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33gf*—- r .aa 1 ' *gg !!ig^g! TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23- the, N?w ?ork Eccftng Star remarks that it hop becii by intelligent gentlemen who arrived iu the Great Western, that, amojigthe People o' England, the Government, jnd ?J1 classes, of f towarwith this country is deeineil preposterous, that, rather than it should take place, they would see the whole territory sunk into the ocean; that they look upon it as a : border dispute, in which the feelings of the two countries arc not involved; and that, as it is a mere question of land, and not of honor, it may be easily adjusted, and cannot in any way lead to hostilities between two great and kindred nations, whose hearts and interests are so indissolubly united. Two Steam Vessels of M ar. The New York American mentions that the Board which have been sitting in Washington, to devise «nd recommend plans and models for sea steam vessels of war, have determined to build two steam frigates of over 1600 tons burthen, to carry 111 gunscach, viz, two bumb cannons, and tight 42 pounders, One is to he constructed at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, under the superintendence of Mr. Hart. The olhe. supposed at Philadelphia. The Boundary Question. v The New York Commercial Advertiser of the 17:h says, “We are enabled to state, on what ’•vc believe to be good authority, that such insti ac tions have been transmitted to her Britannic Majesty’s Minister at Washington, by the Great Western, as will obviate the necessity of send ing a speciil minister to London. The seat of negociations or the final adjustment of the boun dary question is transferred from London to Washington; and those negociations will be pressed to a definitive conclusion. We have been requested to publish the follow ing Circular. LivEiirooi., March 21. The transactions in our Cotton Market for the last six weeks from the 2d ultimo to the 15th lust., inclusive, were large, the sales amounting to about 228,000 bales, of which 104,000 were pur based by speculators. Our price during the first lime weeks varied little, during the lourth week we gained id per Hi. in the first week in March we advanced three-eighths of a penny and last week gd to Ad per lb. making the entire ad vance in the price of short stapled American * <t m from the 23d ultimo to th ■ 15th instant, icily otic penny per4b. the advance in the lower qualities about id more than in the better sorts. 1b 11 1“t last week's sales as follows: ‘l’ 1 ‘'bout 2i a 11 i pi. ant, sa9j s iy,i tin .New i cleans? a In#.; Manama and > oldie, 7J a IOJj 3,30 U Per n;vn in a lug ; 1,029 iiahia an t Aiaeeio 7; a lm 2 .dantn ham si a to, 1.7a0 Canbagena r a Smyrna6i a7: 20 Peruvian Si a—- 81.) l;.ay,,':m 12 a lt»s 1 .0 Madras Giali. 1 la I curat > : I a i.J —Fatal 0j.7i0. i in* import id uU sorts oi Bolton into the liniio.ii s.ncc the Ist ol January, amounts to bait's, against 360,000 received up to t us t ill • last year, and of American the supri'y amounts to 156,000 against 31(1,(100 bales. 9he stuck I. tins port on the 15th inst. appeared to be a M,,: 2;! 0..0 bales against 282,01.0, the ,-lork nt the same time in 1838. and of American we an, ir to have 175.000 against 18 l,tmo bales. Ida heavy spaculatiou above mentioned has been entirely grounded on the belief in s short reap in the I in. ted States, and should the dafijieuey be as great as 'many suppose it to be, our lots advance is by mcmis too greal <m the ether hand it is true that several units have been working short time, and others may follow in the same track should our prices get higher; this may counteract the eife t of defi ciency m the supply, nevertheless a crop of J,- 3 *9,999 hales (as same wilt have it) must in ail probability he followed by high prices. We remain. Yours respectfully, V, Aix witinHT, CiiiKits <Sc lliggix, Upland, ordinary to middling fair S a SA fair to good liiir 8d a 9, good to line DA; Orleans, ordinary to middling 8 a SA. fair to good fair 9 a 9‘. g* 1 1 to tine ; Mobile, ordmiarv to tnid d, *: . lair 8 a Bs. lair to good fair 9 a (Q.good to fine dg ; 1 ennessee, ordinary to niiddimg fair 74 a St. lair to goad fair 8A a Bg, good to fine 9 ; tr a l-l ii'd. 2t) to 27d., and extra line up to 36d. ■ -of Cotton during the last four days do na; i 1 much short of 30,0110 hale.-, about one third | .-..up-on speculation all at lull prices, and in - 1.0 • instances a small advance lias been oh tffiilLli. Liverpool, March 22i1, 1839. Su:—Our Cotton report of the Ist instant ad * lse.l .i iir n market and an improving demand from the 1 rude. Ihe succeeding week ending the St.) a Lire h witnessed a very irreat change from t;i • liiilln.'sd ol tlie preceding 9 weeks. The - ra: ?’ il, *d the Speculators vied with each oilier to carry the business to the highest point attained yut. it wound up with SS 900 hags, viz. 67,000 ha ;s American, 14,000 bags Braid, 6300 bags .:iMt and Sundries. Import only 5700 bajs.— Opeculators took 35,000 hags American, 24*00 fags Brazil, and 2300 bags Jurats. Prices ad vau -e.l :• daAd on American and per lb. on Braz'd and Jurats. « we«. K ending the 15th instant opened with a fa..- demand, but after the arrival of advices bv tiio Great \\ estern to the 25th February from Idcw York. the demand was renewed and* the bu sincss was catried up to 60,700 bags, viz. 46.000 bags American, 6800 bags Brazil, 18.iQ bags Carlhagena, 4900 bags Murals and Sundries. Speculators were reported to have taken 35,000 Kus American. 4700 hags Brazil, 16*‘0 bags Car tin rena. mid 2300 bogs Surats, hut it may be presumed that a good many of the parcels returned as taken by Speculators consist of rc sales made by Man Chester Dealers of former purchases, and ! that consequently the quantity taken by the Trade iii greater in reality than would appear from the n’.iivc returns, American Colton experienced a further advance of 4tl a3d per Ih. liraziis the same, and Surats id per lb. The import was 11,5 ‘ 9 hags. The Manchester market has in so far benefited hv tlie improved demand that the Spinners have been able to sell their old stocks of Yarns without less, perhaps even to some profit, hut their prices ■■'till keep below the present cost of production. There has been more business doing for some part of the Continent where the fairs that have been h i I. had a good result, hut the demand for Russia which takes about 21) millions pounds of Yarn still un pushes. The Petersburg market is over stock id, in consequence of wiiieh several heavy failures hav * occurred. A money crisis had driven the discount to 12 per cent per annum. 1 ue Havre market revived simultaneously with our O.vn. th * transactions ending the 15th instant a-nonntej to 85n0 t ags, viz. 41(10 hags Orleans, ;SJI) tug; Mobile. 1750 bags Uplands and Sun dries, at an advance wh eh carried prices to the highest point they had attained at the end of January, fair Orleans I g a 120, Mobile 118 a 119. Uplands 117 a 118. Stock 63.500 haws against 43 B*9o bags in 1838. Tli* in-leasing deficiency in the reccinfs of Cotton into the shinning ports of the United tihfces an ! in the shipments to Europe, is cal-n --) Ms i to confirm the confidence which has hitherto been displayed in our market. It is understood t ut the storks of Bmk Cotton of last year's im i rl a-e now cleared off, the recent imports are nob |rl ire.l fr-c'y or. the market except su-h as • an he rc i ised at a profit. 'The future march of our market must in h great measure depen I upon t'u* o* era ions on the other s' !e. and if the 'a**, g-er t * exnrrt of the yen* fdl off to the extent ot 290.030 bags a. compared lo'iast year, there is no d mat tnat high prices must continue to • prey it. During the present week we have had a vary | gooddepiand from the Trade aided in part by. speculation, and we have to report a further- aiV t i vanceof $d ftj Ad per lb. on American; ourp i , | cesrate now Id per lb. higher than at the begin-". nlfcg of tbe'sionti since which time the salek ; amount ,lo 200,000 bags. ' Several . Spinners 1 alarmed at the failing off in the imports’are mow' , | slocking themselves lor a month. I j The events whicli have occurred on the bor | ders of the State of Maine have produced a veiy ! great sensation, but it is strongly hoped that this | delicate question may be still settled amicably. ! - We are, sir, Y ours, very obediently, CoiiMisx & Stoltibfout. Expedition to Oregon. I The St. I iOuis Republican of the sth instant, says:—The s:eam?r Antelope, owned by Pierre Chouteau, Jr„ Esq. and under the command of | Edward F. Chouteau, both of this city, left this port yesterday, with several scientific gentlemen ; among whom a-e Mons. Nicolct,of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, and Lieut. Freemore of the Top igraphi al Engineer Department at Wash | ington ; also about 12 clerks and 120 hands, laden j with articles for the supply of the trade. The corps will be conveyed same distance above the 1 mou‘h of the Vellow Stone river, as far as the water will enable the boat to ascend, probably a distance exceeding 2 000 miles above the mouth ot tic Missouri. The boat is expected back in about three months. The company left in goml spirits and trust, the fatigues trials an I sufferings attendant on such an expedition, will not be en dured without a fair recompense. This who*e company is in the service of the American Fur Company, which sends a like number to the Mountains about once in two } r ears, the lime usually required for the excursion. A Tennessee paper “gravely entertains the pro ject ofmak'ng all that western portion of Kentucky and Tennessee, west of Tennessee River, to g thei with the northern pa t of the State of Mis si si] pi, a new State, which with the Mississippi river for its western boundary would be almost entirely surrounded by a well defined water line of river navigation. Mutuality of interests and geographical position are the arguments used.” Wmo Victory ix St. Louis.— The Whigs of St. Louis al the late charter Ele.tion. elected their candidate for Mayor, and carried four of the five Wards. Melancholy. —We are pained to leam, savs the New-York Star, that Charles G. Dewitt, laic (' large d’Atfnrs at Guatemala, continued committed suicide on hoard the steamboat bound up the IS’orth River. He was formerly an Editor of a paper at Kingston, also a Member of « on gress, and'a man of very respectable talents and character. He had been superseded in his office. ; Keaton Steam Packets. The Boston Continel says:—“We understand that Boston is in a fairway to have a line of Ucoan Sicam-packels of her own. It is slated thac a contract has been entered into by a Brit ish mercantile firm of high standing with the Bri tish Government, to transpoil the mail by steam from London to Halifax, and thence to Boston. The trips arc to be twice a month, commencing 1 on the Inst of May, 1840, The British govern- ; nieni is to pay for this service an annual sum of £35 ODD and the contract is to last for seven years. Fhc persons lately incorporated by an art of our Legislature, as the “Ocean Steam-packet Cora p my are to i|avc a share in the enterprise. 4‘bom Liverpool or Bristol to Boston, via Halifax is as near o. rs arer as from the same places to New York, so that in this matter of Atlantic Steam Navigation, we s and a chance to com pete with our brethren of that city. This may serve as an answer to the question asked some lime ago in relation to this matter, — Where is Boston?” From the Philadelphia World of the IS th. An Afiiay. Yesterday afternoon, while Goinmodorc Elliott was coming in the rail road cars to this city to attend the Court of Inquiry to be held at the Navy Yard, a person who is ca.led Majoi Mc- Donald, of Louisiana, spoke very disrespectfully of Generals Gaines and Jessup, and of the com manding officers of the Navy, and especially of Commodore Elliott, whom he represented us a coward in the battle of Lake Eric, and a tyrant in the Mediterranean. Commodore Elliott replied that he was mistaken in the facts, that a Court of Inquiry upon the battle of Lake Erie, in 1615, (he record ol which was now in the Navy Depart ment. had settled the case very dillerenliy. Major McDonald denied this, and continued his vituperations of Com. Elliott. The latter then announced himself, and remarked that i! Mr. McDonald were a gentleman, he would re fer the dispute to another opportunity. Not wishing to dislu-b the ladies in the car, Commo dore Elliott then requested a gentleman, in an under tone, to deliver his card to McDonald, with a request that he would not leave the city till he heard from the Commodore. He refused to re cc.ve the card, and continued his abuse. When the car stopped in Broad street, several gentlemen requested the Commodore to take no notice of the man. as he seemed unworthy of it; or if he did, merely to give him a caning. He replied that such was his intension, hut that he first wished to make a gentleman of the man by the offer of his card; and as he had refused that a caning was due. He then approached McDo nald, and struck him with a cane. A scuffle en sued, in which McDonald’s cane was broken to pieces, and Elliott's broken near the end. Mc- Donald seizing one end of Elliott's cane, drew olf be sheath trom the sword. Some gentlemen pre sent, apprehended that the Commodore would wound him, seized his arms, but released him on his saying he should not injure, but merely flog bis advtuwiry. They then released him. and he pursued Mc- Donald. who ran ol£ calling names, while the Commodore applied his blows. The Commodore ; then returned, and proceeded to his lodgings at Gen. Irvine’s in High street. I We obtain this account through a grr.tleman . who came in the cars, witnessed the affair. I and stated it to some Naval officers at the Man -5 sion house, and the account of the buttle is cor roborated by information which we obtained at ( the Rail Road Depot.” i “Perils of the Sea.”— The schooner Pearl, i which left New York, on the 291 h ult. for Ncw - bem, N. C. was run ashore on the 31st, about - four miles from Hatteras, for the purpose of sa i ving the lives of those on board. She had pre viously shi »ped a sea, which washed a sailor, i (Wi liam Bird of New Jersey, overboard, broke L the captain’s leg, and bruised the mate and one , of the m nso severely that the former had to be - carried l»elow. The same sea stove both boats,. *■ carried away the main boom, stove the lee bul f warks weather quarter, &c. leaving the vessel a i complete wreck. s Al this time the condition of all on board was indeed peiilous—the vessel on a dangerous lee f shore, almost unmanageable, with but one man 1 of the whole crew left capable of duly. Kemem - boring the old adage, that -while there is life theie o L hope,” and trusting in the assisting mercy of J an al! ruing P evidence, the passengers after s consulting the officers an 1 crew, exerted them c selves to run the ve.-se onshore as a last and <s desperate change for es*ape. This was hnppilv >f accomplished aVut half past eight o’clock at u night, under the encouragement of the t 'aptain and directi ns ofth? Male who, bruised and in t jured as tu y were, exerted themselves to the ut o ritost of their power. At day break they found o they were near Cap? Haiteras, and soon after wards all reached the land iq safety.— Bulti:non y Amenican, V •* WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 24. * • . *• . - - To our Patrons. 4 takit great pleasure in announcing to thepat roqs of the Chronicle & Sentinel, that I havfe.sold one half of the establishment to Messrs. O. P. Suo. w and J. W. Joses, of Athens; the former of whom will in future reside in this city, for the purpose of coifluctiug the paper as a co-editor with myself. • In thus changing the relation of sole and indi vidual responsibility, which I have borne to wards you for nearly three years, I desire to say a few words of the past, —a few, of the future* It cannot have escaped the notice of its constan l readers, that the editorial department of the paper has suffered much for the want of that attention which was due to it. The multiplicity of respon sibilities, springing out of the various concerns of so exlensivean establishment.all devolving solely upon mvself, have engaged nearly all of that time which should have been devoted to the labors ot the editorial chair. Whoever attempts to fill that chair in the office of a daily paper, should be unembarrassed by the management of its fin incial and out-door business, and he will evr:ii then find enough to engage his entire attention in searching through the wide range of a numerous exchange list, for diversified matters of interest and importance, and miking hi- remarks upon such as are worthy of spe cie.! notice. For the future, I may safely sa;r, that the patrons of the Chronicle & Senti nel will find a decided improvement in the inter est of its columns. In addition to the much greater attention which I shall be enabled to give to that department of the paper, the long expe rience of Mr. Shaw in all that relates to a news paper office, and his known ability as a chaste and excellent writer, brings to the office an acquisi tion of the highest valac to th. patrons of the pa pzr. The political principles of the paper will re main unchanged. WILLIAM. F. JONES. It will be seen by the above notice, that the subscriber, in connection with Mr. James W, • lones, of Athens, has purchased of Mr. Wot. E. Joses, one half of the office of the Chronicle & Sentinel. It is considered generally the prerogative of those assuming or resuming such a relation to the publit,to give such assurances in referenceto their principles and the intentions designed to regulate their future course, as will satisfy the just expectations of that public, between whom anil themselves this relation may exist. Such is not however th : ..bject of the undersigned. View ing as he does the xistence of a reciprocal obli gation between the proprietor and tile public—be tween those who serve and those who are served between the interest to be protected and that which is to be promoted—between the obligation on the one hand to sustain the moral and politi cal institutions of the country, and on the other to foster the efforts which may be the iustru uents of that advancement, he will only say, that in j connection with his colleague, no efforts however feeble, will be spared to redeem whatever of obli gation may exist to that public, on whom they rely for countenance and support. O. P. SHAW. Norlll CHrotinn. The whigs of the south district of North Caro lina have nominated Col. Samuel Biddle, of Cra ven. as their can lidate for Congress, in opposition to the present administration incumbenf, Charles Shepard. In the thirteenth district Mr. James Graham, whig, is a candidate for rc-elcction. U. S. Sevatoh.— The Albany Evening Jour nal of Wednesday last says:—‘lt will he seen by the Senate proceedings of yesterday, that the bill providing for the choice of U. S. Senator, in the usual and lawful mode, by Joint ballot, ha s been rejected, with the opposing vote of every Van Barm member.” Mu. Weiisteii. —A Boston paper mentions that the Honorable Daniel Webster is about to visit Europe with his family, and that he will embark from New Y'ork about the first of May for Liverpool, returning in the autumn. Rhode Island Election. The New York Courier and Enquirer of the 19th says, the annual. State Election in Rhode Island took place on Wednesday, when a majority of Whig candidates were elected in both branches of the Legislature. No election for Governor took place owing to some dissatisfaction amongst a portion of the Whigs having induced them to run two candidates, viz: Messrs. Sprague and Burgess whose united votes however will exceed those of the Loco Foco candidate Mr. Bullock, by fully 500. All the towns had not been heard from. The Navy Departn ent has received advices from the Exploring Expedition eff the river La Plata on the 15th January—ail well. The New Y'ork agents announce that the steam packet Liverpool left Liverpool forNcw-York, on on the2oih inst. (Saturday last). Stic will leave New Y'ork on her return on the 18th of May. On the 19th of March, she had about, half her complement of passengers already engaged in Li verpool. The Governor of Illinois has appointed Mr. John Reynolds, a member of Congress elect, and Senator R. M. Y oung, commissioners to negotiate a canal loan of four millions of dollars. From the New York Journal njCommerce, April 17. The News. The news by the Great Western has hml a ve ry happy effect on business, and the minds of bus iness men. It has substantially settled several questions of great importance. The first of these is, the question of war. W e deem the advices en tirely satisfactory on this point. If there was any doubt before, there is none now, that our peace ful relations with the “mother country” will not be interrupted.—Another question settled by this’ nows is that of the continued credit of our State Storks. Some people are constantly starling doubts about the credit of our State Stocks being maintained in Europe. We can sec no founda tion for such doubts. Gov ’rnmrnts are trusted in Europe which are incomparably less stable than ' the governments of our States, and who have never borrowed money for any other purpose than to enable them to desolate their own or some oth er country while our money is all expended in adding to the resources of the States which bor row it. Another question of no small importance set led by this news is. that in tnecotton war car ried on between the operators of this country am! the spinners of England, brother Jonathan had gained the day. The cotton is s ill .wued in this country. It will now go forward more freely, and so will probably keep down the rates of Eu 1 ropean exchanges, and give confidence to our Bant* and monied men. These views, and others of the same sort, to gether with the flocking of the Western merchants to the city" at their accustomed period, have put a new face on affairs this week.. Business in all de partments is much more briSt, rents are better, money more plenty, confidence stronger, and in deed the land seems ogee more full before us. The New York corespondent of the National Intelligencer says : Th&tojjfch Queen will start for this city in June, The Great Western Company are preparing to build an iron boat larger than the Great Western. The Great Western Company have divided 9 per cent, for the past year. She has passengers engaged enough to fill her well up 3or many trips. In her next trip she is expected to bring out some of the British Swiss Tourists, who climb Alpine heights and outwalk French diligences. There is for them, in Western Virginia,an undiscovered tour ist-land even we Americans wot not of. These steamships soon must turn here the great tide of English travel. The price of passage must and will go down, for the packet-ships are leading the way. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, Upper Canada. The resolutions of the House of Assembly, in favor of uniting the two provinces, have been re jected by the Legislative Council, eight voting against, and on ly two for them. Tne Toronto Colonist of the 10th ins ant mentions the arrival of a deputy shenlf, f o.n London District, with 23 of the prisoners taten at Sandwich, a id tried and condemned at London. From the L ondon Gazelle we learn the names and destinies of these prisoners. Eighteen of them are to be transported to a penal colony, and the other five to be released at the boundary line on Lake Ontario. The names of the eighteen are Samuel Snow, Elizur Ste ven *, John Chester Williams, John Burwell T'yrriL John Semore Guttridge, James M. Atchis on, .lohn Sprague, Robert Marsh, Riley Monson 5$ tewart, Henry Verrelon Barnum, Alvin Burrows Sweet, Jas. Peter Williams, Win. Not tage, John Henry Simmons, Elijah Croker Wood man, < ha uncey Sheldon, James Dewitt Ferro, and Michj icl Morin. Os the five, DavidMc Dougal. George Putnam, Sidney B< irber, Win. Bartlett, H. B. Goodrich. Fuurtee n are yet remaining in the jail at Lon don, who are to be kept a while longer and then liberated. The term of their detention will de pend on th e continuance of quiet upon the frontier. It is pn >per to observe that the immediate merit of these i nerciful proceedings, as well as of those at Kingst< an and Montreal, belongs to the home governnie nt, the emancipation of the captives Having en made in pursuance of instructions from Eng’ and. But these Instructions have no doubt bee: a given upon the strength of represen tations an d suggestions from Sir George Arthur and Sir J< >hn Colborne. We understand that most of the prisoners now in confine ment at Quebec, will shortly be set at liberty. From the Boston Patriot. From the Disputed Territory and Few Brunswick. The Frt *derickton Sentinel of the 6th inst. says, on the authority of a person from the Aroostook, that the An ier;can militia were about to commence their march i homeward, leaving the land agent with a party of about 2uU men behind them. Two booms had been thrown across the river, for the purpose of preventing the passage of timber in the spring; but with what effect, the Sentinel remarks remains to be proved. We learn from the same paper, that the New Brunswick, militia and voluntary force, were to cease to receive pay and rations on the lOth inst., with the exception of one Captain, one Subaltern, two Sergeants and thirty rank and fil *, to be sta tioned at Wi jciUtofJt: one subaltern, two Sergeants and thirty ra.nk and file, atTobique and ihe mou h of the Res ook, and a similar detachment at St. Andrews. far the protection oi the Queen's stores. 'The Headquarters and other companies of the 36th regiment, had returned to Frederickton. and they had been replaced by the G9th regiment, the head quarters of which were stationed at Wood s;ock. These two regiments are the only royal troops which remain in New Brunswick. The 11th regiment under Col. Goldie, which had been ordered from Borel in Canada 'o Madawaska, to gether with a detachment of Royal Artillery, were immediately a Iter lire arrangement with General Scott, ordered back to Quebec, where it is expect ed to arrive before the breaking up of the winter roads. The first detachment of this regiment arrived at Quebec on the 7th inst. and it was to be fol lowed in a day or two by the second. This is the third time this regiment lias traversed the in hospitahle regi ons between New* Brunswick and Quebec, since :he commencement of the winter. Business in New York. The New York Sun of the ISth says : Pro visions continue high, and during the day we inquiries concerning the Among the commission merchants there was I ui one opinion, v.z: that it was the result of tact op erations ofspec ulaters. In a few days we uhall be ready to inform our readers who these specu lators are, and we trust some good will accrue. By pursuing a right course the press might pre vent those enormities which are every day being committed by combinations among men of capital. They ought to be exposed, for exposure w nuld prevent a recurrence of the evil. Among the hardware dealers we observed more activity th-- a usual. There was a large package sale this v/eek which brought good prices. In crockery, also, the merchants are driving a pood business, but with little noise.—The arrival*; this spring show an increase in the demand for this article, w hich has been promptly met by the En glish mar.ufactureis. French uhiua is in peat demand, and the dealers hold cut for a smal l ad vance in price. Dry goods are going off n nkly. Pine and Cedar streets present an encoun eging appearance. In the evening the stores are li;;hied up as if for an illumination, and if the weather were good, the sidewalks would be block id up with packages. Strangeis from all parts keep crowding in to the city. The hotels and boarding bouses are lu!i. and country merchants pay up well. Returning pros perity has imparted new energy to trade, and eve ry branch of honest industry finds full employ ment. From the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Chartists in Great Britain. Much excitement still prevailed at our last dates from England in relation to the Corn Laws, and the course of the Ministers upon that sub ject. What is termed the ‘‘People’s Charter” was obtaining sign tures in the manufac.uring I districts, and it was expected that upwards of two millions w ould be in readiness by the 6th oi* May, the time designated for the presentation of the petition to the House of Commons. This docu ment purports to demand from the Hou?«, the rights of Universal Suffrage, the Vote by Ballot, the payment of members, the abolition of the Corn Law s. &c. It is believed that it will be refused by the House, which the leaders of the Chartists 1 expecting, call upon every man who has signed his name, to arm and prepare for fighting for his rights. The London Correspondent of the Cou rier and. Enquirer says: These threats of icsorting to physical force have now become perfectly open with the princi pal leaders of the people, who are now assembled ! in Loudon as delegates to what is termed the Na tional Convention, and who call meetings of the people, at two of which I have recently attended and witnessed the most tremendous and enthusi ■ astic cheering on every allusion to th threatened ■ approaching appeal to arms. On the other hand. • the government is not idle in its preparations, for ! a considerable force of artillery an I rocket brig -1 sides has been ordered from Woolwich towards ; Manchester, which is the principal focus of the , Chartist cause —and should London remain Iran- i quil, there is very little doubt that the troops will ] be able to suppress the insurrection, should it be. | attempted alter the approaching filluof May. The | y plans of the leaders ot the Chartists are believed | to be directed unfortunately to very contracted j * and erroneous methods of contending with the 1 government —as should they succeed in gaining the victory over the troops, it is thought probable that the.destruction of what they term “ the ac cursed factory system,” will be the princ.pal and immediate business of the actors in the new con dition of affairs. The waste of property which would follow the ascendency of men of little edu cation, and of the most contracted views in po litical economy, is such as to render it tar from desirable —that even with ail the present suffering ot the people success should attend the movements whi h are undoubtedly in preparation, and the history of which will probably be an important part of the annals of the year 1838. Another letter, by the London Correspondent of the N. Y. Express, contains this language : The Corn Law agitators complain that their effarts have been materially interlered with and their success partly frustrated, by the refusal ot the Chartists to co-operate with them—These latter are for what you call “going the whole hog” and will be satisfied with nothing less than the most ultra-extravagant and chimcrcial chan ges in our whole social condition: they have formed themselves into what they call a National Convention, and openly avow their determination to effect, if necessary, their object by violence and physical force. It is unfortunately true, that great numbers of operatives in the midland and northern counties have been persuaded to arm themselves, and the most violent and seditious harangues are almost daily uttered, not only in the provinces but in the metropolis; but all the portentous proceedings excite no sensible alarm or notice: government do not think it necessary to interfere, and there is every probability that, n let alone, this *• National Convention’’ will soon fall to pieces. An English Frigate waits at Norfolk, to take answers troin the rilish Minister at Washing ton to the despatches he received by the Great Western. What the answers may be, we at home, who are conversant with all the facts, can easily surmise, and the negotiation on the Boun dary Question, will be transferred to Washington which, it is said, may not render it necessary to appoint a Special Minister. Independent ol the Main question, there are still several important points which it is desirable should be definitive ly settled between the two countries, so as to avoid all cause hereafter for any dissention. The Impressment is one, which, we doubt, can ever be adjusted by treaty; the practice, however, in relation to this country, is abandoned, while the doctrine is still sustained. There is. however, a strong impression prevailing in England that we covet the Canadas, and the many outbreaks on that frontier, and shameful invasions of that terri tory by bands of adventurers, go far to strengthen that impression. Nothing can he more erroneous than the belief that this country, already so ex tensive, desires to possess the Canadas at a!'. But we must endeavor to satisfy England on this point by some distinct arrangement and un derstanding, in on er to prevent great outlays ii protecting their own possessions from the Can;- di ms on the one hand, and against our interfer ence on the oilier. These and other points of in terest, we still think, render the appointment of a Special Minister expedient and necessary. In settling one point of difference, there should hr no openings for fresh grievances; the pacification should at once embrace all points of dissention and discussion, so that the wounds may he all healed, —not merely cicatriced. — Nem-York Slur. An Honest Sub-Treasurer !—We arc in formed that the suit against Maurice Cannon, for merly receiver of the public moneys in this city was tiicd on Monday last, in the U. S. District Court, presided by Judge Lawrence. The jury, after thoroughly investigating the accounts be tween the government and Mr. Cannon acquitted the latter of all indebtedness. It will he remem bered that Mr. Cannon was reported by the Sec retary of the Treasury, as a defaulter to a very large sum—more than one hundred thousand dol lars, we believe. It now turns out that no such sum i» due. nay not one cent. Well, who has the money I Levi Woodbury or some of his creditors or clerks, no doubt. A trail cript of Mr. CannOll’ff account. Sent from tbe Treanury- Ofiice, was read on the trial. It bears evidence, o.i its face of the most shameful inaccuracy, ne glect and false charging. Sums paid out by Mr. 1 annon by d red orders from the dej artment are a’so left uncredited to him; deposites made and w .ich have been used by the Department are also le *t uncredited. The great object of the account ants in Washington, seems to he to show the fun is o‘* the Government to be in any other hands hut their own. At the next Congress n new vein must be open ed—we must see how much money has been pock eteJ by Levi hi nself, and with which he thinks proper to hers. But what is most vex ation* is to s e an innocent Sub-Treasurer (so rare, precious and wonderful a creature) harassed with su'ls by bis ungrateful governn ent. More over we are told that be was sued without any previous amicable demand, or direct information of the balance against him. An exception to the suit was taken on the ground, that the law enact ed, that the suit should he instituted only when a parly “refuse or nerieet to pay a balance reported against him,” shall he surd. &c. Now Mr. Gan non says that he never neglected or refused to pay. for no demand was ever made, and conse quently the neglect was on the other side. He has received no communication from the Treasu ry Department, though it* hooks three years ago showed a balance against him of? 200,000 ! But this is not all, Mr. Cannon intends to move for a new trial, with the hope of goring the Govern ment ox; for, he asserts that there is a balance in his favor, amounting to several hundred dollars. We particularly commend tVs case to the Hon. 11. A. Wise. Wc hope it will find a con spicuous place in his memorandum book.— N. O. True American. Texas and Mexico. —The following passages from the speech of Co!. White at a late public dinner at Houston, (Texas) seem to suggest rather than recommend that Mexico should be taken under the charge of Texas. “I hope upon the principle adverted to. you i will plant the standard of Texas upon the Pacific, and'if you are again compelled to take up arms, | make of Mexico another such scene as France j exhibited at AI riers, Antwerp. Constantine, and Vera Cruz. You have the means and the power in plant your one star on the. table lands of the Cord If eras , and make another San Jac'nio un der ihe walls of the city of Cortez and Montezu ma, If Mexico shall again dare to invade you. let a motto be placed upon your standard “delenda est Carthago.” ****** “The contest is no longer, shall Texas he con quered. The contest if any evLt hereafter, will be, shall Mexico be conquered!” i The Norfolk Herald, of the 17th inst. makes j the following comments upon the interesting race , l»etwecn Boston and Portsmouth , over the New Market (Va.) Course:— “Never was judgment in horse flesh so com- ; pletely at fault as on this occasion. The bets were 2 and 3 to I on Boston until the first heat | was run; and the sums lost, independent of the stakes, were immense—some suppose Sioo.ooo at least. Both horses were in elegant order. Portsmouth gaily coursed his rounds without a 1 touch of the whip; while Boston was punished at every step; hut the beat was not in him and could not l»e whipped out. It is the general opin ion that ho would have been distanced if Ports mouth had been pushed. The course was heavy in some parts from the ; sand; and it is believed Portsmouth could have performed the two miles on the Norfolk course, i in less time l.v S or 10 seconds. * A Prize for the Ladies.— The lowa News says, the bachelors of Du Buque will give a pro- I mium of a husband to the Mhs who first makes j her appearance in that place dressed in silk of her j own.manufacture. THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 25. I Cotton. t The New Orleans Louisianian' of the 20th i says: speculations of a curious nature arc going : on in cotton. A new actor has lately appeared on purchasing large quantities at the current prices. M e are informed that of 8000 bales sold yesterdav.he was the purchaser of 0000, and that he had previously purchased a still larger quantity* Some say this gentleman, who is re markable for his shrewdness and intelligence, is . an agent of the United States Bank—others al lege that he is buying for a celebrated banking house in London, and others that he is trading on his own bottom. One thing seems singular, that while he is making large purchases, he is publish ing circulars, the object of whick is to raise the price of cotton. The New York Star states that Col. Aaron j Ogden, a soldier and a patriot of the Revolutions- j ry War, formerly Governor of New Jersey, died on Friday'last, at Jersey city, full ofyears and hon ors. Col. Ogden participated in many of the stirring eventsofthe Continental War, in which the little State of New Jersey took a most active part. Extract of a letter from a merchant at Trinidad, to a house in New Haven, dated Tbixidad, March 15. “ This fine island I consider as ruined. The planters are completely at the mercy of the labor ers, and a more worthless set of vagabonds never was, than is here. Unless the dry season should continue longer than usual, I doubt if there will be more than half an average crop. There have been some cases wf fever, lately, of which the governor died on the Bth fhst.” “ The Savannah.” The Savannah Georgian of Tuesday says: — This beautiful and strongly built steamboat arri ved here on Sunday last, from New York.t lia Norfolk, and Smithvillc, N. C. Her accommo dations are splendid, and her cabins are capacious and tastefully decorated. The sleeping apart ments are below, and every requisite is provided for the accommodation of the passenger. The length of the Savannah is 161 feet, her breadth 22, and the depth of her hold is 9 J feel. On the whole, she will not lose by comparison with . ny boat on our Southern waters, cither on the score of elegance, or what is better, substan tiality. Her engine which has all the latest improve ments, is by Secob, of New York, the most em inent maker now in the country. Indeed, the best j dees say she is the most firmly built boat in the United States. The Savannah was built, we understand, for the purpose cf ploughing the Atlantic wave, but subsequently sold to a number of gentlemen, to ply between this city and Charleston. She i s capable of accommodating 80 passengers. She is commanded by Captain Crabtree, well known to our fellow citizens as the commander of the fine ship Franconia. W'e welcome the gallant boat to our shores, as another evidence of the increasing spirit of enter prise among our citizens. From the New Orleans Courier cf the 2Cth. I.atest from Mexico. W’e are indebted to a merchant of this city for the following interesting particulars of Mexican news. l.ruuaUt by it.., LT. .S. briar Consort, from Vera Cruz. On the Rth April, a fire brake out in the Cus tom House at Vera Cruz, which was consumed w ith more than 1000 packagts of valuable goods; also other houses adjacent. It appears that the French squadron had not sailed as it was by the a:d of the French sailors and engines that the fiie at Vera Cruz was finally conquered. General Mexia was on the 7th of April, with in 15 miles of Vera Cruz at the bead of from 1000 to 1500 men. It was believt din Vera Cruz I hat the Mexican garrison would join h m, and that the city would soon be in bis possession. Another account says that the gu alesl conster nation prevailed at Vera Cruz among the inhab itants and merchants, who seated the town would be put under contribution. The Consort brings SI 14,023, in specie, to several mercantile houses, in New-Oileans; and $1211,000 for Ncw-Vork merchants. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. The steam Packet United States. We stated, a few days since, that th s elegant packet had lieen released by the United States, on her owners giving the required bonds and that she would immediately lake her place as a passage boat on Lake Ontario. It appears that she de parted Iroin Ogdenaburgh at 5 o’cloi k in the af ternoon of the 14th of April, under the com mand of Captain Joseph Whitney, for many years the popular commander of the Gieat Brit ain; and if the accounts we have received are true, a gross outrage upon her was committed by some lawless persons, as she passed Piesiott and Brotkville. on her way up the Sst. Lawrence. We hope there has been a as to the cause of the firing—certainly there is a dis cr pancy in the accounts. The letter from fV densbuig says, ‘- five or six cannon were dischar - cd,” while that from Oswego says that it was “ a fire of musketry.” If the United States did not intend to call either at Prescott or at Crockville, she would have kept the South shore toward Mor ristown. and would have been entirely out of the reach of any shot from the British shore. ' Correspondence of the Albany Daily Advertiser. OiiDuxsuiHcu, Sunday evening,^ April 14, 1839. $ At 5 o'clock this afternoon, the steamer •• United States” started upward on her first trip, having on board a great number of passengers, among whom were several women and children. On striking out into the river, being then nearly op posite Prescott, five or six cannon were discharged at hei from the wharf at Prescott, loaded as is averred with ball, three of which were plainly seen hy more than fifty people to strike the water near her. As she did not turn about we cannot 101 l whether any of the shot siiuck her, but it is supposed they did not—Several of the citizens have, however, gone on horseback to Morristown, 12 miles above here, in hope of meeting the boat and ascertaining whether any damage was done. The cause of the outrage is well known. The Canadians arc incensed against the boat on ac count of the part she took in towing the Patriots | to Prescott last fall; which was done with .utthe knowledge or consent of the owners. 'J he otfi -1 cors then in charge of the boat have been dis charged, and yet to gratify a silly rage they have conceived against the boat, they fire on her and thus endanger the lives of the unoffending ; as sengers, in the hope of destroy ing the boat. From the Oswego Herald, of April 17. The United States eaine up the lake on .Mon day, undtr command of the veteran Captain Whitney, late of the Great Britain, and left at nine o'clock in the evening for Lewiston. We understand she is to run regularly 1 etween Lewis ton and Ogdenshurgh touching at the inlermedi \ ate ports on the American side. W e regret to learn that on leaving Ogdens i burgh on Sunday evening a fire of musketry was opened upon the States from Pn scott, the shot j falling short. She was also fired at while passing Brockvillc, hut at too great a distance from the Canada shore for the shot to take effect. If litis treatment of American boats is to be al lowed by the Canadian authorities, it is use less to strive tor Die restoration of a friendly intercourse and the sooner we have war the better. . From the Kingston Chronicle of April 13. “ The United Stales” steamer is advertised in the Sackctls Harbor Journal to commence her trips from Ogdensburg to Lewiston on the 13th inst. under the command of Capt. Joseph Whit ney, formerly of the ‘‘Great Britain.” It will be recollected that this vessel was last fall seized hy the officers of the 11. S. Government for a gross breach of the neutrality laws—bv what process she has been restored to her former we know not. The steamer “ Oneida” is plying in the opposite channel. Correspondence of the Savannah Georgian. Late From Florida. Caret's Feriiv, E. F. April 20. Mr Dear Sir. —Gen. Macomb, I presume you have heard, has arrived here, and is empow ered to treat w,th the Indians, allowing them to i remain in the territory within prescribed limits, i As soon as they become aware of this, it is thought I that the war will be at an end. They are rattier | tired of it.—They have been prevented from making theircrops of corn, and their ammunition is nearly exhausted. A party of Indians some 15 or 20 were met on the Santa Fc river, by a party of Volunteers, and were several times fired on. There was no one killed, and one negro was taken by the \v bites. The Indians fired but one cun. Gen. Macomb, will leave shortly for Port King, more in the in terior of the Indian country. Five companies of the 2d Dragoons are to leave ere long tor the North; Head Quarters, Baltimore—all of the 4th Artillery, save our company, Capt. Harvey Brown's have left for the North. The State of Nrw-Jersoy, our readers are aware, is entitled to six Representatives in Con gress. At the election held for Members of the present Congress, last aului.n. the contest was so close as to throw a doubt for some time over the result; but in the end die Whig candidates ob tained the returns as being all duly elec-led. It being understood, however, that the election of five mil of the six members returned would be called in question before the House when it shall assemble, (upon grounds which we profess not to have examined.) those five whig members, though they are returned duly elected,have.sinec the 4th of last month, on which day their term of office began, made a proposilion in writing to the five gentlemen who claim their seats, pro posing that both parties should resign all claim to seats undei the late election, and. instead of delaying the public business by a troublesome and expensive contest in the House of Represen tatives, submit the matter to a full and fair trial before the people at the next fall election.— This fair and gi nerous proportion, it is under stood, the opponents of the return have peremp torily declined. They evidently prefer pressing theii case upon the House of Representatives to trusting it to the decision cf the people. We re gret their decision of the people. We regret gret their decision as it may perhaps cause a great and very unprofitable waste of time at the next ensuing session of Congress. —National Intelli gencer. From the Baltimore American, April 19. Fire.—A little before three o'cloik.P.M.yes terday the garret of one of the three story brick warehouses at the lower end of Soulhstrect was discovered to be on fire. It tunned part of the upper premises occupied hy Messrs. Hooper and Hard ster, sail makers. The first intimation which the people who were at work in the third sn ry iiad of the fire, was the breaking of the ceiling over their heads. The garret, we learn, was used as a receptacle for fragments of sail cloth, and it is believed that the fire took place from the spon taneous combustion of a quantity of greasy can vass which had previously enveloped a parcel of Russia tarred cordage. The fire destroyed the third story of ti.c warehouse in "which it origina ted, and also the adjoining ware house south of it. ■ The lower stories were occupied by Messrs. Har- A d ster. Hooper & Co. ship chandlers, whose of goods was greatly damaged by hasty and I lie floods of water poured in by tlie We learn that they have in-urance. bel, w above, to the amount of pi 4 000. in the office. The sails oi the ship Leiki, lings mo. c, Whig, and Severn I oilier vessels were in tHEB loft, and were all greatly injuicd. The house i ontb ol the premises in nred was drenehefl I y wa'cr, which damaged to onr extent a li y of grain belonging to Mr. Thomas Pierce* 'Flic four story fire proof warehouse of Mr. Wm. ■ A. Motile, on th, no. til side, presented an effcc-ln- tual bar to the progicssoi the lire in that direction, and as the go als were not removed, no damage whatever was sustained by him— American. Ann'hcr. —At one o'clock yesterday, the dwel ling of Uo!. Randall in Conway near Sharp street, took fire bom a fissure in the chimney, hut hy the prompt interference of the firemen, the flames were arrested in their progress, after considerable injury to the roof. And ana her. —Last night, about fen o’clock, the roof of the dwelling odjoining Col. Randall’s occupied by Mr, Chase, was discovered to he on fire, but was extinguished without much damage. From the Niagara Courier. Alieoeii attempt to Kidxap. —Alexander Stewart, a resident of Niagara, U. C., was arrest ed, brought to this village and examined before H. K, Hopkins, Lsq. on Monday last, on a charge of attemp.ing to kidnap ami carry into Canada, a man named Benjamin Lett for whom a reward had been offered in the Province, as one of the murderers of Capt. Usher. The principal wit ness against him was H. Bronuin, who testified that Stewart endeavored to procure his aid in get ting Lett ov: r the riv.r; that it was intended to stupify the victim wi.h laudanum, &e. Stewart was accordingly hi Id lo bail in the sum of S6OO and surety lor p 80 0; which was given, and the prisoner was discharged. Ste art is said to be a lawyer, and Ic hold a commission in her Majes ty s military service. His conduct on the exam ination proves that neither of those will make a gentleman nect:sar. Ay,- he having unceasingly indulged in vulgarism and profanity. Case of the Presrttekiax Cnrncn.— The arguments of the Counsel, on motion for a new trial, in the case of“ New School,” arc now proceeding in the Supreme Court of Pennsylva nia, in this city, before Chief Justice Gibson, and assistant Judges Huston, Rogers, and They are of an intricate character, involving points of doctrine, and church municipalities, the attendant nature of which is of little interest to any, save those who may have either principles or possessions in issue. The decision of the court will appear as early as it is ascertained.—Phila delphia Tomes. For the Chronicle Sr Sentinel. To Irene, of Athens. I see thee yet —I see thee yet. For how can love thy form forget ? The .ustre of those beaming eyes. That face where soul with beauty vies ’ Ah .' they who tell us time hath art, And absence may estrange the heart, Have never in their wanderings seen The tlovvcr of Athens—fair Irene With voice as musical and clear As ever blest a lover's ear,— With smiles upon thy lips at play, Like sunbeams on a rose of May ; " And with a step whose bounding mirth Seems scarce to press the flowery earth ; IVho would not own thee beauty's Queen 3 The prijc of Athens —sweet Irene I Away from thee —away from thee— How oft I call on memory ; An 1 fancy paints t ■ e very air. Till thou an visioned every where; — While Hope, with tones divinely sweet, Whispers that we again shall meet, — For still thy beauty lights thoscene. Fair Star of Athens —bright Irene 1 ” • I