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weekto Chronidt & S.emui ft OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, jjY J. W. & W» S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentine t IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for 85. Tri- Weekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, nt Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. Chronicle ant> Sentinel. 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-.