska."—The schoon
er Pearl, which left New York, on the
-Dili ult. for New hern, N. C. was run
ashore on the 751 st, about four miles from
llatteras, for the purpose of saving the
lives of those on board. She had previ
ously shipped a sea, which washed a sai
lor, (William Bird, of New Jersey.) over
board, broke the captain’s leg, and bruis
ed the male and one of the men so severe
ly that the former had to be carried be
low. 'Die same sea stove both boats, car
ried away the main boom, stove the lee
bulwarks, weather quarter, & c., leaving
the vessel a complete wreck.
At this time the condition of-all on
board was indeed perilous—the vessel on
a diiigerous lee shore, almost unmanage
able, with but one man of the w hole crew
left capable of duty. Remembering the
old adage, that “while there i> life there
is hope" and trusting in tin: assisting mer
cy of an all ruling Providence, the m*scti-,
tfer.sf after consulting the officcrs and crew
exerted themselves to run the vessel on
shore as a last and desperate chance for
escape. This was happily accomplished
about half past eight o'clock at night, un
der the encouragement of the Captain and
directions ol the Mute, who, bruised and
injured as they were, exerted themselves
to the utmost of their power. At day
break they found they were near Cape
llatteras, and soon afterwards ail reach
ed the land in safety.—[Baltimore Amer
ican.
“Zounds! I shall go out of my wits”
once exclaimed a cholerick old gentle
man—“ Wei!,” said a bystander, " you
wou’t have far to go.”
1 LATE FROM THE EAST INDIES,
By private letters, received at New York,
via Salem, dated Colombo, Island of Cev
lon, Ist Dec. last, information has been
received from our East India squadron.
1 lie Columbia and Joint Adams felt Bom
bay on the last of October and after touch
ing at Goa and other places, arrived at
Colombo, on the 23«1 November. On
the 30th, the American Consul at Point
<le (Julia, applied to Governor Mackenzie
for nil English armed vessel, to be des
patched to Quallo Battoo, and give the
news ol the plunder of the Eclipse, and
the massacre of part of the crew. The
next day our squadron got under way for
that place—the crews ol both vessels vol
unteered for the expedition, against the
Malays, and we shall no doubt shortly
hear of another summary chastisement in
dicted on those audacious plunderers.
MARYLAND.
The legislature of Maryland adjourned
on the tith instant after passing several im
portant laws in regard to internal improve
ments. One of them authorizes the con
version of the six per cent. bonds issued
by the State to the Baltimore and Ohio
Rail Road Company and Chesapeake and
Ohio ( 'anal Company, into live per cent,
bonds. This bill unlocks the State’s B:},-
00(1,01)0 subscription to the Baltimore and
Ohio Rail Road Company, and renders it
at once available for the purposes of the
Company in the prosecution of its great
work to the Western waters. Another
law grants the guarantee of the State to
| the bonds ol the Susquehanna and Tide
, Water Canal Company, to the amount of
. 8 IJIOO, OOO. Another appropriates .$750,-
i 000 for the completion of the Susquehanna
: Rail Road. And another makes a furth
er appropriation of $1,37.7,000 to the
< hosapeake and Ohio ( anal Company.
j A ugii'ta Const.
The .N itional Intelligencer, 17th in-i.
; says:—We learn from the Army ami Na
jvy Chronicle that a Board is now sitting
; in this city, composed of naval and civil
olliccrs, assembled for the purpose of cou
■ suiting on and devising the best plans
. and models for steam vessels of war, three
of which were authorized hv an act of
the late session of Congress. The Board
i is composed of the following imliudiials:
i Commodore Stewart and Capt. M. C. Per
• | ry, of the Navy; S. Humphreys, Esq.
i Chief Naval Constructor, ami Messrs. Hart
land Lentil.ill, Naval Constructors; Mr.
| I lass well, Engineer of the F. S. sicum-
) ship Fulton; and Win. Kemble, Esq., one
j of the proprietors of the West I’oiut Fotin- 1
i ‘ify.
Tut - . S w im.s B v\ii Mom \ wit not r |
t\- ou .M.it — V, e are crcilil.lv informed!
that there is in the Savings Bank of this'
city an amount of 8 I ,500,(Mil) ami over
remaining unclaimed, hoih principal and
-
This singular accumulation of money :
without an owner, arises from various
causes. Mmy ol the poor Iri-li, people
j whom many persons believe and call im
i provident, thoughtless, ami what not, dc
| posite their little earnings in the hank,
! leave the city m search of work, and then
lo«e their vouchers, die, or are prevent
ed, by other contingencies, liom drawing
• out their deposits. We have heard sev
eral very curious instances of i!jis kind,
which we uiav give me of these dat s.
[V \ Herald.'
Texts vm> Mi.xiio —We learn from
a source entitled to the utmost credit,
that there is every | reliability that the dif
ficulties between these Republics will be
amicably adjusted, and lienee the appoint
ment ot Mr. Ree as Minister to Mexico.
A peace between hot It countries will he
equally beneficial to both parties: and we
hope before rite lapse of many months, to
announce so desirable a result.—[Mobile
Courier 3311i u!t.
l*tMsinif.N r ix Ritwtn: Ist. am). —The
Providence Courier of yesterday, alluding
to the late trial and Qonviction ot a man
named Benjamin, for manslaughter, says
he w as sentenced to five years solitary con
finement at hard labor in the State Pen
itentiary. The law of the State makes
manslaughter punishable with imprison
ment not exceeding ten years, at the dis
cretion of the Court.
For the information of those who are
unacquainted with the State Prison Dis
cipline, and to hold up its terrors as a
preventive of crime, we give a faint outline
of a few of the rules adopted at the Rhode
Island prison.
, The convict is taken to a preparatory
room, where he is divested ot his clothing.
He is then clothed in the uniform of the
prison, and lias lus head shaved. He is
now led, blindfold to the door of the cell
allotted to bun, incarcerated in the cell,
and locked up. The prisoner is thus lost
to the world. His name is no longer
known in the establishment, and he is
designated only by the number ol Ins cell.
From the moment, during the period of
his confinement, he is to hold no commu
nication with any one but tlie keeper, nor
to behotd the person or face of others,
lie is put to labor in his cell, and that
and the Holy Scriptures constitute his di
version and means of instruction.
Those who would avoid such a living
death, should avoid the patli that leads to
it. — [Boston Courier.
—T,
toacE ok Habit.— A toper in New
Orleans taking a ciieck to a bank to be
cashed, was asked by the teller, ‘how he
would have it?’ he answered instantly,
'cold if you please, and without sugar.’
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
TIIE ADVOCATE.
BRUNSWICK, (Ga.) APRIL 27. IK®.
BRUNSWICK AND FLORIDA RAIL
ROAD.
With pleasure we lay before our readers the
I following letter written by Col. J. M. White,
the late distinguished Delegate from Florida,
‘ giving his views in relation to this ino<t im
portant undertaking. The letter is addressed
to the Hon. Thomas Butler King, of this
' County, to whom we are indebted for the priv
ilege of laying it before our readers.
There are few men whose opinions are en
titled to more weight than those of Col. White
llis opportunities for making correct observa
tions are derived from his intimate knowledge
of the conditions and prospects of every part
of his own country and from his extensive
travels in Europe, where he has enjoyed the
rare advantage of seeing all the public works
of importance which have been actually con
structed, or are novv in progress.
W’e are rejoiced to add this statement to '
the mass of concurrent testimony which we
have heretofore published in favor of this en- |
terprise,—and when we survey its great im
portance, our astonishment increases apace, i
that ilia country where money is nppropriat-1
ed to so many [objects of doubtful utility, the
Brunswick and Florida _Rail Road is not at
tiiis inoment._completed instead of being in the
incipient stage of its progress.
New (Means alone if she consulted her
best interests, ought to have taken the lead
in this matter. Rail roads do virtually an
nihilate space, and one which brings New
(Means so near to New York and consequent
ly nearer Europe, ought to be regarded by her
“
citizens with special favor.
. I
lu anticipation ot the advantages of this :
route, we learn that Mr. Stockton has deter- 1
mined to establish a line of post coaches from
this city, to the Chattahoochee. Steam boats
at either end of the line will convey passen
gers to all the ports on the Atlantic and on the
Mexican Gulf.
New Orleans, April 2,1839.
Dkaii Si k,
I have been gratified to learn from various
sources, of the extraordinary progress you are
making (under all the disadvantages of the fi
nancial arrangements of the country) in your
great work of internal inprovement. It is a
noble enterprise, and justifies the time, atten
tion and energy, you have displayed in it. I
am as you know thoroughly acquainted with
the country from the Atlantic to the Gulf of
Mexico, and have deliberately considered the .
practicability, as well as the benefits, of the
construction of a Rail Road from the South
Atlantic to the w aters of the Gulf, to avoid the
circuitous and dangerous voyage around the
Florida'Capes. 1 have made a personal ex
amination ot'all the Rail Roads of any conse
quence in this country and itt Europe, their ob
jects and results, and 1 do not hesitate to say
that the one in which you are engaged, in j
my humble judgment, w ill be the most use- 1
fnl and profitable in the world; the most impor
tant Rail Road in England How constructed,
or in progress, runs from the Metropolis to the i
sea ports. Those projected in France are in
tern! and Ibr the same purpose. The one re
cently constructed by the King of Belgium, is
from Antwerp to Brussels, and thence to Co-,
ley,ue on the Rhine. These Roads are intend
ed to transport passengers and merchandise,
from the capitals to the sea-ports.
The Rail Road from Brunswick to the Ports
am! waters of the Gulf of Mexico .will he the
thoroughfare of the two great Geographical
divisions of the continent from the North East,,
to the South West. It will annihilate time
and distance. There can be no other route by
sea. river or land, to compete with it. The
completion of that Road will bring New Or
leans and New York in juxtaposition w ith i
each other. We have now three routes of
getting from this city to New York—naviga-'
tion by sea—by steamers up the river and over j
the mountains, or in the miserable coaches by j
day and night through the southern states. — !
Each route requires as much time as a voyage
to Europe, and ten times the hazard.
By the completion of your Road the time of
arriving at New 7 ork from here is reduced
to five days, or six at the most remote calcula
tion. Large steamers can run front this city 1
to Pensacola, St. Andrews, St. Josephs, Apal
achicola and St. Marks—from each of which,
passengers can reach the Rail Road by water
or lateral branches, within a few hours. Be- 1
tween the rising and setting sun they are
transported to Brunswick, the finest Port on
the South Atlantic, where steamers run to the
Chesapeake, the Delaware and New York
Bays, in two or three days, and incoming
South, passengers jot Washington. Charleston -
and Savannah, can reach Brunswick bv sea,
inland navigation, or by land, and are deliver
ed m New Orleans before one can be rolled,
tumbled, jolted and pressed, from this place to
Columbus, m Georgia. The whole interior of
Georgia and Alabama would find it more con
venient to deScend the Chattahoochee and take
the Railroad to Brunswick, than to attempt any
other route. The whole valley of the Missis
sippi from the South of the Ohio to the Gulf
of Mexico, would find this the safest and spe
diest route. The floating population of this
great city, now almost incalculable, would be
doubled by this safe and commodious mode of
travelling. The North would send out thous
( ands who are threatened with consumptions,
1 to the Southern and Western coasts of the
Gulf of Mexico, and our planters and citizens
would refresh themselves at Saratoga in the
hot months.
The Brunswick Rail Road would connect
two great naval Arsenals and Depots at the
best Port on the South Atlantic and on the
Gulf of Mexico. Men, Military stores, Arma
ments,&c. could be furnished from all the states
south of the Allegany mountains upon the
southern Atlantic sea Board with incredible
celerity. No one can look to the present po
sition of this country, and reflect upon the
geographical or political condition of it, with
out perceiving that in the event of a war with
any European power, that war will be waged
iri the Gulf of Mexico," and upon the South-
Atlantic states, now tiie most exposed parts of
the Union. Nearly all the European powers j
have possessions in the West Indies. Their
expeditions must there be fitted out, their ob
ject would be the blockade of the southern
Ports and the capture of all vessels trading to
this city.
Your Rail Road ill furnish a safe trans
portation of men, munitions of war, and trade, [
from the western waters to the Atlantic.
In a national point of view for all the great
objects of naval and military operations it is
of incalculable advantage to the United States.
It is not confined however to the U. S. The
new Anglo-American Mexican Republic of
Texas is destined itself to be a great nation. It
has a territory larger than France, audofun- 1
paralleled fertility. The whole of this region
will find your Rail Road the readiest commu
nication to tin; South Atlantic and Eastern
states of the North American Union. In less
than five years steamers will run daily from
several ports in Texas to all the principal bays
and towns on the coast of the Gulf of Mex
ico. !
I do not doubt that in a very few years the
long contemplated communication at the Straits
of Darien or Panama will be abandoned and
a route from the Rio del Norte to the Gulf of
Calafornia through Texas will be substituted.
’Plie passage from the United States to China
and India will be effected through this line of;
communication, connecting your Rail Road
by steamers with one from the Itiu Bravo del
Norte to the Pacific; you can calculate how
soon the passage can be made from New York
to China or the various ports of South America
on the Pacific.
I will not enlarge—in my humble judgment
the civilized world does not furnish a position
for a Rail Road so useful or so profitable. The
rich merchants and enterprising citizens of
this great commercial emporium must see,
i when the advantages are developed, and the
j practicability demonstrated, that next to the
father of rivers, supplied by nature, no object
of public improvement can be so advantageous
to them.
You may consider these random thoughts,
though incoherently thrown together, yet to be
my deliberate opinions.
I am, with high considerations of respect,
Your friend,
JOS. M. WHITE.
Hon. Titos. BtTi.Ett Kim;,
Brunswick, Ga.
.
GLYNN SUPERIOR COURT.
The Superior Court of Glynn County, Judge
Henry on the bench, held a short session in
this city last week. There was a large amount
of business on the docket, much of which was
disposed of, and a good deal of which had to
be continued, owing to the limited session of
the Court. The truth is, there is not sufficient
time allowed between the sitting of the Wayne
and Mclntosh Courts to render that strict ad
ministration of justice to which parties having
suits in this Court are entitled—the conse
quence is, cases have to be continued from
term to term to the great inconvenience and
expense of those interested.
On the first day of the session, the case of
the State vs. Robert Emmet Ilooe, indicted
for voluntary manslaughter, was called. This
case, which has excited considerable interest
in this community, has been unavoidably con
tinued for three or four terms. About a year
since the accused came to bis trial, at which
time, from the testimony of Mr. George May,
a witness on # the part of the State, he should
have been honorably acquitted; but contrary to
the charge of the Court, which was decidedly '
in favor of the defendant, the case having
gone to the jury w ithout argument from the
counsel on either side, a verdict of guilty was
returned. A motion for anew trial, upon the j
affidavit of the bailiff of the improper conduct j
of some of the jury, was without hesitation
granted by the Court.
Mr. Hooe, being a Lieutenant in the service !
of the United States, it is very difficult for
him to give his attendance twice a year at this
C..;A-f, fl’rfit'lie is extremely anxious to have a
fair trial, having no fears of the result. Infor- j
mation having been received, just before the,
opening of the Court, from Capt. Ramsay,
an important w itness on the part of the defend
ant, of his inability to be present, in conse
quence of an accident having occurred to him
m Fredericksburg, while on his way to this
place, by which he was confined to his bed, a
motion was made for a further continuance to
the next term, which was granted.
A witness on the part of the prosecution,
who was absent when the motion for a con
j tinuance w-as granted, having afterwards ar
rived, a motion was made to the Court, next
i morning, by the defendant’s counsel, which
was granted, to reinstate the cause oil trie
docket, bo that the accused might be per
mitted to proceed to his trial. Tiie counsel
for tiie defendant, although much to his disad
vantage, also made a motion which was acced
ed to by the counsel on the other side, that
the testimony of Capt. Ramsay, which was re
duced to w riting by the Court at the former trial,
should be admitted in evidence.. A pannel of
4ri Jurors was then presented, who, at the in
stance of t[ie counsel for the State, were put
upon their voire dire , but what w ith the challen
ges made by them, (two jurors only being ob
jected to by the counsel for the defendant) and
the declaration of those who had expressed an
opinion as to the innocence or guilt of the ac
cused, the pannel became exhausted, when
it appeared that only two jurors had been
sworn. It being impossible to summon ano
ther pannel in season for the present (prm, the
case had to be continued. Air. Hooe appeared
much disappointed at the result, as he will
have to be in attendance at the next term of
the Court. He has the satisfaction, however,
of knowing that this serious delay of justice
has enlisted in his favor the warm sympathy of
a large majority of our citizens.
The State vs. Thomas F. Hazzard. This
case, in consequence of not being able to pro
cure a jury from the pannel of forty-eight, ow
ing to peremptory challenges, and the large
number of those who had formed and express
ed an opinion in relation thereto, was also or
dered to be continued. »
James Frnen was found guilty of an assault,
and fined $25 and costs of Court.
Win. Greene was convicted of harboring a
slave, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the
jail of Mclntosh County till tiie 2d Dec. next.
There were several other cases on the
criminal docket, some of which were not sus
tained, and others continued till the next term.
CC )M M EIICIA L CON MENTION.
This Convention met according to previous
arrangement in the city of Charleston, on the
15th inst. Col. James Gadsden, of Florida,
w-as called to the chair, to organize the Con
vention. Delegates from five Slates and one
Territory were in attendance, to the number
of 211), one hundred and seventy of which
were from S. Carolina—the remainder were
from North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Ten
nessee and Florida. After the Delegates had
registered their names, the Convention was or
ganised by the appointment of Asbitry Hull,
Esq. of Georgia, as President, and Chancellor
YVm. Harper, of S. C., Mitchell King, of N.
C., Spencer Jarnnghin, ofTenn., Col. E. Ham
ilton, of Ga., C. T. Pollard, of Ala., and Wnt.
J. Mills, of Fa., as Vice Presidents.
A committee of twenty-one was appointed
by the Chair to prepare business for the Con
vention.
Gen. Haync offered a series of resolutions
which were referred to the above committee of
twenty-one.
On the second day of the Convention, eight
additional delegates i’rgip South Carolina, three
from North Carolina, arid three from Georgia,
appeared and took their seats.
Chancellor Harper, from the committee of
Twenty-one, stated that the committee had
agreed to report the resolutions of General
Hayne, with some amendments, and that they
had adopted reports on a Direct Trade with
Europe, Ac. The reports and resolutions were
read, and on motion of Judge Longstrcet, the
considerations of the several reports and res
olutions was postponed to the next day. We
h ive not room to give the reports and resolu
tions this week.
On the third day of the Convention, after
the minutes of the previous meetings had been
read, two more delegates from South Carolina,
one from North Carolina, two from Georgia,
and one from Alississippi, appeared and regis
tered their names.
Col. Arthur P. Havnc offered the following
resolution, prefaced by an animated address,
in which he shewed the good already done by
previous conventions, illustrated their tenden
cy to unite the South socially, and commer
cially, and above all on that great issue on
which hang the welfare of the South and the
harmony and duration of the Union.
Resolved , That this Convention recommend
to the people of the Southern and South Wes
tern States, to appoint Delegates to meet in
Convention at Macon, in the State of Georgia,
on the first Monday in Alay, IS 10—to contin
ue to present the interests and objects of this
Convention before the people—and that sepa
rate and distinct Committees for each State
and Territory represented, be appointed by the
President of this Convention, whose duty it
shall be to take all proper measures to secure
a full representation from every part of those
States—and whose duty it shall also he to at
tend the meeting of the Legislatures of their
respective States, for the purpose of promoting
by all proper and honorable means tiie objects
of this Convention.
The resolution was seconded by Air. J.
Cowles, of Alacon, and adopted by the Con
vention. ,« f.
The Convention adjourned on Thursday, the
18th.
An important decision to American mer
chants lias been made in Boston, by Chief Jus
tice Shaw. It was on an action brought against
a commission merchant to recover the differ
ence between the price at which a lot of goods
was sold, and the price limited by the owner—
an advance having been made upon the con
signment by the commission merchant It was
ruled by the court, says the Boston Times,
that “a commission merchant having received
goods to sell at a limited price, and made ad
vances on the same, has a right to reimburse
himself, by selling said goods at a fair, market
price, if the consignee refuses upon applica
tion and after ft reasonable time, to repay the
advances.”
LATE FROM EUROPE —ARRIVAL OF
THE GREAT WESTERN.
The steam ship Great Western arrived at
New Y*ork on the 15th inst. from Bristol,
whence she sailed on the 23d ult. Dates from
London and Liverpool to the 22d, and Bristol
to the 23d Alarch are received. The intelli
gence in regard to the North Eastern Boun
dary difficulties are pacific. Cotton had ad
vanced and was selling in large quantities at
J-8 to 1-2 and. per pound higher than at last ad
vices.
The following summary is from the New
York papers:
The proceedings in Congress on the bound
ary question, with the memorandum agreed
upon by Mr. Fox and Air. Forsyth, Ac. Ac.,
were received in London by the packet En
gland on the 20th of March. - So far as we can
judge from a hasty glance at the papers be
fore us, the temporary adjustment of the dis
pute appears to have given general satisfaction
and even the most ultra of the anti-Ainerican
journals have manifested a degree of moder
ation on the subject which we hardly ex
pected.
The Bankers' Circular. —We have the Lon
don Bankers’ Circular of 22d—the latest, and
probably the only copy in this country, as it
was sent off at 7 o’clock on the evening of
that day. Its leading, article is a temperate,
and, (for that side of the water,) very intelli
gent review of the border difficulties between
Alaine and New Brunswick. The writer un
derstands well the character of the border de
mocracy, and of Governor Fairfield, likewise
the motives w hich prompted iiis windy action.
Not tiie least idea of a war is entertained.
PARLIAAIENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
The great question of the corn laws ex
cluded almost every other topic, in both hous
es, throughout the week ending on the Kith
ol Alarch. In the House of Commons it was
brought up by Air. Villiers, who moved that
the House go into committee of the whole to
consider these laws—supporting his motion by
an elaborate and skilful speech.
In the course of the debate Lord John Rus
sell reiterated bis preference of a moderate
fixed duty.
The debate was brought to a close on the
18th, the motion being negatived bv a vote of
342 to 11)5.
In the House of Lords a discussion arose
upon a resolution moved by Earl Fitztvilliam,
that the corn-laws had failed to secure that
steadiness of price which was essential to the
best interests of the country. The resolution
was supported by Lord Brougham and the Earl
of Radnor, and opposed by the Dukes of Buck
ingham, Richmond, and Wellington, die Mar
quis of Lnnsdawne, the Earl of Ripon and
Lord Melbourne. It was negatived by vote of
224 to 24.
In the course of the debate the Duke of
Richmond solemnly declared, that if the corn
laws were repealed he would sell his property
and depart with his capital and retainers to
some happier land. And Lord Alelbourne af
firmed, with great vehemance, that the pro
position to abolish restrictions on commerce
was the maddest and wildest that ever wus
conceived.
Lord Brougham gave notice, immediately af
ter the vote was taken, that on the 15th he
should move that the house go into committee
to consider what is expedient to be done with
respect to the corn laws.
Steam conveyance to America. —We are ex
tremely happy to learn, that her Alajesty’s gov
ernment have entered into a contract for con
veying the mails, by large and powerful steam
vessels, from Liverpool to Halifax, and thence
by branch steamers, to Boston,and in the sum
mer to Quebec. The mercantile interests,
not only iu the North American colonies, but
also in the United States, will be gratified to
learn, that, instead of a monthly communica
tion, as formerly, steamers will now be des
patched on the Ist and 15th of each month.
The enterprising contractor has engaged with
those able and scientific builders, Aiessrs.
Wood, at Port Glasgow, to build three ships
of 1000 tons each, in which Robt. Napier, Esq.
is to place engines of 400 horse power. From
the past success of Messrs. Wood and Napier,
we doubt not, when their vessels are on their
station, in April, 1840, they will be quite un
rivalled; and moreover, that the cute observa
tion of “Sam Slick,” that “the route via Hali
fax is the shortest wav to New York,” will bo
verified bv demonstration.—[Glasgow Courier.
BELGIUAI.
The Chamber of Deputies, after 14 days of
debate, agreed to accept the treaty as propos
ed by the London Conference, by a vote of
58 to 42. The assent of the Senate was con
fidently expected. The decision of the Chamber
caused no excitment out of doors. The dispute
between Belgium and Holland may be looked
upon as settled.
FRANCE.
The elections having resulted unfavorably to
the Cabinet, the ministers again tendered their
resignation on the Bth, and it was accepted.
Alarshal Soult was then sent for by the King;
and subsequently AI. Thiers was also called
in. Negociations for the formation of anew
cabinet were in progress until the 20th. On
that day the new ministers presented to the
King an outline of the policy on which they
would come in, as follows:
Ist. That France should declare war against
Don Carlos. 2d. That France should declare
to Austria that she would not allow of a mar
riage between an Austrian prince and the
young Queen Isabella, as had been proposed
by Prince Metternich. 3d. That the affairs of
Belgium must be considered as settled. 4th.
That the war against Alexico should be per
severed in. sth. That the conversion of the
five per cent, rents should be adopted, tith.
That certain concessions should be made to
the growers of beet root sugar. 7th. That the
question of electoral reform should be adjourn
ed. Bth. That the laws of September should
be revised; and oth, and principally, That the
Presidency recite should be insisted on, or, in
other words, that, except on very state occa
sions, the King should not preside at the coun
cil of ministers.
To these conditions the King refused his as
sent, declaring that if necessary he would
rather submit to be deposed than accede to the
terms insisted on; but the latest postscript from
Paris says that he afterward withdrew his re
fusal, and expressed his willingness to accede
to the conditions.
RUSSIA.
The emperor of Russia, convinced of the
mischievous effects of the lottery on the poor
and industrious peasantry of Poland, has pub
lished a decree, ordaining that the lottery
shall be abolished in the Kingdom of Poland
on the Ist January, 1810.