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x’x I x / g .-•C'w f % ' z n'd i i\ i ; I if\ ' Jr - i 11 < 0 E w JSEILI LiIKU OLD SERIES VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL lS WBUSHSO DAILT, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, BY J. V» . « W. 8. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for S >. Tri-Wcekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every Instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subs.'rip flon, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated stoney received at its value in this city. etjronttlc ano Smt inti 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.