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AUGU S T A .
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 17.
jy Mr. Shortridge formerly a merchant in
Potsmouth, N. H., but for some time past poor
and subject to occasional derangement, recently
became greatly troubled by ihe doctrines ot Mil
ler and had made a garb for the Second Advent.
The Boston Bulletin states thata tew days since,
becoming impatient, lie climed to the top of a
tree, clothed in his robe, and attempting to leap
upward fell to the ground and was killed.
Fatal Affray.—The N. O. Tropic of the
Iflth says:—An affray took place yesterday
morning, in the social hall of the strainer Pres
ident, at the Levee,between Capl. C. C. Rhodes,
pilot of the President, and Mr. AV. P. Steven
son, pilot of the steamer Swan. We are infor
med that the patties advanced upon each other,
and when within a few feet, Stevenson dtew a
pistol and fired upon his antagonist, who receiv
ed the ball in his body, through the shoulder.
Notwithstanding, with a drawn l.owie knife, be
closed in with Stevenson and gave him several
severe wounds, after which he immediately ex
pired. Stevenson was alive at a late hour last
night, but was not expected to recover.
JJ-The Maryland Legislature adjotimed oH ■
die on Friday evening. The bill to divide the
State into new Congressional Districts was not
passed—the two houses being unable to agree
on its details. No election ol U. S. Senator
took place. ____ .
The TaaDF. with China.—A late number ol
the Foreign Quarterly says: “The question
gnorantly put by so many French papers, as to
our intention of monopolising China, may be
answered without ‘authority.’ The ports at
China will be thrown open to European civiliza
tion. Let us add‘ that no art which envy can
suggest, will avail to snatch from England the
glory of having opened this way for European
civilization to one third ol the human race.”—
Philadelphia Ewniisg Journal.
The Paris Correspondent of the National In
telligencer, writing under date of January 30th,
says—
The work of Major Poussin, on the United
States which I have announce I to you some
time ago, has been issued in twooctavos, less in
quantity of matter than was intended, but theie
fore, more likely to be current. A skiltul and
correct outline of our history, horn the settle
ments and general extension tills the first volume.
Os the contents of the second, you may obtain an
idea from this, his brief preface to them: “1 have
treated the origin of the Americans, their institu
tions, the toils and struggles by which they have
acquired an immense empire—a continent which
they alone ovrjshadow by their name and pow
• V -t will
Office posiuinA 1
and their political institutions, on themselves as
agriculturists, traders, manufacturers, and am
sans.” The whole breathes a spirit ofthe warm
est esteem and fritsdship, and is recommended
by the circumstance that the author passed many
years in the United States in the immediate > tudy
ofthe system and statistics which he deve.ops
with clear intelligence of the past, present and lu
ture. Most of the principal journals of Paris
have notice the appearance of the work, and
promise a particular account oi it; so that we
shall be again brought under panegyric or de
tractions, according to the prenoshessions and
purposes ot the craltsmen.—You will see, pci
haps that the very journalists >. ho are clamor
ous for the immediate de?.pet ate annulment ol
the conventions oi 18.31 and 1833, which b rance
sought with great Britain, and about which she
uttered no complaint whateve * for ten years, will
cast the most opprobrious sentence on the Amer
ican States delinquent towards European credi
tors; as if a treaty should nut be deemed a debt
of faith and honor, as if it could be repudiated
whenever distrusted or disrelished, while a pe
cuniary obligation must be strictly inltilled at
whatever sacrifice or inconvenience, under pain
us indelible guilt and disgrace!
The doctrine of repudiation is not less odious
to me than any other person; but conventions
between nations, contracted and sanctioned in ev
ery form, might seem quite as coeiceiyeethical
ly as State bonds.—Last year the Paris Acade
my of Medicine devolved on Ductors Chervan
and Londe the task ci framing a report on Dr.
Rufz’s two memoiis concerning the yellow
lever which afflicted Martinique Iroui 1838
to 1841 and on the urgency of abolishing
uu,(uaidiuts in relation to that disease. Dr.
Chervan, well known in the United Slates by his
professional travels in search of testimony on
the great question of contagion, undertook* the
report, ana has produced a comprehensive, and,
by the judgement ofthe academy, a conclusive
disquisition respecting the identity ol all fevers
of marshy origin, of whatever type, and the ex
travagancies and blunders ol the quarantine sys
tem. His performance makes a pamphlet of
116 pages. A more experienced and conscien- I
tious reporter could not have been selected.
Those topics possess so much practical impor
tance on your side of the Atlantic that you must
allow me to mention a broad and able exposi
tion in the December number of the Geneva
Bibliothoipu! Unitersdle, ofthe masterly memoir
on the reform ofquaratines which Dr. Gosse ad
dressed to the King of Sardinia. The Swiss
savant maintains that in Europe, for three hun
dred years, quarantine laws have been exagge
rated, ill-directed, incomplete, founded on popu
lar prejudices and medical errors, lie exhibits
these, and then, in detail, his own scheme of a
mendment throughout wha* is called sanitary
emulation.— He would i educe to fourteen or
fifteen days the common excessive period for the
plague; to six for yellow lever, and to a few
hours the purification of goods by dry heat or
sea water.
An Avai.ancii 1 : in Fiiaci:.—Tiie Courier de
’Hseregives the following additional details ot
the overwhelming ofthe greater part of the vil
lage ot Valcenestre. The avalanche after reach
ing the foot of the mountain, was carried over a
space ot several hundred yards by its own im
petus, before it could reach the village, and cov
ered it with snow and timber, and pieces of rock
borne down with it in its course, to the depth of
from 20 to 30 feet, burying eighty-two persons
beneath its weight. Os these seventy-two have
been dug out unhurt, but the ten others perished.
To accomplish their release, apertures were
made over the chimneys of the houses, and
through them the living were drawn up; but the
dead were not reached until transversal cuttings
could be made. Several animals were also
saved alive.
Dt-xi. —We regret to be compelled to state
that i%uel, with pistols, took place yesterday
morning in this vicinity, between the Hon. G.
A. Waggaman, formerly a Senator in Congress
from Louisiana, and now a member of our
State Senate, and Hon. Denis Prieur, late Col
lector of this port —three times our Mayor, and
now the Recoider of Mortgages. 'Fhe parties
fired twice, we understand. Upon the second
fire, Mr. Waggaman was shot through both
thighs, but Mr. Prieur was not touched. His
antagonist’s ball, however, passed through lhe
front part of the legs of his pantaloons, between
the knee and the ankle. We are not advised
particularly of the grounds ofthis affair, though
we hear it has been on the tapis some time. The
wounded party is not deemed to be in a danger
ous situation. —A’. O. Tropic.
Mississippi Lscofoco Convention. —The
■Natchez Free Trader, ofthe27thult.,oneof the
Locoioco organs in Mississippi, says that the
Locofoco convention at Jackson “adjourne.l on
the evening of the 24th. amiiist intense r iitc
menti" which means intense violence and fury.
The convention could not agree upon a candi
date for the Presidency. Resolutions nomina
ting Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency and Alt .
Walker for the Vice Presidency were laid on
the table by an overwhelming majority An
attempt to get up a nomination for the office ol
U. S. Senator also failed. Already the Locofo
co party of Mississippi is split all to pieces.—
Louisville Journal.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
ARRIVAL ( .<U cF THE
GREAT WESTERN.
Seven days Later from Europe.
The Great Western sailed from Bristol on the
11th February—arid from Madeira on the 20th
—and arrive 1 at New York the 12th, about one
o’clock.
Cotten had slightly advance I, but at the last
dates the advance had been lost and the market
at Liverpool closed quiet. In Bread Stuffs there
had been no essential change. American Pro
visions were in very moderate request, and pri
ces were nearly steady.
It is worthy of remark, that the Engines of
the Great Western have been going for just
twenty days without stopping one instant, and
that she has steamed a distance of 4700 miles
with a consumption of' 660 ions ol coal—a feat,
we !*elieve, unprecedented in the annals of
steam.
I‘rom the J 3th February had nothing but wes
terly winds, generally strong and sometimes
blowing very hard, with heavy sea, excepting
part of one day (10th March) when the w ind
was easterly.
From the New York Sunday Tribune.
The Steamship Great Western, Captain Hus
kins. arrived at New York at 1 o’clock, P. M.
Sunday, from .Bristol, England, via Madeira,
having been 20 days on her devious way. She
brings European news by an overland Mail
from India and China.
The European news is not important. Eng
land is tranquil and her poor less miserable than
a few months ago, though the activity in her
Manufacturing Districts consequent on the news
of peace with China has somewhat abated. The
Cotton market has been so glutted that buyers
have (heir own way, and a farther decline of Jd
is nearly or quite established. For provisions,
the market is more fa vorable.
Parliament is actively in session, and discus
sions ofthe Ashburton treaty and of Canadian
affairs arc frequent and earnest. ’The warmest
feeling of goo I will to the United States are ex
pressed by all parties. The Ministry have Lt
vowed in tiebale their express approval of Sir
Charles Bagot’s course in Gamma in takinglhe
French into bis confidence. [Then why super
sede him.]
Sir Samuel Sprigg (Cons.) had been elected
to tlte Hou>e us Commons from Bodinu, beating
Mr. siewle, (Liberal,) by IGS Io 161 votes.
in France, the Ministry have had a severe
struggle in the Chamber of Deputies, being as
sailed upon their Foreign policy, with reference
to England, Spain, &c. Marshall Sou.t ably
and ieailessly sustained M. Guizot. M. Du
perre has resigned the station of Minister for
the Marine and Colonies, and been succeeded
by Baron Itoussin.
In Spain, the fermentation of Barcelona has
by no means subsided, but has been excited to a
smothered fury by the severities and exactions®
of Gen. Sevonc. Another insurrection is an
ticipated, though the Government and Gen. S.
have taken the most vigorous measures t.» pre
vent it.
Prom Willmer's Newsletter.
Parliamcnta ry.
The Ctueun’s answer to the address was brought
up on the 6th. On the same night, the foreign
Secretaiy laid on the table of Ihe Lords copies
of the treaties concluded between England and
Russia, and England and America. A number
of law bills were moved for, as i usual al the
commencement of a session, on which occasion
tiie law lords generally disjioit their senatorial
abililies unspai ingly.
In the Commons, the Premier refused to de
clare his intentions as to the maintenance of the
existing prohibitory duties on foreign sugar.—
This course he emphaticallv declared he was
■I
[- -Hu ' f wiimhi Sir It. ireePas
to the state of our negotiations with the Brazils.
The Premier, whom it would appear, neither
taunt nor cunning can divert from his purpose,
or i itllle his temper, calmly replied that the Bra
zilians had agreed to the construction we had
put upon the treaty. A,r. to the probable issue of
the matter, that must be known when the des
patches ot Mr. Ellis, who had been speciully
sent to the Brazils, were received. The Stade
duties, on which Lori! I'almeiston asked lor in
formation, bad not been acquiesced in by tie
Hanover government, and thus the matter re
mained so far unsettled.
To Lord Palmerston succeeded Mr. Labou
chere, who, like his noble colleague, seems to
have hem bitten with the mania of asking ques
tions, to which no answer is returned; in fact,
the policy which the opposition have this ses
sion adopted, seems to t.e to ‘‘badger” Peel into
admissions, which not even the indiscretion ol
a moment of irritation w ill not delude him to
make. Mr. Labouchere essayed to enquire how
our commercial relationship stood with Portu
gal and France. To this hir Kobeit answered,
that he lamented the delay which the govern
ment of Donna Maiia had provoked, and that
it was a question witli him whether it w ere not
better to drop the matter at once, than to pro
tract the discussion of it. As to a commercial
treaty with France, negotiations for the purpose
had been renewed, and had been so well receiv
ed in France, that a confident hope might be en
tertained that the treaty would be beneficially
arranged. Mr. Roebuck, the member for Bath,
attempted to extort from Sir Robert some ad
missions as to the Atighan war. Sir Robert
replied that the papers which it was his inten
tion to produce, would fully justify the policy of
the Governor General in w ithdraw ing the troops
beyond the Indus. Beyond the explanation of
that fact, and the publication of such informa
tion as would enable honorable members to ap
preciate the skill and valor of the troops and of
their leaders engaged in the war, he did not in
tend to go. In a reply which he gave to Lord
Russell on the same subject, he said that the de
bate on the Atighan question would be strictly
confined to the military operations of the w ar
and that he did not intend to test the opinion of
the house on the policy of the withdrawn! of
he troops beyond the Indus.
Business, in the Commons on the Bth was
unimportant. Some gibing and sarcasm was
launched forth and indulged in, as to Ireland
and Irish charities, which, as usual, ended in
an unprofitable brawl. The opposition muster
ed up the malignity of their antagonism, and
Mr. Roebuck, as all other means of puzzling
Sir Robert Peel had failed, extemporised an as
tounding address, praying for the pardon ol all
the political offenders in Canada, win* had been
transported for the interference in that now
avowedly aimless revolt. Air. Ewine, the ex
M.P.for Liverpool, clutching, as usual, al lhe
slightest .dunce of obtaining notoriety, second
ed the m■ i .11 ol Mr. Itm'l.uek- Eventually, a 1 - I
ter air a! 1 re; tv from t.or.i Stanlev,un inettec- |
tual an*! :od f- address Irom Mr Hume, atnl a
decTaratn.il :10m Air. C. Mr. tide
buck’s motion was not calculated to advance the
interests ofthe parties for whom lie appeared as
advocate, the motion was withdrawn.
The proceedings on the 9th in both houses
were altogether devoid ot interest, being con
fined to desultory conversation about loyal sub
jects, and no interest to our readers.
House op Commons, February ‘J.—American
Boundary.— Lord Palmerston gave notice that
he should postpone his motion on the subject of
the American Boundary from Tuesday the 21st
instant to Thursday the 23d.
Commercial*
There has been no improvement in trade since
the Acadia’s departure. The produce markets
continue to exhibit the most unsatisfactory ap
pearance in London, Liverpool and Bristol, and
tire transactions are confined to imiur diate wants,
the export orders being unusually small. The
continued abundance ot' unemployed capital
does not tend to improve matters. The Liver
pool Cotton Market has n>.t presented any fea
ture of striking importance, and the daily trans
actions have been moderate in extent, w ithou
any activity in the market. Prices have it o
changed since Friday last. Wethink, however
that there is rather less desire to push sales.
The London Money Alarket hash eu further
depressed by the commercial m-v. ■ irom India
and China, lioin whence we have ic. l ived pri
vate letters which represent the condition ofthe
commercial affairs as most unsaiisku.toi y. Sales
in any part of India are etlected with extreme
difficulty. The most unwelcome intelligence
which these letters contain relative to China. It
was hoped that the istablishir*ei.i of a well as
certained understanding be ween Gi-’at Britain
and that country wotilu ; ttb:d rn extended a
mount ofempfoyn ent an la re; .tv market for
manufactured goods. Unfortunately the com
modities which our manufacturers and shippers
could supply have been shipped in such reck
less baste, and in such large quantities that the
market is already overstocked.
Russia.
Russian Treaty.—By this treaty, Russian
and English vessels are placed on the same toot
ling on entering the portsol Russia and England.
The commerce between the two cvur*uies is
chiefly carried on in English ships. The treaty
has no reference to the tariff .
Turkey.
A Ivices from Constantinople laic tin t iui-s
--sia undertook the protection o.'V illaehiaas a
preliminary step to annexation. They are not
succeeding in the Servian affair, and the Sultan
is opposed to any interference in his affairs. —
The Ottoman arid Russian Ambassadors and
the English Agent are holding conferences with
the Persian Envoj’, in order to effect a renewal
of friendly relations between Tu key r.n i Per
sia, which are likely to prove successful.
Egypt.
A hurricane has carried off 200,000 cattle in
Egypt. From Syria, we hear that the Moron
iles have deserted the Druses and joined the
Turks. The Druses have been routed in a pilch
battle. Several of their chiefs sought Ibr shel
ter from the Haouran tribes, who, to revenge an
old quarrel, delivered them up to the Turks, in
whose custody they now' remain.
India.
By the Oveiland Mail, advices have been re
ceived from India ofthe date of 2d January,
H orn Chusan to the end of October, from Hong
Kong to the Islh, and from Macao to the 19th
November.
The report of the acts and deeds ofthe Gov
ernor General of India, as they appear :n the
columns of the newspapers, imp t be received
“cum granasalis.” It is known t.mt the undis
guise I communication ol the imention of the
executive, which his predecessm, Lord Auck
land, vouchsafed to the journal. 01 lire Presi
dencies, were abruptly and piomjaly witbn’cL’l
by Lord Ellenborough. This circumstance,
which necessarily inflicted no inconsiderable
amount of inconvenience upon the press of In
dia, has excited a correspon ling amount of
wrath atal ill-feeling in the br< xsts ofthe mana
gers of it, and in the expression of their disap
pointment, they do not sp ire the personage
whose interference has createdit.
Tile army had succeeded in crossing the Sut
ledge, under the command of General Pollock.
The march was hastened, and it is said unne
cessarily, that the troops might reach Feroze
■pore betiire Christinas, at which place the Gov
ernor-General would meet them. A plague,
which some describe as the small pox in most
malignant form, broke out among the troops,
and carried off several ofthe officers and men.
In spite, however, of those mishaps, the army
evacit ited the Atighan country, and have aniv
ed safely in the British territory. Some misun
derstanding had arisen between Generals Pol
lock and Nott, of so serious a character, indeed,
as to l.ave induced the latter to tender his resig
nation to the Governor-General, who refused to
accept it. The conduct of Noti is said to have
been neither manly nor soldier-like in the a flair.
'f'be far-famed proclamation of Lord Ellenbo
rough ‘‘to all the princes and chieis and pfcople
ol Indi.i," is unsparingly criticised in the jour
nals <>t the empire. By many it is derided as
avowing mote broadly and distinctly than by im
plication inerelv, that the Atighan war origina
ted in m> other motive than to recover the pos
session of two wooden gates, which had been
stolen by some person colempriraty with our
Edward the Confess .r The capture of this
spoil. Lord Ellcnliorougli most lustily and pom
pously announces. There never was a greater
absine.iiy |KTpelrale.l. In the first place, the
peoplto whose district the gates have been re
moved, are peaceful but bigoted Mahonimedans,
lo whom the sight of any portion of a Hindoo
letnj le isan abomination. In the next place,
there is no Hindoo temple in the locality to
w hich 11 attach the gates, and should the iiov
et nor determine on erecting one, (to the great
scandal of residents,) it w'ill be tenanlless, un
less he can persuade a congregation ofthe faith
ful to emigrate to the spot.
In order to secure to themselves to navigation
ol the Indus, the British government requested
the Am.-ers ol Si inde to cede to them Kurra
i hee and Galta, a long strip of land on the banks
oi the river, and the townsand tints of Sukkei.
Bukkcr, tin<l Roree. The Ameer at first deter
mined on active resistance, but the presence of
Sir Chat les Napier, with a force of 700 men,
seems to have checked their courage. The ac
counts ol the stale of Cabul are conflicting.—
’f’lieyoungSchah Soojah still maintains himself
and his brother continues at Candahar. Akhbar
Khan is confident of the issue of his attempt to
depose the ruling sovereign. I tost Mahommed,
alter an interview w ith Lord Ellenbqrough, pro
ceeded under i- emt to Peshawar, w here lie will
remain under the protectionol the Sikh govern-
UOLmim-iii ■ imirrcliii.wdflT' ll,l
hvN flic eUcet ot tian..j;t j l, < ing'‘TtTe ‘
most reti.llioiis portions ofthe Bum-lekund dis
tricts. An intrigue to advance the interests of
the deposed monarch of Hindostan, has lieen
detected, and its purpose frustrated by the vigor
ot the government.
China.
The news from China is most satisfactory.—
The Emperor has allowed the British, W'iththeir
families to reside at Canton, Amoy, Ningpo,
Shangli, and at Fow -liowtoo, to build a place to
repair their ships; and to hold uninterrupted in
tercourse with the people. The most pestilent
of all monopolies, that of the Hong merchants,
has ceased to exist. In Hong Kong, which is
governed by Lotd Saltoun, and is to all intents
and purposes, a British Colony, the greatest ac
tivity prevails. The Imperial Commissioners
were expected at Canton in December, and the
adjustment of the pending disputes would oc
cur early in the present year. In all likelihood,
these concessions w’ould not so readily have
been obtained, had not the discontent and desti
tution of the Chinese themselves seemed lo
threaten their Tartar rulers with an internal re
volt, which the restoration of peace and conse
quent revival of trade, would prevent.
Liverpool, February 10
Since our circular of the 3d a more extensive busi
ness has been done in Cotton, both on the j»;u t of con
turners and speculatoi.-, but the mai ket bus remained
heavy, and the increased demand has been met by such
an increased and abundant supply, that it has proved
just barely sufficient to sustain the above quotations—
the fair and good qualiities remaining stationary,
while in ordinaly and middling qualities, which have
become relatively mote abundant, buyers have had
some further advantage. The sales for the week ended
this evening, amount to bales, ot which 14,820
are Upland at 3| («> 5} ; 14.400 Orleans at 3? (ii) S,’JX)
Alabama and Mobile at (d) 5J ; and 100 Sea Island at
t'o) IGd Jf-' lb. About V MXt b-a]es of this, all American,
has been taken by spec nlators. In other articles no
change of any interest has occurred.
Liverpool, Friday Evening, Fob. 10.
We have this week experienced a pretty active de
mand lor Cotton in our market, the duily sales having
exceeded 5003 bales. VVe arc chiefly indebted to specula
tors and exporters, who have kept up a constant inquiry,
for the facilities alft.rded in effecting sales, though their
purchases have Lc«-n to a much le«s amount than those
ofthe trade. Consumers Lave evinced little if any dis
position to inctcase their stocks, being no doubt in part
deterred Ly the weight of the late arrivals, which so
much exceed those ot* the vorrespoiidill' period of tart
year, as.u* eoi iohorate lira belief in superabundant sup
plies tliis y.-ar from lhe I*. Stales, whence we received
in lhe linluiylil which ended on the 27th ultimo 110,000
bales. 1...1 since their the wind lias been mostly from
the cast, ai.d our import light. Nlill, the recent accu
mulation <*f our stuck does not appear 10 intimidate
specntuli.i-. who are constantly on the alert, and eon
sider thei. -elvr-s warranted in mailing investments
because ... tin- svcurilv supposed to ‘-e given by tin*. X-
Uemea.;. .np.eeedeuled ili-presMoli i.l 1 7ke». In* ides,
rhinigh it • ‘...-.v mostly lakeuji.r grunted that the crop
01 lhe I m:.d A.o.s will t.e Vi ry large, lhe queali.m A
to its actual extent not only remains to be proved, but
must so remain for some months ; leaving a chance of
exaggeration in present estimates, and a consequent
susceptibility of enhancement in the value of the arti
cle. On the other hand, we regret to find by lhe reports
received week after week from Manchester, that lhe
trade in Yarn and Goods continues limited, and prices
on the decline ; and hence the diitiulty there is in pre
venting a further fall in those of tire raw material. In
lhe sales we have to enumerate are included 9500 bales
of American taken on speculation, and 700 American
tor exportation.
The transactions in Upland, Orleans and Alabama,
have been considerable: but as they have been very
freely ottered, last Friday's prices are barely maintain
ed; indeed, common and middling qualities have been
not unfrequently sold at |d lb decline. Sea Island
has been in limited request al previous rates. Brazil
and Egyptian continue to be much neglected. Surat
has been little sought after, but prices are without
change. The sales altogether from the 4th lo the 10th
instant inclusive, are computed at 38,330 bags, and the
import amounts lo 11,477 bags.
Liverpool, February 10.
Then- lias been a large business doing in Cotton this
week, but at low prices, early in the week prices were
rather stitfer. Since the arrival of the overland mail
holders have been more eager to realise, and have con
ceded | (<d J ly lb. upon tlie lower qualities of Ameri
can. *Tlie total sales ofthe week reach 38,330 bales.
Arrivals have been checked by easterly winds.
Manchester. February 9.—Our market continues
exceedingly depressed, and the daily transactions in
yarn and inanulactured goods are very limited. In se
veral descriptions of varus there is a slight decline in
prices, and tor marmtactured goods tire prices are irre
gular, and witli a declining tendency.
Havre, February?.
We have to advise you of a new decline in oar rales.
IrmuZf on lower qualities, to of on the fair Uplands; so
that our prices n.r Upland to-day stand for inferior, 50
to 57; very ordinary 10 ordinary. 03: bon ordinary, (say
your strictly fair.) ill to 75; petit Couraul a Courant.
denomination almost unknown, lot? bales Louisiana
cotton, have just been sold at Ms. being from a specula
tion made at the time oi the M'l-ese business, at prices
from 78,50 lo 93; you may judge by that of our present
situation, for wliuh no chance of inipiovcmelit is fore
seen.
Havre, February 9.
O;-r cotton market has experienced no change what
ever since the 7th. Our stock c onsists of 150,UX)bales.
:iud thii tv vessels tiom the 1 oiled Stales, are expected
daily with 40.000 more. Buycis conscious ofthe ex
u.-lire desire of many dealers to sell ou arrival, are
AUGUSTA, GA. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 23, 1843.
b tying only for their rlaily wants. The above 130,000
b lies being C(|ual lo seven ni<,ulhs consumption, it I*
cilcnlat. d that on the Isl of October next, our stock
h »re will amount to the quantity that may be exporu u
from the States to Havre, from the 13th ol January to
tae Ist September next, of vvhich you will be able to
judge befoie us. To give you an idea of our niarkt t
for Upland, on the 7th just., t4O bales per tfrcAmrmrffrom
Savannah, were sold at 54 centimes, leaving a loss
irom Sto 10centimes, say 1J to l| U- lb - Middling fan
cotton paid in Charleston (>{ cents. Ins been disposed
of at 67 centimes, leaving nett 5 centimes.
Fixnn the New Orleans lire of the Mlh.
Jamaica*
By the arrival of lhe schooner 7’/ itny , (/apt.
Patterson, we have received Kingston papers lo
the 20th February.
By this conveyance, we learn that lhe Revol
utionary party in Haiti is upon lhe increase.
VVe have seen a proclamation of lhe insurgents,
which sets forth in strong tenns lhe complaints
( ofthe people against lhe government, and from
the tdneof it we would infer, that the rebellion
will not be quelled without much bloodshed.
The Jamaica A, ofthe 16th, contains
the following paragraph:—
Haiti.--At a late hour last nighl we received
intelligence to the effect that the people ol Les
Gayes, and ofthe South ot Jeremie, and tjiedis
liici of Tiburon had joined lhe revolutioiiists,
and that a strong patty was calrcilatcd on in the
North.
VVe learn from Capt. Spofford, ol the
schooner Jb/ra Spotjurd at rived .at this port yes
terday, from Neu-Orleans, that on Thursday
and Friday last, while lying to, off* Savannah
Light Boat, in nine fathoms water, saw during
lhe whole time, a large steamboat, with masts,
which was al>o lying to under sails, with alight
head of Meant on. The f chr. did not approach
near enough to speak her, and we are, there
fore, ala loss to conjecture what steamer could
be in that place al that time.— Savannah Heptib
lican.
Acknowi.edging an Erhor.—<l’hc Hon. N.
IL Tallmadge in the U. S. Senate, recently
made lhe followidg acknowledgement ol an er
ror committed by him several years since. He
u as <:iscussing his Exchequer plan, and remark
ed that, the chartei ofthe U. S. Bank expired in
LSI 1, another was established in 1816. That
charter expiied and he was one who voted a
gainst rrchaitcring the Bank. He recollected
well lhe remaik which a distinguished Senator
from Ky. made to him shortly after be had giv
en his vole. “Sir,” said he, “there was a young
man from the Wot in Congress, in 1811, who
voted against rechartering lhe old U. S. Bank.
Time went on and troubles on the cuitnin. VVe
attempted lo get along without a National Bank
but we f< und it indispensable to the proper man
agement ofthe finances oi the country, and the
preservation of a.sound and uniform currency.
That yoiingrnan was convinced by experience,
that the vote he had given uas an erroneous
one, and in 1816 he voted to charter another
United States Bank. You have now voted
as that young man did at first,againstrcchar
teringlhe Bank; but time and experience will, 1
have no doubt, convince you, as they did him,
that you have committed an error.”
And sir, said Mr. T., I stand here to confess
that lime and experience have convinced me of
my error, and to acknowledge that Mr. CLAY
was right.
Small Pox in Chf.haw S. C.—The Gazette
ol lhe 14th. says:—For the information of our
readers in the country, and loprevent lhespread
ing of exaggerated reports. Ave feel it our duty lo
announce, that a case of Varioloid in its mildest
form, excited some little uneasiness in the minds
of a portion of our citizens, during the past week.
—'fhe patient was a negro girl, recently from
Charleston, where she had contracted the dis
ease. Every |aoper precaution was taken, by
the removal of the infected person, tu prevent
contagion. If any other case .should occur, we
wijniuly announce it; therefore, any statements
tmt v . oi
line ueii 4 ;. iniv! i»e . t mLi S1
tli< \’ arc confirrhed by '
71 CußiousZ’AaE.—The Hagerstown News
reports a curious case, which came before a
magistrate in that place on Saturday week. The
parties to the suit were Bayers vs. Hershberger,
and the sum involved was 75 cents. The ac
count made out against the defendant was for
eatables, lodging and firewood, while he was
paying his addresses to a housemaid in the em
ploy ofthe plaintiff. No judgment has yet been
given.
France, the United States, and the
Search Question. —A letter in the Na
tional Intelligencer slates that Baron Pillet, who
is described as a Conservative ofthe highest
chaiacter, engaged earnestly in the recent debate
of the Peers, in favor of an amendment to lhe
Address which should force the Ministry into
negotiations for the abrogation ofthe treaties of
1831 and 1533. He observes in his essay,
“France never should have sejiarated herself
fiom the United Stales in this question ot visit,
or in any other ot maritime right. That power
is her main reliance for the vindication of al
such rights in the event of war. When she
chooses to break with Great Britain lhe United
States must follow; she can, when she pleases,
pul an end to the British and American armis
tice.” Mr. Walsh states that the opinion quo
ted is common in Paris, but expresses a hope
that the prudence at least of Great Britain and
the United Slateswill suffice lo prevent its veri
fication.
A Windfall.—The New York American
says:—“The heirs of one of our oldest and weal
thiest citizens, who died a few weeks since, on
taking possession of his house, discovered a
large sum of money, ot which they had no pre
vious knowledge whatever. They continued
their researches until the sum of one hundred
thousand dollars was collected (of which there
is no account left by the tkceasetl) part in bank
bills, but the forger portion in checks, one, two
and three years old, upon our city banks—not
certified—and yet every dollar of which was
prouq tly raid on presentation at lhe different
batiks. Mich windfalls are rare enough.”
S.ciAi.t. ?i.'x in Ciii.i.MEis.—The Enquirer of
the loth iii.-i. .-ay-:—Since our last, three new
. a eslm‘.. aj :.earetl in the family ol the City
i’hysiciau, and a case of Varioloid at the Hos
pital. By proper vigilance on the part of the
Municipal officers, the terrible scourge may be
confined to its present localities—without it,
there is no security, as many' have neglected
vaccinnation altogether, and many more are
satisfied with a spurious ‘mark’ of the kinepox.
We think it is as little as we could ask ol the
Mayor and Aidermen that all unnecessary corn
municatimi with the infected points should be
strictly’ prohibited, and that none of the poor
1 c overlooked by those appointetUo vaccinate.
Wc will think that no danger need be appre
hended by planters and others who visit the citv.
The house of the city physician is quite remote
from the business streets, and the hospital en
tirely below lhe city limits.
The enlightened Paris correspondent of the
National Intelligencer, in speaking of a work
which has recently appeared in Europe, and
which treat- ofthe condition and employments
of women and children in various countries,
says—
In France, the employment of women in
mines is forbidden by law, and children under
ten years of age cannot be listed for them legal
ly; but this interdict is commonly infringed or
evaded. 1 have seen women toiling in slate
quarries, and they’ are every where engaged in
tillage and the worst of drudgery of the fields
and the farm-yards, beyond the severest and
grossest fatigues of the female negro slaves in
our Union. It is enough to witness the cleans
ing any morning cf the streets of this capital lo
know the last extremity of degradation and hid
eousness to which the can be reduced.
Sarcophagus.—The ancient Sarcophagi*,
said to l*e over eighteen hundred years 01,
brought some time ago by Commodore Ellltt
irom the Mediterranean, arrived on Satmda'at
Spruce street xv barf, in a schooner from
and has since attracted the attention of our iiti
zens. Phil N, rth American.
SATURDAY MORN IMG, MARCH 19.
New IJxper.
A new paper, “Tin: C «pbieb” lias just made,
its appearance in Albany; Baker county, under
the <-.iiit:ol of Me.-srs, ..l. rgan & Jones.—The
ap; eaiance of the .-hevtla in the highe-t degree
creditable tu the prop!ietors, and its warm
and zealous advocacy ot sound Whigprinciples,
will commend it toftlie consideration ofthe whigs
ot Georgia. We Cmi / most
cordially to lhe theatre u>;nrtion.
New
C. E. Ganxvn.t.B &. <tx'l,ave laid on our ta
ble the fust pail of the fr velopedia of Geog
raphy : embracinga complete description ofthe
earth, physical, statistical, i-’vil and political;
exhibiting it- relation .tG ' 1 • heavenly bodies,
its physical structure, th> natural history of
each country, and the in<U.sirv,,commeiee, pc
litical institution.-, and ei I and social state of
all nations. The wotk ; ill be complete i in
twenty-four paras, near 1900 pages,
with 1100 ’ ,u ‘l’: ■
a; j ■, n• ■.
InstiaieJ.—See advertiseineni.
We acknowledge the receipt from S. A.
Holmes, of two Extra New Worlds, one con
taining “Bi.ixca Capello;" an historical tale
by Lady Bulwer; and the othe? “The Bible
ix Spain,” orthejourneys, advniures and im
prisonments ofati Englishman, who attempted lo
circulate it in the Peninsula.—See advrttise
ment.
Ma. A rot.bon.---We learn with much pleas
ure, fiom the New Yolk Courier, that this dis
tinguished Naturalist, in conjunction with Dr.
Bachman, of Charleston, assisted by his two
accomplished sous, has undertaken to give the
world a volume on lhe V'irij/a/viix quMirupeusoJ
North America, on lhe plan and upon a scale al
nuri ls magnificent as his book on the birds ol
the same legion. “Indeed,” adds the Courier,
“the new work is already tolerably lorward in
its piogress, as v.e have had occasion to know
lor a year past; ami some spl< ndid specimens
now before us, enable us to say lothe people ot
the United States, that a treat is in preparation
lor them, such as none other than Aldcbon
could have prepared.”
The work will include every animal coming
uithin the class it embraces, “in the United
Suites, and from Texas; California, and the
Northwest Coast lo the British possessions, and
lothe Arctic legions of our continent.” Mr.
Audubon. Sen., iseven about to cross th3 Rocky
Mountains,and explore the entire regions west
of them lot the put pose of completing his re
set. rehes. The work is to l.e published in about
thirty numbers with five plates each, and will
be delivered al intervals of about two months,
at ten dollars a number.
Further Disastrous Effects ofthe Late
E&rtliquake.
Norpolk, March 14.
Capt. Gill, ofthe brig Sarah Jane, arrived a
this poll on Sunday last, from St. Johns, (P. R.)
informs us that information had leached that
late )i< thus lo his departure, that not a
single house was left standing in Antigua>
except one that had been used for bathing—
and that Bassaterre, (Guad.) N»vis, St. Pier
res and Fort Royal, (Mart.) were neatly des
troyed.
Capt. Gill also un.ierstod.l that nearly I,U<W
bodies had been dug from the ruins at Point Pe
tre, (Goad.) and were lightered off and thrown
overbooid.
Vessels had arrived at St.,Thomas from the
*•*•—i’ltri— l imploring of
Ahe ijrhahilants,
—Pfir If.™ I.rig . .* -rixjirrri'-TOWr-"
son, from New Vo.fr *e Cuba, ar
rived at St. Johns abornf ie 15lh or Itith ult. of
ficers and crew well. I.t. Johnson informed
Capl. Gil! that he distiactly felt the shock—the
noise resembling the rolling of shot lore and aft
the deck.
A Touching Story is t<Jd by Lieut. Parsons,
in his “Nelsonian Rembiseences.” Richard
Bennet, when mortally w ounded, in one of Nel
son’s great battles, had requested that a minia
ture, and a lock of his haj, should be given by
Lieut. P. to his sweetheart, Susette, in Scotland.
The gallant Lieutenant tints describes the inter
view:
It was at the close of the day, when a bright
July sun was on the point of setting, that I ar
rived at lhe very pretty cotttge of Susette’s mo
ther, I tremulously staled who 1 was to the most
respectable looking matron leversaw of French
extraction. In broken and bitter accents of
heartfelt grief, she told me her daughter’s death
was daily looked for, and requested time to pre
pare her to sec me. At last she expressed a
wish to see the friend ot Richard Bennet; and I
was admitted to the fairest daughter ol Eve that
ever found this world unequtl to her blossoms.
She was propped up with pillows, near the open
lattice of her bedroom, that was clustered with
roses. Her white dress, and the drapery oi the
room accorded witli the angelic vision, who
now tinned her lustrous obs upon me veiled
in long fringed eyelids. She held out her trans
parent hand, and gently pressed mine, as I knelt
to kiss it, and as she felt my tears drop on it soft
ly murmured, “I wish 1 could cry ; that would
relieve my poor heart.” Sh? gasped for breath,
and respired with difficulty. “The lock of hail;
quickly, while I can see it.” She caught al it,
wildly' pressed it to her heart tnd fell back. Her
mother and I thought she had tainted; hut the
pure and innocent soul had returned to God who
gave it.
There is not a doubt among the knowing
ones, that Mr. Van Buren it ill receive the nom
ination for President tronitlie Loco Foco party.
It is now a question whether the Legislature
shall nominate him at its present session or not.
If he is nominated this nay prevent any more
Van Buren men from gelittg offices at Wash
ington. If he is not nominated at once it is
feared too manv will deset tor lhe sake of ol
tice, and finally becomt- Tyler men. The
question then among the tflice seekers and Van
Burenists seem to be al prisent—“Under which
king, Bezonian?” —A'. Y. Express.
Shipwreck ami Loss of Three Lives.
AVe learn irom the Plymouth Rock, that the
schooner l;ol.in Hotsl, of Annapolis, Nava
Scotia,) I.ti v.sl.T, from a. Jolu., A. [i., lot this
port, eai:.-.* l.illis, went Ballet's Iti-ach,
Ditxhur' alioul 1J miles,roin Plymouth Light,
et e oi 7 u inst. about 8 o’dock, and became a to
tal wreck. Her crew coisisting of seven per
sons, es whom three were osl. Part ofthe car
go was saved. The bodie of the persons drown
ed had been found, and ttken to Plymouth for
interment.
Schooner Constitution,from Plymouth, arri
ved at this port yesterdaysfteraoon with the sur
vivors, whose names are Edw. Brewster, mas
ter, John Pachal, John Doherty and Barry
Loughty, supposed to be he crew. The names
of those who perished were J. Donavoe, who
owned the vessel, J. Domvoe, Jr., (his son) and
John Ford, passengers. Mr. Donavoe, Jr., has
left a wif? and children h Boston. Part of the
cargo laths, boards, dec..has been saved.—Bos
ton Daily Advertiser.
Important Discover*.—The Hamburgschr
Paradise, Capt. Zybrantls, on July 18,1841, on
a voyage from Valparaiso to Manilla, discover
ed a groop of six islands thickly studded with
cecoanut trees, and suiposed uninhabited, in
lat. 9 S., long, 172 W. oSJreenwich, (suppos.-d
not laid down in any harts.) The Captain
named them Paradise Isands. The latitude of
the northernmost Islandpt noon, was made 9
degrees G sec. 2 mtn. S., nd the long., by good
chronometers, 172 W. Fhe Uloe Group is laid
down in the English ebstts 23 minutes too south
erly and westerly of thos Islands being in lat. 7.
32 N., long. 143 30 E.
sj"Mr. Spencf.r, nor Secre'ary of the Trea
sury, recently wrote a leter in answer to certain
resolutions of a Militay Convention in New
York, on the subject ofllie Military Academy
al West Point. The reolutionswere transmit
ted to Mr. Spencer whi! he was at the head ot
tlie War Department, .ml the reply is a manly
aad sensible defence otthe institution denounc
(d by the Convention He says there is no
possibility of estimatiig the value of such an
institution by dollars ®d cents; tbatit it be aris
tocratic and anti-repunican, it shares that re
proach in common will all other seminaries of
learning, where the nuuber of pupils is neces
sarily small in comparison with the entire pop
ulation; refers to the list ot graduates to show
that the sons of farmers, mechanics,\ and poor
parents, have always lormed the greater part
ot the pupils; and suggests that an effort
should first be made to amend* the institution,
before it is abolished.—A*. I'. Express.
Prom the Baltimore American.
Parties and Politics.
The adjournment ol Congress, we may pre
sume. will bring some cessation lo the political
agitations of the day. There is now a brief in
terval for pausing. Two years ofthe adminis
tration have passed; two more are to come.
Standing at this middle point, and viewing the
past, we have little to euntcuq late but a scene
of contusion; and in looking lorward to the fu
ture, the prospect gives room for no anticipa
tions of better things. Ofthe measures design
ed by the W higs at the beginning of this admin
istration, some have been defeated by Executive
opposition; some have been enacted and then
destroyed by the same hands; the 7'ir<,7 alone
remains. It is quite possible that the next two
years may witness the demolition of this; and
then between both parties the administration ot
Mr. ’1 Tier, in so far as measures of domestic
policy are concerned, may stand in history as a
sort of neutral ground marked by the wrecks al
conflict, but claimed by neither party.
In that case, the contest of 1811 will proceed
a- though no interval had elapsed since the un
productive campaign of 18111. 'Fhe old ques
tions will start up again.—• 'Fhe Sub-Treasury
question—the question of lhe disposal of the
Public Lands -the question of any Tariff—
these may form the issues between national pai-'
ties once more. Il may b . too, that the same
■< ■' la l 'IE
than any which his merit holdsripon their judg
ment, mav again head the discomfited party un-
Wr the Sub-Treasury banner.
That another delcat aw rits that patty, assig
nat as the last, is a conclusion tint needs noth
ing to make it inevitable but a timely determi
nation on the part ofthe Whigs to concentrate
their energiesso as to make theirenlire strength
available, and lo go into the contest on definite
issues, with men to lead them, concerning
whom there can be no mistake. The country
will justly expect from a second ascendancy ol
the Whigs some more decided and permanent
results than their first election triumph produc
ed. And it is all important to give assurance
to this expectation before hand. There should
be a clear understanding on qvery question of
public policy—a trank, sincere exposition of
principles and contemplated measures—and if
there should be a question upon which a toll
and general agreement could not be had, let
there be no concealment of the fact, but fol it
stand as an open question to be determined ai
■.erwaids upon fair principles ot compromise, or
as subsequent deliberations shall show to be
just and politic. I', is to the reason and good
sense of lhe country—to its permanent and sub
stantial interest ■'—that the Whigs must make
their appeal; an I upon these they should be
content to test their trust. It would be making
too dear a saieifice lor power, to obtain it in any
other way.
Prom the I nited Stales Gazette.
The New Comet.
The new comet was observed by several ol
our savans at the High Observatory on SaUr
dav evening last. The nucleus was about 3>-
southof the star Zeti Ceti, of the third magni
tude, and was of equal brightness with tbjit
star, the tail extended from it to the feet of Ori
on. The disc in small telescopes had the 5-
pearance of a planet without the nebulous bor
der; but in the powerful nine feet retractin',
there was no appearance of a well defined disc,
on the contrary the body resembled a faint cloud
witli border gradually lading away, and a deep
condensation in the middle. The coma is
doubtless lhe same as that which was seen at
the close of lhe last month in New’ England in
several places.
It is moving eastward about three and a half
degrees, and southward about one third of a de
gree per day, n earl v in the direction ol its tail.
It may reiriain visible perhaps for the rest of
lhe month; but it is hardly likely to retain its
present brilliancy, as its recedin' from the sun
and earth. Its place at twenty-cue minutes and
twelve seconds past seven o’clock, on Saturday
evening, was in right ascension one hour forty
five minutes and one second, and its declination
south eleven degrees thirty-five minutestwenty
ty three seconds. It is understood that arrange
ments have been made <-i observe its place with
care al the ob.n‘i ys«>ry. It is on -meh occasions
that the iinporiAnee ol an established and well
endowed is felt.
observations received as authentic,
Tsfiould carry .with them puicie <•..■:>.i li'n.-e, and
faits fb pervfirie common minds,
when new, or unexplained phenomena are pre
ented and attract general notice, while adepts
in the art or science to w hich they relate are in
a state of perplexity. As an example of this
we may take the doubts and discussions respect
ing the character of this celestial i'isiter, in lhe
best informed circles, in this city and New
York, and the consequent anxiety felt hy the
many, particularly, when from other causes
their minds have lieen predisposed to gloomi
ness and apprehension of portentous events.
Uhuoi'ay.—The Boston Mercantile Journal
has a copy ot the Brittania, a Montevideo news
paper ofthe 28th Dec., in which is published a
decree, the fust article of which says:
“From and after the promulgation of the pre
sent resolution, there are no longer any Slaves in
the 'rcrriloiy of this It puHir," This law was
officially signed on the 12th of December, 1842.
No less than sixty-three vessels, filleen of
which were British, arrived at Montevideo du
ring the fortnight previous to the 17th ot De
cember.
Death rfi' Drowning.—We are informed
that on the night ofthe 12th inst. Mr. Littleton
Hunt, of Gwinnett county, was found dead in
the Apalachie in that county, supposed to have
been drowned by setting into deep waters. Mr.
Hunt is said to have been about 107 years old.
He was a soldier of the revolution, serving in
that war five years; was severely wounded at
the battle ol Eutaw Springs; fought at the battle
ofGuiltbrd, and performed about twelve months
duty in the neighborhood ol Savannah. A bra
ver man, in all probability, never drew a sword
in defence of his country. He was a native of
Virginia, but had lieen for the la.-t 2tl years a
citizen of Gwinnett county.— Ai.'-xns Do,.ner.
correspondent of the New Bediutd
Mercury, says that the comet now visible can
not be nearer to the earth than !>li,t 100,0th! of
miles. He also states that the comet of 1770,
passed within 2,000,000 miles of the earth; and
yet produced no effect even on the tides.
Mr. Ci.ay at home. —The Lexington, Kv.
Intelligencer of the 7th instant, says- -
Mr. Ci.ay reached home on his return from
the South yesterday, his health much improved
by his travels. Although his jotiiney was un
dertaken solely on private business, yet his pro
gress thioiighont has hail the character of a tri
umph: 1 pi.-.c* ssion. Nor has th s been the re
sult of |.arty feeling or an attempt al display lor
party * fleet. Party feeling seems every where
to have been laid aside and forgotten inthcanx
ious <1 ■* ire of men of all parties, to pay a deser
vedtribnte of respect and admiration to a states
man ;.i*; patriot, whose whole lite has been
spent in 1 ire- se: vice of hi.-: country, and uho has
contributed sc* lane** to the honor ;.it.i gh**y of a
c*.unity 'hat we all, of every political party,
love.
China Trade.
The New York Commercial Advertiser has
an interesting letter from Canton, dated Novem
ber 18th, from which we make the following ex
tract :
“Commodore Kearney, who is now here, and
will in a day or two leave China in the Constel
lotion tor Manilla, to return in a month or six
weeks, has lately addressed a communication to
the Viceroy, which, Irom the tenor of the reply,
we infer was to ask that the American trade
might be placed upon the same footing hereaf
ter as the British trade with China. We have
not had an opportunity of seeing a copy of the
Commodore’s letter, but have seen a translation
of the answer, which is a civil one, and satis
factory also. The Governor states that the Em
peror is aware, as the Governor is also, that the
American merchants have been better contented
and more observant of the laws than those ol
other nations, and that therefore he is well dis
posed to pay attention to the communication
made to him. He then informs the Commodore
that as soon as the high commissioners and Sir
H. Pottinger arrive here and have arranged re
garding lhe British trade, he, lhe Governor and
the Tarta.s’General, will consult and make a
representation to the Emperor regarding the A
merican trade, and that its interests will be at
tended to.”
American Stocks in London.—A letter from
London, dated 10th of Feb:nary, says:—“An
amount of 20,000 dollars New York State 5 per
cent has been sold at 81 per eent, and a trifle of
Pennsylvania al 47, at which price there is still
a buyer for a small sum. Louisiana Bonds in
tavorof the Union Bank have I ecu done at 48
ex. dividend, and are now held at 50 per cent.
Those of the Citizens’ Bank have been sold at
40 per cent, with the arreared interest from Ist
Augmt last. There is a large order from the
United States for South Carolina Railroad
Bonds at about 78 and 73 per cent is offered
for a small lot of Kenttu ky G’s. Maryland 5
per cent Sterling has been done at IS '
s MONDAY MORNING, iff.
The Southern Literary Messenger,
For March, is on our table, which vies with
any of those that have preceded it, either in aj
pearance or the value of its contents.
The Late Earthquake.
We are at last enabled to present some at"
thentic inlbnnation, in the subjoined correspon
dence of the New York Commercial Advertiser,
of the disastrous consequencesol the earthquake
of the Bth of February. This letter bears the
impress of truth, and is doubtless a more accu
rate account than we have heretofore published.
We shall, probably, in a few days, be able to
present a more authentic account of the destruc
tion of property and loss of life on the other Isl
ands, than we have as yet obtained.
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser.
Point au Petre, Guadaloupe,
February 17, 1843,
You will probably hear ol the <u.eadtul calam
ity which has befallen this city before this reach
es you; nevertheless I will give you a brief ac
count of one of the mosKfestructive dnrthquakes
which we have on record. •>
. ;l?n
MF-ue efc -jb, fl®
tiing noise; in a few seconds trie earth began to
rock to and fro, having at the same time an up
want and downward motion; then followed the
tumbling ofthe buildings all over the city, com
ing down with a mighty crash, resembling no
noise I ever heard; in about thirty seconds the
city was in ruins.
A few hours after, fire broke out in various
parts ofthe city, and before the morningot anoth
er day, had swept entirely over it, destroying
what remained after the earthquake. So that
nothing is to be seen but the broken walls anda
few old wooden buildings in the outskirts of the
town. It was called by many the handsomest
city in the West India Islands. It contained a
population of 18,000, and the buildings were of
stone, three and four stories high.
But the most awful thing to be described is
the loss of human lives, and the poor human
creatures who were taken from the ruins, muti
lated in every possible shape, which I will not
attempt. About 2,000 were killed, and 1,500
wounded, 300 of the latter suffering amputation
of one or more of their limbs. The public
■square was literally filled with the dying; eve
ry vessel in the harbor lias more or less of them
on board. The contents of the apothecaries’
shops were destroyed, and the physicians lost
most of their instruments in their houses, so
that it was many days before some could be
reached for amputation. The Governor-Gene
ral Irom Basseterre arrived here next day, took
up a French ship, put as many ofthe wounded
on board as could be moved, and sent them to
the liospital at Basseterre.
He ordered at once that no vessel should leave
port without his permission, and next day put a
price upon all the necessaries of li'e, that he who
attempted to sell above that price should lie im
prisoned. Ile dispatched at once messengers to
Basseterre and Martinique, and before three
days a supply of provisions came. Every ves
sel in the harbor was continually surrounded
with persons begging for bread. The port is
now open. I cannot learn how long their order
is to last, but no charges on cargo or vessel are
now' made; since which but two vessels have
arrived, the brig Eclipse, of Bath, anda brig
from Sandwich, which with the lumber in the
yards is sufficient for immediate supplies. On
the 14th two French frigates, two brigs of war,
two schooners and a steamboat from Martinique
arrived with men, who at once set themselves at
work digging out the dead, and pulling down
the broken walls which remained standing.
There are no banks here, and no particular place
for the deposit of money, each merchant having
his iron sate.—The circulation here is doub
loons, dollars and francs.
A large amount of specie lies buried under the
rubbish, and the first night, while the fire was
raging no order was taken to protect it, conse
quently large amounts were stolen.
One lady lost from her safe one thousand
doubloons and a number lost less amounts; but
the next morning a strong military guard sur
rounded the city, since which no theft has occur
red. The storehouses and shops were well fill
ed, with nmixiltaudise. no uait itLuthickiicas sax-
lossot property, independent ot
buildings, is very great. It is said there is not
a single instance where insurance was effected,
and this has continued as a practice for many
years. The Moule, a small place fifteen miles
from this, was laid in ruins and many lives were
lost. Basseterre suffered somewhat, but lost no
lives. The probability is that Antigua, Mont
serat, St. Kitts and Nevis have suffered, as the
earthquake took a N. W. direction.
P. S. News reaches us here that Antigua
suffered dreadfully, lhe three towns beingnearly
destroyed, and were left on fire.
The Secretary of State.—The following
paragraph in the Madisonian ofthe 11th escap
ed our attention yesterday:
“Mr. Webster has expressed a wish, because
of certain considerations, well understood, be
tween the President and himself, and which did
not in the least affect their public or private
relations, to retire from the Cabinet. The Pre
scient has been, pleased to yr aid him ■permission to
■retire. This fact was publicly stated in the
Senate ; and it was declared by a Senator, au
thorised to do so, that Mr. Webster would retire
in 30 days after Mr. Cushing’s confirmation.”
Quite courtlj' gazetting this. With the change
of two words only, the sentence we have mark
ed in italics, it would read daintily enough in
the Court Gazette of St. James. Ex.gr. “He-
Majesty has been pleased to grant permission,”
&<•.! Well, it is high time the Secretary should
avail himself of the permission.— Com. Adv.
Mr Buchanan has replied to a letter ad
dressed to him by some of his Pennsylvania
friends, in which speaking of Democratic candi
dates tor the coming Presidential election, he
remarks that he would resign his pretensions, if
he could thus secure harmony, and that “in his
opinion the candidate who would either intrigue
or personally electioneer for the Presidency,
raises a strongpresumption that he is unworthy
ot it." Should he himself be nominated by the
“Democracy of Pennsylvania” with unanimity
enough to give moral force to the act, he says he
should “feel that he ought not to counteract their
wishes.”
Campeachy.—By the schooner Creole, from
Lerma, arrived yesterday evening, says the N.
O. Bee of the 13th inst., we have the following
verbal intelligence from the seat of war:—
The schooner Vigilant, from this port for
Compeachy was seized by the Mexicah squad
ron on the 27th ult., in lhe act of entering the
blockaded port and sent to Laguna on the 3rd
March.
The schooner Chalahoocha, from this port ar
rived at Laguna on the 2d inst. and was order
ed off.
The Mexican steam-frigate Mo'idezuma, had
arrived at Lerma, having on board GOO soldiers.
A French bark had also arrived with 200 men.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia U. 8.
Gazette censures the “levity” with which he says
some papers speak of “lhe comet,” and asks
•‘may not this object be a messenger from some
other sphere, come to bear tidings ol approach
ing events.” To which the editor replies:
We beg pardon if we and our comments are
included in lhe above censure, though we do
not think that we have deserved it. Touching
the characters ol the cornet, and its object, we
have nothing to say. It may be that it is a mes
senger,bringing tidings ofsome “comingevent.”
because it appeal s to us to be a great taiHearer."
4 he late gales produced a loss of property, in
ships and cargoes, belonging to England, of a
bout X 1,000,000, and about 500 human lives.
O’ The Charleston Patriot of the 18th inst.
says:—AVe have to record the death of John
Julius Pringle, Esq., an eminent and virtuous
citizen ol Charleston, who has (alien in the ripe
ness ot old age, but with his faculties uncloud
ed, having reached his 90th year. Mr. Pringle
was Speaker of the House of Representatives
of this State, Irom 1787 to 1789, and filled the
office of Attorney General irom 1792 to 1810,
having largely assisted in the formation of our
State Constitution.
Money Recovered. —The Louisville Jour
nal says:—AVe understand the Bank oi Ken
tucky has recovered the larger portion of the
ten thousand dollars stolen about the Ist Janua
ry last. The theft was probably committed at
the breakfast-stand of the stage, about 12 miles
from Frankfort, on the road to Danville, tliecar
pet-bag Iwimr cut, and .one buqule extracted,
whilst the young man who hail it in charge,
: nd the oilier pa .■ eugt r , were ;.t their break
fast.
TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 21.
Snow.
We learn that a considerable quantity of
•snow fell in Madison, and West and North-
of that place on Sunday last, the 20th inst. In
this city the day was rendered extremely un
pleasant by a chilling rain, with occasional
snow flakes, and yesterday was as cold as mid
winter. Verily, it looks as though Spring would
not soon open upon us.
Portrait Painting.
There is perhaps tio branch of the fine arts
in which so few attain a high reputation, either
for the beautiful touches of their pencil or the
faithfulness of their pictures, as that of portrait,
painting; and the instances are much mote rate
where both these faculties are well blended,
which are so absolutely necessary to the attain
ment of fame as an artist. We are aware that
many strolling painters assume to possess both
in an eminent ( degree, and the confiding public
are not unfrequently pursuaded into the belie! of
its truth, which accounts for the great number of
that adorn the dwellings of the al
jißjMSlise vet <rtrtlil.il- pupjH-’ A superior art
isfTts a portrait painter is a “rara avis''' in our
southern cities, and when such an one makes
his entree among us, we always feel especial
pleasure in commending him to favorable con
sideration, and inviting those who feel any gra
tification in looking upon a fine specimen of art,
or who desire to have their faces transferred to
canvass, to visit his rooms; and we have never
performed that duty with more sincere pleasure
than we now do in soliciting all such to call on
Mr. Wightman, at his studio in the Masonic
Hall. When they do, the canvass which has
received the touches of his pencil will speak a
praise which no language we ean employ can
convey a just conception. /
A Comet.—The captain of a ship lately ar
rived at New Orleans, reports that on the even
ing of the 4th inst., about lat. 22 N., he discover
ed a large comet. When first seen, the “star”
of it was hardly more than 5 deg. above the hori
zon, but it rose each succeeding night, so that
when in 1at.28 N. it was 9deg. above. Thetail
was of a fan shape, about half a degree wide at
the centre, and one degree in width at the ex
tremity. The length of the tail was about 30
degrees, and extended in a direction from West
to South.
Opposition to Mr. Wise.
The Whigs of the 7th district, have nominat
ed the Hon. Hili, Carter, of the Virginia Sen
ate, as the opponent of Mr. Wise.—Mr. Carter
is out in the Richtqond Whig, in an address to
the voters, which is marked for the simplicity of
its style, and the frankness with which his opin
ions on all questions are disclosed; of which,
the Editor of the Whig concludes a lengthy no
tice in the following terms:
“In Hill Carter, the District will find a
man —faithful and true to his flag—having no
aspirations beyond serving them as their Repre
sentative, and consequently having no induce
ments to misrepresent them—ready at all times
to avow his sentiments, carrying them in fact,
openly, “upon his sleeve;” and utterly incapa
ble ot deviating from that which he professes.
Such is the man for these times, and for all
limes. ,
But could he scarcely, by possibility, be anj'
thing else with the blood ol Old Gen’l Nelson in
his veins—the illustrious Patriot, who, next to
Robert Morris, made the greatest sacrifices to
his country? Who died gloriously insolvent,
having expended his last dollar in the service of
his country: Who, at Yorktown, directed lhe
American and French Artillery first against his
own house because .(here were the head quar
ters of Cornwallis >
Such is the JVhig candidate, in a District
which, in 1810, gave 1450 Whig majority!—
Who says the District has changed 1 Why has
it changed? What has occurred to make it
change ? Can Tyler and Wise then transfer it
hither or thither—put it in their packet—nay,
more, and more humiliating, make it like one
of Maelzel’s automatons, squeak out what voice
they please ?
The time approaches for testing an opinion so
injurious to that great and enlightened Whig
District.
Virginia Election.
The late gerrymandering of the Virginia Leg
islature, in the formation of the Congressional
Districts, so far from cooling the ardor of the
Whigs, has served to give them new zeal; and,
from the notes of preparation now sounding
throughout the Old Dominion, we anticipate a
most spirited contest in April. From among
the many addresses of Congressional candidates,
which we find in our exchange papers, we take
great pleasure in transferring to our columns,
the following from the Hon. W. L. Gogoin, to
the voters of his district, to which tie invite the
reader’s attention. We have seldom, if ever,
read an address which, in so few words, convey
ed so much, or was more appropriate for the
opening of a new canvass, —to which, Mr. G.
has been called by the Whigs of his new dis
trict.—How like a patriot does he, in the conclu
sion, place himself in the hands of his Mother
to assign him a position; in which,
whether it be the leader of the van or the private
station, he may discharge his duty to his coun
try? What a lesson does this teach to many
Whigs, who are always ready to turn their
backs upon their friends, unless their notions of
propriety are strictly obeyed
To the people of Bedford, Franklin, Henry and
Patrick counties.
Fellow-Citizens — The time for which I was
chosen as your Representative in Congress, has
expired; and having been twice honored with
your confidence, I should exhibit an ungrateful
feeling, tor these repeated manifestations of your
kindness, if I failed to express my thanks for
your favor thus shown me. The recollection of
these acts, and the continued evidences of your
regard for me, shall be cherished to the latest
peirod of existence. I have, doubtless, often
committed errors in the discharge of my duties
which I mu4,task you to look upon with the
same indulgence that has heretofore marked
your course. If you cannot approve all of my
public acts; ,here are some, 1 am sure, that 1
have the beet evidences you do not condemn.
When I have erred, it has been inseparable from
the imperfections of my nature itself, or from the
deficiency of my judgment. When 1 have fail
ed to represent you properly, I at least certainly
desired to have done so.
My opinions have always been expressed in
the Honse of Representatives, since I had the
honor of a seat in Congress, with freedom upon
all the leading topics which divide the two great
parties of lhe country, and I need not appeal to
you to bear testimony that I embraced every oc
casion, also, to made them known at home and
among the people. A service of five sessions
has wrought no change in these opinions: no
desire to extend that service farther, could in
duce me for one moment to abandon them now.
As in 1837, when first elected, I believe not on
ly in the constitutionality of a Bank ofthe Uni
ted States, but I think its expediency establish
ed now, as I did then, by the present distressed
condition of the country, as compared with
what it was when that institution was in opera
tion. A sound, safe, and uniform currency is
necessary to the prosperity and happiness of
the people. A well regulated Bank, whose cir
culation faall be good in all parts ofthe Union,
alone can furnish it. To the Sub-Treasury I
am opposed, as well as to Treasury notes, and
to all experiments on the currency, as dangerous,
unwise and mischievous.
The distribution ofthe proceeds of the sales of
the public lands among the States, has ever met
my approbation. It is called for by the terms of
the agreement, on which a large portion of the
lands were ceded—by the condition ofthe States
themselves, as well as the soundest policy in a
National point of view.
The wants ol the General Government should
lie supplied hy duties on foreign importations,
but it should be administered al all times, as
economically as is consistent with its honor, and
the position she country occupies among the na
tions ot the Earth. Duties should not be laid
merely for protection or to raise money for dis
tribution among the States.
The Executive blanch of the Government
should be restrained and kept within proper lim
its—Useless, and, at the same time, expensive
offices should be abolished—Unnecessary expen
ditures ofthe public money avoided—Removals
from office, for opinion’s sake only, should nev
er be made—The elective franchise should be
kept unsullied by Executive or other influences,
and lhe whole machinery ofthe system conducted
as tar as practicable, apart from violent paru
excitement. Certain great principles and par-
VOL. VII.-NO. 12.
ticular measures, as is believed I y masresol the
people, will best promote the inietesls ol the
country—differences in regard to these will »ec
essarily create parties; aunerence to them, how
ever, when opinions are honestly entertained,
can furnish no evidence ot a want of Patriotism.
It is known to you that I was friendly to the
election ot Gen. Harrison, whose untimely
de;n 11 uroughl unnumbered evils upon lhe coun
try, by the elevation to lhe Presidency of him,
who is now the incumbent (by accident) ofthe
most responsible office in the Government.--
This has prevented the accomplishment of most
of the great objects of lhe revolution ol 1840.
'Fhe events that have followed are fresh in the
recollection of all, and 1 need not here refer to
what has been done by lhe National Legisla
ture, or attempt to show how lhe Representa
tives of the people have been thwarted in their
efforts to promote the public good ; suffice it to
say, the acting President of the United States
has failed to answer public expectation—he has
acted against those who, in an evil hour, eleva
ted him to power—his will has triumphed over
that ot both branches of Congress. We can
now but deplore the want ot prudent counsels,
and lament the ruin which has marked his
whole Presidential career. Let us profit by the
example. ,
I avail myself of this occasion to say to you
that I voted against the Bankrupt Bill, and also
for Rs repeal. Ido so, merely because it has
been charged that I aitvocuted its passage.
Henn- Clay, of Kentucky, rhe patriot, states
man and orator, is-my choice for the Presiden
cy, against any or all other men in the Union;
and I think his prospects for an election are
such as to inspire his friends with confidence,
that he again is to save the country, by the pru
dence of his counsels and his wisdom, when
displayed in the Executive Mansion, as they
have so often been exhibited in the Senate
House.
A new arrangement ot lhe Congressional
Districts, as I have just learned, has separated
the county of Bedford from Franklin, Henry and
Patrick, for the next ten years, if not forever.
My connexion with most ot you, in the relation
in which I have lately stood, must, of course,
cease. My own county has been, in that ar
rangement, united with those of Amherst, Albe
marle, Nelson, Madison, Orange, and Green.
In all of them 1 am almost an entire stranger.
To announce myself as a candidate, under these
circumstances, though urged to do so by many,
might be improper. I have certainly no desire;
no ambition—to be again a member of the House
of Representatives, nor do I seek to be. To
the Whigs of that District, as now composed, I
most cheerfully submit to the choice of their
candidate—though he may be some other, he
shall have my support, if he Ire indeed a true
IVhtg, and none other than such, (and there are
many good and true) I am sure, would be pre
sented to the people of the District.
No new relations or political associations of
any kind, however, shall ever teach me toforget
“old, trusty, and tried friends." But I shall not
complain, if I am led in future to seek that plea
sure at my own fireside—in the quiet, domestic
circle, or in professional avocations, which I
have never yet found in the turmoil of political
strife.
The Next Congress.—The annexed statis
tics of the elections already held for the next
Congress, with a notice oi lhe position in which
the different States stand in reference to the ap
portionment bill, may be of interest toourread
ers. We compile it mainly from a table
which appeared in the Journal of Commerce:
Louisiana.— Three members, two whigs and
one democrat, have been chosen; but as the
State is entitled to four representatives, there
will be a new election, under a recent law of the
State.
Missouri.— Five members, to which the Stale
is entitled, have been elected by general ticket;
they are all democrats. There will, no doubt,
be an objection to their taking their seats, urged
because they were not chosen according to the
late law of Congress.
Georgia.— Eight members have been elected,
also by general ticket; all democrats. They too
may be objected to, on the same grounds.
Arkansas.— One member elected—a demo
crat.
New York.— Thirty-tour members elected—
-10 whigs, 24 dem.
Delaware.— One member elected—a whig.
MwemhuMUs.— Entitled to ten members—s:
3 whigs and 2 democrats, have been elected, and
there are 5 vacancies.
Smith Carolina.— Entitled to seven members
—all of which have been elected, and are demo
crats.
Recapitulation.
New Cong. Old Ctrng.
T W. D. W. D. .
Louisiana 2 1 2 ....1
Missouri 0 5......0. . . .’.2
Georgia 0 8 9 W
Arkansas 0 1 0 I
New York 10.... 24..... 19.” .21
Delaware 1 0 1 0
Massachusetts* 3 2 11.. \. 1
South Carolina 0 7....'. 1
16 48 43 34
’Five vacancies.
The House in the next Congress will be com
posed oi' 223 members. The Senate is lull,
with the exception of one from Maryland and
two from Tennessee. It is divided politically,
26 whigs, including Mr. Rives, of Virginia, to
23 democrats.
The present prospect is that Maryland will
have no representation in the popular branch,
at least during the first session of the next Con
gress, But sixteen of the Slates have as yet
passed apportionment bills, to wit:—Louisiana,
Arkansas,New York, Delaware,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Connecticut,
Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey, Indiana, Illi
nois, Vermont, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Four
States, Georgia, Missouri, New Hampshire,
and Mississippi, have refused to apportion, and
six have yet to perform that duty, to wit Pen
nsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Maine, Rhode Island
and Maryland. The Legislatures oi Pennsyl
vania, Michigan, Ohio, and Maine, are now in
session; that of Rhode Island will be in a few
days.— Baltimore Sun.
From the New Orleans Bulletin of the X3th..
Bscape of the Texian Prisoners.
A report was brought by the last arrival from
Matamoras, that the prisoners who were cap
tured at Mier, and who were being marched to
the eapitol had overpowered their guard and es
caped, byway of Saltillo, to Texas. We had
the pleasure on Saturday, of conversing with
Mr. Thomas Nelson, who was one of those pri
soners. He informs us that on the evening of
the fifth day after leaving Matamoras, they ar
rived at a small village where the inhabitants
were indulging in dancing and other jolifications
in which most of the guard joined. The pri
soners had all laid down, secured as they were
while inarching, with their arms tied 'behind
with a ro]>e, and yoked together in pairs like
oxen. A few of the prisoners having worked
themselves loose, Colonel Fisher was informed
that they intended to make a break— and die
matter lieing generally understood, those who
were still tied were released, and the guard rush
ed upon, and after a short struggle overpowered
and all the arms that could be found brought off.
In this affair it was estimated the prisoners lost
14 of their number. The survivors then, in a
body, made for the Rio Grande, by the lower
route, (which being soft and marshy is impassi
ble for cavalry,) where they arrived in about 4ti
hours, traveling night and dav, and crossed a
bout 75 miles above Matamoras. During this
march they had scarcely any thing to eat, and
were nearly naked. After crossing the river,
our informant says, thev divided into several
small parties and took different directions. Col.
Fisher, with 15 to 20 companions, took the up
per route, for St. Antonio Mr. Nelson came
by wajr of Gonzales and Washington, and thence
via Nacogdoches to this city.
JJrThe Charleston Courier of yesterday says:
The brig Emily, Sherwood, which arrived at
this port on Saturday afternoon, fell in with on
the 17th instant, about 20 miles S. E. of Cape
Roman, a boat containing four negroes, who
stated that they were the crew of a small sloop
belonging to Mr. Manigault, which was sunk
with a load of wood in Bull’s Bay, on the even
ing of the 16th, and in endeavoring to reach the
shore in the small boat were driven to sea by
the violence of the wind. They had been at
sea about 24 hours, when they wete fallen in
with by the the Emily.
O’ Mr. Caleb Cushing, in his Auction ad
dress, when he put up the oilices of the Govern
ment to the bids of partizans and office seekers,
and referred to his famous fixed fad, the Presi
dent—forgot another equally fixed fart — the
Senate of the United States—against which he
found, at last, that he could run, and, to use his
own language, “butt his brains out.’’—Alexaii
andria Gaxetle.
O’The Charleston Courierot yesterday says:
The pilot boat Water Witch picked up on Fri -
day last, about 20 miles east of the bar, a bale
of Cotton, marked diamond V, and numbered
3062. It was packed in Gunny Bagging.—
There was,large quantity of it adrift. The
brig Mosgj, hence lor New York, and a schr.
p oked up several bales; supposed to hare been
the deck load of son e vessel.