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AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 5.
The Government organ charges some papers
■with stealing matter from its columns. The
law of the land denounces no punishment on
such offenders. No legislator ever supposed
a nime could by possibility elist. Tire
man who would steal from John Jones would
break into a poor-house. — Louisville Journal.
There was a set of fellows in the Revolution
that belonged to neither of the two contending
parties, but stole cattle from both as opportuni
ty offered. They were called “cow-boys.” The
Tylerites of the present day arc their legitimate
descendants.— Louisville Journal.
A decided decrease has been manifested since
1838 in the slave trade ot the Island of Cuba. —
It appears, from statements recently made to
the British Parliament, that in the year 1838,
there were seventy-one vessels belonging to Ha
vana, engaged in the slave trade, and that in
184'2 there were only three vessels so engaged.
There were imported into the island from Afri
ca, during the year 1839, twenty-five thousand
slaves. -The number imported in 1812 was on
ly three thousand one hundred and fifty.
George B. Cumming, Esq. was elected
President of the Bank of the State of Georgia,
on Tuesday last.
yr The Hon. H. W. Hilliard, Charged’
Affairesol the United States, to Belgium, pass
ed through this city yesterday with his family
on his return to his post.
From the National Intelligencer.
The Hard-Money System,
Our readers m.iy remember, as we do, the
ramarks of the present Secretary of State, in
the Senate of the United States, (while oppos
ing the Sub-Treasury Bill,) upon the absurdity
of attempting to carry on all the commercial
concerns of the country by means of hard mo
ney. We recur to the subject now, from hav
ing met, in a valuable English publication of
the last year, with an article bearing such strong
resemblance to Mr. Webster’s remarks, and ex
posing so fully and powerfully the folly ot the
idea of being able to transact extensive busi
ness by mere metallic exchanges, as to induce
us to make room for the insertion of both in
our columns.
We hold the condition of things in this coun
try to be such as can never admit of a thorough
remedy without the existence of a well-secured,
safe currency, of equal and universal receiva
bility and value, consisting of paper, redeema
ble in gold and silver on demand; and we never
look to see a currency having these qualities,
unless it be one which shall carry with it the
stamp and sanction of the Government. This
is our judgment, the result ot thirty years’ex
perience.
Whatever is offered to the whole country, and
intended to recommend itself as currency to ev
ery citizen, must have about it an “odor ot na
tionality,” as was said, with as much truth as
felicity, by Mr. Webster on another occasion.
Extract from Mr. Webster's Speech, March \Hth,
1838.
“As to an exclusive metallic currency, sir, the
Administration, on this point, is regularly Ja
nus-faced. Out doors and among the people it
shows itself “all clinquant, all tn gold. There
every thing is to be hard money—no paper rags
—no delusive credits—no bank monopolies—no
trust in paper of any kind. But, in the Treas
ury Department, and in tile Houses of Congress
we see another aspect—a mixed appearance,
partly gold and partly paper—gold lor Govern
ment and paper for the people. The small
voice which is heard here, allows the absolute
necessity of paper of some sort, and to some
extent, while the shouts in the community de
mand the destruction ot all banks, and the final
extermination of all paper circulation.
“To the people, the lion roars against paper
money in all the loudness and terror of his nat
ural voice; but to members of Congress he is
more discreet, lest he should frighten them out
of their wits, he here restrains and. modulates,
and roars “as gently as any sucking dove, or as
it were, any nightingale.” The impracticabil
ity of an exclusive metallic currency, the ab
surdity of attempting any sqch thing in a coun
try like this is so manifest, that nobody here
undertakes to support it by any reasoning or
argument. All that is said in its favor is a ge
neral denunciation of paper, boisterous outcry
against the bank, and declamation against ex
isting institutions, full of sound and fury, signi
fying nothing,
“Sir, the moment any one considers it, he
sees how ridiculous any such attempt would
be. An exclusive metallic circulation lor the
second commercial country on earth, in the
nineteenth century! Sir, you might as well
propose to abolish commerce altogether.
“The currency ol England is estimated at Gt)
millions sterling; and it is Mr. McCulloch’s
calculation that if this currency were all gold,
allowing only one quarter of one per cent lor
wear of metals, the annual expense attending
such a currency would be three millions and a
quaiter a year, or nearly live per cent upon the
whole. With us this charge would be much
greater. The lo.~s of capital would be more,
owing to the higher rates id' interest; and, be
sides all this is the cost of transportation, which
in a country so extensive as ours, would be
vast and not easily e i-<i. We should al.-o
require, propm'i-m:.' y. more speei.; than re.
qptsite in England, t» ■ ni.-c our.•.)•»!:,ui of ex
change, by means of bills of exchange, is at
present, and would lie, under such a system as
|s proposed, much less perlect and convenient
than that of England. Besides, the English
metallic circulation is mostly gold ; gold being
in England the standard metal. W ith us silver
and gold I>oth are made standards, at a fixed re
lation ; and if we should succeed to keep this
relation so true as to preserve both of the pre
cious metals among us, (which indeed is not
very probable,) our circulation would be still
ipore expensive and cumbrous, from the quan
tity of silver which it would contain. The sil
ver in the world is estimated to be fitly times as
much as the gold in amount, and consequently
something more than three times in value. It
both should circulate therefore equally in pro
portion to value, the currency would be three
parts silver and one gold.
“Now, sir, the annual expense of such a circu
lation, upon the basis of Mr. McCulloch's esti
mate, would exceed the whole annual expendi
ture made for our Army and Navy, Consider,
Str, the amount of actual daily payments made
in the country. It is difficult to estimate it, and
quite Impossible to ascertain it with any accura
cy. 4til,we can form some notion of it by the
daily amount of payments in the banks in some
of the cities. In times of prosperous business
and commerce the daily amount ot payments in
the banks of New Y»tk alone has been equal to
eight millions. Whether we call this a tenth, a
twentieth, or a fiftieth part ot all the payments
and receipts made daily in the country, we see
jo what an aggregate result the whole would
rise. And how is it possible that such amount
0/ receipt and paynjent could be performed by
an actual passing of gold and silver from hand
to hand?
“Such notions, str, hardly require serious re
futation.”
From a letter recently published by Hamer Stans
field, Esq., of Leeds.
“Gold and silver coin simply constitute the
petty cash, ol the country, and the idea of carry
ing on the foreign trade exclusively with it
would be as absurd as it a merchant were to at
tempt to carry' on his business with his petty
cash only.
“It has been given in evidence before a com
mittee of the House of Commons that no_ lesi
han one thousand millions annually is exchang
ed by twenty-eight only of the principal London
bankers, at the Clearing room, and all the gold
and silver wanted to effect this enormous ex
change is about £2O a day. Here it is petty
cash indeed!
“As it is with the individual so it is with the
nation, which is simply a number of individu
als; and that the coin of the country is merely
its petty cash will be palpable when we learn
from Mr. Jacob (who wrote on the precious me
tals) that the whole amount of coin is only
thirty millions, to carry on trading transaction’s
that must amount to many thousand millions.
How many thousand millions it would be im
possible to say, but a guess may be hazarded.
“We have it in evidence that twenty-eight
banks only exchange bills and checks represent
ing sales (independent of theirtransaetionsover
the counter, and transfers from one account to
another, when two parties bank at the same
house) to the amount annually of £1,000,000,-
000. Now, take into account the transactions
of these twenty-eight banks over the counter;
those of fifty-two other bankers in London;
those of the Bank of England, (for she has a
clearing room of her own;) those of the Stock
Exchange and Share Market; the operations of
all the shopkeepers and merchants; the daily
expenditure of two millions ot individuals lor
food; and you will not have less in London alone,
annually, than a further amount of exchanges
of £2,000,000,000. Take the rest of the empire
at a guess (and a very rough one it mus’ be for
want of data) to have the same amount of .rans
actions at the metropolis £3.000,000.000 —total,
X6.(Mk).000,000.
‘•We have a total of six thousand millions
carried on with a petty cash of thirty millions,
which is in the same proportion as £3O to a man
who turns ovex in a year X 6.000.
“We have imported foreign produce at the
rate of forty millions a year; and it-, we only
take into our calculation the last twenty years,
this would come to eight hundred millions; and
the gold coin in the country, or rather our petty
cash, being within five millions as much now as
it ever was, it shows that the foreigners can on
ly have been paid by having taken our goods in
barter tor theirs.
“But it is said they will positively take no
more than they have done; that if we’ take ten
millions more from them ot corn, sugar, or col
fee, they will have gold for it. If so, our stock
of petty cash would be in great danger; for, be
ing only thirty millions, in three years it would
be all gone, and the whole country must shut up
shop.
“But is not this conclusion absurd! Under a
free system every article finds its level in price,
and so does gold’. If we have too little petty
cash to carry on our trade, and another country
has too much we can give a higher price lor it,
and back it comes.
“It follows, then, that for every quarter of
wheat we take from the foreigners, they must
take our goods in return; and the more we take
from them the more they must take, from ns, and
thereby give work to Ihe unemployed, orders to
the merchants, tenants for theempty warehouse,
and prosperity to all."
The Dost or Stolen Treasury Notes.
The advertisement recently put forth from the
Treasury Department respecting the package of
Treasury notes alledged to have been made up
at New Orleans, has elicited the following re
marks from the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette:
“The Secretary of the Treasury has publish
ed a list of about SIOO,OOO of Treasury Notes,
which he says he has received information were
made up in a package at the Custom House in
New Orleans, on the ‘l&lijuly last, but which
have never been received by tire Department.—
He farther says, “it has been ascertained that
some of the notes thus paid and cancelled have
been paid into the Custom Houses and to re
ceivers of public moneys, bearing very slight
indications, if any, of a prior cancellation, from
which it is apprehended” that others ot the same
description are in circulation. The Secretary
adds, “these notes are wholly invalid, and can
not be received, or in any way acknowledged by
the Treasury.” What authority, we would ask,
has the Government of the United States, thus
to repudiate one hundred thousand dollars of its
obligations'! An oliicer of the Government em
bezzles that amount of Treasury Notes, and af
ter a lapse of nine months, giving him ample time
to dispose of them and scatter them from one
end ol the Union to the other, during which they
the Secretary of the Treasury gravely informs
them that the United States will not pay them
or in any way acknowledge them. How differ
ent and how honorable was the conduct of the
British Government in relation to the fraudulent
issues of Exchequer Bills. They honestly paid
the bills, and took measures to punish the offen
ders; but our Government dishonestly refuses
to pay its genuine obligations, and will in all
probability allow the perpetrator ol the fraud to
go unpunished. The effect of this unwise move
ment of Mr. Spencer is to be seen in the f all of
U. States stock, which had reached 113, and
was steadily advancing—but which, since the
publication of the Secretary, has receded toll!,
(while all other stocks have advanced) with a
strong disposition on the part of holders to sell.”
Serious Mistake.—lt appears that a serious
mistake has been made in the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington, in connection with a re
cent issue of Treasury Notes. The correspond
ent ol the New York Express, writing from
Washington unde l date of26th April, says—
“T. L. Smith, the Register of the Treasury,
has issued nearly four hundred thousand dollars
worth, of Treasury Notes beyond the amount au
thorised, by the late law of Congress before he dis
covered his error!”
A Second Pocahontas. —The Committee on
Indian Affairs in the late House of Representa
tives reported a bill allowing a pension for life to
Milly, an Indian woman, of the Creek tribe,
daughter of the celebrated prophet and chief
Francis, who was executed by order of Gen.
Jackson tn the Seminole war of 1817-’lB. The
subject was brought to the notice of the Commit
tee by the Secretary of War at the instance of
Lieut. Col. Hitchcock, who communicated the
particulars of the incident upon which the recom
mendation to the favor of the Government was
founded.
Milly, at the age of sixteen, when her nation
was at war with the United States, and her father
was one of the most decided and indefatigableen
emies of the white people, saved the life of an
American citizen who had been taken by her
tribe. The captive was bound to a tree, and
the savage warriors, with their rifles, weredanc
ing around him, preparatory to putting him to
death. The young Indian girl filled with
pity for tiie devoted prisoner besought her
father to spare him ; but the chief declined to
interfere, saying that the life of the prisoner was
in the hands of his captors, whose right it was to
put him to death. —She then turned to the warri
ors and implored them to forbear their deadly
purpose; I tit she was repulsed; and one of them
much enraged, told her that he had lost two sis
ters in the war, and that the prisoner must die.
Her intercession however continued; she per-
severed in entreaties, and used all the arts of
persuasion which her xvoman’s nature suggested;
and she finally succeeded in saving his life on
condition that the young white man should adopt
the Intliai ilrcss, and become one of the tribe.
It api’> ■ < fro nthe information cotnmunica
t‘.d bv'l'fo!. Hitchcock, tiiat some time altar tips
' even: tin-white nu.i: sought his benefactress in
marriage, but she declined, and subsequently
married one of her own people. Her husband
is now dead. Her father was put to death in
the war of 1817-18, and her mother and sister
have since died. She is now friendless and poor,
residing amongst her people in their new coun
try near the mouth of Verdigris river. She
has three children, a boy and two girls, all too
young to provide for themselves, and conse
quently dependent upon their mother for support.
The Committee thought that the occasion
presented by this case was a suitable one, not
only to reward a meritorious act, but also to
show to the Indian tribes how mercy and hu-
inanity are appreciated by the Government.—
The grant ol a pension with a clear exposition
of the grounds of its allowance, would have a
salutary influence it was believed, upon savage
customs in future. A bill was accordingly re
ported to allow to Milly a pension ot $96 per
annum, or eight per month for Hie.—Baltimore
American.
From the London (Canada Wist) Inq., April 21.
Dreadful Calamity ami Loss of Life.
On last Sunday aftgriiqqn, ds the Rev. Rich
ard Flood, the worthy clergyman of Delaware,
and seventeen other gentlemen of the congrega
tion, were returning from divine service, in
crossing the river iu a small scow adjacent to
the site where the bridge has been swept away,
the temporary convenience was hurried down
the stream until it came in contact with a jut
ting out tree—when four human beings met a
watery grave.—The whole party clung to the
tree and remained there tor upward of four
hours, and until a can. e could be obtained from
the village of Kilworth, six miles distant; four
of them were chijled through atid thereby una
ble to retain their situation, perished in view of
their companions and spectators on shore who
could render them no assistance.
Father Matthew has been invited to visit
this country bv Bishop Kenrick, in behalf of the
Temperance Societies in Philadelphia, and he is
confidently expected to comeduring the summer.
In answer to a letter addressed to him by a gen
tleman of Boston, Father Matthew stated that it
would afford him pleasure to visit the United
States; and it was the knowledge of this fact
(savs the U. S. Gazette) which induced the ac
tion of the societies in Philadelphia.
From the Baltimore American.
A Currency Exclusively Metallic.
We spoke, some time since, of the direct is
sue made up between the Sub-Treasury on the
one hand, and a national currency on the other.
The principle implied in the former is adverse
to all forms of circulation except that of gold
and silver coin, theadvocales ol a national cur
rency maintain that a mixed circulation of spe
cie and of paper convertible into specie, is in
dispensably requisite for the uses ot trade.
The following extract from a letter recently
published by Hamer Stansfield, Esq., of Leeds,
will show something of the views entertained
by practical men in England on the subject of a
currency exclusively metallic:
“Gold and silver coin simply constitute the
petty cash, ot the country, and the idea of carry
ing on the foreign trade exclusively with it,
would be as absurd as if a merchant were to at
tempt to carry on his business wilh his jsetty
cash only.
“It has been given in evidence before a com
mittee of the House of Commons Uiat no less a
sum than one thousand millions annually is ex
changed by twenty-eight only of the principal
London bankers, atthe Clearing room, and all
the gold ami silver wanted to effect this enor
exchange is about £2O a day.—Here it is petty
cash indeed! '
“As it is with the individual so it is with the
nation, which is simply a number of individu
als; and that the coin ot the country is merely
its petty cash, will be palpable when we learn
from Mr. Jacob, (who wro’e on thq; preeiciis
metals) that the whole’ amount’ of coin is only
thirty millions, to carry on trading tra
that must amount to many thousand millions.
How many thousand millions it would be im
possible to say, but a guess may be hazarded.
“We have it in evidence that twenty-eight
banks only exchange bills and checks represen
t ing sales (independent of tlie-ir transact ions over
the counter, and transfers front c ne account to
another, when two parties bank at the same
house) to the amount annually o>f £1,000,000,-
(XX). Now, take into account the- transactions
of these twenty-eight banks over the counter;
those of fifty-two other bankers, in London;
those ot the Bank of England, (lor she has a
clearing-ioom of her own;) those of the Stock
Exchange and Share Market; the operations
of all the shop-keepers and merchants; the dai
ly expenditure of two millions of individuals
for food; and you will not have loss in London
alone, annually, than a further amount of ex
changes ol £2,000,000,000. Take the rest of
the empire at a guess (and a very rough one it
must be for want of data) to have the same a
mount of transactions as the rnetrcipolis, £3,000,-
000,000—total, £6,000,000,000.
“We have a total of six thousand millions
carried on with a petty cash ot thirty millions,
which is in the same proportion as £3O to a man
who turns over in a year £6,000.
It is not probable that all who, from party as
sociations, ate united in favor of the Sub-Trea
sury, would be willing to go to the extreme
length of utterly destroying all banks and bank
issues. But when men lend their efforts to es
tablish a principle, they can have no reason to
complain of the results which follow from its
operations, or to justify themselves if such ope
rations should be disastrous. The declared pur
pose oftiie Sub-Treasury is to introduce a me
tallic circulation to the entire extent of the
Government's sphere of action, and to banish all
other circulation therefrom. A conflict must
then of necessity arise between the Government
on the one hand and the commercial spirit of
the country on the other; for, with all the inter
ests of commerce, in all its diversified ramifica
tions, the use of a convertible paper currency is
intimately and indissolubly blended.
If it be said that the issue is to be between a
Sub-Treasury and a National Bank, that form
of stating the proposition may enlist in behalf
of the former many whose prejudices or consti
tutional scruples are strong against the estab
lishment of a particular institution called a
Bank of the United States. But that would not
be a true and complete statement of the ques
tion. The Sub-Treasury in principle is as
hostile to State Banks as to a National Bank. —
Its aim is to prostrate the whole banking sys
tem; in a won! to introduce a metallic currency,
and to recognize nothing but coin as currency'.
A National Bank is to be regarded as a part
of a system. It is believed to be essential to the
completeness of the system and to its whole har
monious operation. The unity of the Republic
requires that there should be nationality in the
currency; the intercourse continually going on
between the various sections of the country de
mands a common medium of circulation; it is
the duty of the National Government to provide
this, because the State Governments cannot. If
it is necessary that there should be a National
Government at all, it is equally necessary that
the functions of that Government should be ex
ercised—and of tire functions of any Government
none are more important than those which relate
to the currency.
There is not then a mere isloated question be
tween a National Bank and a Sub-Treasury, as
to which shall be the form of a Government
agency for the collection, safe keeping and dis
bursement of the public money. Those institu
tions are to several representatives of two sys
tems —of two adverse systems —both of which
cannot be effectually operative in the countrj' at
the same time. One represents a mixed cur
rency of gold and silver and convertible paper;
the other a currency exclusively metallic. The
conflict will be between the systems; and it would
be well for all who are to take part in it, to con
sider the question in ils real principles.
One would think that the country had suffer
ed enough already from the hostility of the Gov
ernment towards the great interests of the coun
try, its industrv snd productive energy, which
it is the duty of a Government to uphold and pro
tect. But if the project of re-establishing the
Suh Treasury is to succeed, and if with its revi
val it shall be endued with the vital energy of a
Government sustained by the popular wilt, so as
to enable it to put forth its influence to its full
extent, the sufferings which have been endured
thus far will be but the beginning of affliction.
The Mackenzie Case.—The vote of the
Court on this trial will soon come before the
public. We venture to predict, when the facts
are kn«wn, that it will be found that instead of
seven members of the Court being in favor of
conviction, and five opposed to it, that not a soli,
tary member voted for conviction on any one of
the cha ges. And that this whole story, so far
as it has a shadow of foundation, has grown out
ofthe tact that someot the members of the Court
were in favor of a finding, not so much to cen
sure the conduct of Commander Mackenzie, as
to guard from liability io abuse a predeceni
which an entire acquittal would afford. This
we predict will be the result, and if it does not
turn out so, then we are not shrewd at guessing,
for we have no official imformation on the sub
ject more than has the reader. Common sense
and moral justice must have been outraged by
any verdict, so far as the capital charges are
concerned, other than that pronounced by the
Court.— Fhila. North. American.
Hit it Precisely.—Capt. Marryatt says the
following very sensible thing:—“To write for a
papet is ve: y well, but to edit one is to condemn
yourself to > iaveyy.” If any one doubts the Cap
tain’s opi lion, he had better try the thing.
JJ’Thi; flanking business in New Hamp
shire has . ■ i red its quietus by the late radical
proceedings of the Legislature of that State.—
The Dover Enquirer says that the “Farmers’
Bank,” at Amherst, has wound up its (insmess,
dismissed its cashier, sold ’(s banking house,
and collected most ol its debts. This was one
of the best Banks in th;e State—its stock was
owqed mostly by substantial farmers—and the
publie have never lost a copper by it It has
been compelled to wind up by the refusal ot the
Legislature to re-charter it without restrictions
which no stockholder who had any thing to lose
w’ould submit to.
Lord Brougham’s oratory is thus graphi
cally described bj' a London correspondent of
the Newark (N. J.)
His first sentences like tho«e of' most great
orators, are exceedingly ordinary, and delivered
in a style that any schoolboy might have equal
ed. He turns to the bundle ol small slips of pa
per beside him, takesup one of them, and, after
holding it close to his eyes fora moment,throws
it. behind him and goes forward. The storm is
rising; his manner is becoming every’ moment
more animated; his voice, never pleasing, is
growing more loud and shrill; his arms swing
back and forth in uncouth, but most efficient
gestures; the House is perfectly stilled, and by
the time he arrives at the second head of his ar
gument, it is apparent that he has gained a com
plete command of his auditors. Tiie secondnote
adds fuel to the flame; and so he goes, like fire on
the prairies, burning, blazing, scorching and con
suming all before him, His opponent quakes
with terror and surprise as he beholds the strong
cords of his logic snapped asunder, like tow in
the flame, and shrivelled into thin air; and at
last, blistered with sarcasm and galled with vin
dictive irony, he falls down discomfited, beneath
the fiery tempest that overwhelms him. Such
work is" too warm to last long. The orator’s
voice and manner grow more feeble; his victim
lies before him, “flayed alive!” and quivering at
every nerve, and he sits down perfectly over
come with the gigantic effort. The audience,
caringto hear no more, take their hats and dis
perse, and our American friend walks away
with the firm conviction, that if Daniel Webster
is not the greatest man in the world, that man is
Lord Brougham.
AUGUSTA, GA THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 11, 1843. W
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM KUROPIi,
AND TWENTY TWO DAYS LATER FROM CANTON
The packet ship England, at New York,
brings Liverpool papers to the 9th April, con
taining accounts from China twenty-two days
later than lielbre received. We are indebted to
the New York Herald and Sun for extras, from
which, and the Philadelphia U. S. Gazette, we
make the extracts which follow:
In the House of Lords, on the 7th, Lord
Brougham brought forward his motion lor a
vote ot thanks to Lord Ashburton, for hat ing
successfully negotiated the recent treaty with
America. He recapitulated the leading inci
dents hi the history of the boundary disputes be
tween the two countries, and pronounced a
strong censure on General Cass, whom he de
scribed as exasperating the ill-feeling which
prevailed in the minds of the lower classes ol
the Americans towards England, and pandering
to the worst passions of tiie mob, for the pur
pose ot succeeding to the Presidential chair ol
the Union. The motion was carried without a
division.
In the House of Commons, Sir Robert Peel
expressed his regret that he could not give any
satisfactory information with respect to progress
in the formation of’commercial treaties with oth
er countries. He was even doubtful whether
or not it was politic to pursue too larthe system
of uegociating for reciprocal concessions, in
stead of pursuing an independent course.
1 The.- clvicesfrom Canton are to iheitst Jan.-
miry.—Tranquility continued to be preserved in
Canton, and the discontented spirit which led to
the riot of 7th December seemed likely to be en
tirely subdued, by the prudent measures of the
municipal authorities. Elepoo, the High Im
perial Commissioner, deputed by the Emperor,
to conduct the commercial negotiations with Sir
Henry Pottinger, arrived at Canton on the 10th
January. The Hong merchants desired to have
an interview witli him, which he declined. It is
said he lias demanded from them by next June,
the whole amount of their debts which is to the
extent of 3,1X10,000 dollars.
The Globe of the 7th says the political ac
counts from India and China, as detailed to-day,
are not of a nature to affect the funds; the com
mercial accounts are favorable. In China the
negotiations for a new and reduced tariff were
likely to proceed satisfactorily, but|asyet the
only step taken was a demand for the Imperial
list of duties, and the answer given to our Pleni
potentiary was that there was no prospect of a
change in the present commercial season.
The claims for indemnification preferred by
parties whose property was destroyedduringthe
disturbance of the 7th December, have not yet
been settled. The Chinese officers have made
direct oilers to the oppressed parties, but they
prefer to leave it in the hands ot Sir Henry Pot
tinger for adjustment.
India.
Despatches in anticipation of the Indian mail
to the Ist ol March are arrived. They bring
most important intelligence from Scinde.
It appears that the Ameers of Hyderabad,
while making arrangements to collect a large,
army, continued to play “fast and loose” with
Major Outran;, whom the Indian government
had in December sent to them ip ord r to make
terms. It must be recollected th-tthose Ameers,
who were long regarded as tributaries of the
Affghan empire, had within some years enjoy
ed a sort of independence of all subjection. Their
principles were those of Eastern despots, who
govern the country' ibr their own special advan
tage Industry and civilization were at a stand
there, while the most fertile districts along the
Indus were tinned into wastes or jungle deserts
for the preservation of the wilianinals whom
those Ameers amused themselves occasionally
in hunting and destroying.
The British Government having introduced
civilization into a portion of Scinde, and having
taken possession ot the Indus, the navigation of
which became a matter of general benefit, a de
mand was made on the Ameers to give up, for
the use of that navigation, certain strips of land
lying along the river. They temporized until
at length their troops were collected, when on
the 14thof Februaiy they sent word to Major
Outran; to retire from their city. Major 0.,
who did not suppose that they would proceed to
extremities, delayed. On the 15th the residence
of tile British Political Agent, or Minister, was
attacked; it was gallantly defended by 500 men
for several hours; but at’length their’ ammuni
tion having been expended, the British soldiers
retiree, with a small loss, to the steamers, and
proci-cded (lupin Sir Charles Napier, thup .at
the head ot about 2ft()o men, tit a distance of 20
miles from the capital ol the Ameers. The
latter hastened, at the head of 2000 men to at
tack the British force.
On the 17th a battle took place, which can
only lie compared to the celebrated one at Pas
sey, in which, after a severe struggle of three
hours, the Ameers were totallv routed and their
troops dispeised. The loss of the British troops
was considerable. The Ameers, on the follow
ing day surrendered themselves prisoners of
war, and Hyderabad was occupied bj' the con
querors. The following is a portion of the of
ficial account:
Sir G. Napier marched to Mulhare, and on
his aniv 1 there, ascertained that the Ameers
were in position at Meeauce, distant about ten
miles, to the number of 25,000 men. Being
aware that any delay for reinforcement would
strengthen the confidence of the enemy and add
to their numbers, although his own force was
not one-seventh part of the enemy, Sir C. N.
resolved upon an immediate attack, and march
ed towards Meeance, at 4 o’clock, A. M •, the ad
vanced guard of Sir C. Napier’s force divided
the enemy's camp, and at 9 o’clock the British
troops formed in order of battle, being compos
ed of about 28000 men, of all arms, and 12 pie
ces of artillery.
The enemy opened a determined and destruc
tive fire upon the British troops, and dm ing the
action, which ensued, with the most undaunted
bravery, repeatedly rushed upon them sword in
hand. Altera most desperate contest, which
lasted for three hours, the enemy was completely
defeated and put to flight, with the estimated loss
ot about 5000 men, 1000 of whom were left dead
on the field, together with the whole of their ar
tillery, ammunition and standards, a considera
ble quantity of stores and some treasures. —The
British colors were hoisted over the city ot Hy
derkead on the 20th inst.
Lord Ellenborough has arrived at Delhi, and
the imperial city has been quiet from its propriety.
His entree though taking place on a Sunday,
was a magnificent sight. The procession in
cluded no less than seventy elephants, and al
most as many native Princes and Chiefs, w hose
splendid apparel, and the, glittering uniforms of
their followers, contributed to dazzle the eye, if
not bewilder the brain of the spectator.
The intelligence from Afighanistan is, that
anarchy continues to prevail there. Akhbar
Khan is said to be master ofCabul.and his father
Dost Mahomed is proceeding from Lahore to
wards Peshawur, as if to join him. Akhbar
Khan has threatened to iavad* the province of
Peshawur, and to take it from the Sikhs, but the
good treatment of old Dost Mahomed by the lat
ter may prevent that invasion.
Tne Great Western left Liverpool to go into
dock a Milford on April 7th. It was not pub
licly announced at Liverpool previous to the 9th
that she would not sail on the 15th, her regular
dav.
The President’s Message on the Right of
Search i-- 'lie suliiig.; ot considerable comment
in the Brliish f- t<inah. it was received by the
Greal Western on the Ist.
The London Times of the 6th had received
the Paris papers of Sunday, with their usual cor
respondence. They eomain. however, nonews
of importance,
Russia.
A letter from St. Petersburg of the 16th ult.
published in tire “Gazette des Tribunaux,” states
that the Emperor ot Russia, had granted a full
amnesty to a number of Poles exiled to Siberia
or to the interior of Russia, for the part they had
taken in thetrevolutions of November, 1830,
Emigration to the West.—Some idea may
be formed of the imuieuse emigration to the
west, from tl>e fact that the steamboat Goddess
qf Liberty arrived at St. Louis from Cincinna
ti with 400 passengers, and the Manhattan from
. Pittsburgh, arrived soon after, with 431 passen
gers, besides children. The most ol these emi
grants were on their way to lowa Territory—
which is short))' to become a large, populous
and thriving State.
Food of the Chinese.—Mongen’s Voyage
round the World, furnishes the following para
graph:—“The Chinese eat almost everything
that comes to hand. Upon the streets of the city
but particularly on the large square before the
factories, a number of birds are daily exposed
for sale, which, amongst us, have not yet gained
much repute for flavor; among others, hawks,
owls, eagles and storks, To a European, noth
ing can have a more laughable effect, than to
see the Chinese arrive with a carrying-pole,
supporting two bird-cages, which contain dogs
al id cats, instead of birds. .A small, thin sort-of
spaniel, appeared to us to be most in request;
tb.ev sit quite downcast in their temporary dwel
lings when they are brought to market, whilst
the cats make a dreadful squalling, as if con
scious of their fate. The flesh of these last,
when they are well fed, is much esteemed in
China, and they are often seen on the tables of
tb.e rich.- Other Chinese bring upon their carry-
I ole many dozen of rats, which are drawn quite
clean: and, like pigs in our country, when they
have been opened,are hungup by means of a
cross piece of wood through the hind legs.
These rows of rats look very nice, but they are
< nly eaten by thepoor.”
MONDAY MORNING, MAY S.
Georgia Rail Road.
We take pleasure in calling the attention o:
the Convention of Stockholders ofthe U’*’ l Road
a large number of whom we are pleased to ob
serve are all ready in the City, to the very inter
esting and satisfactory report whicii will be
found in this day’s paper, which we have insert
ed for the convenience of the convention.
. 4 te
New Books. y
The Messrs. Harper have quite loaded our
table, within the last day or two, with some of
the choice productions of their ever teeming
press—a bare mention of the titles as which
must suffice for the present. Vol. 2, % Family
Library, MiUman’s History of the Jew*i Bart 4,
“ Brandt’s Encyclopedia of Art; ’ “ Enffaclopedia
of Geography,” and 1 to 4 of “ Allisons History
of Europe,” all of which may be obtained at the
bookstore of Mr. T. Richards. # ; fe'
S. A. Holmes has also laid on our tabic from
the same publishers Vol. 3 “Family Library;"
'‘Millma il ’s History of the Jews," No. 3of “the
dramatic works of William find a
verv neat little bound volume and
Self <<>■.. ;sj.or
which are got up in the usual very sent style of
the Harpers.
We are also indebted to Mr. Richards for the
April number of that valuable work the "Ame
rican Journal of Medical Science."
Jj-A Whig Convention is about to be held
Mississippi, for the purpose of taking decided
ground against repudiation.
The Britannia.—This steamer sailed from
Boston on Monday the Ist, with 82 passengers,
19,000 letters, and fifty bushels of periodicals and
newspapers. Among her passengers are George
D. Strong Esq., of New York, bearer of despatch
es to ourMinisterin London; Duff Green, Esq.,
bearer of despatches to Liverpool, and Capt.
Crawley, bearer of despatches from Canada to
the British Government.
Gainesville, Hall Co.. )
May 2d, 1843. j
At a meeting of a portion of the Whig party
of Hall county, for the purpose ot appointing
delegates to the June Convention, to nominate a
candidate for Governor, Mr. Joseph Rivers was
called to the Chair, and Nathan Jones, Esq., ap
pointed Secretary.
On motion of Col. Buffington, the Chairap
pointed a committee, consisting of Messrs. Jas.
Law, E. Buffington, J. H. Gill, John Stringer
and W. J. Peeples, to nominate four suitable
delegates to represent the county of Hall in said
Convention : who retired a few moments, and
presented I he names of the following gentlemen:
C. Peeples, J. F. Trout,
E. Palmer, Col. E. Buffington.
Which nomination, on motion of Henry B.
Cobb, Esq., was unanimously agreed to.
W. J. Peeples offered the following resolution,
which was agreed to:
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be signed by the Chairman, and counter
signed by the Secretary, and published.
JOSEPH RIVERS, Chairman.
N. Jones, Secretary.
Whig Meeting In Oglethorpe.
According to previous notice, a respectable
portion ofthe Whig party of Oglethorpe coun
ty assembled at the Court House this day, to
appoint suitable persons to represent,them in
•he to be
ville. on tie- ‘bi, ' \fondny tn Ju,..
purpose of nominating a Wilf btmf kaflßsw |
the Gubernatorial Chair.
On motion of Col. Taylor, the meeting was
organized, by calling P. W. Hutchinson, Esq.,
to the Chair.
And upon motion of Mr. M. Hubbard, P. H.
Hanson was requested to act as Secretary.
The object ofthe meeting being explained in
a few brief and jsertinent remarks by Jos. II
Echols, Esq., he moved
That a committee of twelve or more be ap
pointed by the Chairman to nominate the rn.
quisite number of delegates and submit their
names to the meeting.
Whereupon, the Chairman appointed Col.C.
Taylor, Col. Alex. Thomas, Col. B. W. Hub
bard, Chesley Arnold, Henry Colquit, G. N.
Platt, W. J. Ogilvie, P. J. Robinson, V. Wil
lingham, H. Jordan, Esq., J. G. McWhorter,
and R. M. Fleming that Committee; who, after
retiring a short time, returned and submitted the
names of the following gentlemen to constitute
the delegation:
Maj. W. P. Rembert, Wm. Blanton, Esq.,
Jos. H. Echols, Esq., M. Smith, Esq.
And on motion, the report of the committee
was unanimously adopted.
On motion of Col. A. Thomas, it was resol
ved that the delegation be empowered to fill any
vacancy that might occur by resignationor oth
erwise.
On motion of Col. B. W. Hubbard it was
resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting
be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and
be published in the Chronicle fc Sentinel, South
ern Recorder and Georgia Journal.
On motion of Col. Taylor it was unanimous
ly resolved, That this meeting stand adjourned
until the first Tuesday in July next, at which
time a nomination will be gone into for candi
dates to represent the county in the next Gener
al Assembly.
P. W. HUTCHINSON. Chair’n,
P. H. Hanson, Sec’y.
Lexington, Ga., May 2, 1813.
SS’The Dahlonega Times, of last Wednes
day says: “A few days ago we were shown a
spurious bill, intended to be passed as a bill on
J the State Bank of SouthCarolina. ••■ThePres
ident andr'irei s & Co., promiseto pay James
Jewry or bearer, fifty dollars, Charleston, S. C.
May Bth, 1828, No. 134, Samuel Wragg, Cash
ier, Win. Lee, President, letter D.”
s^-The Dahlonega Times states that there
were coined at the Branch Mint, during the
last month. 7,201 half eagles, amonntingto $36,-
005, and the amount of deposites was $139.
The New York American says:—“The wa
ter is still very high at Albany, and rowboats
and dug-outs are superseding cabs and hacks in
the lower parts of the city, while canal boats re
ceive their freight from the 2d and 3d lofts of
stores.”
Q 'The Norfolk Beacon notices a rumor that
the U. S. brig Truxton, L’t. Com. Upshur, will
proceed to Constantinople for the purpose of re
ceiving on board and bringing home the remains
of Commodore Porter.
Liberal Bequests.—The Philadelphia Mer
cury states that Mr. Ridgway, who died in that
city a few days ago, has bequeathed upwards of
$800,1)00 to various charitable purposes; $300,-
000 of that sum are devoted to the erection of a
public hospital. He left also a lot of ground for
the same pur; ose. The remainder of his prop
erty, amounting to about $5,500,000, is to be di
vided between his son and two daughters.
Mn. Webster.—The National Intelligencer,
doubtless with sufficient reason, expresses the
belief that Mr. Webster will resign his situation
in the Department of State in a few days. The
editors further say they do not credit foe idea
that he will in any event be appointed Minister
to London to t?J;e upon himself the duties of an
ordiT,aty and standing legation. He may, how
ever, go there for a specific purpose —to arrange
a Commercial Treaty, for instance. This sug
gestion we heard some time ago from a reliable
STATEMENT OF THE YEARLY RECEIPTS, EXPENSES AND NETT PROFITS. OF THE GEORGIA RAIL ROAD COMPANY,
From the opening of the Road to the Ist of April, 1843,
Exclusive of charges made for transporting materials, used in building the Road.
K PASSENGERS. FREIGHT. MA,, ‘> RKNTB ’ TOTAL TOTAL NETT
5 STORAGE, &C. RECEIPTS. EXPENSES. PROFITS.
ux . '•
LT. DOWN. LT AND DOWN
" NUMBER. AMOUNT. AMOUNT. AMOUNT. Bal’s COTTON AMOUNT. AMOUNT. AMOUNT. I AMOUNT. AMOUNT.
———— . 1
40 12,986 -.4,390 00 8,199 00 8,267 12,589 00 35.753 00 19,367 00 16,386 00
«mu ira’ 0 ! » 75 38,091 66,140 00 - 27,513 00 33,439 00 25,613 69,982 00 7,807 00 131,929 00 63,362 00 71,567 00
“ to UtAmil llu! S’oro IS 4 66, L 74 00 17,295 101,11900 19,679 00 184,603 00 70,246 00 114,357 00
“ «!<? Z’ °i, f J OS 23,910 66,21,2 00 ~37,453 00 28,963 00 20,878 66.126 00 25.537 00 158,225 00 67.283 00 90,912 00
“ t!l <■ Ihjo «?! u 147 - 2, ' B1 "1,160 (XI 59,610 00 59,358 00 40,611 118,968 00 33,827 00 224,255 00 97,518 00 126,737 00
Ist 1842, Ist 1813 1481 19,075 61,935 00 . 69,591 00 84,571 00 63,276 154,165 00 31,926 00 248,026 00 109,819 00 138,207 00
* 128,47-s 252,466 00 233,842 00 280,707 00 205,880 514,519 00 118,776 00 I 985,791 00 427,595 00 558,196 00
»TV The amount of Treasury Notes outstand
ing on the Ist instant, it is officially stated, was
$11,632,075,12.
Suicides.—The Natchez Free Trader, of the
20th ult., say's: “Two young Choctaws, recent
ly returned from school in Kentucky to their
houses on Red river, committed suicide, one be
cause he found his relatives in extreme poverty,
and the other because he found the affections of
his father estranged from him, bis mother hav
ing died during his absence. Oh! mother! mo
ther ! how dost thou cling around every human
memory, and though cherished in our heart of
hearts, si ill thou art not appreciated until lost
forever!’’ ■ -
TrfW Mnney artlete say?!
The amount of Treasury notes which the Se
cretary' advertises to redeem, somewhat exceeds
$8,000,000. The question in the financial cir
cles is, “Where does the Government obtain
the motley to redeem them with!” It the ar
rangement has been made with the New York
banks or capitalists, their redemption will have
no important bearing upon the money market—
but if it has been done with foreign capitalists,
it will throw $8,000,000 of money into our mar
ket, (the Treasury Notes being held altogether
at home) which must seek investment, and tend
to a farther inflation of prices. Stocks having
already advanced so greatly, it is natural to sup
pose that Real Estate, which has now reached «.
eery Uno point, will feel its effects very sensibly.
The N. Y. Journal of Commerce, speaking
on this subject l , says:
It is presumed that the Secretary intends to
avail himself of the present great redundancy of
money seeking investment, to reduce the rate of
six per centum interest now allowed on the
Treasury notes described in the notice, by the
issue of other Treasury notes, or of a ten years
stock bearing a lower interest, as authorized by
the late act of Congress. This operation can
doubtless be performed without inconvenience
to the holders of the Treasury notes, who can
ask nothing but their money. In due time, it is
presumed, measures will be taken to ascertain
whether notesor stockcan be most advantageous
ly issued, and the rates at which they can be ne
gotiated. It is supposed that a stock will be pre
ferred, and the general idea is that the amount
will vary from five to seven millions.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that Dr. Coll
yer, the mesmerizerp.o- excellence, is lecturing
and experimenting in that city. The Doctor in
the course ot his lecture on Thursday evening,
told the following wonders of the new science: ’
“He related a story of a student * New Ha
ven, who, while in a mesmerized condition, rose
from his bed, and, to his surprise, found himself,
on awaking, at the loot of a long flight of stairs.
He th n ascended to his room, and discovered
with still greater surprise that the door was lock
ed, and arrived at the conclusion that while m
a mesmerized condition he had gotten out of the
window and descended to the earth without the
slightest injury, his body being etherealized in
some mea-ure by his magnetic condition. This
story was received of course, with a burst of
laughter and incredulity by the audience. But
the Doctor did not consider it by any means re- '
markable, and went on to tell another, of a boy
whom he mesmerized at Montreal, placed in a
tub ot water, and who did not sink, but floated
like a cork. Here again, as a matter of course,
the audience roared outright.”
Turkey and Tin: United States.—Mr.
Waisl:', os.- o: Ids letters to the National In
telligence) sat -: -if your Govetrm.et.t should
send to the sublime Porte a Minister Plenipo
tentiary, (which would be advisable on many
accounts,) it might exactin return a Turkish le
gation that would afford you a pageant and spend
with you a round sum per annum.”
Benj. D. While was executed at Batavia, N.
Y., last week for the murder of his father-—re
joicing with fiendish satisfaction to the last in
the dreadful parricide!
Oregon Emigration.—The Davenport Ga
zette says: that at Burlington thirty-eight per
sons enrolled themselves to go to Oregon. The
same desire is manifested at lowa city. One
would think lowa was nearly far enough west.
Tu'Seventv seven thousand five hundred dol
lars are paid in Boston per annum, as salaries to
Public School Instructors.
Small Change.—The smallest coin in circu
lation in China is of the value of a hundred
thousandth nart of six shillings, and bears (in
Chinese) the inscription, “Reason’s glory’s cir
culating medium;” it is round, with a hole in
its centre.
A Novel Law Case.—A law case of some in
terest was recently tried before the Circuit Court
at Washington, the parties being Cassedy versus
Williams. The National Intelligencer states
that Mr. Williams purchased on the 9th of Octo
ber 1840, a nesro boy of Mr. Cassedy of Leesburg
( Ya.) for $550, and paid the amount in Milling
ton money. a few daysthe Millington Bank
It was contended by the plaintiffs counsel that
the institution originated in the grossest fraud,
and that the defendant had geed reason to know
of the insolvency of the institution atthetime of
the payment of the money. It was contended by
the defendant’s counsel that the money circulated
as current monej' for several davs later than the
9th of October: that the defendant was ignorant
of the condition of the bank, and paid the money
to the plaintiff in good faith. The jury found
for the plaintiff. Bradley for the plaintiff.
Brent for the defendant.
Virginia Election.
The Whig thus sums up the result in a Post
- script.
3 ns things now stand, the Whigs have proba
j bly elected 5 members ol Congress—instead ot
J one —allotted them by the Gerrymanderers.
j in the House they have gained as follows—
’ just as many as we want:
3 Whig gain. Albermarle, 2
Powhatan, 1
' Hanover, 1
3 Southampton,... 1
3 Fairfax, 1
j Fauquier, 2
• King & Queen, 1
Marshall, .1
Wood, 1
1 Tyler, 1
’ Greenbrier, 1
' Morgan, 1
! H
j Whig loss. Norfolk County, 1
j Rappahannock [probable] 1
2'
From the liichmorul Whigqf the sth.
■ The Elections, which have just taken plar:e,
are upon the whole, the most universally sat is
factory of any that ever occurred in Virginia.
I The Locos are delighted that they are reprieved
i for another year. The whigs are happy, that
. they escaped a majority. They proposed mere-
I ly to “ make play," as it were, to show what
i they eotthHto—unit havrug srHistied themselves
i of their capacity to win the slakes, fell qi.».eay
, within the distance post. When next the signal
is given for a start, let the spavined steed al' Lo
cofbcoism look out for squalls!
From the Petersburg Intelligencer, May 4th.
The returns continue to give testimony of
the increase of Whig power in Virginia, and
afford an earnest of what the Old Dominion
can do, and will do on another trial of strength.
If we have not carried the House of Delegates
at this election, (as we are inclined to believe
we have not,) we have succeeded in electing
such a minority as will hold the Locos uneasy
enough. This state of things is preferable to a
majority in the House, and io satisfy oar Loco
foco friends that we speak with sincerity, we
will give our reasons ibr the opinion. In the
Senate the Whigs are in a minority, and their
measures in the House, did they have a major
ity, would be either destroyed or maimed in the
Senate, while they would be saddled with the
responsibility for every mischievous or unpop
ular act. In the present state of affairs, the res
ponsibility rests on the shoulders of the Locos,
while the Whigs have strength enough to make
them behave with tolerable decency, and keep
their destructive propensities under some con
trol. Next Spring, we re, eat, the Old Domin
ion will stand forth completely disenthralled
from Locofoco dominion.
From the Richmond Star of the 4th.
Terpsicore Hal! Burnt—Awful Destruction
of Projierty!!
Between the hours of 3 and 4 o’clock this
morning we were aroused by the dreadful alarm
of fire, and on going forth to see from whence
this unwelcome messenger came, soon discov
ered, with deep regret, that it proceeded from the
spacious building on Shockoe Hill, known as
Terpischore Hall, situated on G street, and own
ed by one of our old and respected citizens, Mr.
Bossieux. But seldom have we witnessed a
more awfnlly grand spectacle; and blacker than
midnight must be the lieart of that fiend in hu
man shape who would thus attempt to deprive a
fellow man of his al! on earth, nay even life.
The fire is supposed to be the work of an in
cendiary, astwoorthree previous attempts have
been made to burn this property; and we sin
cerely hope that those in authority will spare no
pains to ferret out the demon and bring him to
justice.—The loss must be a very serious one
to the. owner, there being no insurance.
A Great Railroad.—The Paris correspond
ent ol the National Intelligencer states that the
French Minister ofPublic Works has signed a
contract with a competent Anglo-French Com
pany for the execution ofthe railroad between.
Paris, Calais, Dunkirk, Lille and Valencienne s
—one hundred and ten leagues altogether— a
complete communication with England al id
Belgium; joint stock, seventy millions of Iran es;
six or seven years for completio n—
much too long a term. We may here add that
ue have been informed, that there is an. idea
“re re ‘‘ret;' •
Tu Jis bv
railroads.’ and perhdps, also, the Russian,
Destructive Missile of War. —William
W. Hubble’s Thunderbolt Shells were tried on
Thursday last, a short distance below .’Philadel
phia, and were entirely successful. Their des
tructive power is said to be so tremendous that
they will tear a ship of war and. destroy her
crew with the rapidity of lightning. A great
concourse of people assembled to witness the
experiments, and several naval officers from the
Navy Yard were present, who considered the
experiment in every way satisfa etory.
Searching American Vessels.—The Ma
disonian says:—“We see it staled that two A
merican vessels have recently been searched on
the coast of Africa by a British cruiser—andthe
officers of one of them insulted and rudely treat
ed. We are not aware that any information on
the subject has yet been communicated to our
Government ; but it such an occurrence has ac
tually transpired, we have, reason to believe that
pronipt and decisive stsqrs will be taken. From
die North to the South, from the East to the
West, there is not an American who would not
draw bis sword in defence of the ground assum
ed by our Government, in relation to the al
lediie'd right of search set up by the Britsh Gov
ernment. The attempt to put such a bullying
“right" in operation on American vessels, will
ceriainly be resisted in an effectual manner.”
Imitation Cigars.—A man was lately arrest
«d m England and heavily fined lor manufactur
ing on an extensive scale that Kind of cigars
known as “Manilla Cheroots!” They were an
excellent imitation of the article; and the mate
rial »f which the)' were fabricated were dried
rhubarb leaves, witth wrappers of thin paper
steeped in liquorice juice, in which white pepper
end saltpetre had been dissolved!
Jre’ The curative qualities of the Mammoth
Cave in Kentucky, do not stand the test of ex
periment so well as they might havedone. Mr.
Mitchell who was pronounced as entirely cured
ot eansuaiption by a residence in the Cave, and
w Inch tirade so much marvel in the newspapers,
died soon after hiscure; and of thirteen invalids
who had resorted to it last winter seven haveal
ready died, at the Cave, one on his way home
and one shortly after reaching tome.
Marsiagf. Extraordinary.—The Concord,
N. H. Courier of Frid .y last, has the following
announcement under the proper head—“ln this
town. 4?/Dea. John B. Chandler and Miss Ma
ria French, Dea. John B. Chandler to Miss
Maria French—two non-resistants marrried by
themselves to themselves —all on the Sabbath
day, at the breakfast table, calling upon God and
the family present, to bear witness to the act.”'
Ai.arama.—This State sets a good exampkr
in paying her interest, if not regul ting her out.
currency. On Saturday the Merchants’ Bank,
of New York paid over to the Phoenix $1601)00
being the amount of interest payable atthePare
nix on the Ist of May. Part ofthe interesfcdue
in London on the Ist of July was sent forward
in March, and the balance was to go in the Bos
ton steamer which sailed last Monday.— N. Y.
Most Awful Murders in. New Jersey—
Four Persons Butchered.—Two men, on ex
press, arrived yesterday from New Jersey, bring
ing the horrid news that four persons \/erc butch
ered in cold blood or. Monday night last, at a
place called Change-water, in Warren county,
N. J., to wit: John B. Parke. John Castner, Ma
ria Castner, and a child. Gov. Pennington has
offered the largest reward allowed by the laws
of New Jersey, lor the detection of the murder
ers, namely, s3lXf; and David Parke, and Abra
ham Castner have also ottered, in addition, the
sum of $1001), making SI3OO in all.
Correspondence of die North American.
' New York, May 1,1843.
The foreign news has been thoroughly dis
cussed to-day, but thus far its effect on the mar
ket are not apparent; but a small mail was re
ceived as the steamer was to follow her so soon,
and as she will be here with ten days later
news by Thursday, no great movement Mill take
place in our leading staples, until she arrives.
It is now stated from a good source, that Mr.
Webster will not leave the Cabinet until Mr.
Everett returns an answer whether he will go to
China. Mr. Webster will make out the instruc
tions of whoever shall go; but at any rate, will
leave the Cabinet within the month.' It is also
stated that Mr. Curtis, our Collector,is an appli
cant forthe China mission, in the event of Mr.
Everett's declining, and it is very probable he
will be successful —and this at present is the
great object Mr. Webster intends accomplish
ing, by remaining a while longer.
Extract es a. letter dated,
Liverpool, April Bth.
The news from China is considered better in
a commercial point ot view, and has given a
fresh impulse to our market; and its now diffi
cult to purchase Cotton at J decline, from the
rates offered a fortnight ago. The sales to-day
. atneunt to 5000 bales.—A. Y. Courier.
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 9.
Rail Road Convention.
This body and was organised yes
terday morning in the Masonic Hall, the Hon.
John P. Kino, President of the Company in the
Chair. The appointed to examim
the proxies, reported upwards of 19,000 shares
represented either personally or by proxy, when,
the Convention proceeded to the consideration
of business in its regular order. The minutes
of the Convention of 1842, held in Athens, hav
ing been read, the President laid before the Con
vention the annual report of J. Edgar Thom
son, Chief Engineer of the Company, which
was read and laid on the table for further con
sideration, and after the appointment of the usu
al committees, the Convention adjourned till
this morning. . _
An Entertainment.
We are truly gratified to perceive the liberal
spirit manifested on the part of our citizens in
getting up an entertainment for the Rail Road
Stockholders, on Wednesday evening, which
we are confident will be worthy of Augusta and
the occasion, and sincerely hone it may be gen
erally attended by those for whom it will be cs
~pe<*lntly prepared. *
O" General Gaines has been assigned to the
command of the Third Militarj’ Department of
the Army. His headquarters will be at St.
Louis, Missouri. — Army and Navy Chronicle,
§3fShipman, the abscondingßank agent, was
arrested on the 23d uit., at Carlinsville, Mac
cupin county, Illinois.
We are indebted to S. A. Holmes lor an ex
tra New World, containing “A voyage of dis
covery toward the North Pole, by Capt. David
Buchan, R. N., in 1818 to which is added, a
summary of all the early attempts to reach the
Pacific by the way of the Pose. Also, a double
sheet Brother Jonathan, containing an histori
cal romance of the fifteenth centuty, entitled the
Grand Vizier’s Daughter, by Mrs. Maberly.
Holmes is agent for the Anglo- American, a
new weekly paper, published in New York, of
the mammoth size.
Specie in New Orleans.
The amsunt of specie imported into New Or
lea.ns from the Ist of September, 1842, to the 3d
instant, was $9,013,24 1 .
The shortest passage yet.—The steamer
Troy, Capt. A . Gorham, arrived at N. York on
Thursday at I lalf past 3 o’clock, having left Al
bany at6minu tes past 7, making all her landings
and performin g the passage including the land
ings, in 8 hou rs 21 minutes._
Th ,e Faith of the State.
The following resolution, introduced by Jas.
A. Nesbit, Esq., of Macon, was adopted at a
recent meeting of the Whigs of Bibb county:
dissolved, That the Whig Party of Georgia
cor.gratulate themselves upon the success of
the ,ir struggle for several years back, to restore
a sound specie paying currency in our State,
a> id that they now feel pledged to vindicate the
A onor and faith of Georgia, by insisting upon
t he payment of all her liabilities.
Whig Convention.
Delegates fhom Columbia Co.—N. Craw
ford, Isaac Ramsay, G. W. Hardwick And S.
A. Gibson.
Bibb.—Col. A. H. Chappell, Washington
Poe, Thos. M. Ellis and Maj. Moore.
Jones. —T. Moreland, Jas. T. Follow, Rich
ard Blowe and F. S. Johnson.
Clark.—Chas. Dougherty, Jas. Camak, Jas,
Hendon and G. B. Haygood.
A Live Tyler Man Wanted.
The following advertisement, which appears
in the Macon (Georgia) Messenger, attests ve
ry satisfactorily what a mra avis such a crea
ture is in the Georgia waters.
3~>Wanted, ALive Tyler Man—To ac
company General TOM THUMB in his lour
through Georgia. This genus being so scarce
here, it is believed that one would be a greater
attraction than the General himself. Should
one be engaged, I promise him good treatment
and wages, the run of the kitchen, that lie shall
receive no extra discipline from the whip of the
Ring-master, amt net be compelled to pay for
more than five Madisonians. 1 promise to ob
tain tor him the Collectorship of the port of
Thunderbolt or Post Master at Yamacraw,
when his term of service with me expires—or
perhaps, Corporal of Capt. Tyler's Guard, pro
vided, that men enough can be found in Georgia
that will acknowledge Tvler principles. Appl y
to ' HERRINGTON, Jr.
Money Matters in New York.—The New
York America n of Wednesday afternoon says:
“We spoke a few days ago of the injurious
pfcZArzra of unemployed money in our city. In
confirmation tl lereof, we learn, from the best au
thority, that on the Ist instant there were in out
city banks $10,483,686 in specie, or about three
times as much dead capital as the security ot
the banks requi re.”
Important E’ecision or the Supreme Court.
—The Suprern e Court, on Monday last gave a
decision in a case of considerable importance to
all engaged in the Cotton trade.
The circumstances areas follows:—In the
Spring of 183 f I, Mr. James Stiff purchased from
Messrs. Nugent & Turpin, of this city, a paret ;I
of between i! and 300 bales of Cotton, a con
siderable portion of which proved on inspects m
in Liverpool to be falsely packed; and accoixl
ingly asuit was brought in the District Court,
to i ecover from the vendors the amount of da tri
ages sustained thereby, bj' said purchaser. This
suit was decided in favor of the Plaintiff forthe
whole amount claimed, with interest, at the rare
of 5 per cent, per annum, from the date of pur
chase. An appeal being taken by the Defend
ants, the Supreme Court affirmed the previous
. judgment; with the exception that interest ought
i only to have been allowed from the date the first
suit was brought, and not from the date of sale.
Text.— “/ will remove no incumbent from of
ffiee who hasfaiih,ful.ij acquitted himself of the du
ties of his office.”—John Tyler, April 9, 1841.
Comment.—We announced a short time ago,
the removi i of Mr. Downer from the post office
at Norwich, Connecticut, and the appointment
of a Van Buren man in his place. As no charg
es of official disqualification or delinquency
were made, the reßioval of Mr. D. createdgreat
dissatisfaction among the people of Norwich.
A large meeting of gentlemen from both par
ties was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday
evening, at which resolutions were passed con
demning the conduct of John Tyler in regard
to the bestowal of offices, and declaring the re
moval of Mr. Downer, without the shadow of
a charge against him, to bean insult and an out
rage on the community. In the course of the
proceedings, the following letter from the Post
Office Department to Mr. Downer was called
for and read:
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
Appointment Office, (
April 10th, 1813. j
Sir—You are charged with beii gexceeuiugly
hostile to the President and his measures, and
that you and Gurdon Chapman were “at the
Whigmecting or caucus got up in Norwich by
the f riends of Mr. Clay, in opposition to democ
racy and the present administration of the Gen
eral Government; at which time and place, his
Excellency John Tyler, the President of the
United States, was denounced in no measured
temns.”
Respectfully, your obeoient servant,
JOHN A. BRYAN.
2d Assistant P. M. General.
Samuel M. Downer, Esq., P. M. I
Comment upon the flagitious charactcrof this
letter would be an insult to the public understand
■ ing.—-V. Y. Cam. Adv.
Another Mexican Outrage.—The Ameri
i can schooner Vigilant, Captain James Barber;
1 formerly of this city, had been seized and de
tained by the Mexican authorities, while at
tempting to enter Vera Cruz in a leaky state,
the port being under blockade. Capt. Barber
writes that he was taken prisoner, and his car
go sent to Laguna. He says further, that it
was expected at Vera Cruz that the American
Minister would demand his passportson the Ist
April, as the instalment due this country would
L not probably be paid— Boston Times
VOL. VII.-NO. 19.
From Washington.
A lett.lr from Washington to a gentleman in
Baltimore, confirms thr report that Mr. Web
ster is about to resign. The following is an
extract: —
Washington, May 3,1843.
Mr. Legare reluineu to this city last evening,
and had an interview with Mr. Webster this
morning, with reference to his temporary con
trol ot the Department ot State on the resigna
tion of the present Secretary, which event will
unyvcslwnably occur in a fair days. I think that
the office will thereafter hang’ in the political
market for some time, waiting a high bid from
the “Democratic” party.
Dr. Manin, (who was removed from the of
fice of Chief Clerk, to make way for Fletcher
Webster,) and a Mr. Snethen, a Tylerite editor
from New Orleans, are spoken of for the Chief
Clerkship. The former will probably obtain it.
Mr. John C. Spencer has already undertaken
the task of enlightening Mr. Legare (!) in the
discharge of the duties of his new vocation as
Secretary of State. Although Mr. Spencer
will not fill that office in propria persona, still as
he has become the master spirit of the Admin
istration, and now not only holds the reins of
the Treasury, but of the War Office and Post
Office, he will labot to have control of the other
Departments. I understand the President now
pays th.'rSpencer is the greatest administrative
officer he ever knew.
J.G. Harris, formerly of the New Bedford
Gazelle, a Locofoco Abolition paper—more re
cently of the Nashville Union—is here. This
man,’ who has abused both Mr. Tyler and Mr.
Weoster without stint until very recently, and
who, on the 27th of May last, declared through
the columns of his paper that he could “never
consent to he the recipient of furors from handspo
litical that arc so vndcan," as those of Messrs.
Tyler and Webster—now receives, bv the re
commendation of Gen. Jackson, from the same
unclean hands, the appointment to a foreign to
bacco agency worth some 3 or 34,000 per an
num ! Comment on such proceedings is unne
cessary.
Punishment of Death in Vermont.
It has been very generally stated that the pun
ishment of death for murder was abolished in
Vermont by the law of 1842. This (says the
Tribune) will probably be the practical effect of
the net which forbids an execution to take place
within one year after conviction, or without the
warrant of the Governor. Rut the punishment
of death is still nominally retained, as ruled b y
the presiding Judge at the trial of Eugene Clif
ford, recently convicted of ths murder of his
wife at St. Albans. The sentence was pronoun
ced in the following terms:
“It is the judgment of this Court that for the
offence you suffer death by hanging, to be exe
cuted upon you as soon as may be in due course of
laic, after th‘: er piration of one year from this 21st
dan of April, 1843; and in the meantime, and
mitil the punishment of deathshall be inflicted upon
non, you be forthwith committed to solitary con
finement in the State prison at Windsor, in the
county of Windsor.”
From the N. O. Tropicqf the l«t.
Great Robbery.-No inconsiderable degree ol
sensation has been caused in this city by tne dis
closure of the tact that our Custom-house has
been robbed of an immense sum of money.
'L'he particulars of the case, as they have come
to our knowledge, are as follows:
On the 26tli ot J u ly last, more than nine months
ago. a package containing one hundred and
thrrty thousand dollars ,n U. S. Treasury Notes
was sent by mail from the Customhouse to the
Treasure Department at Washington. The
package; it appears, never reached ils destina
tion, and during the past week an agent from the
Treasury Department, charged with the busi
ness of investigation, has arrived in the city.
He has been busily engaged in probing the af
fair to the bottom, but as yet the result of his la
bors has not been made known. —Enough has
transpired, however, to render it quite certain
that tne money did not leave the city. It seems
that the Treasury notes when received here are
marked “cancelled" across the face, in order to
prevent their further circulation, in case of ac
cident. Ifthe notes in the missing package were
so marked lite marks did not accomplish the pur
pose intended, lur the records ol the fj
get ".tuc ol rascality has been coiaummaied
is quite ci’ekt'.hut upon whom suspicion should
fail is artou >cr 11 '* presumed that the
secret rests between the Customhouse and the
Postolljee, :>nu' that the villainy was perpetrated
by some person or pet sons familiar with the
mode ol'eonducti business in both of these es
tablishments. So v»c Hght wfll be shed on the
affair it may be ani icipated, in the course of the
next few days. A robbery of such magnitude
cannot have been emwnitted without leaving
some traces that will ii’a<i to detection.
From the Tropie of the 2d.
The CusroMiiousE Rob.beky.—Wehear that
a clue to the stupendous piece qf villainy that
has caused so itiucii excitement in this city, dur
ing the last few days, has been discovered, and
that a strong probability exists that the perjie
trator of the robbery u ill be discovered and ar
rested. In tliis stoleol affairs, it is no more than
fairthat tne public should withhold ils judgment,
and patiently await developements. The Col
lector of tiie’port will most undoubtedly exoner
ate himself from all blame. We are informed
likewise that there is good proof that the miss
in package was never deposited in the Posl
olfice. In the courseofa few days, thereto good
reason to believe, the whole truth will be »ade
known.
Office-Seekers ! Ahoy ! —Mr. Robert Ty
ler (irreverently called ‘Bob’forshortnessby the
vulgar) thus announce* the determination of his
august father and his advisers in his Washing-
I ton’letter to the New York Aurora and Union!’
‘The time has comewhen John Tyler, in
deference to the will of the people, and in
justice to himself and his
ot ght to proride for the men who have gallantly
rallied to his rescue. It is not ens ugh that men
ai e qualified why they should be kept »n office;
in the violence of these times they should hold
up their hands and let us understand how far we
are to trust in their aid in resisting the assaults of
fact ions foes. It isnot enough, that these office
hok lers do not impw.scthe administration. We
wan t vigorous and bold men, wilh competent
4s to discharge their public trusts, and wilh
u> in carrying outthe great principles in the sue
<■■■-,< >f this administration. We want men who
are re ao v to put their shoulders t > the wheel,
and d •iveafomg the. ear of the administration
througli" .every obstacle and every opposition.
There tire enou'- koi’such men, good and true,
in every * ?ction° yvherelhis aid is necessary;
and it beco me- thec’u’Y of our P a «7. tGe Pa
rle’s party, to advise t>> I’owem at Washington
of their met rrence, so th. trust confid-
ed to the Pr esident may I. * effectually carried
out.” _ . „
The Italics in this article a. ’ e '° C !!! s . OWD ‘
We have beet i tempted to add to ' t e < ’ ,n, ” ut . e Y er >’
sentence ofthi ■ paragraph is soc. ' iaract enstic «i
its source—so ‘redolent of Tylerb ' m . 1 . ??
typographic distinction could add to
cance. Read it, honest men of all pat . s .
judge if corruption was eversoshamei ,S8 ’ .
famy so blinde dby its own excess, as la ,n
the form of Tv lerism l —.V. Y. Tribune.
A letter from London says:
•‘Mr. Everett has made a formal demand fora
set.man a citizen ol the United States, who has
been impressed on board some British ship ot
wt ron the African station. This Government
has already met the demand, by ordering the
Clin, 16 guns, to proceed forthwith to the coast
of Africa, scour t tie same in search of the man,
and place him as soon as jxissible, at the dispo
sal of the American Minister. The particulars
of this case have not yet transpired; but there is
no doubt that some atonement will be made to
the man, as well as to the Minister who has
thus been compelled to interpose for his sttrren-
Mirr.DERF.n Sentenced.—At St. Albans, Vt.,
Eugene Clifford has been found guilty of drown
ing iiL-s wife in Fairfield Pond, in October last,
and sentenced to one year’s solitary confinement
in the State prison, aiu! then to be hung.”
The Depth or the Ocean.—Thisisapoint,
says Mr. Brun, which has puzzled alike philos
opher and practical men, and is, after all, left
in a wio’e field of conjecture. The most proba
ble guide is analogy ; and the wisest men, judg
ing jy ibis criterion, have presumed that the
depth of the sea may be measured by the height
of the mountains, the highest of which are 20,-
<’oo and 30,0tX) feet. The greatest depth that
has been tried to be measured, is that found in
the northern oceans by Lord Mulgrave. He
heaved a very heavy sounding lead, and gave
out .flong with it a-table rope of the length of
4,980 feet without finding the Ixrttom.
Hull op a Steamship.—The British ship of
war: pat-tan, which arrived at Vera Cruz 27th
March, with a new English Minister on board,
saw, while oft; St. Thomas, the hull of a large
steamship which was probably lust in that vi
cinitt-.