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Chronicle anfr Sentinel.
Mr. Toombs’ Letter.
We take pleasure in giving place to the an
nexed letter of Mr. Toombs, and avail ourself
•f the occasion to express our astonishment at
the construction of which Mr. T. thinks our re
marks susceptible. Certainly nothing was far
ther from our intention than to attack the pri
vate character of the Governor—we designed
only to deal with his public acts, which m all
conscience furnish ample material. V ith
this remark we commend to the reader’s atten
tion the letter of Mr. Toombs.
Washington, Ga., January 4, 1842.
Messrs. J. W. &W. S. Jones:—ln your pa
per of the 29th ult, you allude to and comment
upon some remarks recently made by me in the
House of Representatives, upon the passage of
the tax bill. Your report of those remarks is
not altogether correct. The inference might be
drawn from it, that Governor McDonald had ap
propriated to his own private use the fund refer
red to. No such charge was marie, or intended
to me made, by me. His Excellency is entitled
to no indulgence from the people for his public
acts—l have nothing to. dp with any others. He
has acquired power and place “by indirection;
by the most fallacious and absurd promises of
pecuniary relief from the government to a dis
tressed people. The very misfortunes of a gen
erous people have been subsidized to his ambi
tion. These promises are unredeemed; —those
misfortunes are not only unmitigated, but ag
gravated by foolish and wicked legislation. But
at length the people are aroused; they have wak
ed up and find that they have been duped, deceiv
ed and betrayed. The course of demagogues is
usually brief if brilliant. His Excellency’s
course is likely to be no exception to the general
rule, and he is now being “rewarded according
to his works,” in the lossof the confidence of all
parties, and all the people. But he is entitled to
justice, and Shall have it from me.
During the last session of the Legislature, it
became my duty, upon the passage of the bill
imposing additional burthens upon the people,
to enquire into the state of the public funds.—
The bungling and inacurate report of the Com
mittee on Finance, embraced in the list of avail
able means of the State, for the year eighteen
hundred and forty three, seventy five thousand
dollars received from the general government,
commonly called the “military fund.” The re
sidue of that fund was unaccounted for in that
report; nor, if spent, has it been accounted for by
his Excellency or any other person, so far as I
am informed. It would seem, from his Excel
lency’s annual message, that it was at that time
untouched. It appeared from the report of the
Internal Improvement Committee, that eighty
thousand dollars had been applied by the Go
vernor to the purchase of iron for the Western
and Atlantic Rail Road. The Governor stated,
in his anual message, that it was paid for out of
the reverted land fund, and by pledge of Central
Bank bills. It was stated in the House, that a
portion of this fund was used to protect that de
positeof Central notes. Such was the obscurity
in which this fund was veiled, that upon the pas
sage of the tax bill, I availed myself of what I
deemed a legislative privilege, to call upon the
Committee on Finance fort information upon
that subject. The worthy old gentleman from
Jones, (Mr. Gray,) at the head of that Commit
tee, seemed sorely puzzled to give any account,
whatever of the fund in question, and to the most
earnest enquiries of a friend from your county
and myself, after the lost treasure, “suiting the
action to the word,” with ludicrous naivette, he
declared that “it was spent, gone, and that that
was all he knew about it.” I also called upon
the intelligent and efficient chairman of the
Committee on Internal Improvements, Colonel
Jordon of Jasper, who stated, in his place, that
he knew of no law authorizing his Excellency
to purchase iron with either funds from the trea
sury or the military fund. Whether the money
was taken from the reverted land fund, the mili
tary fund, or any other fund than State bonds, to
purchase the iron, it was equally done without
warrant or authority of law, and I did charge
the Govemorin the debate referred to, with hav
ing taken the money in question from the treas
ury and appropriated it to the purchase of iron,
in violation of the laws of the land, and called
upon the tajority to vindicate the laws and im
peach him.
These transactions occurred before a multi
tude of people, and not one of the hosts who,
siuce the adjournment of the Legislature, have
some to the rescue of his Excellency, if they
will use ordinary diligence to learn the truth,
need any longer to give currency to their own or
others inventions in lieu thereof, except from
sheer preference for fiction.
The charge which I made against the Govern
or, that he had taken eighty thousand dollars
from the treasury and used it in the purchase of
rail road iron, without authority cf law, is true,
and can be abundantly proven by the admissions
of the Governor himself, and the act of the 4th
December, 1841, from which the Governor pre
tends to derive his authority for the act in ques
tion.
In his annual message to the last General As
sembly, the Governor says, “The contract for
iron, reported by the President of the Board of
Commissioners to the last Legislature, wholly
failed, and the Chief Engineer went to New
York, early in the year, for the purpose of ob
taining in that market a quantity sufficient to
finish the road two miles beyond the Etowah, in
compliance with the expressed wish of the Le
gislature. He was able to obtain a part only—a
sufficiency however to lay down thirty three
miles of the road. It is expected that the road
will be completed to that distance during the
month of November. To pay for the iron, the
money received into the treasury for reverted
lands, was used under the law of the last ses
sion, appropriating it to the payment of the pub
lic debt.” Here is a distinct admission of the
whole charge. The Governor declares, that
underan act appropriating a particular fund to
the payment of lire public debts, he claimed and
exercised-the authority to contract a debt and then
pay it. It further appears from the above ex
tract, that the contract made by the Board of
Commissioners in 1811 wholly failed. Then
there was no public debt on that account. This
fact a writer in the last Federal Union, under
the signature of “Bibb,” who did me the honor
to abuse me with more good will than ability,
would do well to remember: If he be in pur
suit of truth for truth’s sake, or if his object be
only to defend the Governor, then that his story
and the Governor’s may agree, least they both be
liscredited by that ancient and sacred test of
falsehood, “that they agree not on? with another.”
It further appeal's, that the Chief Engineer
went to New York “early in the year, lor the
purpose of obtaining iron,” that he did obtain
‘a sufficient quantity to lay down thirty-three
miles of the road,” and that his Excellency paid
or it with money which he drew from the Trea
sury, under, and as he states, by authority bf
lie law of the last Legislature, appropriating
money to the payment of the public debt. The
ample question at issue is, did the act referred
o authorise the Governor thus to use the money
rhich he drew from the Treasury? To argue
hat it did not, is like arguing a self evident pro
position. The same construction of the law
hat would authorise him to have applied the
noney to that purpose, would have sanctioned
lis purchase of California, and the payment for
t with the same money. For, if by “public
lebts,” the act meant such debts as he might
•ontract, then for any thing that is in the act. he
night contract them for one purpose as well as'
mother,' and for any otlter purpose rather than the
ompletion of the Rail Road; because a specific
and (to wit: State bonds or their proceeds) was
irectly appropriated for that purpose. The law
4 the 4th December, 1841, among other things
•rovides for suspending the work on the W. &
\. Rail Road from a point two miles west of
he Etowah river to Ross’s Landing—directsthe
•engineer “to annul and rescind, with the con
sent of the contractors, all unfinished work on
said road” between those points, and to settle for
the work done on the rescinded contracts, appro
priates the money to be received from the Gene
ral Government, and all other monies (other
than taxes) paid into the treasury “to the pay
ment of the public debts,” and by the last section
directs the Governor to cancel and annul an
amount of State bonds equal to the amount paid
on said contracts, and directs the residue of said
bonds to be “sold,, or otherwise disposed of by
the Cfoveruer. or his authority for a lull and
final completion of the road’’ to the point desig
nated. The requirements of the act can scarce
ly be stated in more plain and distinct terms
than its own language. Cash was to be paid
on rescinded contracts, and bonds to the amount
paid cancelled. The rest of the bonds were to
be sold, or. otherwise disposed of for the com
pletion of the road. The fund to be received
from the General Government, and all other
monies paid into the treasury, (except taxes)
were to be applied to the payment of tire “public
debts.” But the Governor does not use the re
sidue of the bonds for the completion of the road
as directed, but uses die money in the treasury
for that purpose, and cancels bonds equal in
amount thereto. He was only authorised to do
this upon the “rescinded contracts.” If the
bonds of the State would not buy the materials
to complete the road, then the road could not be
completed until a fund was provided forthat
purpose by law. The simplicity which would
require arguments to be convinced of these
plain propositions, would remain incredulous
after the closest demonstration; that the party
press which uniformly defend the Governor and
his party in this State, will continue to distort
them in order to delude the people, will surprise
no one who is at all acquainted with their past
history.
* I have been charged with a dereliction of pub
lic duty, in not instituting an inquiry into the
conduct of his Excellency touching this matter,
if I believed he had acted in violation of law. I
was too well acquainted with the body of which
I was amembernottoknowthatsuchan inquiry
instituted by me, would have ended in nothing
else but a useless consumption of the time of
the Legislature, and consequently an unneces
sary drain upon the exhausted Treasury of the
State. I had too often seen justice, right, and
the public faith disregarded by them, to look to
them for a vindication of the laws of my coun
try when violated by their political chief. I
knew that that task had to be reserved for other
men and other times.
I have neither leisure or inclination to notice
at length the “twaddle” of the Constitutionalist,
or the billingsgate of the Federal Union. They
are both laboring in “their vocation.” The
Constitutionalist seems to put its defence of the
Governor upon the time-honored rule that “turn
about is fair play.” It felicitates itself upon its
valor in having censured his Excellency for his
subscription to the Monroe Rail Road stock,
avails itself of the present occasion to set it off
by excusing and defending his illegal seizure
and application of the public money. It has been
unfortunate in placing both its praise and cen
sure; having censured the best act of his Excel
lency’s administration, one demanded by the law
and the public faith, and praised one among the
worst, by which he trampeied upon the law and
disregarded the public interests.
I am not surprised, and it is due to candor to
say I do not regret, that neither my style, nor
manner, nor principles suit the taste of the Fed
eral Union. If they did, I should think worse
of them all. Ido not know that any public man
ever received its approbation, who was entitled
to that of the country, though it is possible that
accident or interest may sometimes have achiev
ed a victory over a well sustained general rule. ;
I am, respectfully,
Yourob’t. servant,
ROBT. TOOMBS.
New York. —The new Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor of the State bf New York were
sworn into office on Monday the Ist inst.; and
the Annual Session of the Legislature of “the
Empire State,” was opened on the following day.
George R. Davis (Loco, of course) was elected
Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
Whigs voting for Willis Hall. On the same
day the Message of Governor Bouck was sent
in to both Houses, and is said to be (for we have
not seen it) a plain elaborate view of the con
cerns of the State.
Pennsylvania.—The Legislature of “the
Keystone State ” assembled at Harrisburg on
the 3d instant, when Benj. Crispin was chosen
Speaker of the Senate,anil H. B. W right Speaker
of the House of Representatives, (both Loco of
course) by no great majorities.
The Message of Governor Porter was sent
into both Houses on the next day. We have
it lying before us; and what may surprise some
of our readers—a considerable proportion of the
whole Message is as good Whig doctrine as
ever was. — Nat. Ini.
Ambiguous.—'Your honor was right and I
was wrong, as your honor is very apt to be,’ said
a distinguished counsellor to the presiding judge
lately.
Justices’ Courts.—. The following law, pass
ed at the recent session of the Legislature, in
relation to changing the lime of Iwlding Justi
ces’ Courts in this State, is of interest to the pub
lic. We therefore give it a place, although not
“by authority:”
AN ACT to alter and amend the several Judi
ciary acts now in force in this State, so far as
relates to Justices’ Courts, approved Decem
ber 14th, 1841, so far as to change the time of
holding Justices’Courts in. the districts in the
several counties in this State, from once a
month, to once in every four months, in each
year.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Georgia, in
General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That from and
after the passage of this Act, the .Instices’ Courts
in the several districts in the several counties in
this State, shall be held in each district once in
every four months in each and every year; the
first Courts in each district shall be held in the
month of January alter the passage of this act,
and once even' four months thereafter, on such
a day as the said Justices in each district may
designate, and no term of said Court shall be
more than two days.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted by the au
thority aforesaid, That al! laws and parts of
laws militating against thisact, be and the same
are hereby repealed.
WILLIAM B. WOFFORD,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ROBT. M. ECHOLS,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, 27th December, 1812.
CHARLES J. MCDONALD, Governor.
The Oregon Territory.—The following is
the synopsis ofthe Bill introduced into the Sen
ate of the U.S. in regard to this Territory:
It provides,
Ist. For a line of military posts from some
point on the Missouri and Arkansas rivers into
the best pass for entering the valley of the
Oregon; and, also, at or near the mouth of the
Columbia river.
2d. For granting one section of land to each
settler.
3d. For the appointment of two additional In
dian A gents to superintend the interests of the
United States with the western Indian tribes.
4th. For the extension of the civil and crim
inal jurisdiction of the Supreme and District
Courts ofthe territory of lowa over the limits of
Oregon teritory; and for the appointment of
Justices of the Peace in the same, and the regu
lation of their duties.
sth. For the appointment of Judges and or
ganization of courts.
6th. The sum to be appropriated to carry this
act into effect is left blank.
Branch Mint at Dahlonega.—The Times
and Reporter says—Below we give the amount
coined at this Mint, since its establishment, from
which it will be perceived that the coinage for the
last year has exceeded in any former year bv
*147,752 50.
Amount coined in the vear 1838 8102,915
“ “ “ “ 1839 128,880
“ “ “ “ 1940 123,310
“ “ “ “ 1941 163,885
“ “ “ “ 1842 309.647 50
Amount deposited, 1942 323,350 08
Number ol deposits, 1,101
“ “ 1841 387
Increase, 711
Escape or Convicts.—The Wetumpka Ar
gus of the 28th ult., says on Saturday last, 8 of
the convicts confined in the penitentiary at that
place, byway of a Chirsttnas frolic amused
themselves by scaling the wall of the prison
yard and giving their keepers “leg bail” fin - their
re-appearance when the holidays are over. One
ofthe prisoners in descending from the wall fell,
and so injured himself that he was soon over
taken and secured. In the course of the night
two others were taken, and next evening a fourth
was brought in. We learn from the Warden
that a large number of persons are in pursuit of
the remainder, and we doubt not they will all
soon lie back in their old quarters.
The House of Representatives in Massachu
setts is not yet organized, but things look as if
the Locos would slip in their Speaker.
The Post gives the result of a third ballot,
which was 175 Loco to 175 Whig, one member
not voting, and who is claimed by the Locos.
Illinois. —The Senate of Illinois, by a vote
0f22 to 15. has passed the bill which provides
forthe breaking up ofthe Banks in that State.
Keel and Mias Foote. ,
These two “ Cracks” of the South West came
together in a contest over the Metairie Course
for the Jockey Club purse, 4 mile heats, on Sat
urday the 31st ult. The knowledge of the fact
that they would meet attracted a large crowd,
but the time made, by no means answered the
expectations of the friends of either mare, as
Miss Foote, who is just closing a long and bril
liant campaign, was not able to put Reel up to
her speed over any part of the ground, she was
therefore an easy winner, running and coming in
hard in hand, in both heats in the following time:
Thos. J. Wells’ gr. f. Reel, 4y.0.; by imp. Glen
coe, out of imp. Gallopade. [Kelly.] 11
L. Cocke’s b. f. Miss Foote, 4y. o.; by imp.
Consol, out of imp. Gabriella. 2 2
time :
Ist Heat. 2d Heat.
Ist mile, 1:57 Ist mile, 1:59
2d “ 1:57 2d “ 2:00
3d « 1:58 3d “ 1:58
4th “ 1:59 4th “ 1:594
7:51 7:564
The track was heavy.
From the Savannah Republican.
Savannah, Jan. sth, 1842.
Messrs. Locke, Davis,
Sirs; —Believing that the friendsof the Hon.
J. M. Berrien, will read the enclosed letter with
much interest, I handitto you for publication.
I am, with due respect,[your ob’t Serv’t
MULFORD MARSH.
Washington, Dec. 29th, 1842.
Dear Sin:—l have received your letter, ac
companying the Report and Resolutions, adopt
ed by the Whig party ofChatham County, on
the 21st inst. and beg to tender to them through
you,my sincere and respectfulacknewledgments.
The wanton and unprovoked assault which the
Legislature of Georgia, have been induced to
make upon my personal feelings, is however,
much less to be regretted on my personal ac
count, than as it is calculated to affect the char
acter of our patriotic State, which ever, even
amid the excitement and the conflicts of party,
ought to be the object of our supreme affection.
Wh en these shall have passed away, as pass I
they will, the prominent actors in this outrage
upon private feeling, will themselves feel the
humiliation, to which they have impotently en
deavored to subject me. Meantime there re
mains a duty to thecountry—to the faithful and
zealous performance of )vhich this unrestrained
indulgence of party feeling only presents an ad
ditional stimulus. I ask “the Whig party of
Chatham County” to believe, —I entreat my
“friends and neighbors.” to feel and to be assur
ed, that the Constitutional rights of an Ameri
can Senator, shall never be sacrificed in my
person.
I am, very respectfully, your fellow-citizen,
JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
To Mulford Marsh, Esq., Secretary of the meet
ing of the Whigs of ChathamjCounty.
TWENTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
W ashington, January 4.
In the Senate, to-day, petitions and memorials
were introduced on various subjects, principally
for or against the repeal of the bankrupt law.
reports or COMMITTEES.
By Mr. Merrick, from the committee on the
Post Office and Post Roads, a bill to authorize
the making of permanent contracts for the trans
portation ofthe United States mail on Railroads.
A bill to prevent the employ’ment of private
expresses upon mail routes, and for the preven
tion of frauds upon the revenue of the Post Office
Department.
Mr. Wright moved to take up the memorial of
the Chamber of Commerce of New York in re
lation to the warehousing system, presented by
him on the 13th of December, with a view to its
reference to the committee on finance.
Mr. Wright contended that the proper refer
ence ofthe memorial was to the committee on fi
nance, as the subject was a financial and not a
commercial one.
Mr. Huntington gave his reasons at some
length for the reference of the memorial to the
Committee on Commerce, which will be given
hereafter.
After a brief reply from Mr. Wright, and a
few remarks from Messrs. Simmons, King, and
others, the question was taken, on referring to
the committee on Finance, by yeas and nays,
and decided in the negative.—Yeas 17, nays 27.
On motion of Mr. Linn, the Senate proceeded
to the consideration ofthe bill relating to the oc
cupation of the Territory of Oregon; when the
prior amendments having been concurred in, and
some further trivial amendments adopted, the
bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third read
ing.
The Senate then took' up the bill to regulate
the currency of foreign gold and silver coin;
when, after a brief discussion, in which Messrs.
Benton and Evans participated, the bill was laid
on the table for the present.
Mr. Bayard gave notice that he should to-mor
row ask the Senate to go into Executive session.
Resolutions were submitted by Messrs. Rives
and Barrow, which lie over one day under the
rule.
On motion, the Senate adjourned.
IN THE HOUSE.
The speaker proceeded to call the committees
in-their order for reports :
Mr. Fillmore, from the committee-of Ways
and Means, reported a bill making appropria
tions lor the support of the Army and of the
Military A eadeury at West Point, and for armo
ries, arsenals, and munitions of war, lor the half
calendar year ending the fest of July, 1843; and
for the fiscal year beginning the first day of July,
1843, and ending the first day of July, 1841.
The bill having been read twice by its title,
was referred to the committee of the Whole on
the state of the Union, and was ordered to be
printed.
Reports having been made by several other
members, not, however, of general interest;
Mr. John T. Mason, objection being made,
moved a suspension of the rules, to enable him
to offer a resolution.
And the motion having been agreed to, Mr. M.
offered a resolution, which after having under
gone various modifications, was in the follow
ing words:
Revived, Thatthe Committeeon Accounts be
directed io inquire into the expediency of allow
ing to the widows of Hon. Jas. W. Williams
and Richard W, Habersham, deceased, both
late members of t?ife House, their usual mil
eage.
The name of R. W. Habersham was inserted
on the suggestion of Mr. Stanly.
Mr. Halsted moved to amend the resotoion
by limiting its provision to the time of the death
of the gentlemen referred to.
Which amendment was agreedtb.
Some desultory, conversation followed, in
which Messrs. Fillmore, J. T. Mason, Halsted,
Stanly, Bidtock, Wm. B Campbell, Briggs,
Wise, Underwftw! and Mason of Ohio, partici
pated.
When on motion ofMr. Mason, o” Ohio, the
resolution was so amended as simply to instruct
the Committee on Accounts to inquire into the
expediency, &c.
the fine.
There being nofurl her reports of committees,
the House proceeded to the consideration of the
unfinished business of the morning hour, being
the following resolution, offered yesterday by
Mr. Bowne;
Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary
be instructed to report on Thursday next»lie bill
to refund the fine imposed upon General Andrew
Jaekson at New Orleans.
Mr. Arnold moved,to refer the bill tothecom
irtitteeof the whole on ,-tl.ie state of the Union,
on which motion a running conversational de
bate sprung up, in which •several gentlemen
participated, that consumed the iwortiinghour.
BANKRUPT LAW.
The House resumed the discussion «f the
bill to repeal the Bankrupt law, Mr. Bowne be
ing entitled*!? the floor addressed the House in
favor of thebiJJ—he was followed by Mr. Meri
wether in crppo jfion—wfiS was sßcceerfed -by-
Mr. Pickens fn favor of repeal, who having con
cluded the House adjourned.
WasSxvuton, January 5.
SENATE.
The question <’f veracity between Messrs.
Bunion and Rive , which originated to the dis
cussion of the late Treaty, in secret session, in
August last, and whic.t the recent publication
of Air. Rives’ speech on that occasion has
brought to a point, was revived. Messrs. Tap
pan and Walker of Mississippi sustained the
position of Air. Benton, which, as far as we
can judge of a small matter nW very intelligi
bly communicated by the Senate Reporters,
seems to be in Air. Benton’s favor.
The Senate then laid the Oregon bill wgrtill
Monday, and after going into Executive‘essfojj,
adiotnned. c
HOUSE.
In the House, the refunding of Gen. Jack
son’s fine, was farther debated by Messrs.
Gwin, C. H. Williams, Cushing, Adams, and
others, when the House refused to go into Com
miltee of the Whole, by a vote of 106 to 100.
bankrupt law.
Tlii-law, or rather the political relations of
the coimtrv al large, were debated by three New
Yorkers, aoil Democrats, Messrs. Bowne, Mc-
Keon,and Gordon, whose conflicting views ex
hibit a melanctelv picture of family jars, when,
without any result being reached,
The House adjourned.
From the National of Saturday,
we have the proceedings of FjJday in loth
Houses, and as they were not of genual inter
est or importance, we present them in as epn-,
densed a form as possible.
In Senate, after the reception of several peti
tions and memoiiajs on various subjects, the
chairmen of several icnimittees proceeded to
make reports of bills, &c. 4 wfiich are not how
ever of general interest, when Aite following re
solution, introduced by Mr. Hiwtjijgton, was
taken up for eohsideration:
Resolved, That the Committee on the Post.
Office and Post Roads be instructed to inquire
into the expediency ofsomodifpngthe existing
laws, as that each Assistant Postmaster Gene
ral shall be appointed by the President, bv and
with the advice and consent ofthe Senate.
Also, whether it be it be expedient to repe.il
or modify the law which prohibits contractors
for the conveyance of the mail from carrying
without the consent of the Postmaster General
newspapers other than those carried in the mail.
Mr. Huntington addressed the Senate at some
length, explaining the object of the resolution.
The Senate then proceeded to consider in
Committee ofthe Whole the bill forthe relief of
claimants to indemnities received from the Brit
ish Government for loss of slaves from on board
the brigs Comet and Ecoinium, at Nassau, the
Bahamas; which was ordered to be engrossed
for a third reading.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the bill
for the relief of certain persons residing within
the reputed limits of the States of Arkansas and
Louisiana and beyond the boundary line be
tween the United States and the Republic of
Texas.
This bill led to a considerable discussion in
which Messrs. Fulton, Sevier, Berrien, Archer,
Crittenden, and Woodbury participated ; alter
which the bill was ordered to lie engrossed for
a third reading.
The Senate then adjourned to Monday next.
In the House, the proceedings were equally
uninteresting.
Mr. Triplett introduced a resolution, calling
on the Secretary ofthe Treasury for information
relative to the navigation ofthe Mississippi riv
er, the number of steamboats engaged therein,
the number lost or destroyed, and various other
matters connected therewith, which was adopt
ed, with an amendment to include the Northern
Lakes.
The Speaker then called the committees in
theirorder, when several made unimportant re
ports, and the remainder of the morning hour
was consumed in the discussion of the resolution
offered by Mr. Bowne, (noticed in our report
yesterday) relative to the reimbursement of Gen.
Jackson’s fine ; to which Mr. Adams offered "n
amendment, upon which he made a speech of
an hour, and was followed by Mr. C. J. Inger
soll, who had the floor when the Speaker an
nounced the expiration ofthe morning hour.
This being the day set apart by the rules ofthe
House, forthe consideration of"private bills, an
ineffectual attempt was made by Mr. Everett to
suspend the rules, so as to take the question up
on the repeal ofthe bankrupt law, and the House
took up the private calendar, on which it was
engaged the remainder of the sitting.
The new mill which is in progress of build
ing in Lowell, by the Corporation, says the
Courier, is intended for the introduction of car
pet power looms, which is a new invention by a
young gentleman of that city. Heretofore, the
hand loom alone has been used. By this new
invention, one female will be able to do the
work of three men.
Jared Sparks.—l he New York Tribune has
the following anecdote of this distinguished wri
ter :—“ I have often worshipped in a Baptist
meeting house in Vermont, whereon, at its con
struction, some thirty years ago, a studious and
exemplary young man was for some time em
ployed as a carpenter, who afterwards qualified
himself and entered upon the responsibilities of
the Christian minister. That young man was
Jared Sparks, since editor of the North Ameri
can Review, of Washington’s voluminous wri
tings, &c., and now recognized as one of the
foremost scholars, historians and critics in Ame
rica.” .
Latest from Texas.
Correspondence of the N. O. 'Vropic.
Galveston, Dec. 28,1842.
Congress.—Our dates from Washington are
up to the 23d insi. Little of interest lias occur
red; the conciliatory interregnum agreed on by
both houses with regard to the discussion of ex
citing subjects has not yet expired, and the pro
priety of removing the seat ol government, and
• depriving the sparse western counties of repre-
• sentation, will not be on the tapis for several
• days yet. Innumerable petitions, embracing
upwardsof forty tor divorce, have occupied the
i greaterpart of thetime in Congress thus far.
: A bill has been imroduceu in the House to
i repeal the act requiring exchequer bills to be re
ceived only at their market value. 1 hope this
i will pass; it is never too late to repent of our sins.
I A joint resolution has passed in the Senate, 7
> to 4, authorizing the President to take command
, ofthe army in person.
A resolution was introduced in the House in
i’ structing the Committee on Foreign Relations
■ to inquire into the expediency of annexing the
I Republic of Texas to the Uniled States.
I Several of the dissenting Westein members
i haveretiuned and some have taken their seats.
- The indications are that Congress will not ad
jourtt [before the sth of February, although the
t two houses Jxare passed a resolution to adjourn
; on the Ist of Ja» ? uaiy.
The President bitsfosped a proclamation in
l structing the collectors al different ports to
exact the same duties on wines befog-the product
ot France, as on those ot other nation*, a£ui an-
■ .other extending the time allowed tree
5 remain in the country, irom the sth ot February
s next, u» .two years thereafter.
Since oiy ’/Jnmmissioners left the Waco vil
lage, informatics /jas reached Washington that
representatives frcftii a/J the Indian tribes had ar-
• rjyed at that point, except jig? Cumanches. I
suppose that they are, in the ,tqo;nage ol the
5 President, ■ ‘ssill crying for their .cliieis are
- no more.”
? Loss or.the LAriT7iv--Thisfme.stea|uer„lij-
- longing to MeKinny & Wil.Ua»rt> of this city,'is
f a total wreck. She was lost o» hpr passage l|e-
I tween the Brazos and this city, hayfog inimi
, 319 bales of cotton and a lew hides, etc.
lives lost, and the principal part o! the co.tion
, floated to the beach without serious Injury; 9<<
1 bales are still in the hold of life vessel and of
i <cojir.se a loss; this was mostly insured. The
vessel fyas built on the Brazos a little more than
t a year agt»ty<l cost sjl9,o<K). A fatality seems
to attend the slope,a./.'l of cotton from die Brazos
, river, either on the liar v,1,7/’ter it leaves. I don't
1 know how they ale to impi<j.y matters unless
they join Mat Hopkins and finish pored to
San Luis hai bur.
Tfi.e Aiiiiy.—lt is understood liiat-Congress
- will do tkiejr iibwA Io sustain and encourage
western Volunteers; if iJmIJ’ do but sanction the
- expeiiition and stow tlw >j!igi»erf Cflcouagement,
- reinforcements will -sutW eyyip and
s march tojoin the pioneer...
1 A force about B<ki xiiWghascertaiirly roatciitd
- to the Rio Grande, under tfoujervi-ll; whether
that number will reach a point ol aiiaek remains
I to be seen. They were so unfoiiuuaie as to lose
lOtlof theirhorseson the Rio Frio—(stampeded
i I suppose.) —This is calculated to retard their
*j #?areb, which should be with the speed and iin
■ peiuwW.v pfllie hurricane. But, mark me, this
little body li'.ijl cause the tlieatie of our
1 war to bit qbaugtid GALVESTON.
DisTriEssiNi; A< < idem ,—Maj: f f 'ft Tay
lor, ofTallaharsae, a citizen ofgreai .v.’iiijt. quit
. respectability, was,on the I'db uh • thrown Iro.m
l In's sulkey, about 8 miles from 'l’alifiJiaiwee.
which caused his immediate death.—Apaluctti
cola Journal.
i Extract from a let ter received in Savannah dated,
, Alacon, January 4. 1843.
I “Ifeceul/.’- a man tfarelliug homeward from
this place xvn.s;jV,9t on llje i oai| leading to Mil
. ledgeville. lie was jivt .killed, i.ui -.g'.'melv
wounded. He was s/iot. ii is supposed. y. ifi> (!
view to being robbed; the perpetfaior not as? e,:
detected, 'fhegeinteiiijiti 'hot was pained ’l’aj'-
lor, and lives in Wilkes L'o., Ga,
Coin in China.—One great difficulty felt
our first intercom se with inis island, was the lit
tle knowledge the nativeshad ol silver. The
tehen being their circulating medium, thousands
of strings us them were cm ried off by the robbere
before the soldiers became aware oi tlieir value,
'i'tn; inhabitants would at first not take silver,
except j/je Carolus pillared dollar; and it was
_xerj’’ 1 long jiefore they would be induced to re
ceive the AjexJ-Nu* qt> any trnsa 1 have, when
paying for bullocks. ikebi examine the dol
lars most minutely, bfoy sheeting them on
which the king’s elfigy was represented with a
small piece of armour on the shoulder.
they became more familiar with our silver coiji,
I saw a man refuse to take a sovereign, prefei
ing- an English shilling; in fact, nothing like a
gold coinage lias existed in China for ages. So
addjptod are the Chinese in debasing the cur
rency even the tchen, which is ol less value
than the penny, is counterfeited. They
will take a doKai;,/u?f off the stamp about the
thickness of tinsel, and gutune out the inside un
til a mere shell ofthe same is left; thev
then fill it up with copper, and ne'ady/j; are the
stamp. The most critical examinatioi/ 'of
unpractised eye will not easily discover the
cijeafi—All the English houses employ shroffs,
'j na,t,iye Chinese, who readily detect a bad dollar;
and are answerable for any that may be
such aftta the? l ' examination, the
English merciuiare seldom siifiejers by base
Ct'in. — From Ihngtuoft China.
AbUORIaI Bearings.—The Americans are
fondulbiazoning heraldic insignia on ;.be pan
nels ofthejr .carriages, though their notion* .f
what such things fshllv are and mean appear to,
be meagre enough. All English diplomatist,
not long ago carried out a tendon carriage and
harness to New York; some acejiteni shortly af
ter his arrival required that he should send it to
a coachmaker s and on calling afterwards, ufcaf
was his astonishment to find the people imitating
his shield and crest on half a dozen gigs and dog
carts belonging he knew not to whom. The
epgehmakeron his explanation, made answer,
j “TLt’ the pattern seemed to be much admired,’
'l'iiblcy.r d- Mpvrs, Amcricaines, par Gustav
de Beaumont.
A distinguished maximist whenev
er you ask a lady to take wine, you sjfeiq,d fill
her glass to the brim, in despite of piotestatioiis.s ,
and look the other way till she has emptied it.—
It stands to reason that the number of glasses ;
women allow themselves, being limited, they <
should be full. <
I
In am adversity that happens to us in the 1
world, we ougt-t to consider that misery and as- ’
fliction are no iessiiafural than snow and hail, c
storm and tempest; and t<Lat it were as reasona- I
Me to hope for a year without wfat?r as fora life J
without trouble. i
NIAGARA.
BY DAVID EAI'L BROWN,
On being asked m describe Niagara. j
Describe it! Who can e’er describe <
The lighlning'e Hash—the thunder’a roll, ,
Stv what la l.ile or what it Death, ,
Or paint the portrait of the soul 7
Describe the rainbow in the spray,
The rapids in their wild career—
Raging hke ravenous beasts of Jprey,
While all creation shrinks with f»*ar !
Go sketch and paint the humblest flower
That lends its fragrance to the grove ;
Go trace the feeblest star ihat gleams
From the cerulean vaults above.
Exhaust thyself, vain-glorious man,
On scenes and subject< fit tor thee ;
Nor dare prcsumptuoasly to scan
The wonders ot Etern ty.
The works of an Almighty hand
None can depict—though all adore
Terrific—bold and beautiful,
They breathe the sovteignty of power.
O God ! it seems to me most strange,
That any man so mad should ba,
To doubt, to disbelieve THY power.
When thus, Creation speaks of I bee.
The sacrilegious thought itselt tr MV Pn
Springs from the mind, that spring from Heaven,
Yet dazzled witi>th«* pfecions gitt,
We doubt its being given.
The Close of the Year.
BY •EOKCB »■ PRENTICE.
Gone! gone forever! —’Like a rushing wave,
Another year has burst upon the shore
Us earthly being —andittjlast low tones,
Wandering in broken accents on the air,
Are dying to an echo.
The gay Spring,
With its young charms, ty* gone-gone with its
Its atmosphere of roses—lts white clouds
Slumbering like seraphs i| the air—its birds
Telling their loves in muA—and Us streams
Leaping and shouting froA the up-piled rocks
To make earth echo with he joy of waves.
And summer, with its |ws and showers, has
Its rainbows glowing on ae distant cloud.
Like spiiits of the storm-fits peacetul lakes
Smiling in their sweet slelp, as it their dream..
Were of the opening flowh *, and budding trees,
And overhanging sky—ail its bught mists
Resting upon the mounta|n tops as crowns
Upon me heads of giants Autumn, top,
Has gone with ail i4^er,gloi*s—gone
With its green hiltsTuke altars of the woild
Lilting their fruit onerilgs to their God—
Its cold winds straying*mid the forest aisles
To wake their thousani wind harps-its serene
And holy sunsets hanghg o er the West,
Like banners from the;battlements of Heaven
And its still evenings, vrhen the moonlit sea
Was ever throbbing, like the living heart
Os the great Universe. Aye—these are now
But sounds andvisionstyf the past deep
W’ild beauty has departed from the earth.
And they are gathered to the embrace of Death,
Thoir solemn herald tolternity.
Nor have they gone abne. Highjhuman hearts
Os passion have gone with them. Ihe fresh dust
Is chill on many a break that burned erewhile
With fires that seemed immortal. Joys, that
Like angidsfiom the heart and wandering free,
In life’s young morn, to lock upon the flowers,
The poetry of nature, and io list
The woven sounds of breeae and bu d, that stream
Upon the night air, have been stricken down
in silence to 'he dust. Exultant Hope,
That roved forever on the buoyant winds,
Like the bright, satrry bird of Paradise,
And chanted to the ever listening heart
In the wild music of a thousand tongues,
Or soared into the opening iky, until
Night’s burning gems seeued jewelled on her
Has shut her drooping wing and made hr-r home
Within the voiceless sepulchre. And Love,
That knelt at Passion’s hoSeSt shrine and gazed
On his heart’s idol as on some sweet star,
Whose puiity and distance made it dear,
And dreamed of ecstacies, uatil his soul
Seemed but a lyre, that awakened tn the glance
Ofthe beloved one—he too Ins gone
To his eternal resting place. And where
Is stern Ambition—fee who madly grasped
At Glory’s fleeting phantom—he who sought
His fame upon the battle-field audjonged
To make his throne a pyramid of bones
Amid a sea of blood I He too has gone!
His stormy voice is mute—his mighty arm
Is nerveless on its clod his very name
Is but a meteor of the night of years ,
Whose gleams flashed out a moment oer the
Earth,
And faded into nothingness. Tjje dream
Os high devotion—beauty’s blight array, .-
And life’s deep idol Memories—all fittye passed
Like the cioud-shadews on a starljt stream,
Or a stream of soft nusic, when the wjnds
Are slumbering oil fit? billow.
Yet wbj rouse
Upon the past with strrow I Though ’fet*
Has gone to blend wjh the mysterious tjde
Os old Eternity, and tome along
Upon its heaving bretsi are thousand wrecks
Os glory and of beany—yet, why pwuru
That sitch is destiny? Another year
Succeedeth to the ptSt—in their blight rortml
The seasons come aid go—the same blue arch
The same pure statsthat we have loVed to watch
1 Will blossom still attwllight’s gentle hour,
’ trike Iklfen on the tonb of Day—and still
Man w)u fey,.a,! ti, tpdream as he hath dreamed
And marts with passion. Love will
f spdtlg
From the lune tonibrf'f old
I And .Toy, and great Anthiiion, 'rid i?se
? As they have risen— and their deeds will bp
Blighter than those tngraven on the scroll
e Of’parted centuries. Even noM the Bea
a?/' eoming years, beneath whosj mighty waves
Life' o t vents ate heaving iito birth,
s IS tossjingfto uudfr? as if the winds
- Os Hehven wefe ;?? b'fsoundlessdepths,
J And striigghng to be free. '
Weep nflt, that tiije
is pusssHg \\jjllere lungteveai
A brighter e‘iv V? l ?‘ ( ' npljon—Hatk’
' Aioilg Ibe yaM QU’J of the earth
- There is q deep pQrtc-ijtous ipdmmjfug,
1 Like the swiss rush of
* Or like the ridnglcd aouiuib ufeurth «/|d
s When the fierce tt-mpvst, v.’itwsonorous wing,
1 Heaves his deep folds upon tie rushing winds,
s And hurries onward with iris right of ciouds
, Against the eternal mountain. ’Tis the voice
Os infant Freedom!— and heistining call
s beard and answered in a tlousand tones
' i Froiii e »ku< b’H-top of her woternhome;
And ! it’bit-aks old <.‘can’s Hood;
And “Frekdom.!’.’ t' 1 the answering
’ shout
! Os nations starling ftom the pdlof years.
T’jpe (jay spring! ’see, ’tis bii ht-riingjrt the hea-.
r The Y'atuhmetn rip?ni‘- r hl hve caught the sign;
Front tt.wer ,io if-e -pl-fires Hash five—
- And i-ty* deep watcli-wurd- V of
I rhe volcano's : bii sriAg
Is HGii<f(l|r)*r oft the E girt yeans of tsQp'.
_ And life aii’un riv- wing? Y M ajowous#>w
s Os I’reedout, bunded by the hbd of
' Is spanning Ti.r.e’s dark sur- >, l:c. hi jt art’h,
A type of Love and Mercy ot the. cioud,
Tells that the many storms el human life
Will pass in silence, and lhe ; uking waves,
Gathering the forms of jjoryind of peace,
1 • ihe undiinmed bright! ssof the Heavens.
. ...
:: est.
not a y. ord thy lip haUi .treui..e
A tlane eye hatn riven,’ .
Which lingtyifc not liy ty urf,
Like mmeet huet ! in U
And as the glory of its Ight
1 Drparts not with the Hay,
But liiigeiing. round fhesteps of Night.
Ste als hiilfits gloom avay.
,70 v
l» ej<!..jr.x i depart,
voice s.'-H xrvgjjy wakes
j The <- choesUf ms
14ke dfriP ihe Uirsling flower, ;
l.ikti M.'l-rrt!-<.?••«} on tyi SC\l,
So. dt arebt 1 ,a ¥ ce ’
Thy look < »f love, mb |
Wotiir.
r rraiis\ite.Jjr()i the French *
B'Z HENRTiKEEVE.
When man i • st .icki n by |k* shaft of sorrow,
He wearies friendship’s eaUfotn eve to morrow',
Wjih sad debar.
’Vben woman sutlers, bj'BciUt beauty’s mask
f urk her anxletes;
Discree; o’er her
She tlritys Iter e’Bto •
To the deep euvis of secret i.qitnauon
Her soul retires ' J
Sooner than ope her soul to pvelaljon,
7 'hat oil I e.rpi rj.
LondoiKee] /take fur 1943.
BV THE HON. GBANTLTF. BERKELEY.
The silver moon seems to shite brighter than ever,
- n on the calm breast <f the ocean it plays,
Thegty‘i<ce of rhe Joyed one sweeter, O, never!
Than when ify hc.r.ag; jt pitying strays.
My heart is the sste upotf 'whch . t -Lould gljtter,
Like moonbeams on o.ceub d -
vine ; ' ;
Her smile is the sun of my simmer, Oh ! better ;
Would life be to me if herheart were not mine!
London Keepsakef»r 1843.
The Er Earn Hltthr.--We mentioned some
<lav-.rince' the vl'toi*- e*-’* l getting a-
tun >'lllXl. l!t’ - ~
sjjpre. neat Bajiela . c Jfo'glH'y Cutter
C.-inriprd < ’apt. Day. returned
a cti-.-se having yj-ited the wreck. \V neii *** e
Cranford left tliescfir.zjlto/uwas alongside, and
had succeeded ia saying id oa< u! 24 casks Pot -
terand Ale.she hadoh'boaiJ Site lias ajso on
hoard 9casl s Hard Waie..whic)i Jiaii -tot Leen
recovered J'tie Sall is entirely lost, the vessel
having filled and lire waterhaving reached her
between-decks. The crew «t the schooner were
engaged in stripping the veisel when the Cutter
left. The wreck was in charge of the Inspector
ofthe Customs from Darier— Savannah Rcjmb
liarn.
Firkin Providence. —On Tuesday night a
fire broke out in the printinjestablishment of Is-
Saunders, at the head of the Cove. There
were
printing cu.m in i£te buildiog, most of which was
consumed, orso m<icj»'it>jiq£dby the fire as to be
of little value. The goods were at dif
ferent offices in Providence and in BbstOli. ills:,
loss is supposed to be finntSto-lOO.OOOdollars.
The property was insured at the offices in this
city as follows: —at the Manufacturer's, s-20.000: ■
Merchant’s $12,000; National,sll,ooo; Neptune <
$101X10; Franklin, $3,900. and $15.000 —total i
$71.900.—.V Y. Herald.
United States Bank or Pennsylvania.—
New evidences are daily afforded of the distress
the bankruptcy' of this institution has brought on
individuals arid families. For example: All the
Columns but five of the Philadelphia Times
were, a day or two since filled with Sheriffs ad
vertisements. Among the properly thus offered
for sale, was the country seat ofthe late Judge
Hemphill, who will be recognised by many of our
readers as having been for many years a leading
member of Congress. He was some years ago
possessed of a very large fortune, but as it was
nearly all invested in United States Bank and
other stocks, it was swept away.
Among other property advertised is that of
Joshua Lippincott, long advatageously known
as one of tlie principal auctioneers of Philadel
phia. He was a Director ofthe Bank of the U
nited States, and when the Bank was sued • for
non-payment of its notes he became its bail.
As security, post notes of the Merchants’ Bank
of New Orleans, amounting to nearly fifty per
cent more than the judgments, were put into his
hands. These have proved unavailing. Fur
ther security was it was supposed, given him by
an assignment made in September, 1841; but the
assets transferred by this assignment have yield
ed little or nothing, and Mr. Lippincott is in
danger of having his properity sold before his
eyes to pay the debts ofthe United States Bank.
—Morning Post.
Relicsfrom Pompeii.—A letter from Naples ,
states that, in continuing the resarches at Fom- ,
peii,there have just been found in the Via For
tune four very tine paintings in fresco adorning j
the walls of as many contiguous houses. One of i
them is distinguished above the rest by the supe- ,
rior correctness of its drawing and beauty’ and
freshness of color and will therefore be taken from (
its place to be deposited in the Bourbon Museum
in the capital. It represents Bacchus and Faun
as pressing grapes brought to them by a young
slave, while a boy is directing the flow of the
juice into an amphora imbedded into the
ground. This painting was probably the sign
ofan inn or wine-house.
Time.—Time, time is the preacher. Change
is the tone he harps on as he hurries along!
Change! he shouts, as he lays his had on the
mountain peak and powders it to dust! Change l
he thunders as he twists the hale oak up by the
roots. Change! as he scatters the thistle to the
wind. Change! he whispers, as he turns the bea
ver of young men and points with a grin to the tot
tering step ofthe aged. Change!as be brushesthe
vermillion from the cheek of beauty—and
Change! he grumbles forth, as he lays his hand
on the shoukfer of him of broad chest and iron
nerve, and points to the grave! Change! Change!
are his last words to his emissaries—tempest,
pestilence, sword, fire and famine —when he
sends them forth on their rounds to overturn and
destroy.
In regard to the culture of foreign grapes in
1 the United States I beg leave to state a single
fact; Two orthree varieties, the distinct name
< of which Ido not know, but which appearto be
t too tender to bear well in our climate, have
grown'most vigorously, and produced abun
dantly when grafted on our common native vines.
In a single season 1 have known the grafts to
grow 20 or 30 feet.— Cultivatm.
*~>lt is often rematkeil that, w ith woman the
greatest business of life is love; and they' gener
ally’ make a mistake in it. They- consult neith
er the heart nor the hand, but are led away by’
mere humor and fancy. If instead of a partner
for life they had lovlioofe a partner in a coun
try-dance, or to trill* away an hour with, their
mode, of calculation would be Tight.
Distinction Conferred on a Jew. —A Jew
banker (M.Cohen ofAntwerpjhas been nomin
ated knight of the Spanish order of Isabella.
The country, in which a Jew some scores of
yeare back could not set his foot without incur
ring a risk of being burnt alive, now decorates
him with an order.
The Administration.
The following is the comment ofthe Globe
on the declaration made by Mr. Cushing, in the
House of Representatives, sutne days ago:
“When it is remembered that Mr. Webster, by
authority, put out a circular denouncing the offi
cial decapitation of evety inferior officer who dared
tb interfere to jnfluence an election, we do not
think that any Indulgence should be shown to the
suggestions made yesli iday by Mr. Cushing.
That the power of the Governmerit—foe power
ofthe functional les arouud the President—Should
b.s brought to operate potentially in the great
struggle forth ■ attainment oftheculminatingdis
ui*elj.on to which he pointed, and given to those
yvho woro«I purchase by subserviency, was the
grossest violaijon of pj incipLe laid down in the
President s iupugural as wejl nain the Secretary’s
qircitlar. No man who hem<l .Jr. Cublung could
understand the whole drift rif his speech as mean
jog rorytliiug but a tender of tlie influence of the
Aanfiiktstrarion to such of the lispirants to the
'ftreifdepcy yis devote himself and his par
ly to itsgopppri and foe coitciipimation of its con
icioplatcd nieusit'res. It tqcahl '.info or meant
.
'l'ita suflfoi?Mraiion Mt. lyler dogsjio. af
lord fiw iiwittjii-e bi which (lie power of il-e
Goveniiuerti—lbs powsl ut uld iftnctiopai iy.s a
round the President—lnto.infsai !>•• ‘>i;ei'.'ite
potentially in the great stniggia for lite lyfaj'i.
ment oftiie Chief Magistracy. There its this
peculiarity, however, in Mr. Tyler’s proceed
ings, that he oilers lhe influence of the govern
i.t_, ito either' partv. whereas Gen. Jackson ern-
ir- hisown.' Mr. Tyler will
help any oneI 1 !'; idem for the consid
erati-jti nt present •supjtoi'l'’ Ixyl be-l-son
would But design to irsflie h.L djgpily fairay ft,
such a manner. He would hwfi iij*' own foil),
and would favor none but those xvho were tbi ta»
nateenough to find grace in his sight. In the
one case a tyrannical perversion ofpower was
* V.e. t- V.;,' -'-titer we behold undisguised venality.
! IrKweii'fitie.-- U'.tiucestliecourse ofthe
’ ■present 'Exe'clitiw: >'t -'V a- t'• .“Iterance of
■pdwer. rioting;lit it.-- fixtfo tf’flfwlt'.tfox litat t.-
gpd the military President in hi* ffifs-use-ofoffi- ;
z iai auii.prity.
' There rgiiyiijt-j ing that great changfs.liaveta- !
Ij-.i’i p'l::ce ip t-’is p.vbj.h .-.-'trit <;l l|lt‘eoitiitiy raitli
i'll the mem-a j ..'filie ;-ix/sWit J-'y -
ry yearseem-sto djs-tosy s.-toe pe;w jeyideto-y oi
declining paniullHft. 'l'ite comp“iiii““ oi poli
cians for place and e.islirn-tfon bfu-tiuwt more ami
more fierce, more and mure h iec-ly pxteffitofe i!
possesses aspirants tor the Prei-itcnev and i |;-im
ants for lhe smallest offices: it is carried tm with
a disregard even of appearances which grows
‘tirt-iC it, z 2 ytore open and bold. The inquiry
' -ffitfsil sd6ltdf-' ofoalßt’- “p in the ininusotlhe
people—to'whltft 'PtH t'retof gL.-.
the gainers? I■ it for tit-!- ad\ milage O’ tJ. ‘ Jew
who obtain <>ll'ices that the whole eoiffitiiy is to ■
|,t- (Ijstracted with p.tli'ieal strife, the pit! Jit- bit-'
sine ■ tct-t/.'ii, ami the measures ..foneaduun--
jstratiuii o.v- .it-■->■<.lp tjir i-'-'J.' —The great
foa - utijbe l-copK'wlio u.isc.-. ii-.r.l rip
dot il-.-.-irella.. -me th,..' t>.J>e u," ’. ell di’id J\-.a;, ,
ed tiffs way and that, y wiled tp'pas.ftp;;' apt! “ri
ven to exey -. In in'rlffi |!;a[ :,he few active agents
ofali thisecnmiiuiion may l-a rewarded -.iffi tft the
public Treasury? 'Phu:e things nil! be cpnsti!-
e ed—but pioltal-I'. not enout-li considered until
faction shall have wrought out more bitter re
sults than any which have vet afflicted the land.
F.-//. .4
xi-.v 1,.>t.. p'.L't- in New York.
I’lli- Hdl<'W'iil.-/ed'. teeuoti’''! ifo. . .1...1 --1 ra-'.-
bytlieiaje ft,;? so New V'-rk. -ve --opy Tirau'tlfe
New York L’oUrtil'atid Fitqnirer.
J. D. Pitiilipr & Co. 133 Maiden Lane, tow
aboutsl6,utk) insured $16,00t1.
C. VV. How, 131 Maiden Lane, kna $l !.tk)(l
—insured 10,000.
Smith. Wright & Co., 127 Maiden Lane, loss
s2o,ooo—insured 15,600.
Wm. i’ankin & Co.. 129 Maiden Lane, toss
iki.’) 1 !--np insurance.
s ...i, . x ho! !5S Water street, loss about
$KHlO»: J-itoiured aboi>> iti.Cli.i 'l’> •;■’ •• -
tained a' seret'e lbs.-- in llleir-piipere .am! loti; re
ceiv.tUe, y.'bich w< re in an ironsale.f?) ' ‘ ■
AliiqsAJl-ui. I.'•!■>Watei street. 1., “about > -
OtiO.-insutr-ofttWO.
-Bt .-ff., j sft W-'tfel' so •' a > oy —
jso Insurer:.??.
A. B. M -vin ;.n.l Lu-d- <5 Thaj-,. Ma: i-m
Lane, were sufferer* to a considerable extent-.■
both insured.
Florida—The Indians.—The Tallahassee
,S i-'fticZof the 30th ult. states that intelligence of
an authentic character has reached there, that
lira whole of Ockliochee sand all but two of Ti
gs r-ta ' s ba- it of Indians had come in, and wete
ready*™goA\ <- “ t!.“t »!:>■ fonitive Creeks
had come i.-i. trail life -< irerptfou ft!. t .ve n, 1.
and they were to i.jce't tin- l-akufee ip a few-day's,
and all proceed to Ceua. Key apd einl-ar,;.' for
the West.
A few stragglers may yet be our, but r. vt e
neugh to create much uneasiness. We tliink
we may now entertain the cheering hope say ■ tlie
Sentinil, that Florida will no longer be -tained
bv the blood of her murdered citizens.
’ The Apalachicola Journal of the 24th ult.
-»a-“We have it from good authority that
ihrourii .1-, a:a (.ft'i''-'friendly chiefs, who ; as
syd through Lurpiara - ~.e • ■■ er In-O ;-go.
they have been enabledre-persudde-'to c
50 Indian warrior< a,:td a targe number oil - wo-.
liien flifd •’idtorri; of rite • -ra-X
Ax agf.b to' fi- 1 -- Htere p- ; w reside- in 1
Walton t.'o.mty. a l * ) Ui t J jtiilti-s ftwit/ lio- pp<- -
it man and his wife who e u r ' I teil ag«s> it, ■ -.-
ktindre,!andto' <dy year '. The old gctj!'eijiiui
name'.' Daniel Campbell. lie wu united to
hi.-, present wile years ago >n lite Lie
of Sky, in Scotland. He empaled l‘> this coun
try .several years before the revolution, quu ‘t' l -’
about til tv ieara - .-Id when it commenced. There
were’ no neiitri'Js theyi and r-.- Mi. Campbell bad
left iiisnative ’rotmtry in r ;-t- e 4 i:.. L-e ot' ihe
political troubles of 1715, he wn: i-.t.|.a.. tlio
take part wifo tlie cufonist .against rite house of
Hanover. He served through pearly tile whole ■
revolutionary war. but although vciv poor, he
had not been able to avail himself of the bounty
or rather of the j usi t enumeration which the pen
sion lawshave provided forthe survivors ol that
glorious epoch, because before the passsage ol
the act of 1832, he was, by extreme old age and
mental infirmity, rendered incapable of making
the declaration requited by the law. He is now
117 and his wife is 112 yeais old.— Pensacola
i Words are things, as much as foft-s v had the
1 weight of lead or gold : let them. then, l-e tt«ed
with caution. Upon the shutting of the lips
may depend the comfort of many days to come.
Russel’s
This i.- a piece of mechanism altogether un
paralleled in this country. It is a specimen o!
art and skill that will elevate the inventor to a
high rank among men of science. Mr. Russel
is a citizen of Columbus. He devoted a great
number of years to execute this great work, which
represents the Universe, and our Solar System
particularly in all the great varieties of motion,
in the most beatiful order. No person that sees
it can fail to be not only gratified in a most emi
nent degree, but instructed. Here is an occu
lar demonstration ofthe motion of the planets,
in a mathematical perfection and exactness nev
er equalled, and on a larger proportion than has
ever been exhibited. The American Institute
consideredthisperformanceasone ofa national
character, and one that deserves their patronage
and encouragement. As such, the Directors of
that institution have come forward with their
names to give it ever y countenance and support.
It is not an exhibition to attract for the moment,
butone to enlighten and ennoble the understand
ing. The man of letters and science will derive
additional pleasure at witnessing this noble spec
imen of art. Every individual of mature age
will by a visit, be interested and pleased.' The
young will be instructed in a new and pleasing
mode We earnestly recommend all teachers,
as well as all heads ot families to take their schol
ars and children to this exhibition. The charge
is trifling and the satisfaction to be derived very’
great. The following is a more particular des
cription:
“it is an immense piece of scientific mechan
ism, cyclopean fabrication, all composed of high
ly’ polished steel and brass, and solid cast iron, all
silvered and gilded, and the whole mass of which
weighs no less than two tons. The zodiacal ta
ble suppoi tingthe whole machinery is more than
16feet in diameter; the orbit of Uranus embraces
an era of 66 feet in circumference; and the num
ber of wheels and pinions regulating the com
plicated and multiple motions of the mechanism
amount to nearly six hundred. Indeed some idea
may be formed of lite immensity, finish, and com
plication of this masterly piece of American skill
and genius, when it is known that thousands of
dollars with 30 years of arduous labor and una
bated pei-severence have been employed by its
author Mr. James Russel, of Columbus, Ohio,
to bring it fo,perfection; and this perfection will
be easily conceived by’ the fact that the whole
solar system, i. e. the remote planets Uranus,
with his six satellites, Saturn with his ring, and
seven attendants, Jupiter with his four, Mars,
Venus, Mercury, the earth, with tljc Moon and
the lesser planets, the ecliptic, with numerous
stars and the sitn in the centre, binding all togeth
er, revolving harmoniously in their respective
orbits, and in niatiumakical pre Lion if time With
regard to each other—that all this vast and aston
ishing combination is put in motion by’ the ope
rtitionof a single crank, requiring hardly the ap
plication of one pound weight! and that the mul
tiplicity of motions thus executed by’ so- niany’
hundreds of wheels and pinions, do not produce
even as much noise as the ticking ofa miniature
watch!”— New York Express.
Substitute for the Sun.— in
venteiflightofM. Gaudin, on which experiments
were recently made at Paris, is an improved
modification ofthe well-known jnvenlfon of Lt.
Drummond. While Drummond pours a stream
of oxygen-gss, through the spirits of wine, upon
unslacked lime, Gaudin makes use ofa mure
ethereal kind of oxygen, which he conducts
through burning essence of turpentine. The
Drummond light is fifteen hundred times strong
er than that of burning gas; theGaudin light is,
we are assured by the inventor, as strong as that
ofthe sun, or thirty thousand times strorigerthan
gas, and of course ten times metre so than the
Drummond. —The method by which M- Gaudjn
proposes-to tyi it the .new invention to use is
singularly striking. He proposes to erect in the
island of the 'PonbNeiif, in the middle of the
Seine and centre of Paris, a lighthouse,- five
hundred feethigh, in whtoh 18 to be placed a
light from a huriitie-.i thpusajid to a hundred mil
lion gas pipes strong, the power to be varied ns
the nights are light or dark, Paris will thus eu.-
joy a sort of perpetual day, and as soon as the
stin of heaven has set, the sun of tlie Pont Neuf.
will rise.— Mechanics Magazine.
The following anecdote is told by tlie Pitts
burgh Chronicle, of Cliarles Woods, the eoun
, terfeiter, who was to have been tried pt the salite 1
time with Dr, John Bradel, the counterfeiter, on
ly they couldn’t catch him. Woods and his
Avi/'e resided-at one time in Rochester, N. Y.,
and living ran...r ,fo?rt,cf iimc.-, they hit upon
the follbwin£cxrcdient to raise foe “'foil Woods
' first procured ti lite insurance on life tiwffi life, to
■ the amount of eleven hundred dollars, in t life city
’ of Montreal, Lower Canada. When he had ie
‘ lurtted to Rochester, with theassistanceolhis wile
1 he shammed death, was clad in grave clothes
and yu.'’ a* supposed,, burieci. Min. Woods,
; ■ yvho Was Tillie kuuWft a'l'ld had few friends,' took
charge of th£ intel meht a'ndjnwureft ;>.;erifficate
. thereof. She anil her’children all went in momii
i ing to keep up appearances. At thi proper tithe
I she went to Mciitrer-l ami recovered the amount
of the ipspra'lice on her husband’s life, and, soon
•i af'er packed up her goods and came toward the
Ohio RiVer to some jeftt a where tuf J/er
- Intfotoid, .he lia,vih;< gone before her.'
Railway*, applicable to
tdty road dirca'ij Irf f'-fd invented bt
Mr. John Hmris.it mitlye dr i'ffl
dent of Albany. The übjei.t j* t(} preieni tjje
cars froK'being thrown off the uneit. 'fu ef
fect this, a central rail of wood or iron is lain
between the rails on Which the cars run.—
'Hangers’’ are attached to the bottom of each
' ’.c-triy-i'ftni.ii’dL-' -n under the flanges of the cen-
U’ejajJ. ; jiu fltred -.wtoj ' "e's which
run efeui'Cicqpi when lite js oi
danger of dielr being till uy'i) oil, Whcfl litis
does happen, the bangers bring up under the
centre rail and restore the cat to its equilibrium.
The cost of the centre rail, if made of iron will
be SIIIOO ] ennik: if made of woo l with an
| 110,1 py-iie. jvJt'tlll p.< ” 'H’l“— T/1.11 flhi".
Till- immririal‘‘rtam .imisiitg.';
; The New Orleans Picay unh tfoer’amusing
aihT enligl.ieiiiiig'the w.lilil for yeara with the
; aj iiinouisjlityfe <>f this distin
gu/sh'ed sabje phifo ■ La;> i;oauy igt. ■ dtii.ed
lhe jipn-iortal rtgin to ijs readers on a pew then
tie and in ap ffiftlrc nev r»|jan»rtwr, ffi> other than
thatot'defendant in theßeeoidei-S L'outt; iu>d tie
we doubt not our readers will be curious to leant
how Sam mingled philosophy and business with
' ■ '-t'm-a . b<d<>:e his honor, we give them the
’ i ■■ i ■'
w'l.tp'iit' • ketch ot ‘he Ptovune
Uooi lw and Bail Times.
The case of'Johnson rs Bfown created con
siderable amusement in the Keeorderis Gvtirt
yesterday, ’(’jig plaintiff js no other than the
verftAble Sam .l-l,rai-!g the stlltid |>diji|S(ip|i!"V
wiiose ’•.wish' 1 a' l '-; 1 ab<l ii!tide|ii 'i-mtau es’l'ifo
have :-o often t. ,c<ii<lpil ill the Pic’ity TfJ.
itotimilant is abo a geiHitiaii nb col.n',’ apii ln,.'is|-
ol'idli-rt (igsrenl fruit) Pfiiice Lee boo.
“Johnson! 1 said the Re-cordin'.
'--I'm dar. ina»a,’'s;:id Sam.
"Biouit!' said toe Recorder.
“ Es. sar,” said the defendant, airdboth took
their positions immediately before the bench.
-■'A .-IJ. Johnson." said the Rei-urdei'. '. let it:
hear wiui: y-. ii ;.n- ,t _t>
Wfiv'tip afdi got niitfln tosav , .i -i me. ’
.said' 1; o-.-. p - 'f.au '
[feiji-iu \ui-l tin Ke;.-.t ict |**! m,- ticrer !!.••
plaimin
Yes, niassa “corder,” 'aid Sam. “It you Item-,
me I telis.de whole truth, and nuilin toidin to
truth, sartin.’'
“Go on.then,” saiil the Recorder.
“Wai. ids is it, "said the sage Sam; “you ees
I keeps a bout polishin ’rtaUishment in Uussum
house i tree!. I'se patronized by de ins families
and use ’clusively my own patent rain-resisiin,
it c• ; ,p-‘!!in bliK-kin. 11- a great inn inion. I
to Ur Vi-V. I‘w-U. a p ,n .i Wi.-1 .ria i
but as I date.linVlettiTffmiwlvUMoiid’ii-tfeqslreeq
.-.he mistook it fin--asipielli ri/wi/pills, awl took
i! 'teibaliy : blit its there wasn’t nothin perni
cto'i ip it i! iTidn't ii’j'lier wltaKtin"hrtim; stead
ob liaf it jja.- given de Prince pb'Watos qt:i!>'ife
jvm h, ’side/-.'- ' ' ' "
“Stop, - said the Recorder, ’<! eaptipt sij here
to hear you expatiate on the virtues- ot your patent
blacking; you charge this man with committing
a breach of the peace—come to that at once.”
11l splain all dat like a knife, massa. said
Sam. “Den to come to de pint, I ’ploys uisnig
ger and ’gages to teacli him de boot polisbin
Lizness on de Johnsonian scienterific principles.
Wai aftergivin liima trial I finds he haint got
i t'aege.<u.-o .. d* too oboe purfeshun, and
diit he can't shine jn<> ii v.. i v... - ' 'tr ■ --th
it up and try -..md-o.ier bi.iies* wot don’t require
so liitt. h trat ra) ---o iniii h til die Prome
thean spark, an poets call it—as qurs doe« Su
when 1 'tell* him di= he gib- me sarse, and threat
ens to’flict personal chastisement on me if I
don’t nay him $?5 a week.”
“Yas, and you promised to," said Brown.
“I kn iw i di I,'’ sai I Sam. “but it was per
wiiiin you - bowed de deweloj cnient ob genus."
■Well, can tyou affiruto pay him fourdollars
aw-erfe? said She Recoider.
Icaum-t .a 1 -' !' Li trial a-d Sai. r.-. -;>|,at
icallv. Yoq seqs here s a •'• vi..-lu.i. -c i.i
ourpuife.-liuii iat .lv. fus.o'-.’p. iineiias gabeu -a
liel. back, an'! ti.. n ..<■ Fr.-.s-h patent Itxk-r used ,
us up all’gelhei-. Now J *in tin' plittin n tar
hil-,-u. <■ - :tt i-'ie llat’ll'.’iejude detft ffetn
.'.ii i-o.npeliiii',l did d„ trad :, tp' f - t.jp ,
this, - ■ ' ' ’
bv the "ail"ftbUS it>‘toi Jt-ifefog, all t-i p<,sitjoß
ot I’cnir views of tiiet7’ifllaw is not p.eiiiiiei.l ,
: - . ’ "T’foarci to ;
keep the ' i-to-c, an I l;<> o' v sue you civilly for ,
the wages which he ci.'ilni- to be due,” .
Fasihonable Life.—There may be such a '
thing as idleness ill fashionable lite, but to be 1
obiic-.iiu p- lh>-atte«!io,i joany foolish thing 1
ndered lb-u uk - . - ■ ■
heed all the idleriAiiftlimeiit-p.aid iud i o.ijm.-l.i n
ly t-> keep vour nrind on the rack, that toif t-tav 1
not fail to introduce in yoar tarp a jest or a l' e - .
is n t what we call idleness. It ;sih’.- j-il-or--'a .
galley slave.
The editor of the .V. O. Tropic in sayingwhat
he should do on Thank-git ing Day in the State.
where he was raised, specilies a- follows: j
■We shall luxuriate over our dinner until H
about four o'clock, wiu-n we shall go out and o
slide on •‘inm,tn | !:mk tor hall an hour, 'teter’ for
another half hour, a-to then pin h cents till dark, b
In the evening we shall “zo i J R
Read the Advertisements.
The man who takes up :: newspaper, reads
the local items—the short paragraphs of news
—runs his eye over the column length article—
mutters over a few ol its most striking senten
ces, and then throws it down, saying “there is
nothing in it,” or thinking he has seen what
there is in it, must apply himself with more dili
gence if he mean to seek out and discover the
real pearls of the paper, which are genet ally to
be found among the advertisements. In truth, a
newspaper with a good advertising patronage is
like a dinner table at a well ordered hotel: the
substantial dishes—those ot which you can cut
and come again—are generally placed on side
tables, whilst the enlrrees— the mere ornamental
part of the re-past—is spread out before the
guests. The man, therefore, who would derive
solid advantage from the reading of a pajrer,
must not forget the advertisements. If he does
not take them fora first course, he must not al
together omit them, else he will not have parta
ken of the most nutricious portion of the men
tal meal.
We care not what his business, profession or ,
calling may’ be, he cannot fail to see something
in the advertising columns to interest, benefit or
amuse him. If he be in the commission busi
ness, he sees at a glance the steamlsiats that are
about to start for the West; he is also informed
of those that have recently arrived, and what is
the nature of their freight. If he tie in the “su
gar trade and cotton line,” he is told of the arri
vals from and the departures for sea, as well as
much other useful information touching our
staple products and his business. If he he a
speculator—not in swamp lots, but in dry goods
and “other groceries”—he is told where these
articles are selling under prime cost, and thus a
prime opportunity is given him of making a
tew safe dollars. If he be blessed with matri
monial love, and wants but a cottage in which
to enjoy’ it, let him take a peep al the column
headed “to i.rt,” and he must be fastidious in
deed if he cannot suit himself with a dwelling.
Then again, if a young bachelor wants to find
out a private hoarding house, the newspaper
pebliclv tells him where it is to be found, and
if an old one is testy and loves retirement, he
will easily find the advertisement of a married
couple without children, who live in a retired
part of the city, and would have no objection
to accommodate a gentleman of steady habits
and of a religious turn of mind, with board and
lodging. Il' tie he of the ton. a glance at the ad
vertisement will tell him where lives the most
exquisite fashioner, who makes the most ele
gant boots, and that sells the latest fashioned
hats. If he be “hard up,” it may also give him
d clue to where tie may replenish his wardrobe
on other than cash terms, a matter of deep con
sideration to many at the present moment. A*
lot' patent pills and Hygean nostrums, they ate
strewed through the advertising coliuims “thick
as Bututfinal leaves,” and we must impute ex
istence of disease, in any form or shape, to the -
supposition that invalids never lead the adver
tisements in the newspapers.
fiiirthe advantages which a “discerning pub
lic” mny derive from carefully coning over the
advettisejnents in the morning papers may be
jmagiped hut cannot be described, as newspaper
accident makers say. In fact, the editorial mat
ter of a paper is its I t ippery, its tinsel, its gild
ing, its poetry ! The advertisernents are its
props, its pillars, jts siilnlity, its sound, useful,
substantial prpse,
• In reading a paper then, you may occasional
ly passover the “latest news from England,”
tot it is liequently puerile gossip, nothing more.
You way often skip over lite letter of “our cor
respondent” from Washington, much of it is'
mere verbiage. You are at liberty, too, to shut
your eyes on a “horrible outrage,” for such de
tails at e more revolting to decency than instruc
tive to tfensi:. Nor need you invariably stop to
swallow that iiginarple iteadpd . gioripit* tfl
umplt.” w ith a regiment of notes ol admiration
ut its tail, looking like a sqttail of rei-ruits at
drill. But while youltsc your discretion in any
or all of this, we conjure you, as you study your
owp Itjtejcsj—as you desire to be informed of
all that is pa*si)ig'«n-c,uiid ypu—as you would
be considered a man us thg wiqjd, apd jiuowpln
the world —advertise and read oyer daily the ad
vertisements. — Exchange Paper,
' Cumxi, Beef axi> Pork.—We have already
published the following recipe for curing beef
and pork several times, but as we consider it
the very best yet recommended, and as many of
our readers may have not seen it, we publish it
again, that those Who are fond of clean, pure,
and sweet meat, without the apprehension of its
tainting tliroiigU fee summer may obtain their
Wi*h 1-1 ffdoplmcjl his this:
To one ,‘fellrti 6T wtifer'iitid 1 |-2ji». oi’rajl;
1-2 lb. of sugm: 1-2 oz of saltpetre. In this ra
tio the pickle is to be increased to any qutrntity
desired. •
Let thi., be boiled together until all the dirt
from the salt and sugar, which will not be a
little, arises to the top and i.- skimmed off. Then
Ihriiw it itito a la:ft ‘ fobe ‘.'oj', and when per
’fectly cold pour it“over pour licefbr porp to re
main the Usual time, say tour or five ‘weeks.—
The meat tnusit bh well covered with the pickle,
atiu should not he put flown for at least two days
.alter lulling, during which lime it s|iotlld be
sjigbtjy s|>rriik|Bdw>t!) sappetre
Let this niode be bffi-e’tifo-d. ainl, our word for
it.-irv ill be tfjM.again iti 'pretefenC'e li.'al! otli
fits—fifrnigntgwn.Tflcgfaph. ' -.n .■ .
Ttic moist projiabje gr^ijfajMtowdfqr theob
sgr’yaiwe oj'Christmas |s. that the'Shtj) (l?y qf
December wan ippojffltx) fur the C'hrjsjnias fes
tival by Julius, Bishop of Rome, front Anno
Domini 337. to Anno Domini 352. This day
was the old Pagan festival, kept in honor of the
b’tth ofthe sun at the u inter solstice, when the
stiff. aisCi in>, test day in the vear, begins to
retii.n’tu rli'i'-e’Krflt. 'J’lwgWlfta ,'di J’tk.'^“ !s,ljr-
i-.ied a psrtol'lhv i.'it*tou!ftijit!iiii:d;iy .*Hh«ai-t>
en Rome. The observance of ChlMUlUtt ill
England was tippointed by statute under Ellwand
Sixth.— V. Y. Tattler.
: j» w ftl y.Y., Joses In-r natience mus t not'ex
pect foiifeepL-'." s | !i”aji
Commend.ible.—T|)e Baltimore patriot, of
Saturday rile 3t«t ult. says: “We have liatl the
pieicjtre fol' >|iftjiv year;- nas|. jo jiotiee'the'apliti
al I isjl’pl'a d'i -lipgui-iisd' < li-rgj|)iap i.ffeis |:il V
at tlie cqirtpieni-einghj ofeach v ar, who calls to
pay for hfe iiubsi-iiption in advance. To-mor
uiWbl'lligßuruUiy, we liegatt to wonder wltetlier
lie would visit us 10-dny <>r on Monday, but he
removed ourdoubts by his entrance this morn
ing into the counting room. How forcible must
be the precept* of such a man. whose example
so well sustains his teachings! Long mav he
live toi't|i! adj a<i;it ;<* oi'Uios; wja. ait'e.id upoa
his niiiiistb-tliiiire, ;,i,d in wi.-tillg hnh'ti luippy
ntnv year/we >nay hope that- tlie 'close til the
year upon which we are about td-eatei; at ill tiixi
him .in possession ol liealtli antl all the bh'sAings
ult;- >1 a I-inii l’:n-,'iil<foci> :;a|i give,? 1
Lati st- i.ui.M ii . . t T,iN. '4'| ( <. Rtjsariii, L'apt
,h-tn-is..fi, atuvedvcsteidny ironi L'ampeachy,
‘Via .Sisal; .- he is lb ilavs from lite former port
and 6 from the latter. When Ila pl. J. left.Cam
pt-achv. the Mexican fleet, eonsistingof 2 steam
i'i2 brigs and 3 schooners, was still oft'lhc hay.
No decisive steps had been taken by either party,
but Capl; .1. learned it wa« the intention i f the
Yucatecos to act on the offensive immediately
a.si toe. eit taugui.i. -foi .ess At Sisal it
was Itnuiii'ed tin-i-oiifiief lt»d' taken pla.-e, atiiil
that the Mexicans were th-|i aleft ..villi citasitler
dlfte |os-t.l Piciiijinu ’ *
U. S. Bank.-—The annual meeting of tlie
r-tockhoklers of this institution was held in Phil
adelphia on Mundav. We du tai! believe there is
sufficient interest felt for the “dead lion" tojusli
fy to in publishing the report. Din ing the year
there ha- 1 eett a nuuetion in 10an50f51,1124,215
23, and a diniinutionol stocks to the amount of
$3,41H.4‘.i,) 37. — Ball. Sun.
l it-, .re.' iul'K Amen, .in publishes the f-I
--[ lowing “ufetAaiy of the- rase of mutiny'under
Lord l.'amelford, which occurred in* 179 H, as
hearing upiirtbe caw of fee Sonic is?
I'rom (!>•: 1.-'urn. <>f the. .L.n-icl p.y.ster for 1779.
ftasi: or Lotto Caxiki roRD-.-’l’he Favtirjle,
ftfivltit-h J.:,.d Camelford wgs i-.cmintapder, and
tlie Pediik', v htl-sc captaip was absept, tlie Fjrst
Lieut. Mr. Peterson', being left in command
were lying at English Harbor on the 13th Janu
ary, 177-M. Loot C. a* being the commanding
officer at the place, ordered Lieut. P. to row
guard in the harbor for that night. This order
the Lieutenant refused to obey. A violent al
tercation ensued, and armed parties from both
ships repaired to the spot. His Lordship then
. pjac irindl I e,Lieutenant with a pistol in hi
hand, and saiit, Dqyou still persist in refusing
ft, .they my-irdew ? Tftc jtasXvej- was. ‘ Yhs,
I d., iritis'-. " ul'-i whii’.ji feoftt C, imfn'ediatW
clapped the pistol to his right breast and fired.
Lieut. P. fell on his back dead, the ball having
passed entirely through his body.
Lord- C. gave himself up as a prisoner, and
was taken to the Admiral in Fort Royal Bay,
and was theretijed and acquitted. The follow
ing is the sentence of the court martial, assem
bled and held on bqard His Majestv s ship In
vincible, io Foil Uc-va! Bsv. win-linique, tlie
2feh Jaoltjn . 1798;
I'iv: '- 'ut.ii having heatd it:-- whole trf - the
evidence adduced oh fee occasion.and what the
prisoner had to offer in his-tell-nee. and maturely
and itelibcraie!'. weurlceit and considered the
• time, andbeing fttllv sensible of the necessity
<4 proftipi uitca'i.,' - c-c as,-.s . I mutiny, are
upapiniqusl,' ,',t'<-;>nin.c. that tfig Yl-t) eitlilordi
nary and matolwt ure.bedieto •; >,d Lieut. Peter
son. both before and at the instant us his death,
to the latll-d videos Lend Camelfbrd, the se
nior olfire;- at English Harbor at the time,
nr,.? flic' iolent measures taken by Lieutenant
p tu (he "Xitte, "'ere acts of mutiny high
tv injurious to the discipline of Ili» Majesty’s
Ven ice: the Court do, therefore, unanimously
qdjudpe that the right honorable Lord Camef
ib.J b-. li c.j’'-'j a juftfed accordingly.
■W?n Cii, ly,'. Jraii Mauiwa.i.i.t, C. Ekins.
Richard Brown, A.‘S. Biirrrtws.'.l. H. Briggs.
Judge Advoj-afc on the occasion.”
.llAßKllftl.
At Chtlst r'liureh In .Savannah, op Thursday
last, by the- Rt. Rev. Bishop Elliot, Joseph 1,.
Locks.. Esq., Senior Editor of the Savannah Daily
Hl-public-nil. to Miss Lavra .1.. youngest daughter
of Wm. B. Bulloch. Esq.
Bv the Rev. W. P. Steed, on the 15th Decem
ber lost Mr. F.hmund Palmer to Alisa 3lab-.ua
Revel, h-ith of Columbia county.
Died, on Sunday moi ning, the l«t inMun
a painful illness of aevi n days, Evelina 'g u
daughter of Evelina S. and Robert Waltofoot’,si'
city. \
The deceased had '. just attained her 10th'Wa r
and was growing fr< mt day to day more InterS?
ing and dear to her bereaved parents, family afti
friends. It pleased God,’in his mysterious provfe
dence, to remove he r from this transitory acet,,
and summon her to I lis bar. Her little spiiit hati \
taken its flight, and we trust is now resting in
peace in the heavenly ’mansion above“an house
not made wit hands, eternal In the heavens."
Died, on the 24th t tit., nt the residence of Mrs.
S Ith, in Warrencoun ty, Mrs. P. Skidmore, wife
of Crosby Skidmore, of Green, aged 24 years
She was an affi-etio nate wife, n kind and care
ful s ep-mother. She t was a member of the Me
thodist Episcopal Cf lurch for several years tn
which she maintain, td a pi oug and exemplniy
*»tr,;, t ,L er dy -‘" g ’ " om(,nls sh<’ had faith that
XX r-L ! h . e B ". ng <,Pa,h - Th »s Hve is
the ktod h > ISt ’ a j n i !{ain ' ,s h« left one of
many M n , l lv and b ? r ' : ' ’ f husbands, and with him
" 2]' 10Um ’hflifto’s-
j CoimneniaC
r 'OTTo M s January -I.
Receipts for the week rujj. k Balee.
Received previously...... D <cemlwr 31 612
Total receipts *
Total shipments....
Stock on hand
Total receipts to December
“ “ December 31, 1m0’’17,972
Prices range from 2A tn 4|.— IH,(W2
There has been change in the prh’wTr^’Z,?*
Males continue from .3 to ti rents, extreme*- »«•;«!< 1
salas from to !*»nc lp al
HEGfiIPTN OP COTTON.
To Ist .Innnary, IM3. Cfi Ifift 1.1.
<lO wi iL"
J’ '«!> dS
•to do
•to 51.« H Jo
do 1837 do
By the above it will be seen that the receipts of Mie
present Reason are »i.out 4,000 bales over those of any
previous one at this date.
.... . , Apalachicola, December 31.
We have had an active cotton market this week
I rices have rather a downward tendency, and slightly
easier horn day to day until Kmard the close when
operations were checked and the pretensions of holders
raised by the diminished stock on sale. We quote the
dillrrent grades | cent lower than last week, say ord.
nary 4 middling 4f j»f, ; middling fairM (4 5|
7/ Jrt’i’ 1349 ’’a 1 ***’ follows :
!•> at 4: 91 at 4j; 92 at 4* ; 77 at 44 ; 305 at 4A ■ 149 at 41
Trl’lx! 61 *° at 4 9 I6 ' ™ al 4 13- it:
ImG at 5; .J Bat %23 at 177 at sj.
Freights are brisk at our quoted rates. Goaslwise jc,
to Liverfronl gd. and plenty of shipping of every class
tn port. |he pretensions nt masters of vessels are above
our quoted rales for bpth foreign and c-oftstwine. One
vessel lias been taken up fnr Boston at j cent
~ . . Coi ' | tJN STATEMENT.
Received since our last 4 , 7 n bah-.
Previoudy o
Total -4L .3H,353 *
, EXPORTS.
Hince our last
PreviotMly ‘■’.’.‘.J2’l7r,
Oti hand and on shipboard npt de'd. 20 104 h
F/e/VA/s -To Liverpool, British vessels, jd; Mew York
c ent; Charleston J cent; New Orleans Si 50 «2
Checks on New York at sight I cent
nremmm; do doJOdays par; dp on ChiMlrslon CO dais
InterHsi oil: do on rmsUm (4) days tnterrrt oft ■ ('becks
on Augusta at sight f cent premium; d«
i <4t prvmnqq.
Charleston, January 7
CJotlon There has been a good inquiry tor this arti
cle throughout the week just closed, and the sales a
inuuiil to 12,948 bags, against the receipt in the -ante
time of 8243 bags. The market on Saturday last, and
in tlie early part of the week, was hi ui, and the advance
i* J n ” ur “h was maintained.
Ihe light receipts, however, coupled with the debitr to
uggcM.ialg pfffpjs, ipyluded |ioldp|-s W|Unp a lew
days to ask an yd van co, vlihjr has in sunie iiiatam
been realized Hie operations are as follows - 36’al i*
32at5{; 79 ais«‘ 434’at s| ; 134 ai ss: 89J at M; 294 at
r>J; 2056 at b; 1190 Gj; ilt 6| ; a . tab 9 t b?
- 484 at tis. 760 at 6’; 159 at til; 896 at 7; 186 at 7L 674
7s; J3at7f? 183 at 8; 9-al HJ; U2a| 8|; 111 at 8i; and
IJK) bags, a choice lot, al 9cen|s <4l lb- We wpulg rciei
P’sTenfi"'’ 1 " 1 ’”"* f? - n ' V P ’ ** »»*
i4tr business has engaged dealers in Rice
since the date ot our last. The market, however, Hi tlie
early part of the week was heavy, and holders to bring
out buyers were compelled to make some reduction on
the prices given in onr review of the 31st ult., parties
larly on the good fair to prime and choice qualities,
which have been in most request. The following quo
tations will give a fair criterion of the market at the
close of ImsinesK yesterday viz:—lnferior to fair, 11 (a)
2|; good fair to prime, 3; choice t3| Ilk)
P/ohi— Our Flour market has been very dull through
out the week just closed, and we hn\e for site pi event
erased quotations. Two small lots Baltimore Howard
street, bi ought 4| and 4| c ash. About 300 bbls of this
description changed hands, at.mj-gy HPI
iMvu ip) in Vitpnirt in'repdrv ]•
H arc vVith(ntl faiy gtahsaction*
to-report in either ui ticle.i ■ - . ■ ut
''f— The receipts for the quarter ending 31at nh.,
ar»K31,250 sacks and 1 1,!K50 bushels. About 36:t9 Sacks
have been received since our last, a portion of which
has hern disposed of al prices ranging from SI i'» to
91 40. We quote extiemr* *1 35 afl 50 sack.
r~ -’l’lw transaction* have been confined solely
to New Orleans, of which’about tOO|ihd< were djvupfetl
q At prim■r-uigiiig’ (inm 4# p. .*4. »re jv.iniq f
thufh pi idie MerH irheud bf (TcVUfr 1 "*
*J'ln> receipts frotp fnivign p<»rts for the quarter, t-ndme
•list uit. iw’e 367 lihds. 10 tierces, 39 Übls,ian«i 4664nokX0ft>
Coastivise. same time,:9lo hhcls, 70 bbls and 30 boxw
('off're — There has been a.little inquiry for Cotiee-du
ring the w-eek, and about* -ZOO bags ('uba were sold at
prices ranging from 8J- to 9} cents $ lb. 4 lot
MB) htgs;!coitalviW*saAi<*tiipcU7pß ! ’4" 1
> tiinrt in fftSs article have t>eeu
c nWincd to New Grlennsf. Dealer* have taken ‘abMW
S'tfbbMat prices ranging frnflt W’tok'O ’MiUV‘»l’£llbU‘
‘ind .tbp bplgnpg fl|>upsed pf hi |9 mH*fgrtl-"L
The receipts f„r the quqrtrr ending 3|s| ult limn tm.
eigit ports I6U liinlh uitd 1472 bbls coast wise.
Ft fit'hfß We continue the rate (<> Liverpool for cot
ton in square bags at |d, but would remark that an ad
vance is asked. Engagements have been made to Ha
vre ut 1} for; square bags, and ■JP’tiOO lbs for Rice.
V\ e continue the rate to Boston, I,U» for square bags.—
" 1 V >-k, enttnn in Miiuiiebags sl, aud 75
HavanNAh. January 7.
( oZ/ow— Arrived since the‘-?9ili4ilt.. J l.(M*s bales Fplftjid
and-169 bale Sen Island, anti cleared in the same tiind
8355 bitles I'nland and 164 bales Sea Island ; leaving'nn
h*tn|J,.inclusive <>f nlf tni shipboHid not « |eart*d <Mi thb
p|b instant, 1 sl<»<-k of'lit),S.s> .bales llphutd. and K66‘bu'lvlii
m*.-id .iki eAti.in. ngoAst
bales Sen Uiinid, jit'ttre samCpei iod lirtt yea?’ ‘ '
«)nr revreiv of the 3f)th iih. Wft *fhe*mafkr| undei
c.xriienlejlt By the jbr<-p‘t|bn'pf
I'opi Eugiqnd pci Britauiiiit, but that excitement ha*
ttway, and since Tuesday last but a limited busi
ness has been tiansncted, mid a reduction has been sub
mitted to in order to effect sales, of J to } ofa cent on
the middling and lower qualities, whilst middling fuir
nnd upwards have he.v .heir own. owing in a great
measure to tjieir scarcity. The stock at pi esent on « ./e
is light, v hich makes holders more firm in theii de
mands than they <>tlierwise would be, but purchasers
show no disposition Io operate, unless at a decline of
fully f to | ol n cent from the highest prices paid during
the excitement. Choice cottniis fptpinug Mt<?r* <• .1 ’
nuy high.-si iuh h m.s j - rv.il.ly ihulaedl wiiqu l|rj
I.i -io* is’ | » be Dud HI sq.iT.- packages, which
'ioiit-. of <jiti(>n,, ip ,< oipi’.preAy3 tyf/he’ tygh'i’ate "vr
C’i ijhl, mt- mnre'fought ntjcy. by p|iii< haseni, aiul.f'‘'4i
iiiatiil a sliivdx better prices iliuq Hu- Mime quality,ot
vjj.lmt mi r-foUHI ba4<*s. < htr mat ket 'ihmes dull, with bud
little •wfl*rt<ng-' T-he -..1i-s during ihe w rtsrthr aA
fcp ti ted p*. its, re.i* h tiutiH baleA, winch were disposed o!
,P | ( A; 4-> al |is< IK|-»at M’, |“s l( i : 4(jr> ut of; «*BI Gt)
l<l <n / ; f,o ut 7-f: and 41 (selected)7j cents.
Quotatiuns Inferior,
\l ''Idling, (q) Middling fair, (a) g|; ftth,s( (a) GS
Fully fair, K ,HM * , w ,l > ? 7(.
Receipts of Cotton at the follow ing places since the
IM S«-pteml»ei', 1842
1842 3 1841-2
Georgia, January 5,1843138,c .
South CmnloiM, l». <• ,l». ~55,1.2
.0 .b.n, t).r<. mbc/-2) M3.BH cUW
,\‘ew Drlgiprt- UeiftemUfk 23 Ji.. .. J17U. ( f34
rib. Ma. li, ■ 1).........,,, JtoJ
C.ii-.ilinu. Jh-.-rodx-r.lit .A.Qlrt d,l»«
t p«>'hla|- l»ei-.-liibw U1'1 .1....... 7,srt|
Th.- IntloM tup is a ,Uii<-niL*nt of ilo< Mai lt of CoUrr
no liatid at Ito- resp»-<-livr plat-os ttant-'-l:
184-4-3. 1841-2.
t-avanonh, .Ijoiiiary 1843 31,711 15..-,
S.tutli I'itr.-liua, If.-.-. 30, l*k* 4,''i.!M9 32, 1rr.
Nobile, l ember UH,'97 41,979
New Orleans, her. 23Ilg.ini) 141,918
Virginia, llecember 3 ofttlO
Not 111 Carol.oa, llae. 10 900 r.io
Augusta A: rtamlooe. Jan. I, 1813. .18,732 *3 871
M t. on. . 1,1842.. IJ.-q- '
I-, ■ I I II ■- II ... .- 2.,‘lJt
357Ji1l 3i»7j;W
STATEMENT -IF COTTON. 1 i .. ”4
Stock on hand, Ist Kept., 1842 ’ {*2 ni
tl Jdtived Ulis’ wVek. J. ......
Rjx-uved j^vf0u5iy.......... ( ....; ;;' ■ •
Exported this week.
Exported previouslyi'W,9c6 109,321
Stock on hand, including all on shipbord not
cleared on the sth instant3o,Bs3
Same ti/ne L st yp ,r.
Slock on hand, Ist Sept , 1841
Received this week ” r/n-..
Received previously- 7.
Exported lt ..sw«eß
Exported previously.
Stock on hand including aft on shipboard nnt
clc-urc-d on tin- sth Jan., 1842
P,re. •-Exported thi« week Bes ca«k», vie: to.'i av l,',
-? 6 s, New \ ork M, f'l.atlc-Mnn There has/),,"
Il mnclc-rate enqairy during the- u eek, lind the/alre r..». I
occly33l casks. «» lotion »: 111 al 41 J, S'J al IKI^J UI I >i
! G .rtlatli,a)al2.and3at‘4. Xcl-lUaUll.
, I,® '**'"* '■ *“»•• cliet'Se to noty4 in thi.ani-
7h.y. Fair supply on hand—receipts elnrint the wee'
. if, biiiiu.c' r h.thM r»i, M Uftii Were dixpiih.-j <>£„• , v ,, .*.
<>"to7n'?;.',re' "'■”• E ! ' ,, r " *;!" *
SJf Wi’ have had no addition K» Oui» atnclc dm
lit.- past M-rek, and there m little or noi, e how U1 „ 10 I*'®
—arriviilx nre anxioiMly looked Ibtr. . ,•
rjje/t v.<ff -Sterling dull- jrnall viih nat 4 a 4* uer < r
prc-in. : out door, o dat-. par ; -to , 15 day , } s,“count ;
” d '-s > dist.fAda.s lj ra-r-cewt. -I-sc.c.il H r.tn,, .I.’
reported* ,• .. j., ..’MJ
/’rc/fei/l n, . ranw.pu-pc- pl l|i» , t b,c„ce nf arr.vat-
ol Sl.lpptnit. and all ith- yc.ssft, ■ H U
c oiloil race's l 0 l.ivel|>onl arr suile'firpi at O l G fiis*f,u
square and id lor round lean,. Hnvre.no recent en*
gjyeinentb—we continue lorjner quotation', cotton 11
dp if tor round and i.quare h(tlcn. foastuinr N York
. oltnn J square and I eeM fee round bales. Hir e4l ®
per * hiladdphia. » otton 1 square and (.cent
lor ioiind. Boston ant! Prof idmee. cotton | cet.. tor
round and r-quare bale*. Rate < Hn ](
Mobile. Monday Evening. Jan. 2.
The rotton market han been quiet to-dai. the total
«alex be. no estimated o«ib about I.KKi bale- From
the unsettled >t A ie .t uu .n ke. u -, mJ 4 d.tii, W |»
give quotation^butAvOulditHiMH-k tiqlt
the different deftciipticyii tlw lowest
week is believed to h. cent, thg latjei <>K..hl
lower qualities. ‘ ’ ’ ' ,’ . ( i
Krrh tp-d|*F |t«vr bffh p|> a limit:
ed scale. s<> far as they h.ive been made public. There
secma to be mi iudtsposition on the part of bill buyers
to purchase largely until rates furthci recede. Sight
check* on New York 13(a) TH cent. Specie 14 (a> 15
y* cent premium.
Fi-fights— Still maintain their upward tendency, An
•■ngagement wan taken thia morning lor Liverpool tor
ItMiO bales at ll lgd, and the tame rate refused to till up.
Ant tbur tht.« «ve«uig lor Greeuouk at fd.