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It' KOM I HI aoOT«URN MOORDH.] .4 ... School Mount. July 8.1840. Mtttn. Editors\ —My achuol la just dismissed, antTiuy (tupila nr* fu,licking ItumewarJ. happy iltut ike glorious 4th bring* joy to old and young. Aa e recreation for the mo enauing data. Imving no report for tmiuaemeni. 1 Ituve concluded to address you a letter—an authunticeted letter—about the the^Aaira of Georgia. Print or not print, aa you please. But Ihia you may rely on, that wlmt it * l inen la proven by public document*; aa page and dale are accurately given. 1 might any l>.nt I luive not occca* to nil the due. umentM, Put aueli n« 1 liavo not. have been rarefully examined. If they are rig it, I knoiv that my cun- eioaionaare right ; and b-liire I am proven wrm g. tile record inuai bo di.proven. A* Major Jack Downing would any. tile “ aiteriu and lingerio" uro according to me food uiiuuUil* of arithmeiic, which I have luiiglii fur many year*—but with wlmt *uc- eeaa, 1 win leave my pupil* lo say. Now Hie queaiioiia are economy and reform, and tho argument* are figure*—wed these laat are stub born tnitig*. We begin with the Penitentiary. For 1840, appropriated 83 000—see Acts 1839, p. 19. “ 1841, to pay debt* 20.000 “ 1810, p. 18. „ 18 4i| - *. J0H00 •• 1841. p 10 “ 1813, to buy iron, 6000 •* loti, p. 19. « i» Wyley & Co. 500 “ “ “ « Hand & Co. 8.1100 *• Tupay ouUtand’g d’bt„, 3-M'OO •• 1843, p. 9. Making $71,500 spent fur in support in four years. Divide this by the number of yeurs, and the average annual ox- petite to the Treasury has been $18,025. Now the Aral year Governor Crawford had the control of the Penitentiary, lie mnde a profit upon ihc labor of the convicts amounting to $0,744 52. See Fi nancial Report of Committee in 1844. page 4. lo stead of it* being a source ot expense to the Stale of Georgia, he has made it a source of proli 1 , and that too when the first quarterul the year bud been entirely lost by the burning uf the buildings. Me has therefore saved the annual loss ul 818 625, and ha* made the profit of $6,744 52; nnd ilte-e two addud together make the sum of $25,369 52 suved to the people. Now in one year if there be suved $25,369 52 on account of the Penitentiary. Imw much will lie save in four years? (Any boy in figure* can work that sum.) Answer—$101,478 08. Lei ua next see wlmt has been saved to the peo. pie in the expenditure of the printing fund. In the year 1843 the Dernocrut* spent for printing $17,- 215 90. By reference to the Treasurer's report fur 1843, at page 40, we find the following items ; Priming fund 1843, $1 I.elB 62 “ *• 1840, 1.154 60 « “ 1830, 2.120 40 By reference to report of Financial Committee, page 6, w ill In? found statement from Treasurer's report uf 1844, us follows : Priming fund 1843, $ .39 75 « " 1830, 1684 00 Arrearages 1843, 500 00 Making altogether the sum of $17 215 06 The expenditures charged to the yeurs 1843 and 1838 were made in and for the year 1843. The rule which had beru adopted at the Executive De- parlmer.l when Governor Crawford entered it, wua, that when the amount appropriated for any partic ular service wus exhausted, ami the Governor need ed more money, instead uf inlorming the Legisla ture that the appropriation was exhausted, ho look ed over the appropiittliun which had been made in former yeurs fur like purposes, and if the whole amount mid uni been expended in those years, he ordered this demand of a different year to be paid out of those old appropriations. Tills was a great pretence hy w hich Ine Governor spent money which tile Legislature never intended lie slmuld spend.— In the acts of 1842, puge 15. there was appmpria. ted as a printing fund $12 000, but Gov. McDon. aid, hy this mude of doing husines, spent more than @5 000 beyond tint amount. Governor Crawford cailed tiie Legislature's intention to this mode of keeping accounts—see Mouse Journal, p, 130—and an act was passed prohibiting any pay mem from a fund appropriated for a particular oh. jeut, after the expiration of six mouths from tho end of the political year. Them remuik* have been made to explain tlie strange way accounts were formerly kepi ut the 'I leusury. Now let us see how much hespeni for the seine service luring the same length uf time. Ity ref. crenee to report of Committee of 1844, page 0, wo find the amount expended for printing fund 1844 $8 056 46. A s me law allows six months for tho payment of arrearages accruing within the year, it is lair to add to this sum to cover them, the sum of $1,200, and these will make tiie expenditure for one year $9,250 46. Then take amount expend ed by Democrats in 1843, $17,215 96 Deduct amount expended in 1814, 0 256 16 And the saving is 7 959 50 in nnh year, or one half us much as that expend, ed hy the democrats in the .same time. Now if in one year he saved $7,959 50, how much would lie «Bve in four years? Answer, $31,838 00, . Let Us next look at the contingent fund. By the act of 1842. p. 16, there wus appropriated for the year 1843. the sum of $10,000 Guv. McDonald reported to the Legisla ture that he had overdrawn. 028 There was appropriated to pay the defi ciency iu thi* your, (1843.) page 4, 15 000 Making in all, $25,615 The report of Commitiee shows all ex pended but ];t Which deducted makes $25,602 actually expended (or one year. The same report shows, p. 6, that Gov. Craw, ford expended for one year, on same account, only $6,180 Add for arrearages to be paid after end of thoyeur, 3,000 Which is a liberal allowance, and the whole expenditure will he $9,180 utive to borrow $160,000 to carry that measure out. At that lime the Treasury had in round mini, her*, $300 000 In Cuntral Bunk bills. They were thon 0 12 per cent, below par in Augusta. Guv. C. determined tu save the Treasury the expense nl burrowing the money, or uf paying the discount ua the hills, and by Ills indefatigable seal succeeded in getting Central Bunk money up to par value—an that the resumption did not coat the Stale one cent; and by that mean* he suved the Treasury tho di*. count oil the bills which at 0 1-2 pur coot, amount, ed tu $10 500. Tiie lust Legislature required G.iv. Cruwfurd in pay uffor fund me debt* wo ow ed payable in Loudon. Tiie interest was payable there every six mouths; and in consequence ol the greut distance, wo liaii to provide me ntmtey u length of time before it hec.oine due ; tho tUk wus gieut in getting it liiero ; exchange was high, and the inconvenience grunt. Gnv. C. succiededitt effecting nil arrangement hy which ho made tiie in terest on a part of these bonds pay hie at the Slule Treasury, and c.tuul saving w men will he el* fueled lo tho Suite during the time the bonds have to run, is a fraction short of $15 000’ See Report ot Commitiee, page 2. Jo the year 1840. when the Whigs had the pow er to 'Ini Legislature, they passed u iuiv requiring $75 0011 annually to he applied lo tho payment ol me public ih lit. but not one dollar whs paid. Ju 1843'.In- Whig* again cume into power, and re quired tlml ut least $50,000 should bn paid annu ally to 'lie reduction ol the debt. In 1844 the first payment of $50 000 was made ; nod in 1845 tin Governor bus made the second payment ul $50,- 000. Before the middle uf tile year Hourly all the interest due for the wltule uf it hits been puid in ad vunce and the bninnee is ready when called for. Whereas Gov, McDonald admitted in his messuge to the last Legislature, that he had left $18 000 of interest doe and unpaid; and that lie did not have the means to pay it, unless in the hills uf llm Central Bank. Mere is u striking difference. Let tho peo ple suy-which they like the best. These old debts weighed awfully heavy on the present administration, which, however, bore them without flinching. The following are tho amounts stated in ttie Report of the Committee, page 6 : Arrearages contingent fund 1843, $14 986 93 “ military “ “ 718 93 “ printing “ “ 500 50 “ debts Penitentiary “ 32 000 00 “ Interesron public debt, 1943, 10,401 50 Making the sum of $04,607 00 This amount had lobe taken nut of the income for the year 1844, nnd but fur these debts would have been applied to the further reduction nf the “public debt." This is about the first time in out history that we made one administration pay the heavy debts of unother. This Imd management cost the people the imposition, by the Democratic party, of tiie highest tux they have ever paid ; then let litem look nut for the future who manages their moneyed u flairs. There is another great reduction in onrexpendi- lures which is due lo the last Whig Legislature, amts'tow* tha the satnespiritofecu mmy whi.lt in fluences the Executive pervades too Legislature. The Treasurer's report 1843. p. 40, shows that the expenses of the Democratic Legislature of 1842 were $93,347 97 Of Whig Legislntuie 1843—report committee, p. 6, 76,978 80 $18,025 25,309 52 $17,215 96 9,256 40 $25,628 9,180 $2.1)82 58 1,060 54 893.3(7 97 76 978 80 Making a saving of $16,369 11 Now let us put a few of the expenditures mude by the Democrats and Whigs, side by side, und sue lio.v they w ill compare. PENITENTIARY. Spent annually by the Democrats, Saved annually by Gov. Crawlord, PRINTING FUND. Spent annually by the Democrats, do do by Gov. Crawtord, CONTINGENT FUND. Spent annually by the Democrats, do do by Gov. Crawtord, MILITARY FUND. Spent annually uy the Democrats, do do by Gov.Crawford, LEGISLATURE. Spent annually by tho Democrats, do do by the Wings. Compare these facts, and let every unbiased mind declare who he prefers to manage the Stale government. This is tut important question, that comes home to every man who gains his bread hv tltc sweat of his brow. Alter a remark or two in conclusion, and I have done. 1 have often noticed in mv profession that the saving boys are always uupopolar. Those win, give or throw away their cukes, were the topping, est fellows in tlie whole school. Absolutely or re latively, Gov. Crawford may bu unpopular. The English Ki nder explains that, when it says that “men are hut children of a larger growth." 1 n tvo seen u notice mat the present administra tion tms i-si n;d an outer to pay off during the month nf September next, the debts due to teachers ol Poor Children, winch were contracted in 1842 nnd 1843. These debts uught In liuve been paid hy the lust administration, us under it they were made. We ahull see how much will be paid; and it is hop. ed that my teaching In oilmen will receive full com pensation fur their iuburtuus duties, after two or three yeurs trust. SCHOOLMASTER. Take the Democratic expenditure for one year, $25,628 Governor Crawford’s expenditure fur the same time, 9.180 Which deducted leavec amount saved in 1844, $10,418 Now in one year if he save* $16 448 how much will he save in four years 7 Answer, $65 792. L“t u, look next a’ the saving in the military fund. This is u small matter, u mere drop, hut "straws show the way the wind blows." nnd drops make an ocean ; und it shows that if the Executive be faithful in lurgo and in small lltings, hu is fuith- rul throughout. The Treasurer's report for 1843 page 40, puts down the expenditure up to the time it was made at $1,034 95 Report Committee, p, 0, states balunce paid out that year, 329 80 Atrearages military fund, p. 0, 718 73 Mi l ing amount expended bv Democrats in one year, $2,682 58 By same report and puge, Gov. C. appear* to have spent $1,690 54 Add for arrearages n before explained, 300 90 And we have the turn of $1,080 54 which makee a saving in this little matter of $792 04. Now if he euve* in one year $702 04, how much will ho save in lour year* ? Answer, $2,- 806 1$. Bui let us look a little ferther. The laot L gi»- latum passed an act requiring the Treasury to re- sums tfseis paymsnts. It authorissd tbs Exsc- [From the N. Y. Tribune, I8lh insl ] TERRIFIC FIRE! TW J HUNDRKD STORES AND BUILDINGS bURNED ! Five Millions of Property Destroyed. SEVERAL LIVES LUST ! ! Onenf the must terrtfle fires that over occurred in this City broke out this morning about 3 o’clock It originated, we believe, in a Snap Chandlery in New Street und communicated to the store along side und I hence to the rear of u building iu Broad, street, which contained a large quantity of salt pe- tre. The explosion which took place from the tg. ; nidon of this combustible matter was tremendous and was felt and heard in olinosl evety part nf I hr City, Biue flames issued through the ruins and ex It ndudover the entire street, broad us it is, say 199 feet and conmiuniculud the lire to the stores un the opposite side. The Herald gives the following outline of the harm district. The urea sweptod over may thus he described : Oti (lieeubt side of Btoudway.it commences with the great establishment, the Wuvttrly Motel. On the corner of Now street, which)* utterly destroyed, und from this point southward to Marketfleld street below the Boling Green, nnd for three or four houses on Whitehall street, every house is de stroyed. This line is about a quarter uf a mile in length, and the ttumbornf buildings is about forty' five or fifty, including two among the most splendid hotels in the city, the rest consisting of stores nnd dwellings. The Adulpni 11 ,uso on the corner of Beaver street, was six stories in height, and wus one uf the ornaments of that ancient part of the city. It is level with the ground. Tho fire then proceeded eastward along the mid die of tho block between Markelfield and Stone, until it bursted into Stone street, utlhe great stor age warehouse, whose destruction wo have deacri. lied. It then proceeded along Stone street to Broad, and crosied Broad, consuming both sides nl the way ; the east line of the burnt district passe ulong tho rear of the stores on the west side ol South VVillium street to Exchange street. On Ex change street tjje lire approach.'il close to the soull west corner nf the new Exchange. The fire cross •id Exchange •trout, riddling the dry good* ware- House* in it* course, and approached the rear of the Wall street bunks, and came into Broad street, s< ,he iron warehouse of Davis, Brooks, de Co. It here crossed Broad street again, just below the vast store I uni to belonging lo the Government, which happily escaped, and then followed up Ex change street, to iu junction with Broadway, at the Waverly House, tits point at which it began to i race its ravages. Tne space thus bounded is not parlisly burnt, but it is one blackened mass of wreck. We have never eeen destruction more la mentable or complete. It tva* nearly all coversd with the exception of the dwelling houses on Broad way, with tint lurgest iron and dry goods establish, meiits in the city. On the opposite side of Broad, way, at the head of the Bowling Grneu, llireo or four of tho largest and finest dwelling houses in the city caught at about six o’clock, and were whol ly destroyed, hut lortunately the fire was chocked before it spread to Greenwich struct, Tho inside if perhaps three or lour fine buildings on thin side of tlm struct were ruined, besides those quile.icun. sinned. The sight around the environs of the fine, ns well ns within the space burnt over, was hqnrt sickonning. The families of at least fifty houses on Broadway, both sides ol Greenwich street,on Sta'e, Whitehall, Stone, nnd Pearl streets, and Battery Place, hud been turned into tho street, with their furniture, through dread of their house* being burn ed over their heads. Broadway, ut that part where both sides were burning, is at least one hmiu'red and fifty feet wide, yet so intense was the Item ill tlm middle of the street. Iltut fur n hundred yards, not even the daring firenum coulJ venture upon the hunting pavement. Astor Mouse.—The conduct of Messrs. Cole man & Stetson,ol this house, is worthy ul the high, est comniemin'iiiu. A bystander informs ns mat tie met Mr. Colcnmu, followed by his servunts, car rying bread nnd meat and coflee, in vust quantities, wnich he » ns actively distributing among :lio nl- must exhausted firemen at the hottest of the fire.— At the sume time,Mr. Stetson opened the saloon of this great house to others, and gave a welcome breakfast to four or five hundred. Wlmt could lie heller timed ? Wlmt could hu more grutelul lo the wearied men ? Occurring thus in broad day light, llm lire pre sented many scene* and incidents such as aft' tint generally attendant upon like occasions or at least •lo not full within the observation of spectators-— We have men'ioned the curious exhibition of house hold wares nluog in front of tlur Trinity Church yard—Indies, mirrors, pianos, faeudsteads und bed ding. costly lamps and well worn Un candlesticks, cradles und pictures, bird cages with the birds in them, crockery, funders, chairs, footstools, knives and forks—iu u word oil manner of unifies em ployed in splendid or low ly house-keeping, lumped pell mell together with the utmost disregard lor propriety or ulfect in grouping. To the tike use tlte battery lias been also put, though on n iriui’h larger settle, ulmost the whole of its urea being filled with carriages and furniture, disposed in sep arate parcels,each of wide •• was guarded, when wh were there, by two or three feinules with anxious and sorrow shaded countenances ; some hand somely attired and silting upou rich sofas or rock ing chairs, others.more poorly clad and reposing on a wooden stool, a roll of fudud carpet or the green turf itself. In tiie midst uf one household group we suw a young woman in feeble health ; she reclined Inn. guidly in un easy chuir, and her wan, thin check afforded ground for the belief that site Imd been hastily borne amid the terror and uproar of the disaster from n bed of sickness. In close j \ta position was a little family party of children, with their nurse—tho youngest delighted with the nov elty of lit ir position nnd the hustle ullamund t-tom, while tin: elder, mure lliougulful nnd mare consci ous of the evil, looked on them with an uir of he. wildermtmt which seemed just ready to resolve it self into a burst of Iumeiitntmn. A little lurllterun a young man was coc.ly arranging his hair and con. tempUluig tire graces of his person before a large mirror, which leaned against u tree, and our alien- lion was next caught by a ragged, loafing boy 14 or 15 years, who had fling himself upou a handsome sofa nnd was fast asleep. Perhaps ha Imd been doing yeoman service at the brake of some engine, or iu helping tu remove the household ware of soma burnt out family. At all events his slumbers were respected—though in may ho that ull were too httsv In meddle with him. If we uro not well accustomed to such sight* there would have been fund for wo t lar in the mul titude of wooien, young und old, genteel and vul. gar in appearance, woll-dres-ed und ill.dressed, who crowded toward and about the scene of coil, flagratiutt, some loo, with their infants in their arms ; ami we could not help thinking tlmt the fire men and other winkers might fmve done their part a deal more comfortably, if not more successfully, hud ull stayed away who had no business there. [ From the Herald of Sunday ] The following is the estimate made ul the whole number of lire buildings destroyed by the fire : Broad street, east sida, 35 “ west side, 34 New street, east »ule, 20 " west side, 27 Broadway, cast aide. 28 " west side, 9 Whitehall s.feet, !1 Beaver s'reel, 48 Mn-kutlield -trect, 16 Stone street, tiurtli side, 7 Exchange plucc, south side, 13 “ north side, 12 South William street, west side, 18 “ cast siJe, 2 268 It is estimated that the loss of merchandise is $2,999,999, wo think it will prove much groat- er. VVo heard of two Arms who lo-l $309. 999 eaclt ; very many lose $199,909. We tiiiuk the Ins* in buildings and mercltunuise will be not less than $6,990,090. _ .. . Tho Cnnrleshm Courier publishes the following extract of a private letter front New York.: "NewY’ohk. July 19'—We take tho earliest op. porluuity of informing you that our city was this illuming visited with the most disastrous lire expo, rienced since 'lm great conflagration of 1835.— About 299 buildings in tho business part of tlte city, with their vnluhlu contents have been consumed, and the loss ol property is variously esiitnated at from 5n 19 millions of dollars. About 39011 Ittiris. and 1999 boxes of Sugar. 19,999 bales ol Cotton, Engines were despatched from Williamsburg)). BroaKlyn and Jersey City, and an express was miiii to Newark, whence engine* arrived during the fore noon. Sume of them returned about l o'clock, others will go Ibis evening. Both they and our own firemen, the latter not withstanding their long continued labors, w ill I mg he gratefully remembered on account of their fear- toss deportment and groat exertion*. Thieves and pickpockets nro plentiful and nc live, but ore vigilantly watched by the police.— One lias just passed our oflice under arrest, and others have found cooler quarters than limy sought. The new police have dune their duly, and with out displaying anything approaching lo undue in terference or the exultation of a newly acquired an thorily. A mounted troop of Ueu. Sanford's bri gade was called out at an early hutir by proclama tion of tlm Mayor, who has done ull thut could bu dune under the culomity. Our city readers will be generally aware that lha burnt district is the must important and vuluulile part uf the city, being composed uf large and cost- ly buildings, filled with expensive merchandize.— The French and Germuti merchants congregated chiefly in that district. LA'IE FROM EUROPE. Arrival of the Britannia at Boston, The Br. Steadier Britannia, Capt. Hewitt, ar rived at Boston ut 6 u'cluck on Suturday morning last, bringing ucuuunts to the 4th tnst. inclusive from Liverpool. Wo Ituve made our extracls ef intelligence—not, | however important in their cnaracter—principally from WiLMEit & Smith’s 'European Times,’ which I will be found below. | Tne Britannia brought out one hundred and j three passengers. | Tlm cotton maiket, it will he seen hud slightly imprjvod, ami a large holiness doing. Triple in the manufacturing districts wus uKu brisk. Amer icitti securities had improved. Tlte Greut Western from New York, arrived at Liverpool on tlm morning of tlm27tli ull.. with American papers to tlte 12ih. The Cambria from Boston, artived in the ufuTttuon uf the same day with papers to the lOih of June; Ituving made the shortest pussage un record—uf ten days and sixteen hours. Tlte Britannia experienced very heavy westerly weather during almost tlte whole passage, and stop pc,I only three hours ut Halifax. She saw nothing of the Acadia. i Get,oral Armstrong, the new American consul, | arrived ul Liverpool on the 27th ull., hy the Great j Western. I Tito packet vltip Cambridge, carried nut tlm litowsol lhe great lire at Quebec. winch had pro I duced much sympathy ami sume cuiilrihuiioos ii | Et,gland. There was every prospect of an abundant Iturv t st in England. | B. P. Poore, Esq., lute Attache,of the American I Legation nl Brussels, and w ho has just at rived in Farts, where lie now resides, from a tour in Tin k“y Greece, Syria, die., has been appointed hy the Governor of Massachusetts tu discharge that portion of the duty which appertains to France, comprised in a resolution recetiliy passed hy (In: General Court of thut commonwealth, authorising the Governor “to take such measures ns he may deem expedient to p roe tire the originals, if practi cuhlo, il out, copies of such documents in the pub lic offices of Great Britain ami Fiance, as, iu hit judgment, may servo to complete tlte records, or h. lilu.lraie tlm colonial, or other history of Mnssu ehusetts.’ We have been favored with the following ex tracts of letters, received iu this city : Liverpool, July 3. A steady good business has been going on in Cotton since the departure of the lust steamer, and prices Ituve advanced 1 8d per lb. chiefly iu the last few days and inainiy in qualities below fuir, at which advance tlie demand i„ freely supplied. The consumers continue to purchase freely, encouraged by tlm extruoruinary briskness of their trade, and speculators have also operated to some extent. The sales lor tho week ended 20 It ull. amounted t 47,870 bales, and lor tlnil ended 27fh ull. they were 40.779 bales,of which about 11.999 were ta ken on speculation in each week. The business for the last live days to this evening is estimated at ubuut 43 999 bales, about J2.000 of it on specula lion. Upland is quoted at 3 3.4 n 5 ; fair 4 1-4; Oi lcan 3 3 8 a 9 14, lair 4 3 4; Mobile 338 a 5 18. lair 4 1-2; Tennessee und Alabama 3 1-8 a 4 1 4 ; und Sea 1*1 .ltd 10 X 2 u IGJ per Ih, The latter description has advanced 1 2d per lb. Th import of Cotton into. Liverpool since 1st January amounts to 1,133 990 bales, ugaiusl 905.009 tu the mime period last season. The supply from the United Slates is 1.095 000, being an inci 238.999 hates. Tne murk tit this port is annul 1.- 943,000, against 991.099 last yenr at lltu same j rind. The stock of American is about 823,999. being nn increase ol 129,090 hales. ‘Turpentine is again lower, the last sale having been at 7s 4 per cwt. for fair quality, except 300 bills, of prime new, the first arrived litis season, whicitsold lo day at 8s 3. 3000 hills, of American Rosin wus offered hy uuction litis week without finding buyers, 2s 9 per cwt. being the highest hid fur a small quantity.’ Liverpool, July 4. The sales nf Cotton for the week ended this day prove Iu he 99,999 hales, which is rather larger than the previous estimates, und the American de scription* consist of 13 009 Upland ul 3 i-4 a 4jj; 23 360 Orleans at 3 a 7; 15 960 .Mobile and Ata- bams at 3 5 8 a 4 3 8; und 579 Sea Island at 19 12a 19J per Ih; about 19,999 of il taken un ! speculation. Prices to-day just the sume us yes lerday.’ Liverpool, Julv 4. — A good demand prevailed tlur ing tlte early part ut ilia week, which lias improved as the week advanced. Holders have met it very freely, a d the market affirds abundant choice ; the total saiei have been 69,999 bales. The I. wer and middle qu.il jtii-s id American have beutt in general request, and are now currently selling at an advance ot jd. per lb on last Friday’s price. Tbe better qualities are the best ptoof of the general prosperity. *nd while il«e activity coMttnue* evnrf*br»iicli pariah** of the improvement. On Hie Contrary. * sudden depression disorganizes tint w lift to framework of tho sucisl siate, place* house, arrest* the movement of the capitsliel, and brings soeiety to tbe verge of its first cha- olid elements. _ . . Tits business intelligence from the East by the last and tlte preceding arrivals is satisfactory, I'tiat part of tlte world ia now tlte great mart for British maoufac. lured goods, and it senna to absorb all the produce ex ported. The recent accounts are encouraging.— Willmer ef Smith’s European Timem WHIG DISTRICT CONVENTION. In coinpiinnoH with previous notice, the delegates representing tlte counties of Lee and Sumter re. speclivuly, convened on tlte fifteenth inat ot Tins ley meeting house for the purpose of nominating a suitable candidate to represent the 15ili Senatorial District in the next Legislature. When on motion of Col. Sullivan, Dr. Monroe. of the L"e Delegation, wus called to tlte Chair■, and Cnas J Malone requested load aa Secretory. The object of lltu meeting having been explain ed hy the Chair, on motion of Col. Sullivan, tlte Convention resolved to nominate hy acclamation. Whereupon tlte name of Wm. 11, Crawford being suggested, he »n* non. irnously made (lie nominee. On motion of Mr. Jas. K. Daniel, a coimnittcpof three was appointed hy the Chair to notify Mr. Crawford of ids nomination, to wit; Mr. Jus. K. Daniel, Cut. U. Sullivan, and Dr. Ili-es. On motion, ordered, thut the proceedings be signed hy tiie Chairman nod Secretary, m il rt ques ted 'o he published in tiie Recorder and Journal of Milledgeville, Albany Courier and Columbus En. ptirer. On mutton, the Convention adjourned sine die. EDWARD V. MON ROE, Chairman. Cuas. J. Malone. Secretary. 10.999 bags Coffee. 2 or 3 curgoes of Tea. with I comparatively limited demand. The authorized quo lurge quantities of Wine, Dry Goods, die. are said ! >»" un of ’fair’Mobiles is advanced jd. per lb., those of . r , i . , : Orleans and Lnlands are not changed, lir.izils a,e in to have beet) destroyed. 1 Ins loss will full very 'a a i i ,i " i . .. . J J unproved demand, ai d limy command lull prices.— lienvily on our Insurance Companies, and possibly ruin some, nod cripple must if not ull of them. Tlte tiro ut one lime thruatened to sweep over the same ground ns tiie memorable conflagration of 183&, but a fortunu'e change of wind drove it in another and less valuable quarter, otherwise the loss would probably have been five limes greater than it is.— We are huppy to say that the Conflagration lit* been checked. The destruction of so much valuable property Egyptians are in lair requ st at former rales. 8ur.it nave been taken Ireely by the trade, hut they are with, out change in vt'Ue. 19.999 ha- s ol Amaru-au liav, been taken onspeculatiun, and 1,539 of American nod 550 Surats for export. Tlte imp-rt during the past mouth lias been 322. 097 bales, against 381,774 bates in June, 1844. In tho import from the United Stales there has been an increase o: 219,117 bales, and from Egyut ot5,183 nates ; but Iruirt the Braz.ls rliere lias been a decrease uf 9,899 bales, from the West ladies of 3,231 hales, and trumtho Easi Indies of 5.279 hale-, must cause nn improvement in price* of articles as compared with the import of 1844 to the same peri- destroyed, nit J of some we anticipate a very m*. turial advance in rates current fur some time pa*;. "The awful calamity which ins just befallen our city lots supendud all busiunsf." The Commercial Advertiser has tho following particulars gathered after tho lire was got un der: We have seen some fragments of burnt silk, cotton, dec. picked up on Staten Island at 5 u’cluck this morning. A gentleman residing there tells us that when me explosion took pluce, tho windows hi hi* house, which nro inconveniently light iu their frames, rattled with such violence as to uwuke the household. A letter, addressed to a Broad street wine mer chant, was picked up at the quarantine ground, partially burned. Capt. York, of the brig Milton, a* well as iheCuptnin and passengers of the brig Savannah, off the Highlands, heard the report and tell a concussion. The flames were distinctly seen at Newark, and tlte report wit also heard there. It was supposed that the authorities were blowing up houses to ar rest tbe progress of the fire. od. Tilt* large import, uf winch 222,999 bales were received during tin first rurlinght tended tu depress the market; and, although the demand was good, prices ol (lie current qualities ul Amur,can, under Us influence, receded jd. per lb, Aa the moutli advanced mu de mand improved ; and the total sale* have amounted to 176.5(H) bales, including 36,999 of American, 3IN) Su ral* and 199 Egyptians taken un speculation,and 6.699 of American, 1,490 Surals and 809 Fernam* lor export Both the trade and tho speculators have purchased largely, and with confidence, tilts first tu cover the very profitable contract* for Yarn they are now able to make, the other in the hope that tlte uncertainly which over hangs the extent of the next crop, may, one or all, act favorably for their Views, and render lb>s a profitable investment.” For Cotton there has been an active demand. The sales have been large, but ai the stock on hand, and coming, will be more than sufficient to meet the ut most speculative inquiry, prices have not improved in the ratio of the sale*. List w eek the sale* amounted lo upwards of 49,990 bag*—an average of more than 6,990 bags per day. In the manufacturing districts the hands are all employed ; and so busy are tbe mill*, that additional hand* have to beeought from the agricultural diatriels and from the seaport. A* tbe great eiapt* trade of tbe eountry ia Cotton, this is Sljr fOUfllAl, MILLEDGBVILLR;~ Tnrsrtrry noruing, j M fy 20, | M4S ■tut TT.nn.t't CANDHMTE FOR BOTraa^"^ CKOKttK W.CttAWFOHn LATEST FROM TEXAS. By the arrival of the brig Hope Hows, at New Or leans, on flie 20ili inat. from T. xas, we learn that the Annexation re-olutions have been ratified hy the Con vention of Texas, which assembled mi the 4tli iust. The following extracts we take front a letter dated Austin, Texas. Jitiy 7, 1845. The Conventnm assembled on the morning of the ‘l'li, and unanimous y elected Gen. Rusk to preside over its deliberations. On taking the clia r he made a short address, which was w ell delivered and suitable lo the occasion. A committee of fifteen was soon afier apppomted, who reported by their chairman, Judge Lipscomb, an ordinance assenting, oil behalf of the people ol Tex*e,to the terms of Annexation proposed by the Uiiueil Suites Government, it was adopted with one dissenting voice—but five members absent. I' was engrossed and signed by all the members pre- seal. It is not a little singular that the only diasenl- ng Vince was Richard B.iche, the father in-faw of your Secretary ol the Treasury and brolhej-in.latv of tlte Vice President. Auer Hie necessary resolutions wer- passed for the transmission ol the ordinance to the United Slates, a resolution was offered hv Col. Love, and unanimously adopted—"Thai tne members wear crape oil their left nun for one month, as a testimony of regret for llte de- cease of(Jen. Jackson." i’ne terms ot Annexation aro not, perhaps, such as we had a right to ask ; but so anxious are we to free the subject from further agitation tn the United States, 'hat no conditions whatever will lie annexed to the Constitution differing from the re&olul.om, passed hy the Uo’ted States Congress. A despatch was nceivcd from the United Slates in he morning, and Major Donelsnn ariived on tiie eve ning of the 5lh having been detained at Washington hy serious indisposition. These despatches r- line to the occupation of our frontier hy your troops. They are now mi their march—the fool by water lo Corpus Chrisli, on tho west bank of the Nueces; the dragoons by land to San Anton o. To-day a resolution was passed, requesting the Presi. dent of the United States, in behalf of the people of Texas, to send troops forthwith to our frontier. This resolution ia a sanction, on ihc part of tho. people of Texes, of the movement noted above, Tiie Hon. K. L. Andersen, Vice President of Texas, died on the 19ih lost, at F.uith op’s, Montgomery enmi ty, ot fever. The papers are in mourning for the sad event. Asiilx.1 Smith has been recalled from England. Mr. McAllister and Free Suffrage-—Mr. McAllister’s organ lias measurably, and wo blink, wisely abandoned its charge against Gov. Crawford, and gone into a defence of the Demo cratic Legislature uf 1841. for pussing (lift Alge rine law requiring u piupcrly qualification for cer tain voters iu Augusta. The writer thinks that it was the duty of Ihc Legislature lo grant lo tiie Rep. resenlntives of u county, any local law for which they might ask. So thought Messrs Miller and Jenkins hi regard to tin-people. The petition for tlte law iu question, wus signed by many prorni. uent men of Augusta ol both parties, 'i'ltetu was no opposition manifested towards it llml they were apprized uf. Allowing tho people (lie right to govern themselves, they proposed the measure, nnd advocated il. They were, ihcref'ure, to that ex tent, excusable, liuwever they may have been mis taken. Not so with the DEMOCRATIC LEG IS. LATOR-S of 1841—the self-lauded friends of pop. ulur rights. While iu nil merely local iiinllcra, they may have ysejded wi.'li iiupuui j—it wuslh-ir duly to preren/the pn-snge ofutiy law which stmek at tlte busis of free suffrage. Upon tne De.Mucka- tic Legislature of 1641, then, should he thrown tlm infant, of tiie in.v and not upon Governor Cuawford, who neither votedfor it, nor advocated il and whose only connection with it, was his manly effort to wipe it from the Statute Book of the Slate. The subject of free suffrage is rather a dan gerous one lor Mr. McAllister’s friends to allude lo ut this lime. Tlteir standard bearer has alrea. •ly Imastcd in his letter accepting the nuiniiiaiiun llml Ins election would place Georgia by tlte side of Republican Virginia. Have his friends forgot ten that in Virginia lltu properly qualification for voters is more oppressive than iu any other Stale ? Have they forgotten thut tit Republican Virginia llte poor man is denied u voice in tlte selection of nis rulers? Whul tines Mr. McAllitek mean then iu his boast llml lie will place Georgia hy tlte side ol Republican Virginia ? Dues he iiteati that we situil have similar luws as well as a corresponding po iticnl fni'h? If so. ME is tho man w ho is opposed la free suffrage, and nut GnvcrnorL'RAw ford—ME is the man woo would carry out In* uristorratie notions, and ho 'lie first to cut off the pour man from p liitieal, us welt as personal associuliou with uven • tie upper ciust Democracy/ Mis friends, perhaps, had better explain wlmt their *•standard bearer” means hy this nut able pus. -an,: iu ins letter hclnre they imprudently trump up charges against Governor Crawford one day, and ridiculously fail in sustaining them tlte next.— We deem it pet lec'ly useless to go into a discussion of this silly cltaige ugaiusl Governor CkawFokd, or to array proof in support of the facts stated in ourpqierul Ftiduy last, Iu another column, is a Oi tef communication fruit) one who parlicipalod in the canvass ol 1842, in Richmond, who is well known in our city, and who is purfectly cognizant of all the facts. Tho writer of this article wn* also in tito county at tlte lime, und knows that the statements made are correct, and susceptible of proof by scores of getillemuu in Augusta.— Such charges as this uguinst Governor Chawfokd, so clearly und glaringly without foundation, will oidy serve to aronsu tlte holiest and bunking men of all parlies iu his favor, wuile they cannot Tail to throw obloquy and suspicion on those who attempt lo circulate litem. No honest man of good sense, who ia acquainted with Gotcruor C’s, act* and feelings, will for a moment, believe that hu enter. Inins the sentiments alleged against him. The enuan, or the candidate Iltut can cnuntnnniice such proceedings, must be weak indeed. If the Demo cratic i online* and hi* friend* hnve no better »u*. lained arguments against our cundidnln, we ad. vise them to abandon the onset, and go at mien on a pilgrimage lo the wheat growing region*. Tlmir explanations ol a certain speech mude in 1834, are anxiously looked for by their Democratic breth. run to that quarter.—S«o. Republican. WHIG MEETING IN BALDWIN CObI^ A meeting of the Wh.gs of Baldwia Cuu„|. held in MiBedgertlle on Friday, ih. fjrh „f Aa/J it * for the purpose of select,.,# deb-gale,. Hancock County ot, Saturday, the lfi.h A 0 „ n ., CARR’S MILLS, to nominate, c.ad.date f„ r Ki* TOR for tiie district of Hancock and Baldwin. And also, lo nominate a Caad.dato fur the Rpaup SENTATIVE BRANCH ol the State Legi.l.^j7 Baldwin County. "* A genera) attendance is expected. LATE FROM EUROPE. The leader will find in oar paper to-day the In foreign news, by which il will be seen tlmt Cottox ku advanced about J cent per pound. *** mr. McAllister. Had this gentleman, who is now the “Standard Beer- er” of Democracy —and who entertains so holy ahouor of ••Faleral Embraces,” after having received them when they were rejected by Mr. Habersham-exhibit- ed any thing like foresight,or prudence, in In* teg.,!,, live career, the Journal or the Senate, for the various sessions in which lie figured in lhat honorable bed, would tell a different tale. Regard fur the State’s in lerests, would have prompted him to protect them, J tho Darien Bank was applying for a re charter! IU- card for the people's interests would have prevented hit opposing tne resolution ceiling for a committee to ei . amino,into its a flails, before additional power was give* , to its reckless administrators to go on for an addition*! number of years in squandering the State’s money there- ; in invested. And regard fur the poor, wuu'd have in. t duced him to watch over and -uard the fund placed" j t here by the State, to educate their children. But, |,i, j ’•foresight," was at fault--hie partiality far Banks',nd j Bank charters overruled evary oilier co ,sidcrat.ua. ,nd I stamped him one of those, whose regard lur monopolies of all sorts, hath since caused the people so much suf. ! fering, and the State so much loss. Disrespect too for the people's opinions, whole voist he now seeks, as evidenced hy lum, when it was pro . pored to submit the question to them whether Kailnai Banks should bo incorporated to build Railroad* anli and when iu speaking of the "wheat growing section of the State," he so comemp'Uously alluded tilths •‘supreme sovereign y." is another evidence of reewd, to show thi, gentleman’s tinfi lor tlte executive chair. No m«n can m ike a good Governor, who respects not tiie ivjlj of the ppople, It is not expec ed uf hint, that we wdl trim Ins sails to suit the popular breeze—hut he must have proper respect for their opinions, else will he not regard their interests. An aristocratic contempt lur lha people, entertained by any one, renders h m unfit to he their Chief Magistrate—and we apprehend that t w,l| he a long time ere Mr. McAllister will n,limits -he people ol Georgia, and particularly those whom he charged with hen g inimical tu slavery, that Im is not one whose aristocratic pretensions render him unfit lo be the chief executor of the laws. But we will let tlieie pass for the present, and turn again In the Journals of the Senate, and In Mr. McAllister’r legislative career hi addition lo Mr. McAllister’s voting for the re.char* ter oflhc Dar.ett Bank, vve find him an advocate for Bank t charters in general. This is strange, fie being the can didate uf an anli Bank parly. During the progress of some of these charters in Ihc Senate, this gentleman gave some very singular votes, most of them illuslra. live of his disregard lor the people's will. Take, for instance, the following : On page 192 of tlm Senate Journal for 1635, while tlte Central Railroad H.mk char ter was under consideration, Mr. Limar offered the fol lowing. as a proviso to the seventh section. “Provided that such other branches wliall not be plac ed within any incorporated town or cifv. CONTRARY TO THE WISHES OF A MAJORITY OF ll’S CIT IZENS.” i Now whn, of the Democracy, will doubt on which . side Mr. McAllister voted, when this proviso was offer. i ed ? Wc think lhat we can hear them all with otto voice exclaiming that lie voted for it—mat he certainly had that much respect for tho opinion of a majority <f the citizens of any town, village, or liam.ct ill ticorgia. And yet the record must dieappoiut them. Mr. HrAI- lister voted against it. Wlmt eared he for Ihc willof the majority' What cared he whether a majority ol citizens wanted it, or not, if the “Incorporation"—that tiling without a soul—if the stockholders, the capitalisti t desired it? Inimical as it may have been to the feel ings, or interests, of a majority nf the citizens, he would go for putting a bank there! Tais is but another evi- ! dence of that gentleman’s aristocracy—wc begptrdoe, ; we should have said Democracy. ; He gave evidence tou that tho failure on the partefi I Bank tu pay specie fur its bills, was, in Ins opinion, no , cause fur tlte forfeiture ol it* charier. | He was, in fact, the advocate tor Bank eharlera, flail' i road Banks, and Monopolies, to an extent really alarm ing at the time, and did as much, if not more, to create Institutions that have long since failed, and whose nur nuy has been a total loss to the unfurtuuate bill holders, iiian any oilier prominent man in the Senate. And jet, lie is the one selected, of all (he Democracy, to he their "standard bearer." Not a wise, not a beneficial act can they show, in Ins whole legislative course, that emanated from him. All upon u h.ch they Ionobased hie claims, is, tfiat lie is a thorough going Dimixrat, ind ive will add, a law yer of very rei-pcclable sending. But these arc not what the people most desire in a Revere, or—and ilie first Monday in October, will prove what wu assert. In our next, we will place brfore our reidersa list of McAllister's act* ill the Benatu, illustrative of b »I f °' ciplcs and feelings. It will scarcely ha an acreita-'d* one lo his supporters, but it is right, that the "mpren* sovereignly’ slmu'd hnve some insight in'o lie* f ofiliemd history uf linn w ho rejects "Federal embraces,’'Inc *!•* at tin same time, thinks that FEDERAL MASSAi llU- SETTS. IN A CERTAIN EVENT, IS MORE TO BE RELIED UPON THAN GEORGIANS Ol 'JHB "WHEAT GROW ING REGION !’’ THE * SCHOOLMASTER." We publish to-day, an aiticle wh ch originally *P* peared m tliu Southern Recorder, over the above signa ture. Tu our readers, vve present it as a roliesliwt* facts, which has alarmed the mere partisans of the ap position, while it has proved u source uf gnat gist Jk* - linn iu the honest of alt parlies. That Georgia. ■»* time of need, has had st the helm of Statu eff-ir*. oa, < through wftosu energy,and rigid economy! m uc *' been accomplished, is ccitainly cause for ceugratuk- lion. Our people, imputed upon, heretofore, by grot* inismaiiHgentent, neglect, and their cunsequene**. taxation, we arc certain will appreciate the tervic***** Chief Magistrate who has duvuted his energies, i» * manner *u effective, lo llte prostration of »buret, tndt*- their relief. In what asituatiua would our financial*' fair* have been, had the same extravagance, and <*•' lect of public afl'airs, marked Governor Cr**' 0 ™* course, that have stamped previous administration* •* he seal of condemnation ! It it useless lo deny •** evils of the past. An exhausted Treasury, * * #rl iu*s curreaey, useless and extravagant approprttun*** oo«e legiaialiun, have all been seen, and felt kjM people, la vaiu do they aak, wlrat lit* become of wealtbof theirStste* In vautdo they enqui(* alio once ruled them, what k*a become of the* in tbe various Bank* thereof? Whatbas b*eom" the proceed* derived from our public l»ud» ? * has becota* ol tbal moot aacrcd of all funds—th* ***