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TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 3. Ourselves—Advertisers. Circulation 6,000 Copies! However we msy be charged or suspected, we do not desire to be considered as pulling our press in the fallowing remarks. Be that as it may, however, it is perfectly legitimate for an Editor to use all honorable means to increase the patron age of his paper, or to extend its circulation. — Hence we feel no delicacy in saying through our columns, what we would say to any gentleman in private conversation, in relation to the circula tion of our paper, which we are proud to say is now daily increasing;—whether for good or for evil, the future alone can develope. It is always an important desideratum, to advertisers particu larly, to give their patronage to that paper, which secures the probability of its being read by the greatest number of persons. The object is two fold—the article advertised is known more gen erally, and in proportion as the circulation of the paper is greater than another, in the same ratio is the advertiser benefitted—and the cost is no great er in our paper than one that does not circulate over five hundred copies. We consider there fore, that we are but serving the cause of Adver tisers generally, and promoting our own interest and the usefulness of our journal, in saying that we now circulate every week upwards of 6,000 copies of the Chronicle & Sentinel. We need not therefore offer any suggestions beyond this to advertisers, of the important advantages resulting to them, from advertising in this paper over any other in the State and perhaps in the South. The Irish Giant The Charlestonians are’ amusing themselves with views of this extraordinary production of the Emerald Isle, who is represented as being se ven feet 2 inches high, of perfect form and sym metry. Balloon] Ascension. By an advertisement in this morning’s paper, it will be seen that Mr. Hobart, the Aeronaut, proposes to make an ascension from this city on the 27th inst., in a Balloon es extraordinary di mensions. Congress. The proceedings of this body continue to he Os a very .uninteresting character. At our last advi ces, the Senate was engaged on the report with regard to the assumption of State debts, and i| was apparent that several Senators were desir ous to deliver speeches. How long this topic will occupy their attention, it is impossible to calculate with any degree of certainty. Mr. B uchannan had introduced a measure for the en largement of the specie circulation, by excluding all bills of small denominations. How far the Senator’s project extends, we have not yet seen. But we should suppose in these days of suspen sions and shin plasters, it would require all the ingenuity of the honorable gentleman to enlarge greatly the circulation of specie. Mr. Webster had introduced various memorials, asking Con gross to pass a general Bankrupt law, which he ! is said to have prefaced with some very effective and pertinent remarks in favof of the prayer of the memorialists. In the House, the New Jersey question seems I to engross the greatest -port ion of their attention | and much debate has been elicited on various mo- j lions suggested by the committee to whom the ■ matter was referred. When the procedings of' either House assume a character of more decided interest, we shall give them more in detail. Who are the Democrats?—The shallowness of the pretext of identity between the modern loco focos and the democrats of the Jefferson school and limes, is well exposed by the veteran Whig, General Root, in a late speech in the New York Senate. We give a short extract; “The election of Thomas Jefferson is universal ly recognized as a landmark of Democracy. It was the overthrow of the justly termed Federal Reign of Terror in 1798-9 Now, sir, I perceive that three of the electors of President who then cast the vote of this state for Jefferson still survive, (Pierre Van Cortland*, James Burt and John Woodworth) and need I say they are all Whigs? Os the Republican Senators of that year who elected these Electors of President hut two sur vive, and they are still Democrats in the right sense—still opposed to the encroachment of I !xe cutive Power— still Democratic Whigs / [General Root proceeded to enumerate the sur- | viving Democratic Members of the Assembly of 1800 who elected the Jefferson electors of that year—seven in number —six of them Democratic Whigs, and one said by Mr. Young to be a supporter of Martin Van Buren. He concluded.] “The last of the number is Erastus Root of Del aware—and here I am!” From the New Orleans Bee , Feb, 26. Front Texas. By the arrival of the steam ship Columbia, | Capt. Windlc, we have received Houston and ! Galveston papers to the 23d inst. The Gal es ion Gazette of the 22d says, that the steamboat \ Trinity has just returned from a trip up the Tri- 1 nily river. She went as high as Alabama, 500 j miles, and found the navigation uninterrupted. The new tariff goes into operation on the Ist | May next. The following abstract of the bill will j he found of interest to those engaged in commerce ; with Texas : The rate of duty established is 15 per cent, ad t valorem on all goods, wares and merchandise im- • ported, except spirituous liquors, wines and other i distilled spirits, which pay a specific duly, not ! varying materially from the present tariff. ! French wines in cases, under the new tariff, will pay a duty of 10 percent, and valorem; in caks 10 cts per gallon. Cider and malt liquors 10 per ct.ad valorem. Books free; and each emigrant * entitled to introduce, free from duly, farming : utensils and furniture, in use, to the value of $ 500. Mechanic’s tools free to the amount of SSOO. All invoices of goods, wares or merchandise imported into the republic, when from a place or port where 'Pezas has a consular agent, must ! have a consular certificate attached to them, dc- Haring that the prices affixed to such goods wares or merchandise are the just and current prices of them on that day. Where there does not exist a consular agent of the republic, all in- ; voices must have attached a certificate of two re- ; putable merchants, (with a certificate of a judge i or notary public as to their respectable standing.) | cerufmg the same facts as to prices. The collector, when he is of opinion that there has been collusion or fraud, or when invoices are i unaccompanied by proper certificates, must up ! point two merchants as appraisers, end the duly 1 will he assessed upon the value of their appraise- 1 mcnl. The collectors arc authorised to appoint a sufficient number of inspectors for the protec tion of, and just and proper collection of the re- , venue. Duties to lie paid in cash. Goods, wares and merchandise may be deposited in the public r ores, and remain far three months, without du .ies being exacted. No goods can delivered unless the duties have been paid. At the end of three months the collector to make sales of goods on deposit* to pay duties and charges on them. All goods in the public stores to remain at the risk of the owners. A draw hack allowed on all goods exported within twelve months from the data of their entry, if in original packages. Offi- 1 cert and inspectors to be placed at Point Bolivar and at San Luis at the west pass of Galveaton Bay. for the protection of the revenue, and de spatch of such business as may chance to offer. 5 All to lie under the direction of the collector at Galveston. e s From the Charleston Courier of Monday, From Havana. r The Spanish steamer Almendares, ('apt. B. DeSolo, arrived here yesterday, in 60 hours from Havana. The Almendares has on hoard as passenger, r General Espelatu late Governor General of Cu j ha. who has taken ledgiugs at the Charleston Hotel. Gov. E. is on his way to New York, from whence we leurn he will proceed to Spain. ‘ We are indebted to a friend for a Havana Price Current and Shipping Cist of the 22d nil., as also for the extracts of letters which follow : “Havana, Feb. 22. Molasses steady at 2s, although the supply it* barely equal loihe demand. Exchange on Lon don is declining; JC4OOO sold yesterday at 9s. February 2U. Sugars, —Till within a few days ihe market has been extremely quiet, and prices have grad ually receded to a9sa 6$ and 10$ rials for middling to very lair descriptions, and 6j and 10J a7s and 11$ rs. for prime and very choice qualities. At the moment however, there is ra ther more activity and the market is steadier and without appearances of any immediate further reduction. Browns and Yellows alone we quote 6 a 7$ as in quality (equal to 19s. Id. a 225. Id. on board) and Whites 10 a 11$ rs. (28s. 7d. a 21a. 7d.) Coffees have likewise declined and we reduce our quotations tog $ a s9s for good middling to very prime descriptions, and superior qualities 10 a slos. and the demand limited. Molasses is selling at 2$ rials per keg (sl3 pc hhd of 110 gallons on hoard) but not abundant The Banks of New York. The New York Express says. “There has been no subject before the legis lature fur a long lime, that will meet with so hearty a response as that introduced by Mr. Law rence, to regulate the Bills of the various Banks of this State, and to provide for their redemption in this city. The main features of this Bill is, that all Banks in the First, Second and Third Districts, or what may he more properly termed River Counties, shall redeem their Bills in this city at par—and the Bills in all other parts of the State shall lie redeemed at $ per cent. To accomplish this object, the Safely Fund, now’ amounting to eight, hundred thousand dollars is to be devoted, and all the Banks are to contri bute a further sum of three per cent, on all their capitals, to carry into effect this most desirable object. The plan strikes us as exceedingly judi cious, and such a plan as can not only he carried into effect, but that will be very advantageous to the banks. The Safely Fund now amounts to eight hundred thousand dollars. The capital of the “ Chartered” Banks in the Stale is $36,081,- 460. From the New York Star of the 27 th ult. f*orth Eastern Frontier. Her Majesty’s ship, the Vestal, has arrived at Halifax, bringing intelligence that other ships of war are expected, with troops and ammunition for the use of the Provinces. The New Bruns wick Courier states that orders have been coun termanded for the sailing of the 20lh Regiment of Fusileersto India, and the Courier also states : “We are further informed, on good authority, that th ? erection of barracks at Woodstock, in this Province, for accommodation of a large mili tary force, has been determined upon, and the work is to commence immediately.” On these events the Boston Atlas says: ‘St is a notorious fact that the whole British | j side of the lino is being fast put in a slate of • warlike preparation.—Two forts have been re- I cently erected, commanding tne St. Lawrence, the St. Johns, the St. Fiancis, and the military road of the State of Maine. These forts are now garrisoned with three hundred and fifty men, instead of twenty-five as stated by Sir John 1 Harvey. Our own side utterly defenceless—our | defences worse than useless. What, then, is j our Government doing? Is it any nearer to a i settlement of the vexed question of the boundary I than it has been ? What can be expected to be gained by farther delay ? By us certainly nothing. It is high time that something definite was done by our Government, either towards the adjust ment of their boundary question, or, at least, to wards putting our frontier in a state of defence. The Eastport Sentinel remarks with some truth : —‘After treating the claims of Maine with so much neglect, it is due from the General Govern ment to place her in an immediate stale of de fence, so that if worse should come worse, she may not he wholly unprepared to defend what territory she has lell.’ The remark will apply to the whole extent of our frontier.” Flour. —The Baltimore American of Satur day last, says:—“ Our weekly report of the mar ket !>hows that the inspections for the week end ing Thurs ay evening were 25,000 barrels, of which 20.000 were Howard street. T».e store price of that description is now $5. Frt m the Philad. North American of the 21th ult. , Another Fire at Wilmington, Del. We have just hern informed that a fire broke out in the Swan Hotel, in Market street, W’il mington, Del., about one o’clock I*. M. to-day, an«l we regret to state that up to 4 P. M. it was still progressing—having destroyed a number of adjacct buildings, and much properly. It had reached the Union Hank, and was not subdued when the mail left. No Anther particulars. Another Finn.— We also learn that the barn, ! stabling, and outbuildings of the Paoili Tavern ! were destroyed by fire to-day. The fire is said ■ to have been communicated from the sparks of a j passing locomotive. ; llefeat and Dispersion of the Federal Army. The schr. Frederick Arnel arrived in port ves ; terduy, in six daj’s f.om Matagorda, in Texas; and we are indebted to the politeness of Captain I Hughes, for the Colorado Gazette of the Blh | inst., from which we extract the following an- I nouncemen* of :he defeat and d spersion of the ' Mexican Federalists. Humors to the same ef i feci, said to ha«e come from Mexican ports, ha*c ; circulated for some days past; and now, with the 1 confirmation, there can remain no doubt that the j attempted revolution has failed. '•We slop the press to announce, that ten or twelve Americans Ute from the Federal army, have arrived m Victoria. They state that the j Centralists threw a strong reinforcement into j Monterey just before the Federalists arrived be fore it—whereupon the latter backed out without niakiijg an attempt upon the town. The Cen tral troops pursued them, and an engagement between the cavalry of both parties took place, in which the Federalists were defeated, and their j whole army dispersed. Cine portion, some 250 Mexicans a id 50 Americans, were in arms on this side of the Rio Grande; the rest have scal j lercil.” —New Orleans Bulletin, 22d ult. The Committee on Banks in the Kentucky | Legislature have made their report. It proposes I to restore charters to those institutions, with some : slight amendments, which hid become forfeit a - I hie by their suspension of specie payments, and | fixes the lime of their resumption on or before the day of the meeting of the next Legislature, viz: the first Monday in December. M«. (’lav.—The correspondent of the New York Times speaks of his speech as “one ol the most impassioned and earnest appeals I ever heard from human lips. It must Im* reported fully, in order to give an adequate notion even of the words. As to the manner, that cannot he reported, alas ! The fi ish of genuine and deep feeling on the cheek—the lieam of emotion from the eye—the thrilling tones ol a voice attuned by nature to the heart of sensibility—the emphasis of gesture can not lie described.” Mr. C. remarked that hn should not bring for ward his land bill again till after the next census. A proposition for an asylum for inebriates has boon mad# in (be Legislature of Massachusetts WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 4. i The Clay Dinner. From the Richmond Compiler, wo extrart a short sketch of the splendid Dinner given by the citizens of Richmond to Mr. Clay, which is said by the Editor, to have been the greatest affair of the kind ever seen in that city ; more than one thousand persons sat down to the table, at which the Hon. B. Watkins Leigh, presided, assisted by several distinguished gentlemen as Vice Pre sidents. We must on this occasion, content ourselves with the sketch of Mr. Clay’s speech in reply to the sentiment delivered by the President. Many other sentiments were drunk, which call ! ed forth speeches from various gentlemen, among whom, was one from that distinguished patriot and son of Virginia, the Hon. John Tyler. Mr. Leigh made some prefatory remarks, in the happiest vein, before raadmg each of the three toasts, which preceded that to Mr. Clay. When he came to that, he indulged in a few sentences of the most chaste and pathetic elo quence we have evi r listener, to—he touched the lenderrst chords of the heart, and made the tears to chase each other down many a manly clirek. He spoke of the object of Mr. Clay’s visit, his present political relations, his past career, and of J (he brief space on which in all human probability i wc could calculate upon his services or his exis ■ tence; but pointed to him as a faithful sentinel of J the people, one on whom we might rely so long I as God spared him, for a vigilant and efficient : guardianship of the rights and liberties of the people. He dre.v an admirable moral from Mr. Clay’s life, which he held up to the emulation of the youth of our country. Mr. Clay responded in the ablest and most el oquent manner. Wc know not what deg-ee of comparison to use in speaking of his effort. It is the first lime we ever heard him, and wc can not therefore compare it with any other of his ef forts. But it is unnecessary at this day in speak ing of Henry Clay, to use comparisons at all. His name is enough. In commencing his speech, he added to the sensibilities of the company al ready so deeply excited oy Mr. Leigh. He drew a picture of himself when he left Richmond, a lank lean youth of twenty, with sandy hair and ruddy complexion,fatherless, homeless friendless and penny less, to seek his fortunes in the “far West.” He gave a vivid and hurried glance at the changes which had since taken place, and descried his return at the age of three score and upwards, once more to look upon the hills o’er which his youthful step had borne him, and again to drink at those f« untains, where in boy hood he had so often slaked his thirst. The deep pathos with which he descritied the feelings in spired by his visit—and with which he alluded to a few companions of his youth still remaining, with furrowed checks, bended bodies and heads silvered o’er with age, surpassed any thing we ev er heard, and affected the audience greatly. After he had completed this branch of his speech, on to political topics. He en tered into an argument, which we may be per mitted to style most able, to shew that the ten dency of the Federal Government, under the pre sent and preceding Administrations was to a con centration of power in the Executive, and the subjection of the Legislative and Judicial De partments to bis will and behests. Mr. C. spoke of General Harrison, whom he eulogised highly, and animadverted on various political matters, and upon the conduct of men in power. He spoke for an hour and a half, we suppose ; and concluded with a sentiment. Mr. (’lay’s Speech called forth the most enlhu j siastic demonstrations of applause. Never was 1 audience more enraptured with a speaker. The Richmond Whig says— •‘The Dinner went off in the finest style pos sible. There were between a thousand and fif teen hundred subscribers, from every quarter of Virginia. Mr. Clay delivered a most brilliant and captivating address. For an hour and a half the fail of a pin might he heard throughout the spa cious ball, except when the hursts of rapturous ; applause, which were frequent and long contin- I ued, drowned every thing. It was. all in a’.l the greatest dinner and the greatest speech ever had or heard within the limits of the t 'orporation o. Richmond. Besides Mr. Clay. Mr. Wise, Mr. Bolts, Mr. Leigh, Mr. McFarland Mr. Wynd ham Robertson, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Patton, and Mr. W. B. Archer, addressed the company in elo quent strains. “ All who were present will rememl>er it as an epoch in their lives, and, in speaking to their children of great national events, say they hap pened before or after the Clay dinner.” Pennsylvania Banks. The Philadelphia Enquirer of the 28lh ult soys:—“The Bill to coerce specie payments by the Banks, was ordered to l>e transcribed for a third reading, in the Senate, on Wednesday last. This measure, says the Harrisburg Telegraph, provides for an immediate resumption upon its becoming a law, and should any Bank refuse, or hereafter at any time refuse to pay specie for its notes, the Governor is to issue his proclamation declaring the charter forfeited ; and to appoint t,uee commissioners to take possession of it and settle up its business after thirty days—provided the bank does not appoint trustees for that pur pose previously. The bill also makes it a peni tentiary offence for the officers of any hank that shall continue to do business after refusing to pay specie for their notes. The Telegraph adds: “Wc expect the bill will pass finally to-day, and he sent back to the House for their concurrence, it being entirely dif ferent from the bill that passed that body.” New Jersey Claimants. In th** House of Representatives, on the 28th ult. the resolution of Mr. Cave Johnson passed as amended, as follows: Resolved, That the Committee of Elections he authoriz d to report to tiiis House su. h papers, and such of their proceedings, as they may desire to have printed by order of the House; and that they he instructed also to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the State of New Jersey, received the greatest num ber of lawful votes from the whole State for Rep resentatives in the Congress of the United States •at the election of 1838 in said Stale, with all the evidence of that fact in their possession : Provid ed, That nothing herein contained shall he so construed as to prevent or delay the action of j said committee in taking testimony, and deciding the said case upon the merits ol the election. Matthew Jones, Esq. hn« been appointed Post Master, at Bark (’amp, Burke county, and Well born G. Davis Post Master at Pine Hill, Talbot county. The New Orleans Bee says:—The V?*n Bu ren nominating convention m Tennessee have not placed Gen. Jackson’s name at the head of the electoral ticket. They had a little respect for his gery hairs and infirmities, and would not subject aticket with his'nameupon it, to the pros pect of » miserable detest. The eleelers for the State nl large are Messrs. Huntsman and Greene, two very important parsonages, no doubt though they are somewhat unknown to fame. Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, Feh. 26, 1840. Our river is open, and a host runic down from Albany last night. A meeting upon the subject of a general bank- i rupt law is to la* held in the Exchange 10-mor- i row. Borne of our most prominent men have I signed the call, and the Mayor is to preside over the meeting. The Whig members of the New York Legis- , loturc . leld a Harrison meeting on the 22d, at ( which they heartily concurred in the Harrisburg r nomination*. t Block* have advanced to-day. United Btaten Bank is Exchange on Philadelphia 73j. The counter-movements ol'Ohio, V irgima, and New York City u|x>n the nomination of a can didate to run on the ticket with Mr. Van Buren for the Vice Presidency attract tome attention. The Van Hurcn parly in New York Bute is op posed to ('ol. Johnson, hut the city ia decidedly his, and the Van Hurcn party in the city general ly dragoons the Slate into obedience. The move ments of the Old Dominion lor Colonel Polk, the I.ocolocoh here say, are laughable. The em pire of *» Democracy , M nowaday a, is not it. that Commonwealth, but in the dark rooms of Tam many Hall. Richmond is dethroned, and the hack cellars about the Park cany the day. •• Ca to/* “ Bcipio, and “ CNeaar,” the white writers c.f the Enquirer, give place to the motley ranks of the Capitol here. The Lorofocos of the Park have not a greater pet than Col. Johnson, ami they will procure his nomination in spite of all that can be done at Richmond or in Washington; and if there is any really dangerous opposition in his way from the good nociety ranks of his party, they wdl vindicate In* really patriotic ser vices by making him President of the United States. New Yonx, Feb. 28, 1840. The weather is so unpleasant that out-door bu siness has been suspended. The stock market was depressed, and sales few. The freight of the Garrick packet ship, out, was a curiosity. An immense ship, deep in the water with valuable products, us she was, is in deed a rich argosy. The detention of the packet ships due here disarranges the lines, and compels the proprietors to charter new ships. There arc no signs to-day of any later arrival from Europe. Reports from the Hrilish Provinces are some what squally as to the condition of things upon and respecting the Northeastern Boundary, but they do not seem to indicate any thing alarming. Exchange on England is at 108 to 108$, but there is very little done in it. There has been a great flood on the Connecti cut river, which destroyed the bridge at North ampton. A large number of persons are upon the Ex change to-day listening to addresses upon a gene ral bankrupt law. Correspnr dence of the North American. New York, February 26, 3p. m. ( There is rather more movement in Cotton, | though prices yield slightly. Freights demand- ' ed, arc 3-4 and 7-8 d per lb. to Liverpool, and I doubt whether the article c uld be engaged at less, for the accounts of high rates at the South have made ship owners very sanguine. I1 mr remains very dull. Bales of rye at 65 a67 els. wgt. Our navigation north and east is now' all clear* j Blocks sold largely to-day without any great i change in prices. Domestic Exchanges are pretty steady. The rates to-day are, Philadelphia 6| a ! 6£; Baltimoie 5A a Richmond 6 a7; Charles- • ton 3 a 3s; Savannah a 6; Augusta 7 a 8; Macon 9 a 10; Mobile 7 a 7}; N. Orleans 4$ a 4 Sterling 7$ a 8. Appointments by the President. By and with the advice and content of the Senate. John C. Nicolls, to be United Slates Judge fur the district of Georgia. R. H. Gilchrist, to l>£ United States Judge for the district of South Carolina. United States Rank of Pennsylvania. Mr. Fleming, from the Judiciary* Committee has reported a Bill to the Senate of Pennsylvania, to repeal the charier of the United States Bank. I — - ( horn the Huntsville Southern Advocate The Rain for nine Years. The results of Meteorological observations are highly interesting and instructive. They Ireiong to the scientific world, and should lie thrown in to the general treasury of knowledge to enrich * those who love to draw from an exhaustless | source. The superficial olrscrver may see little \ to attract his attention in long columns of figures, hut there are minds that find food lor thought among these ‘husks’ of philosophy. The table below has been accurately calculated from the valuable Register long kept by the Rev. Dr. Allan. It exhibits the result of nine years observation in reference to the amount of rain which has fallen monthly at Huntsville. The calculations appended may serve to assist the mind in grasping truth well-nigh beyond its scope. If they chance to shake the credulity of any. with the data given, let them lest their cor i eel ness. 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The principal and most elevated of these monas teries —that which has the name of Meteor par excellence —possesses a refectory, cellar, and kitch en, three churches, and a chapel. Tide ami Current Water Wheel. —F* . 11. Bouthworth, a young mechanic, has invented | a wheel for using water power, which he names - a Tide and Current Water Whet/, It is de- 1 signed to he placed in an open stream, and to | work by the natural force of the current, without ] an artificial head of water. It is composed of a drum attached to a perpendicular shaft and sur rounded by swinging buckets connected by sli ding bars. These so work as that the current running on one sale of the wheel iqa'iis the buck ets on the other side, producing action and re action, with an accumulation sufficient to move flouring mills and all machinery of that class.— Like most useful inventors, Mr. South worth is without the means of making a practical experi ment effectually to test the value of his inven tion. If successful, it must prove of great use fulness.— Cin. Hep. The Best Joxx Yet.—The Muysville Re corder, a Van Duren paj»er, record* the election of Blair & Rives as printers to the House of R ( q>. resentatives under the head of ** Virtue Reward - 1 td r 1 1 THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6. Mr. Sl«uly*s Hpecch.—Abolition* , The very excellent speech which this gentle- , man delivered some lime mace on the subject ol ( Abolition petitions, in reply to Mr. Wallerson ( from Tennessee, who had in the course of his re- ( marks endeavored to fix upon the Whigs of the | North all the sins of Abolition, and thereby re- , lieve the Administration parly from any portion j , of the offence against the peace of the Booth, we had designed to publish, hut it* length for bids, ut least for the present. In defending the j Whigs, however, Mr Stanly did not pretend to ; assert, hut that some were obnoxious to the 1 charge ; but in defending the great body of the party, he proved most conclusively, as well by documentary evidence as the conduct of men on the floor of Congress, that the Administration parly were equally obnoxious to tne charge of being Abolitionists as the Whigs. He asserted and proved most satisfactorily to any unprejudi ced mind that the Abolitionists belong to no party particularly, hut that there were Administration men and Whigs both to Ik* found in the ranks of the Abolitionists. This is the true sli!e of the case, and every man who bus travelled through • the Northern and Eastern States knows this to be the fart For our part we have always felt it our duty to denounce Abolitionists, no matter to what party they belonged, and in doing so we have never felt justified, by facts, in charging one party with l»eing more infected with these danger ous doctrines than another. Unfortunately, I however, for the dissemination of correct infor mation, this course has not been ol'served by many who have charge of the press at tl*e South, and particularly in Georgia. We have witnessed with feelings of melan choly, the prostitution of the dignity of the press, in treating of this subject. There are a few hon orable exceptions among the Van Buren presses • in the South, (we know of none in Georgia,) J who have on this as almost all other subjects, 1 deported themselves as became the organs of Freemen. But the majority, we confess and con fess with shame, persist, regardless of the abun dant evidence which is daily spread on their la- i hies, in endeavoring to make the impression on j j the minds of their readers, that the Abolitionists 1 are exclusively confined to the ranks of the j Whigs. We have forborn to notice these efforts j to produce an erroneous impression on the minds of the unsuspecting portion ot the people, whose opportunities of obtaining facts are not as great as those who seek to deceive them, with the hope that a sense of justice, if a regard for the dignified and imp rlai t station which they occupy as conductors of public journals did not exercise a proper influ ence, would eventually induce them to pursue that course, which is sustained by truth. But we have l>ecn disappointed. And lest our silence, might be construed into an acquiescence in the truth of what they assort, we have endeavored in this short article t* disabuse the public mind. For the large majority of the abolitionists, we (feel more of pity than con empt. It is only against the leaders of the deluded many that we ; have ever directed our censures. They merit all that has ever been said of them ; —but that por. tion of them who are ignorant of the true slate , of those whom, in the excess of their sympathies, j they would relieve, akhouch censurable for uni j ling with designing and base men, arc neverthe less much less censurable than their leaders.— They are prompted by the noblest feelings of our nature, the wi.-h to relieve human misery ; but unfortunately in this they are misled. Tne cause is obvious : they are not infoimed of the farts; l hcy only hear one side of the question, and that is higldy distorted and perverted. They have not at their command correct information, nor is it possible, in the present state of allairs, for them l>e supplied. Washington National Monument Society. j By a report of the Treasurer, exhibiting the state of the funds of this Society on the 16th of October last, ii appears that she whole amount of the funds received by the Society since its or ! ganization in 1834. up to October, 1539, is $34,- j 208.52 ; of which $33,105,64 has been expended ' in Pennsylvania and Washington City stocks, i The remainder, except $174.56, now on deposits | in Bunk, has been consumed in incidental cx j ponses, or remains on hand in unavailable, un j current and counterfeit Bank notes; the two lat j ter of which amount to SIB.OO. We confess that we look with feelings of mel ancholy rather than pride upon this report, when we reflect upon the time, six years nrally, which has been consumed in raising this contemptible sum. It is true the fame of Washington needs no such monument to |K*rpcluale it to the very . latest civilized man, in whose bosom the vestal flame of Liberty finds a congenial altar. But the rearing a monument worthy the name of the “ Father of his Country,” would he a most noble monument of the gratitude of a free people, which will, we fear, lov.se much of its dazzling brillian cy- by the lime required to collect a sufficient sum for its structure. The New Orleans Sun thinks it is full as im pertinent to ask of an editor the names of his correspondents, as of an old maid her age ; ami you’ll gel the truth about as soon. ‘ Them’s our sentiments.” % Correspondence if the Phihtdelphia N. American New Vonk, Feb. 28, 3 P. M. The cotton market continues active. The sales to-day will reach 1000 bales again, at stea dy prices. Flour remains very dull at the prices quoted yesterday. Three or four cat goes of southern co-n have l»een sold yesterday and to day, the last at 58A rts. 56 lbs. Domestic Ex changes stand precisely ns quoted yesterday.— The cotton shipping points, now that so much of , lbs staple is going forward, rather-look l*etler. To-day is the first start for Boston via Nor | wirh, Cl. on the new Railroad to Worcester.—A | daily line is to run hereuf er 011 that route by j which passengers will be taken through as quick j ns by the way of Providence, and a very sound ( competition wil* l»e kept up. Before long there will l*e a third route by the way of Hartford and Bpringfield, all the way by slisun. t Two important Facts for Anti-Bank j Men. —The Butler. Ohio, Democrat states, that ' within the Inst twenty years, no hank charter ' hns been granted by the Ohio Legislature, when j ! the Whigs had the inajoiily. The Mime paj*er j also affirms, that the charters of all the Ranks ' 1 of Ohio were granted by the Legislature when , ’ that party which now supports Martin Van Burru j 1 had the majority. Such farts ss these nre worth * volumes of declarations in determining the pre- < tensions of s faction to the title of “anti-hsnk I |i«rty.” 1 4 The Philadelphia Inquirer<>f B«lurd»y. «J«: ! “The intelligence from Harrisburg, |iuWi«b«l »»* til*? morning paper* of ywrtrrday together *ilh the general advice* of llje week, have had an on- * favorable effect upon public feeling »nour Money and Htoek Market*. Although a hope in still in dulged that no destructive measure will become a law, the continued agitation of the subject, and the voles in both Houses thus far, have efoiled the apprehensions of the timid, and thus ogam retarded the confidence that was beginning once more to appear. As to the final result, it is in vain to speculate. The Hpring Trade has com. menced, hut with less activi'y than heretofore*— Still, the lapse of each day seems to improve the prosper!, and a belief is entertained that the re. suit will prove more satisfactory than was at first believed. Flour has l*een pouring in from the Wes! in very large quantities. A* many a** 3000 barrels arrived in Broad street from the interior, on Wed nesday last, and vales to a large amount have In-en effected. as low a- $5 per bbl. The money rales have undergone no change.” The Eastern Mail Auain.—Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Baltimore Patriot dated Waviiixerox, February. I learn from a correct source that the Commit tee from the Ballim re and Philadelphia Itailroad Company, had a meeting t'Mlay with the Post- Master General, and that they had agreed upon all points as to a restoration of the mail upon their road, except one, of seeming trifling importance to the Company. It is this—the !)• putmrnt claims the right of changing the schedule ms to the time ot departure—which is resolutely object ed to by the Company. This is regarded a» jl»- solutely necessary, so that a romph te connect!' n may he preserved in the great Mad mule—they were told the Post Mas er General had no inten tion, nor did he think it probable, that any altera tion would lie made. Lpm this, point, h »wc\er, the Committee nude issue, and rtfuee to con trad to curvy the mail] I stiil hope they will yield llie point arid conic into llw measure—or it this is not done, that all further negotiation may be brought at once to an end. that the public and all parties concerned may know what to do and art accordingly. Correspond nee of the Sat tonal Intelligencer. New Vork, February 21. ‘•The work goes bravely on.” It is impossible for you to conceive the excited i stale of public feeling, and the rapidly increasing i strength in the Empire Male of “the » hi Hero of j Tippecanoe.” The Whigs of every city and ' village are wide awake, determined, in the lan ! guage of Scottish song, “To Do. or Die.” They : of ’76 battled against a foreign foe; the ‘more | modern Whigs’* have declared “uncompromising hostility” to domestic usurpation. We confide, like our gallant ancestors, in the justice of our cause, and firmly iieiieve that Heaven will aid us in the coming contest. The present condition of this great commer cial city is indeed distressing. 'The man who has seen Sew York in the full tide of her pros perity, when her vessels were crowded with mer chandize from every clime—when her streets were thronged with buyers and sellers—when trade was brisk through all her channels, cannot but be struck with the melancholy chans-. Many a gallant sh p. that “Walk’d the waters like a thing of life. And seemed to dare the elements to strife,’* now lies dismantled of its beauty, a chained pri soner at her shore. The receipts at the custom I house during the last three months are compara tively nothing. All clashes suffer in this unex ampled prostration of trade. The merchant, the lawyer, the mechanic, have all felt the disastrous ; consequences of the ruinous policy of a mad Ad ministration. Why is this? Is there no remedy? Is there no “balm in Gilead 7 " Is there no phy- Rician to heal our diseased country? Yes! Hah hiso.x is the man. We will apply to him for re lief. A MLBCUA.NT. Pennsylvania Hanks. The bill to compel the Banks of Pennsylvania to resume specie payments immediately, passed the Senate by a vote of 16 to 11. The Hon. W. C. Hives, of Va.. holds this elo quent and forcible language in a letter to a friend: “Regarding Gen Harrison, for reasons I have mentioned, as the true Republican Candida e lor the Presidency of the two now presented to the choice of the country, I shall unhesitatingly give him my suuport 1 shall do so with the more cheerfulness because, while best consulting there by, as I honestly believe, those great Republican principles which I have ever considered lobe inse parably united win the happiness ot my country. I shall assist to confer its highest meed on an eminent citizen who has rendered it the most sig nal and im{>ortant services at a time, when to serve meant something far other than merely to receive the emoluments of office—on one who. having successively enjoyed the c >n fide nee of Washing ton. Jetferson and Madison, would be naturally prompted to emulate their high example—who, in all the various and delicate trusts he bus held, has ever shown that he preferred his country to himself, and has retired from all amid the numer ous and alluring temptations they presented to private gain, with clean hands and unsuspected honor, neither guilty *»f infidelity himself, nor winking at it in others—and who now in the honorable retirement of private life, combining the ennobling pursuits of the agricultural, the 1 scholar, and the patriot citizen, is emphatically one of the people, knowing how to appreciate their interests, as well as to maintain and defend their rights. I cannot doubt that the principles we have held in common will have brought ns to a conclusion; but whether this should be the case or not. you w ill. I am sure, do me the justice to (relieve that in forming the judgment 1 have done, upon the most delilierate and careful reflection. I have been actuated by no personal fooling, by no mere party views, but by a sincere and an\i<m« wish for the liberty, happiness and honor ol my country." The following report was received in the H »use of Representatives on the I9lh instant from the Host Office Department: Post Office Department. February 14. Sin : In compliance with the 2d and 45th sec tions of the act to change the organization of the Post office Department, \c approved July 2. 1836, I have the honor to report the expendi tures of this Department for the year ending 30th June. 1839. set opposite the estimates under each head of appropriation. \iz. Estimates. Expenditures. Transportation of the mail. $3/*29.000 $3,194,201 2c Compensation to post masters, 1,091,000 987,573 .SI Ship, steamboat, and way letters, 35.000 41.961 30 Wrapping Paper, 25.000 23.196 97 Office furniture, 6,000 4 940 31 Advertising, 35.000 35.316 10 Mail Hags, 4\(fk) 45,9* 9 2> Blanks, 34.1*00 30.72 S 2> Mail locks,keys, and stamps. 12,000 9,275 64 Mail depredations and spe cial agents, 13,000 20,273 2S Clerks of offices, 208,000 255.932 83 Miscellaneous, t»7,iK*o 52.409 67 $ •,100,000 $4,651,71 >42 I send, herewith, a statement, from the Audi tor’s office, exhibiting the revenue, expenditures and general financial condition of the Depot metil for the lasi fiscal year an.l gi«mg si so fie information required by the 4th paragraph of the 22d section ol the set of 1536. It will be perceived that the ex (tendit urea were $443,281 38 leas than the appropriations, and yet they exceeded the revenue of the year about j 177 000. The funds on hand at the l«eginnmg of the year enabled the Department to meet the excess of expenditure* over the current revenue. The expectations entertained when the appro pnationsfor that yrai were made, that the speedy 1 and entire recovery of ibe country from tf** rev o |. Sion of IH3V would bring s Urge arreuNm of revenue u# lb* Department, have not beer, real tied. * Very respectfully, your obedient aerv^nt. amoh ke.ndau,. Hon. R M. T. lit.' itii, Speaker of the Hmtee of Rf pretea tat tret. The Revenue, a* now shown try the Auditor, t« over s9l>o more than *fae*l 114 rny annual report to the Preside m Thr Canada bad not bee** received, am I waa eaU mated. Ha ving miner Urn receded, it aim** an ittrttmm of more rhaii |9€>o ovrr iheeatimeu winch with a few other alight corrections, accounts for the u.»- rrepanry. I he J ant committee of ll*e krobiurc ol Mia •lasippi, to examine into inr csmlilkmi of the Ln lon Hank have tn—lr a report. from which it »p --\*' 41 * that the affair* of that institution arein a most p» 'p{rxrd condition. The eocmmtier repo t that to* basses of the iaitik on cotton notes wiii fie iiiiinrrir; that <A post notes of tf.e honk fsli it.g due in May next, there wdl over $3,000.- OOU more than the bank, by any prubaU* ar rangnnrnts can make pritv.aton for; that tl* losses from falls receivable will e*r#s-d SSOO 000. and I at an agreement of the toward ot di cetors to allow their debtors 1 . 2, 3. 4 and 5 years' c/«- dil upon g«*od security lie.ng offtre, f > >?! pe rludelh* possibility of the bank me* mg ber en gagement* in any reavonai ir tune. i »e mdrtit odnrss of the president ar»J ciir«-r lor* of ti*e bat.a to the institution as drawers, and end-. *»r« rnemlarrs of commercial firms is 51.04* .♦ ~V-y.O. y.O. life. Mome Hsisolixi. Mails. —7 .v New V *rz Siar of H iiardaV *-.ay • ;—Tfii» morning *e-y ear fv several bale* ~t merchandise »art*r dow i, :o to* aleanilioat Bunker Hdi l*oun<i f r New Haven. Th* captain, a rema: kardy »;y \ mu k- . having a curiosity t< know w bat m« < ban Jisr was sh j , so early and suspecting that wine smugging *• . » going on in British good*. shpfwd h » prv.kn < cautiously in one of the hairs, in have a j> . t . and discovering they were Am-*• K< r*ds*>'s I.« . ter Bags!! in the biles. The worthy rtp a n said to the agent. “Deliver tins n.eerhan %•* free ; the po nr devil* at W xibinstan h.c • i. n - ney to pay their own way. and have to smuggle I their mails” Heaven deliver os ! ii.lo wfut j hands has our (ioverument fall# n * Ro* ki .Moc vtaiv Flax.—A species of } !ai . has been found growing spmUm u-.i ’ country adjarent l » the Rocky M -ur/ain* s I iur in many resjierls to th< ordinary fix' ,* - etinial in its growth. It rray be mowed l*s* gra-s. and oreJ not be pu'Ud up every atasofi Vir. Oakley, who travelled lhr.*cgh the ♦ juafv on the head waters of the I’la’.le, ia-*! \e»r scTilies a va.-l ptai.*e. thirty milts long and b'.oc miles broad.covered with a thick growth of flux. It iv vaui to be of a strung tenacious fib-*, and it is used by the Indians lo >r*ake fish.ng nets. If tills plan! should be found to :«e equal to the fin which i- now cultivated in the r jn try in ri**j*ft to fineness and strengtij. it* ’ nial nature wilt gi*c u a lieadfti sqj< .• my. «r.d | render the culture of it far ;:.jre easy and \ - »ouc i live. DiSASTf Bs at Sea.—ln a late numiarr o: the Sailor’s Magazine there i» a stale neat in refer ence to disaster* at sea during the year l%d>. ta ken from a record at the office of the American Seaman’s Friend CMK~ie;y. The statement in cludes such disaster* av far as they could ;e as certained. The whole number of ve**e,< lost i* set down at four hundred and forty-iw Ol these there were seventy f< ur sh:{*s an ; ia r *i; brigs, one hundred and twenty -four : * hooner*. one hundred and ninety-sc\en ; and rot e steam ‘•oals. Thirty-tw . are not cla-*oed. S roe or the a:«ove named were lost towards the ck>-e o. ’•‘d'*, but were nut rep»rted till with n the past \ear In addition to these known looses, th.r’v missing ha'e been rej»urted ounnj t .c year, which with their crews were most prolu’- • I lost. The number of livev :c p.rteii lost i* five hundred and liurty-seven, which fails considera bly short of the real numl*er. Phis st-ilement showt that nolwnhstanding the improvements winch ha\e been made id the art of navigation and in the construction of ves sels. within late years, the ins- o! life and pro perty at sea still very £rcar. Mural means at needed, in addition to the l»elpv of science, for b *tlci secu ify against the perns of the dee: . The prarrice of abstaining from spirituous li quors, which prevails on board of mat.* roer chantmen. is greatly in favor of their superior safely; not only l*-cau«e the ev.* .? ir,- temperance are tlius avoidvx]. but also tweause s greater degree ul rare and is lher» r v ensuird. The Coast Survey, when comp*c.ed under the direction of Mr. Hosvler. wdi tend much no doubt to dimmish the ru nher of sh»p --w tecks on our own Aliaiilic shore. 3 iRBU Plac i a mis rs.—There is a numerous race ot dolls in the world who miv ;e denomi nated verbal plagiarists, persons who do not think with their own faculties but w-th too e of others; who borrow your brains os tiirv trouid l»orr«>v\ your umbrel a. They ;,av d» i t ied mt«> three I he fir~t *q*v»es a nong them it ike BWHBwriMy. wkm speaks svlm iys sac k and holtls his tongue when wu are siient. He is a mere ech ». !t you say. - Peace is an excel lent thing when it dm*s not nmre thsti war.’’ he answers, “more than war." The s<x'*'nd cies is the man-parrot, who every Morning collects here and there, or from the mouth of s*.*me cle ver man. a sene* of thoughts, wn»ch he re a Is, as long as l!ie day lasts, in h.*u*e lie en ters. He is like the hand organ, wi. ch. a: the corner of every street, repc.its the sarm dull tune. I he third sp*\ ics is the man 'ulture. who fattens up°n you. It matters not »i h him whether you be one of the unknown, or the possessor of a ce!- chrated name; if in his presence \ »u utter any thing good. it is like taking out your watch I e tore a pickpocket. \ou Mnervvhl»e»l of your ulra. and yo i may !*e sure tliat lwfo?v the morrow sli the c:ly will know it by heart. If you shook) aJtc*- wr.inls repeal it. you are heard with a smile, ami c*»nsidereJ as the plagiarist. He is frequently so obliging as to repeat tovou your own idea, ia or der that you may l»e brtu r a !e to understand it. This is pleasant.— A. Y. Vim r. American \ b »r s<; ;x » a —The region assign ed t »r tiie i«ennanrnt I vatum of ali the Indians residing within the territories »d the I n;ted StaU's. tsboun !evi as teilows Beginning at the so.rve of the Puncaii r.ver. theme down to the Missouri river; d w n the Mission to it*junction with the Kaxwau r.ver ; thenee s*'ulh on the western line ot lire Stale ot Missouri to the state of Arkansas ; thence south wardly on the westerly hue ot that state to Koi rixrr ; thence up Red n»er to a point two hun dnxl miles west of the state of Arkansas ; and northwardly to the beginning. Making I ot little J*e; vix hundred miles long, from north to south, and two hundred miles wide from east to weal. So little ra known of ihe remote lnl*es, that we cannot safely attempt to state either name or lh *ir numbers. The estimate of their numbers, given lelow. has l*een mavle with much care by comparing the whole region inhabited by them with nearerdtatiicts. w i.hm which the numhera ate well known, making allowance* lor climate, aV e. Population of the inlw- itubgenoua with in the district. 21.660 Numbei of emigrant* is 73.200 Total within this district. 94 86a> Within the territory ilvir demviNxl. which »*alo signed for the |*e>m:mrnt mdiiKV the Indi ans, it is con tempi at e%l t»» tiYinnmwl ate ail the tribes and remnants of tribe* cast o\ t!»e Missis sippi roer. ami X»e po«1i«m »>t the Sac* and F.»xes west A*f that river, ami north of the State of M ssoun. \\ hen all shall tv ihu* Kvalrvl. the aggregate will be 14t1,652 souls. Twenty threv tribes ha\e ilrrab reee*ve.i as signments of laml. These assignments are de : setthed by the surveying *he exteoor loumh. tie* of each tnw*t. \ Urge )HUUOuof these sar* vryx have been matle To each tribe, a jwtent, in due Cars*, vigned by the President ol the I : niled State*, will issue from the General l.*i»d Olfic •, The C'heroL e