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•Oy' OiUd xJ4 IIv I i ■ w JpJvi it 11loU OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL U PUBLISHED DAILY, TIU-WF.SKLV, AND WEEKLY, by J. W. & W. S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars par annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for $5. 7>i- Weekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Dotty paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no ease will an order for the paper bo 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 subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Deprecated money received at its value in this city. i&itroHicU Sriituul. AUGUSTA. Friday morning, april 7. Counterfeiter Arrested. The Tallahassee Floridian of the Ist inst. says:—A few days since a person by the name of Greenup Arnold, was arrested in this city, charged with passing counterfeit money, a con siderable amount in S2O bills of the Central Bank of Georgia, were found concealed about his person. He was. fully emniifinwriff 'land his trial at the next term of the Supreme Court. Counterfeit S2O bills on the Central Bank oi Georgia, dated 7th June, 1840, payable to C. C. Bryan. A. M. Nesbet, Cashier; J. Fort, Pre sident; are in circulation. Paper dark, and may be easily detected. The Madisonian of Monday evening, says: —“A most absurd and ridiculous report is go ing the rounds of the newspapersthatapersonal conflict took place, at a recent Cabinet meeting, between Secretaries Spencer and Upshur. We assure the public that there is not the slightest foundation for such a report. There was neither a fight nor even an angry or unpleasant word be. tween these Secretaries on that or any other oc casion. The whole story is a naked fabrication. New Books. We have received from the Messrs. Harper No. 6, of “Allisons History of Europe,” Part 4 of “Bbande’s Encyclopedia of Science, Literature and Art.” and No. 1 of Harper s “Family Library,” containing the first volume of Millman’s History of the Jews. Os the two first, we have heretofore spoken in such terms as their great merits deserve; but the number of the “Family Library" before us, is a new fea ture in the enterprise of the Messis. Harper, in ■ affording a cheap literature to the American . people, and deserves a more particular notice, i It is a re-print, in a cheap, though handsome I style of their valuable collection of works, in ( every department of Literature and Science, by , the ablest European and American writers, ; which have been in the course of publication j bv them for several years, and have now attain- ( ed 157 volumes of the choicest literature of the ■ day, to be increased to 290 as soon as works of ' sufficient high character can be obtained. Wc 1 refer the reader to the annexed Card of the j Messrs. Harper, in relation to this valuable < work, which is for sale at the Bookstores of < Messrs. Richards and Grenville & Co. The Family Library, already numbering 157 volumes, to be extended to 200, as works of a high character can be obtained, will be issued . entire, one volume weekly, at twenty-five cents a volume ! just half the price they have ] been sold at heretolore, and then decidedly the , cheapest books in the market. These volumes , will be illustrated and embellished with numer- , ous engravings, as in the previous editions, printed cn paper equally good, and bound IB , . limey l-’xcrul. covers. { The publishers feel that it is wholly unnect s- ■ sary to speak particularly of the merits of this Library, so extensively known, and which has , obtained a circulalion’and a degree of public fa- , ror unequalled by any similar collection. It > comprises works in every department of science and general literature, by the ablest writers, , English and American, iti a popular style, and ; designed for the instruction and entertainment of all classes in the community. Melancholy Suicide.—We regret to learn, , says the New York Tribune of Saturday, that Passed Assistant Surgeon Richard W. Lea- > cock, of the U. S. brig Somers, committed stti- ' cide at 6 o’clock last evening, in the gun-room of his vessel, lying at the Navy- Yard, by shoot ing himself through the head, just above the eye, with a pistol. Pretty women. —Green, of the Boston Post, says:—Of all other views a man may in time grow tired, but in the countenance of a woman there is a variety which sets weariness at defi ance. “The divine right of beauty,” says Ju nius, “is the only divine right a man can ac knowledge, and a pretty woman the only tyrant lie isnot authorized to resist.” Sudden Death. —The Savannah Republican of Wednesday says: “We understand news was received in town last evening, of the death of Judge Andrews, of the Western Circuit. He retired to bed on the evening of the Ist instant, apparently in good health, and was found dead next morning.” This is doubtless a mistake of the editors, and refers probably to the death of Judge Ander son, of the Cherokee Circuit, who died at Spring Place, Murray county, after having arrived there for the purpose ot holding the Superior Court. More Miller ism—A gentleman of Balti more recently wrote to a house in Providence .on a matter of business. In reply, he received along letter, stating that the individual to whom he had written, had, in consequence of a belief Jn the doctrine of Millerism, deemed it his duty I do decline anvnew contracts, as under existing ! •circumstances, he felt bound to curtail rather I Than extend his engagements. The Sw; . i...i. inu.—i'ears are ent-rtaiueu j for the safety of die tine p..ckei -hipriw.Merland which left Liverpool on the 12th Jan. the day previous to the great gale on the English eoast, and has not since been heard from. Later from Hayti.—The N. Y. Express learns from Capt. Sherman, of the schooner Cor dovia, arrived from Jaemel, that the inhabitants of Jacmel, on the sth tilt declared in favor ofthe in»urgents, and took peaceable possession of all public property. The insurgents had taken Aux Cayes and Jeremie, and weremarchingon Port au Prince. The New York Herald has letters from Washington, stating “that, in the beginning of May, Mr. Daniel Webster will retire from the State Department, and immediately thereupon, a new organization will take place in the Cabi net. Mr. Webster has just signified this inten tion to the President, and it is probable that he will either take the mission to London, or that to Paris, there to superintend a grand movement of American diplomacy in Europe, having refer ence to all the internal questions between the two Continents.” Touching case or conscience. —A man lately went to his pastor with something heavy on his mind; he said he drearier/he bought a bbl of flour, and upon opening it, it turned out to be crushed sugar, a much more valuable ar ticle. While debating with himself whether he should return it to the grocer, the good man a woke —and the object of his confession was, to obtain spiritual advice as to the amount of his ■ID. The Boston Post told that. Commerce of New York.—Total foreign a"rivals in New York during March 1843, It 9 Clearances, 95 foreign, and 245 coastwise Ar rivals at Boston 305 Clearances 228. Cheap Literature. Messrs. Carey & Hart of Philadelphia, have favorbd us with their republication in a cheap edition of Howitt’s “Rural and Domestic Life in Germany," in two volumes, ot which the Lon don Examiner thus speaks : “There is a healthy love of nature in these volumes, a quick manly observation, a sincere and inquiring spirit, what we call an English feeling lor old and homely associations, much that pleases by its hearty good sense, and noth ing that teases by its alarming profundity.” From Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, we have received Murray's, “Encyclcpe.Ua of G - ography," part 2, a most valuable work, com. bining as it does, whatever is interesting pei taining to Geography. The works are for sale by Messrs. C. E. Grenville &c. War Steamer Union. We find in lire Madisonian the following in teresting notice of the new war steamer Union, which is propelled by Lieut. Hunter’s submer ged paddle wheel: The arrival of the steam ship Missouri at the Navy Yard, where the Union also lies, affords a fine opportunity to those who have taste or curiosity in such matters, to contrast the models, modes of rigging, propelling, and fitting up of these two very dinerent specimens of the war steamer—-that'tremendous instrument of des truction which is destined to revolutionize the whole art of naval war, and to become of incal culable importance to -t-ix .mu iTrjnt ■. m.-rerf? defonce 61 its -xtended coast. The Union was built at the Navy Yard in this city during the last season, upon a plan and model entirely new, with the design to test, up on a large scale, the usefulness of Lieut. Hun ter’s submerged paddle wheel, which had been successfully applied to a boat of small dimen sions constructed for the experiment al his own expense. The last trip of the Union from Nor folk to this city, at an average speed of ten miles the hour, having, in the opinion of the Naval Constructor, who was on board, triumphantly established the importance of Mr. Hunter's in vention, we now purpose to state some ot the advantages which its application exhibits in her construction. The Union is of 1080 tons burthen; 185 feet in length with 30 feet breadth of beam on deck, and 26 feet at the water line. She has no wheel houses or any other visible fixtures ot a steamer except the chimney; is propelled by means of paddle-wheels acting horizontally a few feet a bove her keel. These wheels are much smaller than those made to act vertically upon the com mon plan, and are let into the sides of the vessel, so that, when revolving, each paddle or propeller upon the circumference of the wheel extends— at itsgreatest distance-only fourteen inches from the side. The large portion of each wheel, which revolves within the vessel, is enclosed and covered by a box or case planked and caulk ed so as to be entirely water tight. It was sup posed by many that the large body of dead icatcr in which these wheels must work—the boxes being of course filled with water when the wheels are ai rest —would prove an insuperable obstacle to the success of the plan; but it is found, in practice, that the rapid rotary motion given to the propellers, tends to keep these boxes free from dead water, as soon as the vessel gathers headway. The propellers, requiring less pow er than the vertical paddle wheel, are driven by a compact high-pressure engine, placed as near as possible to the keel of the vessel, and occupy ing so little space that no part of it, or of’ its boilers, t ises above the water line—being thus entirely protected from the shot of an enemy. The small space required for the whole propel ling power, by this plan enables the construction to diminish the breadth of beam, as compared with the length of the vessel in an unusual pro portion—as will le seen by comparingthe great est breadth of the Union with her length—and to dispense with the cumbrous wheel-houses and other excrescences which destroy, in the common model, the symmetry of the steam ship, and de prive her if all the claims to beauty of form. The Union sits low in the water, and when seen broadside to, with her great length, her nar row round stern and graceful stair, her three light taper masts—schooner rigged—and that genera! snake-like, rakish, appearance, which associate with the “Baltimore Clipper," presents the perfect bran ideal ot a “saucy looking craft." A friend of ours, .who has inspected tier model and rig with the eye of an amateur, says she tullv realizes, upon a grand scale, the idea of “the long low black schooner.” Stepping on the deck ol the Union, one is struck with the simplicity and warlike appear ance of all her appointment. The view of the Gush deck is; from stem to stern, unbroken by roundhouses or tophamper of any kind: not even the common bulwark rises from her sides to pre sent a dangerous screen between her crew and the enemy; but, in place of it a light iron rail— so construe.ed as to be taken down in a few mo ments when preparing for action—is alone seen to enclose the deck. 'Her battery consists of 3 Paixhanguns—6B pounders—placed on pivots amidship— one in each space between the masts, and one on the quarter deck. The entire rig ging and cordage, connected with the masts is so fitted as to be come up with, or be removed from the sides, in time of action, leaving each gun to sweep the whole horizon without obstruction; and as each gun can be pointed either forward or ail, by presenting the stem or stern to an en emy the smallest possible mark is exposed to his fire, while the whole battery can be kept play ing upon him. The hammocks of the crew, and other moveable articles usually seen on the deck of a man-of-war, aie in the Union, stowed in appropriate places below, where the arrange ments for the comfort of the crew, the economi cal storage of the provisions, fuel, &c., seem ad mirably adapted to the ends designed. OI the efficiency of this vessel," we think none can doubt, alter inspecting her and listening to the explanations of the intelligent and courteous officers in charge ot her; and when it is consid ered that her entire cost, with armament on board and fit for service does, not exceed #120,000 — which, we understand, is about the sum paid for the boilers of the Missouri—an adequate idea may be formed of the importance to the nation of this experiment, as connected with the defence of our coast and with our naval strength gener ally. it should fee remembered, in connection with this subject, that by the recent introduction of explosive shot, the relative force of fleets and single ships, as formerly calculated, has been very much changed.—One welldirectedPaixhan shot would cripple any steamer of ordinary con struction more than a broadside from an old fash ioned battery. It is clear, then, that future con flicts must be decided rather by- precision ofairn and presenting the least possible surface to the shot of the enemy, than by number of guns and weight of metal. Mr. Calhoun, in his late speech on the Ore gon Bill, related the following interesting facts: “In the petiodof thirty-two yeats, which have elapsed since I took my seal in the other house, the Indian frontier has receded a thousand miles to the west. At that time, our jiopulation was much less than half what it is now. It wa-sthen increasing : t the'ate of about a quarter of a milli a an. tally ; it is now not less than six bundle! tnmisi n.i; and still increasing at the rate of sume uing more than three ; er cent com pound annually. At tliat rate, it will soon reach the yearly increase of a million. If to this be added, that the region west of Arkansas and the State of Missouri, and south of the Missouri river, is occupied by half civilized tribes, who have their lands secured to them by treaty, and which will prevent the spread of population in that direction, and that this tide will be forced to take the comparatively narrow channel to the north of that river and south of our northern boundary, some conception may be formed of the strength with which the current will run in that direction, and how soon it will reach the eastern gorges ofthe Rocky Mountains. I say some conception, for 1 feel assured that the re ality will outrun the anticipation. In illustra tion, 1 will repeat what I stated when I first ad dressed the Senate on this subject. As wise and experienced as was President Monroe—as much as he had witnessed of the growth ot our country in his lime, so inadequate was his con ception of its rapidity, that near the close of Iris administration, in the year 1.824, he proposed to colonize the Indians of New York, and those north ofthe Ohio river and east of the Mississ ippi, in what is now called the Wisconsin Ter ritory, under the impression that it was a por tion of our territory so remote that they wou'd not be distorted by our increasing population for a long time to come. It is but eighteen years since, and already, in that short period it is a great and flourismug territory, ready to knock at our door for admission as one of the sovereign members ol the Union. But what is still more striking—what is really wonderful and almost miraculous, is that anothei territory (Iowa) still further west, beyond the Mississip pi, has sprung up, as it by magic, and has al ready- outstripped Wisconsin, and may knock for entrance before she is prepared to do so I Such is the wonderful growth of a population which has attained the number ours has, and is still yearly ineteasing at the compound rate il is; and such the impetus with which it is forc ing its way resistlessly westward. It will soon, far sooner" than is anticipated, reach the Rocky Mountains, and be ready to pour in the Oregon Territory. ’ey- The packet ship Cambridge at N. York from Liverpool, brought $140,1)01) in specie.— She exchanged signals with the Great Western on the 21st ult. -SATURDAY MORNIMG, APRIL 8. Bank of St. Mary’s. We find the following notice in the Columbus Enquirer of the sth instant :-- “We are officially informed, that the removal of the BANK OF ST. MARY’S to this place has been completed, and the bills which are pay able on the face at st. Mary’s, will hereafter be redeemed here in coin.” Dublin University Magazine. From the American publisher, Mr. Mason, we have received the March number of this popular Magazine, which opens with one of those racy sketches from the pen of the accom plished Editor, “The Loiterings of Arthur O'- Leary,” which promises to be quite as rich in incident as any of his firmer productions.— W e notice, also, an article of considerable ability, (not untnixed with severity upon the prophet, and other religious denominations in this coun try,) upon Mormonism or New Mahomedan ism in England and America ;—and a rather caustic ctitie upon “O'Connell's Ireland.”— There are several other articles, to which, we have not had leisure to devote any attention. Correspondence of the Chronicle and Sentinel. Milledgeville, April 4, 1843. Th the Editor yf the Chronicle <p Senti tel: I enclose you the list o. the names of the i.i d- Chffr-kee loltery ot 1839, who have not taken out lheir grants, and who reside in Richmond county. DRAAYERS OF COLD LOTS IN LOTTERY OF 1832, WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN OUT THEIR GRANTS. Edmund H Borum, Thomas G Casey, Win and E Miller, J W E Reid, Sarah Rhodes, Barna McKinnie, Charlotte Bugg, Philip McCann, Nancy Barrett, James Reason, Wm Bryson, Pannel’s orphans, Lewis Palmer, Major Daniel, Thus 15 Danforth, Sqsaii Owens, Walter Veitch, EHiot B Loyless, Nelson Baird, Archibald Boggs, Wm Mixon, Aug A Dill, Mai ia Smith, Anderson’s orphans, Wm Thompson, Benj Ansley, Robert Clark, James D Haney, Charity Maharry, John Guimarin, Laurence Hoy, Wm F Pemberton, James Longstreet, Ellen L Nesbitt, David L Curtis, Benj F Dill, Rev Allen Freeman, Livina James, John Creeswell, Wm Robison, James Mitchell, Dr C A Watkins, Oswald E Cashin, Mary Hatcher, Samuel CressYypJ), James L Coleman, Elizabeth Tant, Wstrips’ orphans Wm H Grimes, Thos P Grimes, John Holmes, John J McGuire, James W Welbem, David Galphin, Jonathan Meigs. Andrew Stewart, James Parnell, James D Rivers, James Wells, Sarah Clarke, •Samuel H Peck, Elisha S Hunter, Mary Ann Kelly, Patrick H Smead, Joseph Rivers, Elizabeth Marrah, Benj tyye’s orphans, Rhodes’ orphans, -Herbert Stallings, Thos Cormiek, Jonathan Palmer, Otb° Weaver, George Ixitt, jfosp Heary, John Mitchell, Isaac T Walsh, Benj Granger, Jesse A. Thos Heekle, Elizabeth Patterson, Emelius J Bignon, Mfliy E H Lark, Sazar Refo, Cornelia Maharry, James Holten, Wm Kibbe, ' Lyon’s orphans, James P Stuart, Edw A Eve, John Skinner, jr. Ann Beall, John Pardee, Wm Shannon, John B Guetirou, Geo Anderson, Joseph Miranda, John Shaw, James L Gardner, Andrew Fetv, Bvrd’s orphans, Wm Allen, Thos S Higginbotham, V P Anderson, Elizabeth C Whit'-, John W Heard, Martha Martin. Felix J McKinnie, Ann Everick, John Guimarin, Nally's orphans, Thos Beall, jr. Emanuel Johnson, Aaron Aldridge, WmP Beers, Judah Kennedy, John C Snead, Wm Doyle, James E Cashin, Isaac Hendricks, Joseph Bignon, Jones’ orphans, Raspberry Brovi-n, 1 8 Buers, Mahalah Bird. Robert R Retd, Paul F Eve, John A Walker, Susan Miller, Hezekiah Williams, Mary Ctimba, Al.ert W Jones, Chris C Everett, George Barton, David Vincent, Rachel McCullough, Richard Briun, Joshua Danforth, Cooper Gafobs, )Vm A Qampfield, Vincendiere Dugas, John D ClaiK, Ann A Moon, Clarke’s orphans, Elizabeth Cannon, Wm J Whitlock, Rev Jos L Moultrie, Ebenezer Siarnes, Shannon’s orphans, Nicholas Delaigle, Farard McLaughlin, Joel C Turman, John Stuckie, James P Stuart, Michael Clarke, Phineas Butler, Barna McKinnie, Wiley Hargrove, Sarah Gordon, R N R Bardwell, Reynold’s orphans, Walker’s orphans, Isaac Hendricks, Phereby Brown, Albert O Parmelee, Warrington Haney, Campfield's orphans, David Mealing, John W Heard, Lewis McCormick, Robert Lyon, George Boulineau, Elijah Brewer, Martha A Coombs, Agnes Buckum, Thos J Jennings, David Reid, John B Rqwson, Keith’s Qrphaas, Pqlly Jones, Anna M Carter, John S Lott, Robert Thomas, Wm W Lawrence, Wm Gibbs, Isaac S Tuttle, Abigail Stoy, Samuel McCullough, Dr John Carter, Matthew Nelson, Samuel K Talmage, James Armstrong, Thad J Stoy, Daniel Ramsey, John Morrison, Joseph Carrie, Henry Lyons, • Wm J Bunce, Tabitha Neighbours, Michael Fleek, Thos S Metcalf, Robert J Greenwood, James P Gardner, Savage's orphans, Bartholomew Kevins, Henry Mills, John Collins, Wm M D’Antignac, Abigail Gregory, Ab Huggins, Fred J Redfield, Jacob Pool, U B Clarke, Washington Lawson, Wm C Dillon, Lucy Meril, John Ward, Jacob Inglett. Joseph Carrie, DRAWERS IN THE LAND LOTTERY OF 1832, WHO RESIDE IN RICHMOND COUNTY, AND HAVE NOT CRANTED THEIR LANDS. Jas Bell's orphans, A Campfield’s orphans, Dr John Carter, John R Gagahan, Henry Bird, sr. N Ware’s orphans, P A F Carrie, R A Hutchinson, Elk C West, J Hutchins’ orphans, Churchill’s orphans. Archibald Boggs, John Mcßrvde, jr. J H Blalock’s orphans, Solomon Walker, Hezekiah Bailey, Amos Bullard, Reynold's orphans, Roden Tant, Mary Ann Holten, J Bateman's orphans, James Goodman, Thornes Jerrnan, ' John W Heard, Ander o", haps ( Wm Brysop, Jno M J.-me; , (lunatic) Shannon’s orphans, George W clarke, A G Pannqiee. Wm Stringfellow, James L Coleman, Robert Sanderlin, L Florence’s orphans, Eli Morgan, John Finn, Winchen Worrell, Sol R Vickers, John J Cohen, Archibald J Smith, Jones’ orphans, Zinn’s orphans, Sarah Coleman, Nathaniel Beall, sr. Win P Merriman, Nancy Hatcher, Wm Mitchell, Mary Tavlor, Harriet H Hannon, Dr John Carter, Jos Ware, Jeremiah Smith, Wm Housley, jr. Elisha T Hunter, Adam Hutchins.ci, Patrick Rooney, Dicy Washington, Judah Kennedy, Bennett Craflcn, Charity Hand, Porter’s orphans, D Clarke's orphans, Wm J Howard, Robert S Dill, Allen C Ramsev, Anthony Ladaveze, R H Ramsey, ' Eliphalet S Barber, E Knight’s orphans, Garev F Parish, Wm H Dill, David S Boutet, George Gorton, Eliza Lyons, B Dye’s orphans, John Phelan. It is highly important for drawers to see to the granting of their lands. After tlie fit st of July next, all ungranted lands revert to tlie State. I will remain in Milledgeville until the time for granting expires, and will be happy to at tend to giving all necessary information about lands. The above individuals are drawers of lots in as healthy, productive, and rapidly improving a section as any in the South. The Cherokee country is proverbial for its fine lands, salubri ous climate, and healthy, prosperous, polite and enterprising inhabitants. Grants and commissions for land lots, five dollars, specie fuiuls. For gold lots, three dollars. The above charges include all expenses. All letters must be post paid Fee tor examining and giving information about k>» of land, cm dollar. WM. a PRITCHARD. Seduction. —Heavy Damages.—The She rifl’s Jury in the case ol Ross vs Delandorf, for seduction of plaintiffs daughter, have assessed the damages at ten thousand dollars, being the full amount laid in the declaration.—A’. Jour. Com AUGUSTA, GA. THURSDAY MpRNING, APRIL 13, U 13. Extract of a letter, dated Milledgeville, Aptil 5, 1843. “You have doubtless heard of the death of Judge Anderson, of the Cherokee Circuit. John A. Jones, Esq., brother to Seaborn, and com monly known as Jack Jones, has been appoint ed by the Govetnur, as the successor of Ander son. He was the Senator from Paulding, in 1840. Politics here are in statu yvo. Hon. John P. King, of your city, and Gen. J. W. A. Sanford, the present Secretary of State, are the most probable expectants of the next Guberna torial chair, on the Democratic side. I have heard the name of your neighbor, Dr. McWhor ter, likewise often spoken of, but he is as yet un-newspaj ered. Planters are much alarmed at the dreary pros pect for crops. Cattle and other stock arc dy ing off in large numbers. Ths old Standard, of Union printing office, owned by P. L. Robinson, was sold by the sheriff ot Baldwin county, on the 3d inst., for one hundred and fifty dollars. Aotuer Steamer sunk.—The Mobile Adver tiser of the 3d says:—lntelligence has been re ceived in town on Saturday, which has been con firmed that the steamboats Gainesville and Nor folk, both on their upward passage, same in col lision at Short Bend, above Twenty-Seven Mile Site went down, we learn with such rapidity that the passengers were unable to save their baggage. There is no insurance upon the boat. The pas sengers returned to the citj’ on the steamer Ala bama. Specie.—The ship Gaston arrived al New Orleans on the 30th ult., from New York, with #239,454,06 in specie; the ship Sidney, from Liverpool, with2s,ooosovereigns, and the Ly ons, from Havre, with $2,000 in gold. From the Baltimore Ameniaaa. The Veto Power. Is the question relative to the veto power one of principle or of expediency ? Is there any thing in the existence of that power repugnant to the genius ol our institutions, or is it in har mony therewith! “Had there been no power to veto,” said Mr. Clay, at Memphis, “there would have been no prevention of the charter of a National Bank no removal of the Deposites—no treasury cir cular—no multiplication of State Banks--no inflatit nos paper currency—no stimulating of exeessiye eplerprizes and mad speculations—no consequent explosion, collapse and the univer sal ruin which overspreads our noble land.” This is a forcible representation ot a series of national evils starting from one definite point. But the question still remains—did these evils result from the injudicious use ot a power in it self proper, or is there something in the nature of the Veto itself, which, by its inevitable ten dencies, must work disorder in our system of government! It is obvious that all parts ot an organization should be in keeping; there should be an unity of idea and a symmetry of construction through- Qtjt. In suejj a Government as ours, but one source qf pqwer is recoguizsd; and all tljat re mains to be considered is that the structure of the system should be adapted to the prompt and free action of this sovereign principle. There is one agency tor the exercise of Legislative pgw?r; one for the Judicial; the sphere of each is well defined.—There js also an Executive function. All are subordinate to the C'opstitu tion, and ail are designed to carry out the delib erate will and matured judgment of the people wilhin the limits defined by the Cop-titutiofi, It is in the nature of the Judicial power, as the interpreter of the Constitution and'the laws, to hold such a supervision over legislation as to keep it w ithin the Constitution. It has nothing iodo with the policy or impolicy of laws; it does not therefore infringe upon anyjiowerof the Legislature; lor where it sets aside a law as unconstitutional it does not do so by the inter position ot its own will, but by introducing the Constitution itself, to which all powers of the Government arc subordinate. There is then no fojljsjon between the Legislative and the Judi cial authorities lb rn.tr sy.-.; ; mi. It is th« distinctive function of the Executive to enforce the laws enacted by the supreme Leg islative power. What is there in the nature of the Executive to give it a controlling power ov er legislation? What is thereto give it any power at all over legislation ! Is it in conson ance ivitli duty to see t||at lie ugcon stittitiohai laws be enaetM ? The'Judiciary is the legitimate inteipreter of the Constitution, and has it in charge to annul unconstitutional laws. But the Veto power goes much farther than this. The Executive may set aside the laws of Congress without needing to allege un constitutionality even as a pretext; nay, the privilege is ot so arbitrary a kind that in efiect it is equivalent to an absolute power without the necessity of adducing any reasons. The for mality of giving reasonsis indeed required— but they may be as flimsy as inconsistency it self. The veto, too, may be reversed by a ma jority of two-thirds of both Houses of Congress —Uit this is a provision ot little practical use. Hs there cannot be two distinct sources of so vereign [lower in a Government, so neither can there be two several organs of sovereignty in any one sphere. But in our system there are two separate exponents oflegislative supremacy —Congress, and the Executive—and they are so constituted that on any occasion of difference the predominance belongs to the Executive.— This is pjainly an anomaly. Between tfie veto power jp oqr Goyerptnent and the same power m the British Constitution, from which the feature was introduced into our own, there is no real analogy whatever. Sove reignty once belonged la the English King in fact as well as in name. The veto power was then a useful instrument to control the Parlia ment. But now the Parliament possesses the sovereignty. Yet in the theory of the British Constitution, the monarch is still the supreme lord to whom allegiance is due; be can do no wrong; sovereignty runs in his name. Among the other forms and fictions pertaining to the re gal state in England, the veto power is one—a power which the monarch holds nominally be cause there was never any need of taking it away by any formal act, its real force and spirit being gone. It would be ridiculous in a British King to use the Veto on any important meas ure ; it is not expected that it .should be used; the sovereignly ol Parliament, exhibited in put ting one King to death, in exiling another, and in calling a stranger to the thione, would smile contemptuously at any such impotent aflecta tionof power, But in ths United Statps |ke veto power is a reality, and a very serious one. The President, elected by the people, exercises the Veto as the representative of the People; Congress, elected by the People, enacts laws in a like representa tive capacity. Here then are two rival ex; ori ents q| s<) .'ereignty in one sphere. The Execu tive has r.ot only lite power of discomfiting the Jesislativc bodj, but, by bringing into play all the force of his position, as the leader of a par ty and ths dispenser of patronage, he may draw over the majority of the people to sanction his course. The advantages in any struggle for le gislative supremacy between Congress and the Executive, are manifestly in favor of the latter, and against the body distinctively recognised as the depository of legislative functions under the Constitution. Why should the President have the power to veto an act ot Congress any more than he should possess the right to reverse a decision of the Su preme Court? What is there in the nature of Executive duties that should render it proper for him to interfere in legislative proceedings ! The function of executing the laws is quite distinct from that of creating them. It it were designed to make the Executive the superior department ofthe Government, then it would be quite right that the veto power should belong to the Executive chief. Its effectual ex ercise implies sovereignty. The power to for bid what is displeasing to Executive pleasure is in fact the power to decree that which is in accordance with the Executive will. To say what shall not bo done is equivalent to saying that nothing shall be done save what the dicta tor ptecribes. The progress of Executive usur fiation in the United States has already given il ustrations of the real nature and tendencies of the veto power. Nor is it easy to discover what limits can be set to this encroaching progress. Gen. Jackson claimed it as his right to interpret the Constitution and the laws for himself, anc to enforce them as he understood them. There was no power to say hi m nay. Possessed of en tire control over legislative actizm, there was nothing to protect the Judiciary from invasion. And in truth it must be admitted that there is no more incompatibility in the claim of an Execu tive chief to expsund the meaning of a law than m the power to control legislative action by the veto. Both are entirely foretgtrfrofn the true nature of the Executive function; but neither one ot them is more repugnant thereto than the other. It is for the Executive to enforce the laws which the Legislature has enacted; it is for the Judiciary to preserve in its bosom the living spirit of the Constitution, that it may dif fuse the same as an active principle, testing all enactments thereby; and there seems to be no reason why one department should be authoriz ed to go out of its sphere to control anoth r Pennsylvania.—CL'RlbP.4.T)F.VELorEMßNTs. The Harrisburg which has been up to this time the jstgan of Governor Porter, has an editorial art jle which contains some curious disclosures, ’i'commences with with a compliment upon and dig nity of Pennsylvania, and ti w it proceeds to state that Mr. Tyler has attc&^edto corrupt the State Government, and addsj “We proclaim to the Dinijcracy ol Pennsyl vania that a bargain has info, and ths [lower and the seductiop V k the general gov erun.ent with all the hopeg : j>i tears which it can create, is being used gh - [>iess, break down the elastic spirit\fthe li.-moeratie party, and transii-r its | O S j ec [ : ,[ keeping of Capt. Tyler & CjS The proof of this is in tly Set, that the Key stone beittg the organ of die jfesent Executive of the State was plied with CQMMitiic&tions in fa vor of Mt. Tyler ItiefusetOo publish their; and, as a consequence, thiififtnds of Mr. Tyler refused to vote for Us publishes as State Prin ters. The Keystone then ailtls: “We have sacrificed tnuckin the honest con viction that lie were doing JMht iu sustaining the present state admiiustrjjlpn, and as proof, that we have sustained it aubnlly and zealous ly, we need but to refer to. jJ-S columns «f our paper during the last fouip.&ais. We shall continue to support that admaiisl ration in all its democratic ineastues,. but repel all et ■ make the <..'ltimns^BiL'(Xw c tonc teem "nA f T--' 1 1 p.-h' - ma,' glory of John Tyler, have been presented to us in manuscript, directly from the hands of David RiTTßNriovsß PoßTsn, which we felt called up on, by every consideration of duty and of patri otism, to reject from our columns." The paper then says, that another communi cation has been handed to the editor by Governor Porter himself, though not in hie hand writing, which is not published. It says that Pennsylva nia stands pledged to Buchanan, bu if he is rot in the field, it will go for Tyler, and proceeds to give the reasons.— Baitiinore From the Madisonian of the 4llt. Oriiclal Correspondence. Department or State, Washington, March 2, 1843. Sir: I have the honor to transmit to you the copy ot a resolve of the Legislature of Maine, recently addressed to the President by t'ae Exe cutive of that State, relative to certain proceed ings of the Government of New Brunswiok, sup posed to be in contravention of the termsof the treaty of 9th August last, between the United Stales and Great Gritain. Will you do me the favor to communicate to this Department such infqrmatiop on the sub ject as you may possess, or may be able hereaf ter to obtain from the Provincial Government, in explanation of the proceed ings referred to ’ I avail myself, &c. &c. DANE WEBSTER. Henry S. Fox, Esq. &c. &c. &c. STATE OF MAINE. llesolv. in relation to bonds or securities that were lobe surrendered by Great Britain to the Stales 'J Maine and Massachusetts lender the late Treaty. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to inform the President of the United States that the Ggrrrnment of the Province ofiVeiy Brunswick are attempting io collect from citizens of this State and others, bonds belonging to the “dispu ted territory fund,” socalled which were given for lumber cut under permits from the States of Maine and Massachusetts, in contravention of the treaty of Washington; and request the Pres ident to remonstrate with the British Mipistep against said prucepdipg.trid to ijisist op thestipn latiqn ijfthe ti eaty,whirh provides that any bonds or securities appertaining thereto (the disputed territory fund) shall be paid and delivered over to the Government of the United States; and to take such measures relating to the matter as to him may seem fit to cause tlietreaty stipulations to be eairic.l into ellecl, that die citizens of this Stale may saved any further aggravation from the same. In the House ol Representatives, February 17. 1843. Mead and passed. DAVID DUNN, Speaker. <ln Senate, February 17, 18-13. Read and passed. LDW. KA VA YA H_. Pt.cajießL...- Februafy 17, !BX;i. appii-ksd. JOHN FAIRFIELD. .•true copy. Attest: Philip C. Johnson, Sect clary of Stale. Washington, March 4, 1813. Sir:—l have the honor tq ackaqwfo.lgu the receipt w" your letter of yesterday’s date, enclo sing certain resolutions recently "passed by the Legislature of the State of Maine, with respect to the management ofthe disputed territory fund. lam not al present in possession of any in formation upon the subject to which these reso lutions refer; but I shall irmaediati-l forward your communication to the Lieutenant Govern or of New Brunswick, and will acquaint you with his Excellency’s reply. 1 shall also trans mit the correspondence to’ her Majesty’s Gov ernment tn England. With regard to the form of the resolutions ■hemsclves, as you make no observation there upon in your letter, I hope I am justified in be lieving that you disapprove, equally with my self, of the unbecoming aril disre jiectfiil lan guage in which they ate drawn up. I avail mvself, Bre. &c. H. S. FOX. The Hon. Daniel Webster. &c. &c. Washington, March 31, 1843. Sir.—With reference to your letter of 3d in stant, eonveyipg to me certain resolutions pass, ed by lire Legislature of the State of Maine, upon the subject of bonds belonging to the dis puted territory fund, which letter was referred by me for information to the Lieutenant Govern or of New Brunswick, I have now to acquaint you that the Lieutenant Governor informs me that, so long ago as October last, upon receiv ing intelligence from Lord Ashburton of the signature of the Treaty ol Washington, he had issued orders to the Attorney General, of the Province to suspend all proceedings upon the bonds in question. The Attorney General re ports officially that the above orders have been duly obeyed. Ilappears, therefore,that the res olutions of the Maine Legislature cannot have been grounded upon an accurate statement of facts. I avail tnyselfof thisveeasion to renew to you the assurances of my distinguished con sideration. ' H. S. FOX. The Hon. Daniel Webster, Ac. &e. tSmall Pox in Columbus* The Enquirerol thesth inst.says:—Wehave been requested to give place to the following letter from the City Physician, in relation to the Small Pox. We trust this report will banish al! far from the minds of our country friends) that there is the least danger to be apprehended ■ from l vi it to our city, for business purposes— j and take l >< opportunity lb again assme them tliat we v. :'.i not fail to give them timely warn ing, whenever auy good cause exists for alarm; Columbus, April 4th, 1843. Hon. J. I. Moses,Mayor— Sir: Since my report of last week, one other case of Small-pox has occurred in the person of a small boy, the grandson ofthe Superintendent ot the Hospital. This and the negro alluded to in my communication of last week, are the onlv cases in the city—and both aye at the Hospital, which, I repeat, is at least one mile from the business part ot the town, and far removed from any road travelled by persons who resort io this place for business purposes. I desire also to repeat the assurance to our country friends, that they may rely implicitly upon the statements made in m’y weekly report’s and that should it ever be deemed necessary to have any concealment upon this subject, I will cease to be the organ of communication with the public. Until then, they should give no credit to the enormously exaggerated and false reports daily circulated to the great injury ofthe eitv. " Respectfully, W. B."CHIPLEY, City Physician. Defining Positions. —The Savannah Re publican says: —We understand several individ uals in this'eity are defining their positions in relation to the Presidential campaign. Our neighbor of the Georgian, announced yesterday, that he “is no Tyler man.” Can any one in form us if there is an agent in town authorised to receive subscriptions to the Alidisotiian ? The present is an auspicious moment, we should think, to increase the list of that paper. Those now holding offices under the General Govern ment, would no doubt subscribe, as wellas these who are expecting shortly to receive favors at the public crib.—But seriously, we do not be lieve there are at heart three Tyler men in this city. . We know of but one,' who is couscien eidusly so, and the last time we conversed with him, lie was wavering somewhat. He remark ed, that he must wait future events, as recent de velopements had staggered him a little. Municipal Election.—The Columbia South Carolinian says—On Monday last Wm. M. Myers was re-elected Intendant of Columbia, and Messrs. B. Rielly, Henry Lyons W. B. Stanley, Wm. Cunningham, John'MsCnlh-and Thomas Wade, WardeMS. Death oft Bishop Roberts. —We regret to learn by a <dip from the Cincinnati Western Christi: n Advocate, that the venerable Bishop Roberts ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church died at his residence near Lawrenceport, Indiana, on the 271 h March. From Montevideo.—The Baltimore Amer ican of the sth says:—(.’apt. Baker, of the br g Lawrence Copeland, arrived yesterday, in 49 days from Montevideo, stales that when he left that ;ot, the inhabitant-, were throwing up breast-works around the town, and all the hous es outside the works sot the distance of half a mile were taken down, to leave the plain open. Rosas, the Buenos Ayrean General, with an ar my of 9000 men, was supposed to lie at the dis tance of ten or twelve miles front Monteviden preparing for an attack. No business was do ing when Capt. Baker left, every otic being en gaged in preparations lor the expected attack. The vessels were all lying idle. Temperance in Ireland.—There are fne millions lien hundred Uunsfand tee-totallers in that country. Ey Ms. Kendall, while a prisoner in Mexi co, receives! a letter from one of liiscompanions from whom he had been separated, saying he was at Santiago, and in chains, but that wearing “the trinkets was nothing alter a pet son gut used Coinage.—The Dahlonega Times says:—lt is a source ofthe highest pleasure we have it in our power to announce te our readers the steadj’ aad rapid increase of thixcoinago at the Mint at this place, in these truly hard limes. Below we give a statement of the amount coiaed at this Mint, during the first quarter of the present year, ending on the 31st ult. No. of Pieces. Value. 32,672, Quarter Eagles $81,680 6,266, Half Do. 26,330 37,938 SIOB,OIO No. of deposites, 320. Melancholy Accident.—Two children, etie a son ot Mr. Thomas Holliday, about six years old, the other a son of Mr. James R. Elliott, a bout eight years old, were drowned in attempt ing to cress Upson’s Creek, in this county, on Friday morning last. The tody of the last mentioned has not yet lieen recovered.— WM ington, (_Gn.) News of the Gth. Ma. Clay.—The address of the Whig Con vention of Virginia to the people of tliat state, abounds in passages of rare elegance and pow er., The following extract in relation to Mr. Clay is replete with historical truths, presented in the most sinking language. The address is supposed to have been written by that sterling whig, Benj. Watkins Leigh; a man of whom any nation might well be ptoud. It is the error o! the age that abilities like his are permitted to languish in retirement, whilst the changeling and the inti igiter occupy stations which they neither merit nor adorn. ' ■ It becomes us to indicate our preference as to the candidate of the Whig party for the next Presidency. Ipstructed by our Constituents, as Weil as in accordance with our own feelings, we proclaim that HENRY ( LAY, of Kentucky, Is the object of that preference, over all other men—declaring, however, this avowal, we deem it due ip Qnr brut|ier Whigs, in other Stat-cs, who may prefer any other individual, il any such there be, that we are willing to submit bis claims to the consideration and decision of a National Convention. We deem it unnecessary lo sustain the nomination oi this distinguished Statesman and Patri -t, by an enumeration of his public services, or by an attempt to vindicate Ids character from the aspersions ot his enemies. 1 Irese services are inscribed upon every j’ -ge of iiis country’s Ilistoty—that charactei has passed through the fiery ordeal ol numerous par ty contests, without a spot or blemish resting upon it. His bitterest enemies admit l.issuperi loity to all selfish considerations; and (hey who most Joudly condemn his oi.mioDs,zumf‘-ss foe (n.tepe|ideqce with which they are avowed, and the ability with which they aie maintained, A native ot Virginia, whjle' he has always been loyal to the Union, he has never beep an alien to the land ol his Qirth, He has no military ex ploits qf which to boast; but although be'was never summoned to the field, his wise- councils gave energy lo the arm that wielded the sword, and his eloquent voire, like that oi Demosthenes, when he aroused the Athenians against the Macedonian invader, often enk indled the droop ing courage of his countrymen, when imbecil ity, and cowardice, and treachery had struck our flag, am! shrouded the nation in gloom. Equal to any emergency, he has twice, bv his n ise moderation, thrown himself between' inftti iated parties, and rescued the Union from impending dissolution, in 1819, when the question of the annexion of .Missouri to the Confederacy agita ted the Halls of Congress, and in 1832, it hen the friends of our free institutions trembled for their safety. At each of these critical eras in the history of our Government, Henry Clay proved himself equal lo the emergencies that arose, when feebler minds, or loss patriotic spirits would have stink despairingly under the trial, or rashly defied its consequences. At that proud period of his brilliant career, he illustra ted the beautiful sentiment, that “PeMe hall; its victory well as H'..r A >)>l laid his countrymen under obligations, the force of which, even partv malignity cannot wholly destroy, and which tlie highest honor in their gift cannot more than repay. JjrThe amount of Treasury Notes outstand ing on the Ist of April, it is officially stated, was $11,685,387 44. jOThroughout the country the season has been unparalleled in its inclemency. Here, as every one knows, there are no more symptoms of returning spring than there was in tiiemiddleot January; those farmers who had planted theii crops Lt the usual time have but thrown away seed and will have to g.i over all the labor again. The woods which are usually clothed in verdure are as naked as in midwinter; tire same is the ease every where. There seems to be no pros-, peels oi amendment; tlie coldand wet weiitlu-r still continue-, for every two hours of sunshine we have ten of “ clouds and darkness.” Some thing must be out of gear in the tipper regions; but whether these comets, meteors and dancing stars w hieh ate observed every clear night, have any thing to do with the weather, may be doubt ed, We do not, despair of having warm weath er about midsummer, and if the Comet ap proaches ns within 10,000 miles, as a northern astronomer has predicted it soon will, it may prove too warm for comfort. llfrs/u'ng/ea (6r«.) A’ lrs o/V/; ■ 571. The ttit.i.iim.tiistoau.boat "Enipire'L-th: long est vessel at|oatr=w(H be ready for operation between the cities oi New Yot k and Troy, on the opening ot naviga ion. It is intended that she shall make the passage both ways during each twenty-four hours. The Tribune has the lowing description of this leviathan: Her length is 330 feet; her breadth of beam 30 feet, and her extreme breadth 63 feet. The depth of her hold is ten feet, her burlhen 1400 tons, and she will draw when complete for sailing, only 4 feet 6 inches water. Her engines are [.laced u[ion each side of the boat, thus leaving an un broken range of cabins three hundred feet in length. The ladies saloon on the main deek is eighty feet in length leaving the remainder full two hundred and fifty feet. On her promenade deck she has two tiers of state rooms two hun dred feet it: length with a hall in the centre thir teen feet in width. She will be able to accom modate six hundred passengers wish births. She will be fitted with two of W. A Lighthall’s patent horizontal lever beam marine engines ot forty-eight inch cylindersand twelve feet stroke of piston, working on five feet cranks, which with her shafts, likewise made of wrought iron, weigh thirty-one thousand pounds. The diam eter of her wheels thirty-one feet, with twelve and a half feet face of buckets, and twenty-eight inches dip. She has fbui boilers, each eighteen feet in length and nine and a hall in width, with double return flues, arranged in such a manner as to use one or the whole, as the case may re quire. The weight ot her'•oilers is one hun dred and thirty thousand pounds. She has al so two engines of which the cylinders are four teen inches in diameter, with fourteen inches stroke of piston, driving eight blowers, one to each furnace. These blowers are constructed so that their whole force mav be applied to one or more ot the furnaiies.—The Empire will be •ompfoted at an expense ol $120,000. gypOn Saturday week, “?«lilwood Mills,” near Toronto, Upper Canada, were destroyed by fire. They were owned by Thomas Fisher, Esq. The cost of building the Mills was $14,- 000. Eight thousand bushels of wheat were de stroyed—unfortunately Mr. Fisher had no Insu rance en the building or stock. Is, &13 MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 10. gj-Gen. John Armstrong died at his resi dence, Redhook, Dutches Co., N. Y. on Satur day the Ist inst., aged 8-1 years. He formerly played an imp jrtant part on the Political stage, and was Secretary of War during a great por tion of our last contest with Great Britain- Er The Mobile Advertiser of the 4th says: We learn from Captain Post, of the schooner Augusta, whose arrival from Havana we no ticed yesterday, that just previous to his sailing from that port, intelligence was received of a daring robbery on the rail road near the city.— The robbers, about fifty in number, laid pieces ol timber across the track, so as to stop the train of cars on its passage into town, and having ri lled all the passengers of their money, watches, and other valuables, allowed them to proceed on their journey. A detachment ot a httrdred soldiers was immediately sent out from the ci'y to arrest the plunderers, and after an encounter with them, in which several were killed on both sides, a number ofthe gang were captured and brought in for trial and punishment. Important Suit.—The Pittsburg Post of the Ist, says:—“We understand that Captain Col lins, ofthe steamboat Cutter, was apprehended yesterday, and held to bail in the sum of $5,000 The complaint was entered against him by a Mr. Scanliti and wife, who ware deck nassen gr-r-romtic .-vm, u.m the explosion took place.” EvTlie doctrine-of repudiation is so popular in Mississippi, that it is regarded a most foul accusation to call a man a bond payer! The Locos ought certainly hold their National Con vention there Es-It is estimated that no less than eight thou sand bales of cotton and three thousand bush els of bian were lugged out by the ladies oi Broadway, New York, on a pleasant day re cently. Specie.—The N. O. Tropic ofthe 3rd inst. says:—The following amounts of specie were received in our city yesterday, consigned as fol lows: Per Saratoga, from New Yoik, $139,000 to or der. Pet ship Taglioni, from Havre, 240,000 francs, to A. Lanfear. Per ship St. Louis, from Philadelphia, $93,000. Per barque Parthian, from Norfolk, SB,OOO to order. Per ship Emily, from New York, — $5,000 and 100 doubloons, tet 11. Bean & Co. 5,000 to Field & Co. 6,000 to Valentine & Williams. 5,700 to H. H. Goodman. 23,500 to L. Coming. 10,000 sovereigns, to Samuel Nicholson. Absence of JHindf i t We have to record a singular instance of ab sence of mind which took place in our office this week it may appear incredible to our readers, but we can assure them, on the honor of an Epitqr !11 that it is a positive fact, and if called upon, we are ready to prove it. It is certainly the only instance of that kind that has ever fall en within the range of our experience, and we doubt very much if any of our contemporaries has evet had an opportunity of recording a simi lar one. The instance to which we allude was as follows:—A very punctual subscriber of ours, anfra very gentlemanly man too, for he always pays in advance for his paper, called upon us this week for the purpose of paying in advance for his paper, for this year. We received the mon ey, not very reluctantly, handed a receipt in return, and the gentleman left the office.— But wnen we turned to our books, for the pur pose of giving him credit for the amount, what was our astonishment to find that he had already paid in advance for this year. We tried to per suade ourselfthat there must be some mistake about the previous credit, but upon enquiry, we found it all perfectly correct. What were weto think ? Here was an evidence oI absence of mind that no theory ol mental philosophy and no experiments of Mesmerism, that wc" have eveneadof, could snllicienlly explain. The gen tleman was certainly not mad, though the thought certainly crossed our mind at the time, if he were, and would only bite some of our de linquent subscribers, whalan advantage it would lie to us. The circumstance has certainly given rise to serious reflection in our mind, and done more than any other ofthe strange phenomena which have taken place this year to excite within our mi nds the question of tlie possibility ofthe truth of Millerism. Coming events they say cast their shadows before. We have had the comet, the earthquakes and the cold weather. But what of that: we have had comets, earthquakes and cold weather before; and these things, after all, arc but material eflects which can easily be explained away upon natu ral principles.— But this instance of absence of mind which we have given above, we venture to say, stands alone and unprecedented in these times ; besides, it is the result of some causeop eialing upon the mind, independent of all matter. Cau it be that the coming of some strange won derful and unnatural event could cast upon the mind so deep a shadow as todarken all recollec tion of a previous payment of money? It must be so. We fear either that the anticipations of Miller are about to be realized this year, or some terrible catastrophe is to happen. We warn all our fellow-citizens to look out, for something is certainly going to happen this year. The most melancholj' part ofthe whole trans action was, that we had to refund the money.— Montgomery Advertiser. The foregoing case of what the Editor pleas es to term “absence of mind," appears in the Montgomery Advertiser; and, as the Editor seems to doubt whether any cotemporary has had an opportunity to record a similar occur rence, we propose to compare notes, although in the case to which we refer, we felt disposed to regard it rather a manifestation of warm at tachment and devoted lovefor sound Whig prin ciples, than to any mental alienation. Some short time alter the Ist January, 1842, when we ad -pled the cash system, we were met in the street one day by one ot those warm-hearted, zealous Whigs, for which our old native coun ty of Oglethorpe is so deservedly distinguished: who, after giving us a most cordial shake ofthe band, remarked, —“I must call and pay my sub scription to the Chronicle and Sentinel, for I see y.m have adopted the cash system, and I don’t want my paper stopped.” We replied—“ You have already paid some considerable time in ad vance.” “I reckon not,” said he, “I have not ent you any money for a year, and I must be in arrears.” “ Very well,” we replied, “call at the office, and we will examine.”— I ll go now, he rejoined, and we stepped into the office, and on examination of his account, found that fie had actually paid to the Ist day of April, 1846 —more than lour years in ad vance. He expressed, his astonishment—ad mitted that he recollected each remittance dis tinctly, and that all was right—and aftergiv ing us a short “good Whig talk" badc us good morning and never hinted a word about refund ing. The truth was, in his zeal in the good cause, he had not been unmindful of the printer, and win never it occurred to him, he remitted us some money, without ever stopping to inquire alter the amount of his account. Do you “j>««” brother Wal-h ? In Bankruptcy.—A decision of much impor tance was made by Judge Betts on the 25th ult. A debtor oftliis city made an assignment of all his effects, in trust ibr the pro-rata payment of all his creditors. Two months afterward some of his creditors commenced proceedings in bank ruptcy again-t him, which passed to a decree; and then the oflicial assignee filed his bill against tlie assignees under the voluntary assignment, claiming that the property should be transferred l) him for distribution among the creditors. Tliis claim was held to be sustained by the sec ond section ofthe bankrupt law, which declares that “all other payments,securities, conveyances or transfers ot property made or given by the bankrupt in contemplation of bankruptcy, to any person nut being a bona tide creditoror purchas er tor a valuable con-Jidcration and without no tice shall be deemed utterly void; and the as ■signee shall be entitled to claim, sue tor, receive the same as part of the assets of the bankrupt." —A'. Y. Comriimial Advertiser. OThe Mobile Advertiser says—We give it its our decided op’nion, that ct'het the water pedlars in this city put a little too much milk in their water to sell it for the transparent ele ment, or the milk merchants mingle too much water wi h their merchandise, to pass it ofi for the genuine lacteous fluid. Either way. it is TUESbAY MORNING, APRIL il. City Klcction. The following is the result of the Election held in this city yesterday for Mayor and Mem bers of the City Council. We omit the votes in the several Wards for the various candidates for Council. FOR MAYOR. Al. M. Dye. G. M. Newton. First Ward 67 87 Second Ward 106 117 Third Ward 108 62 Fourth Ward 117 68 388 334 MEMBERS Ol' COUNCIL. FIRST WARD. THIRD W ARD. J. G. McWhorter, John Hill, I. P. Garvin. F. M. Robertson, Philip Crump. J. .4. Uiblcr. SECOND WARD. FOURTH WARD. Henry Hora, T. W. Miller. John Phinizy, jr. H". .4. Beall, Charles A. Greiner, Alexander Philip, O’ Those in italics are Whigs. Release of Wm. E. Jones. Our readers will receive with much pleasure the intelligence contained in the late news from Mexico, of the release of our friend and prede cessor William E. Jones, from Mexican cap ti. i« . .. What Does this vnarleston ' Courier of the 24th inst. says:—“The Hon. R. 11. Wilde, formerly a member of Congress from Georgia, was, on Saturday, on motion of Mr. McMahan, admitted as a practitioner of the Baltimore bar. Has Mr. Wilde left Georgia in a huff!— Griffin Gazette. To which the Dahlonega Times, in its own classic vernacular, replies: “Well hoss he did.” It means nothing more or less than that in consideration of the distinguished legal attain ments ol Mr. Wilde, he has been employed in some important cases in Baltimore, before he eould appear in which such a motion whs ne cessary.—Ed. Chron. 4 - . Sent. Fire in Schenectady, N. Y. —On Wednes day morning the sth, a fire broke out in the large railroad car house, belonging to the Utica Company, which spread with such astonishing rapidity that the building, some 300 feet in length, was entirely enveloped in flames before any considerable alarm could be given. The fire soon communicated to the large hotel of Mr. Given, which is aheap of ruins. The build ings on the west side of Canal street, belong ing to Mr. Peter Banker, occupied as a tobacco factory, &c., and the smith’s shop on the rear of Given’s, on the comer of Canal and Liberty streets are also destroyed. Abdication of President Boyer. -By the recent arrival from Hayti, says the New Or leans Picayune, we learn that after getting on board the British man of war Boyer formally adicated the government of the island. The following, although it may not be in his own wolds, is the substance of his letter renouncing the office of President:— “Twenty-five years ago I was called to the Chief Magistracy, then vacated by the immortal Petion, founder of the republic. “1 have since then endeavored to carry out his views, which, above all other persons, lhad the best means of being acquainted with. “I have endeavored to administer the govern ment economically, and as a proof of this, there are $1,000,000 in reserve, besides a deposit in Paris lo the credit of the Treasury. “Recent events, which I will not characterize, have brought upon me unexpectedly calamities for which 1 am not ptepared. “In this emergency my dignity and honor re quire a personal abnegation of the [lowers con ferred upon me. “1 have pursued the policy of healing the do mestic feuds and divisions which made this re public weak and distracted, and in voluntarily ostracising myself, I give another proof of my desire to remove all cause of contention and in ternal commotion. “I have lived to see the independence of the government recognized, and in leaving it 1 de sire to see Hayti as happy as 1 strove to render her. Boyer.” AcavtTTAL of Mercer. —We learn from the Philadelphia papers of Friday that the Jury in the ease of Singleton Mercer, under trial for the murder of Hebcrton, the seducer of his sis ter—returned a verdict of not guilty. We copy from the Inquirer’s report of the trial the fol lowing notice of the closing scene. Woodbury, N. J., April 6,5, r. M. The Jury has just agreed upon a verdict af ter being out about twenty minutes. The Court Room is crowded in every part The ex citement and confusion is so great that the Judge has deemed it necessary’ to caution those present against any outbreak of popular feeling, let the verdict be what it may. Gov. Vroom and Mr. Carpenter have also addressed the crowd to the same effect anil order is restored. Clerk — Gentlemen of the Jury, have you a greed upon a verdict? Jurors. — Wc have. Clerk. — Who shall deliver your verdict? Jurors. — The foreman. Clerk.— How say you, Mr. Foreman, is Singleton Mercer guilty, in manner and form as laid in indictment, or nor guilty. Foreman.— NOT GUILTY. [ Here, there was an outbreak of applause.] Mr. Jeffers then moved that Singleton Mercer be discharged f rom custody, and he was dis charged accordingly, and left the Court House for the dwelling ofthe Sheriff. The crowd fol lowed, and as he entered the apartments ot that officer, gave “ Three C/u. rs for Singleion Mercer!" JS- The Louisville Journal says :—" The J. M. White, Capt. Converse, from New Orleans to St. Louis, with a cargo principally of groce ries, struck a snag and sunk on Wednesday, in the Mississippi, about forty miles above the mouth of the Ohio. Boat and cargo a total loss. No lives lost.” The Louisville Journal of the 3d inst. says— “We have received from Capt. Coombs, of the Rainbow, some particulars of ths loss ofthe J. M. 'White. She was sunk on Tuesday evening last, in the Mississippi, thirty-five miles above the mouth of the Ohio, at what is called the Chain. Boat and cargo a total loss. She went down in two minutes after striking, and but for a hull iu tow, many lives would have been lost. Only one person was drowned, a female deck passenger.” Election in Rhode Island.—ln Providence at 4| o’clock on Wednesday afternoon, Fenner, the Whig or anti-Dorrite candidate, had receiv ed 592 votes, and Carpenter, the opposition but 16ft. In six other towns Fenner had 665 and Carpenter 129, giving an aggregate majority of 968 lor Fenner. Result in Connecticut.—The election in Connecticut has resulted as follows:—A demo cratic Governor; three, and perchance four, democratic members to Congress, and a demo cratic Legislature.—A". Y. Herald. Massachusetts Congressional Ei.ection. —Annexed is the result in the several districts: —Second district, no choice; Third, no choice; Fifth, Hudson, whig, elected: Sixth, no choice; Seventh, probably no choice. Abolition is the cause ofthe non-success.— New York Herald. The Whig City forever! NEW ORLEANS RIGHT SIDE UP! The Tropic says, the result ofthe Municipal elections in New Orleans on the 3d instant, is es a character calculated ts fill the heart of eve ry Whig in the Union with pride and satisfac tion. The Whigs have literally swept the city, scatcely a vestige of Locofocoism or Tylerism is remaining. The .Whigs-have signally tri umphed in every Municipality—have glorious ly carried ten of the thirteen wards in the three Municipalities, and have elected ten of the twelve members ot the General Council! Tur. Reason.—A philosopher asserts that the reason why ladies’ teeth decay sooner than men’s, is because ofthe friction of the rongne an-i the -irrr!os of tsr hi-. VOL. VII.-.XO. 15. From the National Inldligmctr. A New Party Movement. The following Proceedings, offieially paUM> ed in the recognised Administration paper in the city of Mew York are entitled to a place Ui ow columns: From the New York Aurora. At a meeting of the Republican General Con niittee friendly to the General Administration, held at Military Hall on Monday evening, Apri 3, 1843, the following preamble and resolution were adopted: W heieas the great mass meeting, held i-n the 15th ot March last, ofthe Democratic Republic an electors oftliis city friendly to John Tylut have nominated him as a candidate tot the Pres idency in 1811, subject to the decision of a Dem ocratic National Convention: And whereas this committee was organized and continued for the purpose of rendering jus tice to th: principles and measures of the Presi dent, that his claims to the suffrages ol the wc pie might be more fully appreciated; And whereas the objects contemplated by tlie organization ofthe committee being attained by the nomination ot Air. Tyler and the incorpora tion of his name with those ol the Democratic candidates for the Presidency. And whereas, it is belieted that the harmony and unity of the Democratic party will be best promoted by the dissolution of this committee, and by directing all our efforts to increase the numbers and extend the influence ul the Demo cratic associations friendly to the President, formed in most ot the wards, and by the organi zation of such associations in the remainuig wards: therefore -wrffl" dtgti glSwiiHiitoirme Fumfr taken uy u large and respectable number of their democrat ic fellow citizens in placing John Tyler before the country as a candidate for the Presidency, subject to the decision of a National Conven tion. Resolved, That the recommendations of the mass meeting, held on the 15th March last, on the subject ofthe organization ofthe Democrat ic National Convention, and the period at which it should convene, are eminently judicious, and meet with our decided concurrence. Resolved, That we reciAmend to the Demo cratic Republican friends ofthe Administration in the several wards in which clubs or associa tions friendly to the President ate now formed, to use all honorable exertions to increase their number and extend their efficiency, and trust that the remaining wards will immediately or ganize similar associations, the more effectually to further the interests ofthe General Adminis tration and the success of Mr. Tyler in the Pre sidential contest of 1814. Resolved, That the thanks oi this committee arc due to M. M. Noah, Esq., the President, for the satisfactory manner in which he has dis charged the duties ofthe chair since the organi zation ofthe Convention. Resolved, That this committee be now dir charged, and adjourn sine die. M. M. NOAH, President. Wm. Sinclair, Jr.. I 8. Sanxay, | Secretaries. This account of the dissolution of the Third Party, and its surrender to the Locofoco party of its distinctive appellation, would be incom plete and not very intelligible without the com mentary ofthe “Aurora”—whose editorhasjusl “returned from Washington”—which accompa nies it, and which, therefore, without a word ol comment, we append hereto as follows : From the Aurora of April 4. “The resolutions of the Administration Gen eral Committee, last evening, speak for them selves. It will not, therefore, be necessaty for us further to explain the motives which have in duced its voluntary dissolution. The Demo cratic party will, we believe, regard this move ment as a strong evidence of sincerity and good faith on the part of our friends in coin ing into their tanks. The President hav ing decided to lend the weight of bis charac ter, and the influence of his station, to the ad vancement of the pure principles of democracy, his friend-, throughout the country will best serve his interests by uniting with anil swelling the ranksof the great Democratic party, that tliat party, ever just to its true friends, w ill see in the present position of Mr. Tyler the soundest rea sons for sustaining him in his republican meas ures, and silencing the false and malicious idea that the country is opposed'to his firm and de cided and effectual opposition to the schemes ol' federal whiggery” “The friends of President Tyler, who have uniformly treated evciy democratic candidate with respect, will hereafter, as they did in the last fall elections, unite indiscriminately with the friends ot all the other democratic candidates for the Presidency, and support the regular nomi nations of the I'.cu vY throiighvidthecountry. The President himself, being willing to trust his case in the hands of the great Democratic party, expects his supporters to enter its ranks in good faith, with a determination to abide by its u sages, observe its ancient landmarks, and battle for its vital principles with all their might.” In connexion with the above development, our readers will take for what it is worth —and that is more than most of what is written from Wash ington for publication—the following extract of a letter to the Journal ol Commerce at New- York: i “Demandshave been made, and are, at. this moment, strongly urged upon the President, as the conditions on which he is to be supported for the next term Z-y the Democracy. He is required immediatelj- to turn out the present collector, the postmaster, and the district attorney oi the city of New York. “This is to conciliate the New York Democ racy. It has been represented to, and urged upon the President, that the present incumbents ol those places do not exert thcms‘lvcs to promote his popularity, and that the failure of the New York Tyler meeting is owing to their indiffer ence.” Fashionable Dress. The Crescent City, alluding to the fashiona ble costume ofthe present day,remarks:—“We are fast losing the land-marks of neat costume, and in a tew years, a man who is seen in an 1837 black coat, will be called an eccentric, and have it w hispered about t hat he is a “gentleman of the old school.” The fashionable young men of the present day, will possibly stop as soon as they find that they are happy combina tions of the wasp and the frog, and the ladies may start when they come to the conclusion that they .Tie more like .lune-bugs than human beings ; but until both sexes arrive at this point of belief, they will go on adorning themselves with the cast off ornaments of the animal, the vegetable and the mineral kingdoms.” Intercourse with Foreign Nations—ln 1842, the United States had 178 Political and Consular Agents in foreign countries:—B Min isters Plenipotentiary, with salaries of #9,(XK) each, besides $9,000 outfit, 4 Secretaries of Le gation, with a salary each of $2,000; 1 Minis ter Resident, (Commodore Potter, at Constan tinople,) with a salary of $6,000; 1 Dragoman to the Legation at Constantinople ; 11 Charge d’Aflaires, with salaries each of $4,500; aid 154 Consuls and Commercial Agents. France has 193 Political Rnd Consular agent-, abroad; 10 Ambassadors, with salaries vanity from $9,375 to $56,350 ; 21 Ministers Pleuipo tentiary, with salaries varying from $4,688 to $18,75(1; 2 Charge d’Afliiires ; 3 Sec etaries or Embassies; 15 Attaches; 21 Consuls Generals, with salaries varying from $2,800 to $6,750-, and 87 Consuls of the first and second class, whose salaries vary from $1,500 to #5,260. — The salary of the French tJonsttl at Canton is fixed at $7,500. — Jinir. of Com. Latest from Yueatan. The New Oilcans Tropic, of the 3d inst says —The schoonet Margaret Ann left Ctuupcachy five days ago; and brings the following item,, of nc ws: Left brig Fairy and schooners No 1 and Ro sario. The soldiers and citizens of Campeachy were in high spirits, and wanted nothing so much a.- Cornmodorc Moore. The gunboats of Camt-eachy were seco twenty miles at sea on the 26th ult.' The Mexicans .still hel i the heights, and bombarded Campeachy dailv without much in jury. The Mexican fleet was at anchor off point D< sconceJa. They had landed a reinfot cement <>l'36oo men on the 18th March, who marched towards Merida. On the 18th, 2500 men left Campeachy to give them battle. On the 27th of March, the Campeachiatios meant to attack Lerma by land and water. The Mississippi Dei u.cation.—The New Orleans Tropic of the 3d inst. says :—After all, Mississippi is not likely to lose so much by her Treasurer as was at first expected. We learn verbally from Jackson, that soon after the de parture" of Graves, his wifi- sent to Gov. Tucker, requesting an interview. At first the Governor declined, but on the lady’s sending a second time, the Governor called on the lady in company with Judge Buckner. Mrs. G. delivered to the Governor a package containing $96,11011 in gokt and treasury notes, also a parcel state bonds, which bad nc.i examined n b<m our informant left.