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F Fill I « a isl i ■ ■ fl W b J m ■ .1 w 4\v i m i i 1 i sAi £ - OLD SERIES, VOL. LVII. THE CHRONICI.h, & .NTINEL? IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TUI-WEEKLY, AND WEEKLY, BY J. W. <Si W. S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentinel IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum —or one subscriber two years, or two subscribers one year for $5. Tri- Weekly paper, at Five Dollars per annum. Daily paper, at Ten Dollars per annum. Cash System.—ln no case will an order for the paper be attended to, unless accompanied with the money; and in every instance when the time for which any subscription may be paid, expires before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received nt its value in H*v. Chronicle aiiu augusta. i-KIDAY HORNING, MAY 26. Augusta—Her Future Trade. • The communication ot “Georgian” in anoth er column, corresponds so fully with the views we have long entertained, that we desire to com mend it to the attentive consideration of the cap italists—and real estate holders of the city, and with their indulgence to urge upon them the ne cessity of making an effort :n the matter. We are aware that we render outsell obnoxious to the charge of presumption, (and it has been this, , and the apprehension that some of our business men would regard it an interference with their business that has kept us silent heretofore,) in making suggestions to much older heads than our own—men too, who Laving by industry and frugality acquired an ample competency, have invested it in real estate or stocks and retired to the shades of private life to enjoy the fruits of the labor of years, but this charge even if made, t shall not deter us longer from the expression of sentiments of the correctness of which we are so fully satisfied. “Gr.o oian,” who is an active, enterpising, business man, and a holder of real estate and stocks, has presented briefly and forcibly the strong points of his ease to the consideration ot those who have so much at stake in this matter, and we have therefore but little to add. And but for the fact that silence has been so long preserved on the subject we should not add any comment, for we cannot flatter ourself that un supported by such men as “Georgian” we could be able to excite to action in this matter. To real estate holders this subject is particu larly one of absorbing interest, and the truth of the necessity of some immediate action is daily forcing itself upon the minds of reflecting men. It is in fact a matter of dollars and cents, and when a consideration of that character fails to excite most men to action, there is indeed little hope of accomplishing such an object by touch ing any other spring. It will therefore be <ur purpose to present it alone in that point of view. For years Augusta has suffered, to some extent, in common with the other cities of the Union, from the general revulsion in monetary and commercial affairs. During all this period we have seen a general depression and decline in the business of the city, and real estate holders have been made to feel it with peculia force, because ol the reduction of rents and the possession of tenantless stores and dwellings, and while thus weighed down, thev have been wont to attribute it rather to the re vulsion, than to seek for other and equally po tent causes. Confidence, however, is now ra pidly being restored throughout the country, and with that restoration should return that flourish ing state ol trade which, m days gone by, was wont to make the heart of the business man ana the real estate and stock holder glad, but it has not been the case. Whatthen can be the cause! Something must be wrong, radically wrong.— The problem is solved by “Georgian”—it is the absence of sufficient stocks of goods to ar rest the progress of the merchant who is seek ing a mart for the purchase of supplies. It this be true, and we apprehend no one who has ex amined the subject carefully will question its accuracy, it is imperative on the holders of pro perty to put forth their energies to remedy the evil. How this is to be Jone “Georgian” has truly suggested. The Legislature has author ized the existence of limited partnerships, by which capitalists may only embark as much of their capital as they expressly stipulate to do and no more. What, let us examine, may this be reasonably expected to accomplish! This is the great and absorbing question, and we will endeavor to answer as briefly as possible. To capitalists we remark, embark your sur plus capital in an enterprise of this sort, bring to the city abundant supplie of goods in every department of trade, sufficient indeed to make it the interest of country merchants and dealers to stop in the city and make their purchases, rath er than to seek supplies in a more remote mar ket, and the great desideratum of restoring the commercial importance of Augusta is accom plished. But we invite you to make this invest ment, not with the sole object of a restoration of trade, but with a confident belief that it will certainly be a most profitable investment of ca pital. That the profits will be immediate and abundant, we regard as certain as that the en terprise be committed to the charge of prudent business men. Why should it not be profita ble! Augusta is most favorably and advanta geously located to command an important trade with the interior, at all seasons of the year.— For at no period are the merchants of the inte rior deterred from visiting the city from consid erations ofhealth —her advantages for obtaining supplies are not equalled by any inland city in the South—the expenses of living and business are much less than in any ot her rivals—all of which are important considerations, and when combined, are. conclusive in support of our po sition, that the business will be profitable and afford a fair return in the shape of immediate dividens; for with these advantages, added u ample stocks of goods in every line, we can hold out such inducements to country merchants as will induce them to stop and purchase their supplies, because they maj’ make their purchas es as cheap as in the neighboring seaports. But apart from this there are other considera tions which should not tail to engross the atten tion of the holders of real estate, for to them the increase of business brings a rich reward in the increase of population, and with it the certain occupancy of stores and dwellings, and the con sequent advance in rents. These results al though not so immediate, are equally certain, and the knowledge of that fact should operate powerfully to induce efficient action on the par t of those interested. Verbum sat, is a maxim equally venerated for its antiquity as truth, and as we promised to be brief, we will not trespass on the indulgence of the reader with a more ex tended comment, nor animadvert upon that in difference to consequences which we sometimes see displayed by men, who sit quietly down and look on unmoved, while their substance, their life’s blqod in monetary affairs, is leaking out, drop by drop, and make no effort to avert the impending calamity—although we confess we have seen much of this feeling exhibited in this city within the last few years. TV We learn from the Boston Mercantile Journal that a number of the friends ol Mi. Webster in that city, are to hold a meeting on Friday evening, “for the purpose of adopting measures t» extend to him a welcome on his re turn, and lo express their appreciation ot his character and services.” Messrs. Botts and Jo cs. The Richmond Whig of the 23d says:—This contest is in regular course, and the results of scrutiny are even more favorable to Mr. Botts than he had anticipated. Mr. Botts yesterday served Mr. Jones with notice of contest, and a list 0f270 odd names objected to. groin bie AurumiuA Hepublwaii. General George Washington—Dr. Tomlin son Fort. » May the shade ot the great and good Wash inuton pardon us tor associating two such names together; but wedo it as a prelude to an extract which we are about to make from the Sar of San Marino. Washington, ithasever been held, is without his peer, but he has (if this Democratic sheet can be credited) found his match at last in Dr. Fort. Listen to the Slar : “But what shall we advance to sustain our parallel in the cause of our c ndidate for Gov ernor. Os A ashington, it was said, “We ne’er shall see his like again!”—but where is the vir tue ol emulation, it this be the case? It is true, that Dr. Fort had no semi-continent to battle lor, no new principle to establish, worthy ot' the highest earthh destiny of man; butinthesphere of his public services, in the duties which he has performed tor Georgia, both at home, and when employed at Washington, we feel satis fied that ail the integrity, all the devotion, all the clear, cool judgment' which distinguished the Father of his Country, is discernable in the cai eer of Dr. Fort. For years has he sustained the highest credit as controller of the fiscal affairs of the State, and when honesty too, was seldom without its temptation; for years has he been the mediatory counsellor of the people in all their endeavors, restraining them when intem perate, aiding them when oppressed, and al ways enlightening them as to their true inter ests. Nor has his counsels been ill-judged.— How otherwise, could the cause of Democracy have prevailed so as io have placed Georgia in the van wbe.’jever a poetical contest is at hmd, • and wiio wiiNheny that Dr. F<m aha pbliiTai j distraction, (detraction?) we had almost said, were synonymous.” Now that is w hat we call rid beyond all par- ' allel. We think with the writer, that Dr. Fort and political atstrdction are not only almost, but altogether synonymous. Time was, when a controller of fiscal affairs of a State was praised for administering faithfully and with intelli gence, such fiscal affairs. Lowndes, Cheves and Fort, however, are extolled for different things—the two first, because they reformedabu ses and improved the currency—the last, be cause he has damned the currency of the State, ruined her credit at home and abroad, corrupt ed the people by bribing them with loans, and he is now putting the screws to that same peo ple by forcing collections with the energy of a Shylock. The Star says, tn another place, that no one but Dr. Fort could have saved the State from Bankruptcy, through his efficient manage ment of the Central Bank. Perhaps the following extract is quite as good as the preceding: “Some said he was once a Federalist, and contended for too much power to be vested in the General Government—others that he was President of the Central Bank, and the paper of this Bank was belotv par. General Washing ton was a Federalist —so was Alexander Ham ilton, John C. Calhoun, and a host of others, when Federalism was inoffensive.—While it existed in theory, it knew no distinction of per sons dr places. Some of these gentlemen have died before these Federal charms were meta morphosed into Federal curses. Some have lived to see the change, and found profit in their knowledge. Among these, we rank our candi dates for office.” So Dr. Fort was an old Federalist as well as Mr. Calhoun. We want to know how long it was since Federalism ceased to be offensive. We are informed by the Slai of San. Marino, that J. C. Calhoun and Dr. Fort were Federal ists when Federalism was a mere theory. We thought that Federalism was a reality formerly, and now a theory. Some of the most rank old Feds joined Jackson’s ranks in 1828, and some remained with the M higs. We know no Fed eralism worthy the name in these days, unless it be that which uphold the centralizing dicta tion of Jackson and Van Buren, and extolls the Royal Executive Veto Power. This is the on ly Federalism that we have seen or heard of since 1828. We recommend to the pro tempore Editor of the Star of San Marino, to lay aside the pen until the return of Gen. Brisbane, from the North, or if be must write, not to go so lar be yond his depth Such disrespect to the intelli gence of his readers, will materially dim the lus tre ol that lone Star. For the Chronicle and Sentinel. Mr. Editor—ldentified as are my interests with Augusta, I cannot but feel deep solicitude in view of her waning fortunes anddeelining commerce. Possessed as she is of the most ad vantageous local position known to any inland town in the Union, she has only to will it and she commands, in addition to the trade ot the middle and western counties of Georgia, an im portant portion of the trade of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama, and yet, with all these prominent facilities, she is un able to furnish the interior with its supplies; indeed, she possesses but one extensive whole sale dry goods establishment, and that one, tired of the fruitless effort to convince the country merchant that it is not abusing its monopoly by the charge of excessive profits, has it seriously in contemplation to abandon the business.— Where are the owners of the “lofty dwellings and noble stores” which adorn the city! Let them look at these “standing monuments of un successful enterprize, of bitter disappointment, and the fruitful source of widely threatened in dividual ruin,” and weigh well the present and probable future condition of things, and say if action, prompt and energetic action, is not im periously demanded; or will they, with folded arms and sage like nod, reply, as they have for the last thirty years, “Oh; capital, like water, will find its own level, and when it is demon strated that Augusta presents superior induce ments, why then capital will seek investment here.” They remind me of a story I once heard of a physician, who, upon being told by his pa tient that his regimen had done him harm, as sured him that the whole pharmacopeia con tained nothing comparable to the prescription he had given him, and as a proof of its undoubted efficacy, sajd, that he had had one gentleman with the same complaint under his hands for fif teen years. Now, I would tell these gentlemen, your water level. < r do nothing regimen, has pretty nearly used us up, and unless you aban don it, and set about emulating other cities, both in their effort to induce the embarkation of cap ital in your trade, and to encourage it when thus embarked, you never will, you never can, draw capital from a distance. The want of encour agement and indifference with which the pur suits of commerce are viewed by the real estate owners of Augusta, contrasted with the warm encouragement and attention paid them in other cities, constitutes an impassible barrier to the introduction of distant capital. To me it is incomprehensible that intelligent men, sagacious upon most matters involving their pecuniary interest, should manifest such pernicious indifference to the effect which the efforts of other cities have had, and are to have, upon the value of property’ in Augusta. Are | we to stand idly by and witness decline in trade, reduction in rent, loss .of population, and in crease ot taxes? Will nothing move us to ac- I ion in this matter. It is not yet too late to avert the impending evil. The Legislature of Georgia hns author ized the existence of limited copartnerships.— Under the provisions of that act, there should be but little difficulty in establishing two drv goods house, with a capital of 950,000 each conducted by experienced men, themselves con tributors to its capital. Do this, and impress your banking institutions with the necessity of granting such reasonable facilities to your sound merchants, as w ill enable them to meet the in creasing demand for goods, and you will have created a nucleus for the enlargement of your commerce, profitable in itself, and much better calculated to increase your population, enhance the value of your property, invigorate and ener gize your fellow citizens, than would be the completion of forty rail roads to Augusta. Georgian The Texan Mquauroli. The New Orleans Tropic of Saturday, the 20th instant, says:—An article which we had prepared, in relation to the affair*, of the Texan Navy, in connexion with the late movementsol the President of Texas, is unavoidably postpo ned. We learned last evening, that the Briti.-h frigate Spartan, 36 guns, left Galveston,several days ago, the commander having in his posses sion the late proclamation of President Hous ton. Capt. Elliott, th*' British Minister to Tex as, sailed from this port on the steamer Alaba ma, in her last trip, for Havana, and no doub is entertained that he had Houston’s proclama tion in his possession. These movements clear ly indicate a determination on the part of the agents of the British Government in this quar ter, to aid the President of Texas in his mad crusade against the Navy of that Republic.— We.shall not be, in the slightest degree, surpris ed to hear, in the course of the next few days, that the naval power of Great Britain, underthe sanction ot thatinfamousscoundrel, Sam Hous ton, has driven the “Lone Stax” from the Gulf of Mexico. Late ami Important from the Texan Squad ron. The schr. Expert, Capt-Gardner, arrived last evening, eight days from Campeachy. t>’y this vessel, we are placed in possession of a letter i f[om an officre jin the Texan giving the I latest information with regard to the movements ot the Texan fleet. Our letter is dated five days I later than those received by the last arrivals. Texan brio or war Wharton, i Off Campeachy, May 10, 1843. ( To the Editors of the Tropic: By the last arrivals ,rom this quarter, at your port, 1 presume tou were placed in possession of full information relative to our movements up to the Ith or sth instant. Since that period, nothing of particular im portance has occurred. We have tried to force the Mexicans into a fight, but they will not “come to the scratch.” on the morning of the 2d instant, at 1 o’clock, a fair breeze springing up, we got under way and stood out lor the Mexican squadron. The land breeze, by which alone we could hope to reach them, died away, and wc were compelled to beat in to our ancho rage. The next morning, at 5 o’clock, the breeze again set in, when we once more made sail for the enemy. We came near enough to their ships to ex change a few shots, and are in hopes, fi om the confusion observ-able on one of them, that one of our bails did considerable damage. They soon played the old game and retreated. The object of the Mexicans, as we plainly under stand, is to induce us to leave our anchorage with the morning breeze—and as the calm usu ally comes on a little before mid-day, they hope to catch us powerless, and to “use us up” by the aid of steam, .n the most summary manner.— To this operation, as you may well imagine, we all object. Give us a good wind, and my word tor it, the Texan Navy will prove itself true to the core—we await only the favors of fortune due those who diligently seek them. On shore, the operations are of an odd nature. As near as we can judge, the Mexicans in pos session of the heights were reinforced to-day l.y •about two thousand men, and beyond all doubt a fierce attack upon the city is contemplated.— The Campechanos, however, expect reinforce ments from Merida every hour, and whether their expectations are fulfilled or not, will un questionably be able to hold out against the en emy. Midshipman Fayssoux, who you have learn ed was slightly wounded in the action of the 30th ult., has perfectly recovered, and is now on duty. All our officers are in the finest health and spirits, and anxiously desire “a fair fight and no favor.” We pray for an early chance at the enemy. You shall hear from me at ever}’ opportunity. J. The total population of Ireland, in the year 1841, was 8,175,174. Mr. Hotis Sustained: The editor of the Wheeling Times, Mr. Wharton, one of those appealed to by Mr. Botts to sustain him in his recollections of Mr. Ty ler’s having promised to sign the charter of a. Bank, in his paper of the 19th not only sustains Mr. Botts fully, but remembers yet more of the conversation than Mr. Botts stated! Mr. Wharton says he was present at Mr. Ty ler’s room on the occasion reterred to, when the opinion prevailed that the Senate would be equalty divided on the subject of the Bank, and Mr. Tyler was asked whether in that event, he would give the casting vote for or against it; to which he replied substantially, “in that event, sir, I should give my vote regardless of opin ions, expressed and acted upon, when I was the Representative of Virginia, in favor of the Charter. When 1 was the Representative of Virginia, I acted in accordance with what I be lieved to be the wtshesef my constituents: lam now the Representative of the whole Union, and believing that a large majority of the People at the last election, expressed themselves in favor of aU. S. Bank, I shall, it called upon, vote for a Charter!!!” Ncff ced! O' We notice, says the New York Herald that another debate has taken place in the House of Commons, in which the most friendly feelings were displayed by both parties towards the United Slates, and which was marked by one of the most important concessions that ever came from the British Government. Sir Robt. Peel has openly given up the right of search or visit, and fully admitted the inteipretation to this principle given by President Tyler. The following are extracts from a speech of Sir Robert’s, delivered on Mr. Hume’s motion in lhe House of Commons on the 2d of May: Sir Robert Peel said, • • • The noble and learned lord says, “ Look at the pro ceedings of the American Senate, which had rejected, by a majority of 72, a bill lor the set tlement of the Oregon Territory.” I say th.it at first the American Government—l mean the ex ecutive Government—had acceded to our pro position, that an arrangement of the question relating to Columbia should be made by this country. The noble Ibrd says this was opposed and rejected bj- the American Senate; but I may look at the House ot Representatives, by far the most popular assembly. The House of Representatives was in possession of Lord Ash burton's correspondence, and ye: with the ex ample of the Senate before them, they refused to proceed with the bill. If we went oh we would find that these gentlemen held out no prospect of an amicable settlement of the question, and relinquished all hope ot such a result. It is to this that the noble lord refers lor the purpose of obtaining a paltry triumph. 1 will not refer to the right ol search or visit. What I have on a former occasion stated to the House on this sub ject is fully borne out by subsequent events. I said, and I say again, that no authority was given U> make concessions on this point.’ He! claim m- .cst oj visit if ire know the vessels America.: . If ire do not risii lhe vessels knowing them to be American, ue do it on our own respon sibility, at our own risk and peril; and we arc liable to be compelled to make compensation should we take such a step. If the noble lord had limit ed himself to the search of only suspected ves sels, no fault would have been found." But you say that we have effected nothing; that we have left the Oregon treaty all unsettled. Now all this is said for the purpose of possess ing the people of this country with the idea that Lord Ashburton has failed as a negotiator. (Hear, hear.) However, with respect to this, my firm persuasion is that the two countries will shortly enter upon an amicable settlement of the Columbia questiqn. (Hear.) Then with re spect to the boundary question, all the accounts that Her Majesty’s Government have reeeived from America concur in representing that the boundary states are animated equally with our selves by a sincere desire that the line of dem | arkation should be drawn as soon as possible. I They have appointed engineers, they wish that I the line of deinarkation should be drawn in one year, they are actuated to all appearance by I precisely the same leelings as we are. That is what we hear from the United States With respect to the right of search, the A merican Government has communicated to us their instructions to their officers, but as it is impossible for me-to speak of the nature’ of them at this stage of the proceeding, with re spect to them I can only state that it is my firm be lief that they can be carried into effect. On the whole, then’ my persuasion is, that it will b? most desirable to leave the two countries to set tle these questions amicably betweenthemselves; and with the knowledge that they possess oftheir areat reciprocal interests, with the knowledge that any bad feelings which might mutually a raise would only recoil on themselves, and not withstanding the indications ot adverse feelings which may be displayed for a time by small bodies, my firm belief is, that it will be found by this treaty concluded by Lord Ashburton we have not only secured the foundations of peace, but that we have done that which is most desira ble for our common interests, and that as far as negotiations can effect that object, these negotia tions will issue in establishing permanently a micable relations between the United States and ourselves. AUGUSTA, GA THURSDATWORNIAG, JUNE L 1b43. SAWRuAI MORNING, MAY 27. “These are life's histories, It's smiles and tears.” However we may have refused on allocc; sions since our connexion with the press to at, vertise an unfortunate erring “better half," w cannot find it in our heart to resist the appeal < Mrs. Thompson, to all “Editors who feduispo ed to aid the cause of injured innocence,’' to coj the following advertisement of her abscondt spouse, which we find in the Columbus Enqui. er, and we sincerely hope it may be the meat, of'restoring the wayward, indiscreet Aiexandc to the arms of his disconsolate Elizabeth. ' S 5 Reward.—Left my bed and board, with out anvjust cause or provocation, my nusuan. ALEXANDER THOMPSON, to whom was lawfully married by ’Squire McKendre< The said Thompson left this city a few day since, tor parts tirknown to his lovingand devo led wile. My husband is about twenty-tour o five years old, but has not yet arrived at years <. discretion. He is about five feet six inches ii height, dark complexion, jealous lookin eye, and is usually suspicious and distrustful < those he takes an interest in. Any one who wi give information of the above personage to me at Columbus, will receive the above reward, an the thanks of a most chaste, virtuous and dis consulate wife. . ELIZABETH G. THOMPSON. Columbus, May 21. Editors qho feel disposed to aid the cause o injured innocence., willujeasepublish the abovi loyed domestic happiness may not thatconfi deuce, which it requires to eat “sassingers" in New Orleans, have secured to them! But ala.- its absence, likea chilling frost, has nipped theb young affections in the bud, and now come 1 “the winter of their discontent.” O confidence confidence! how potent thou artol good or evil! What a multitude of faults dost thou conceal, and how thy absence can turn into sins of deep est dye the mst innocent acts! And thou too, most “filthy lucre," by all caressed, and yet bj holy men accursed as “the root of all evil,’’ thou must needs in this age of pure and disinterested affection portray most eloquently the charms ol the fair Elizabeth, and ever and anon whisper in the ear of the credulous Alexander, how beauti fully the $30,600 relieved her defects. At least thus insinuates that faithful chronicler of pass ing events in Columbus, Luvin Racket, from whose communication in the same paper we cull the following allusion to this melancholy termination of their loves. S “D, nt u reckkolect sum 7or eight munths ago a rich widdur that kiirn from Stewart kounty up here suarktn? She kourted a Mistur Thomp son, retale defer in water-melluns, appals and nock-need sperits, jist a leetle abuv Ruse& Bar nard’s store, o, pasit Captain Barrow’s hotel. Altur she had addressed him fur a short tynie he begun tu lele “lender Enioshuns," andlynalle when he hurd she had $36,000 Dollurs he “caul ■ holo out no more,” an tha . wur marryed. The next mornin he swore she was an angil—aoman what jist suted him, fur she hadn’t bort a pare of shuse, in 7 munths, and she was rich too. He konsulted sevral Lawyers about the best way fur him tu go about akin charge of his dul ajneas efex, atsafMc giltin thur advise he went tu hur Hometu proklaitn himself “monwkof all he survay ,e.” He found that all wamtgole h it glitturs—an, unfeelin retch ! his de-uited his bettur half. She ar now on the look out fur him, so she kan give him a change of kluth ing, (atfekshunate kretur) furshesezhe didn’t karry enny with him. She reqwested me tu sa tu u if u could git enne imurmashun konsurnin him, that u wud oblyge hur by drappin hur a fu lynes thru the post offyee; and that she wishes ii tu rekwest lhe Presydent of Texas not tu let him marry before she gits tltar. “Hale holy flame—hale sakred tye, What bines 2 gental soles in 1 ; On ekwal wings thar pleshurs fly, In ekwal stremes thar sorrors run.” Thais not so korse, as the old lady saved when she got choked eatin hole hominy. Jist du all u kanfurthe pore woman. O witnmin, lovely wimmin! Judge Kolquitt said ina speech he mafd in the Kort House on Greetvafo ityal, that u was the konnecting lynk between man and the Devil. O’We learn from the New York papers that Mr. John R. Peters, Jr, a scientific and practi cal civil engineer and mechanic, has been ap pointed by the American Institute, their agent, to proceed to China under the auspices of the American Minister, Mr. Cushing, with models and specirnensof American arts. Mr. P. it is stated, is to go out in the U. S. steam frigate Missouri, which is to follow the two ships to sail for China, as soon as she can be got ready. The Yarmouth, N. S. HeralJ, of the sth May, says: “we were visited with a snow storm this morning.” Columbus Trials. The Enquirer of Wednesday contains the following account of the proceedings of the Court on Monday, in the case of McKeen, for robbing the-Trust Company. Alter the usual delay incidentto the organiza tion of a new panel of grand jurors, the hearing of various motions for orders, &c. the criminal docket was again taken up. Judge Cone, hav ing arrived on Sunday, was on the Bench. His charge to the grand jury was sensible, plain and forcible, and highly satisfactory to the public, as they thought they perceived in it the indica tions ot a bold and tearless administration of the criminal laws—which, now at least, all pood m. n in this community consider absolutely essential to the security and happiness of the country. The first case c-lled, on the criminal docket to-day, was that of the Staters.ThomasC. Mc- Keen, ihaige with participating in the late rob bery ot the Western Insurance and Trust Co. After considerable delay experienced in calling witnesses on the part ol the accused, the counsel of the prisioner announced their purpose to move a continuance. The whole of the afternoon session, or nearly so, was taken up with the ar guments of counsel for and against the mo tion. Great ability and zeal were manifested on both sides. The motion forcontinuing final ly prevailed, on the ground that the defendant’s material witnesses, were not in attendance, al though due diligence on his part had been used to secure their presence. Those who took an active part in the argument upon this motion were, for the prisoner, W. T. Colquitt and Mar shall J. Welborn—f >r the State, Hines Holt and Robt. A. 3 oombs. For reasons apparent to the reader, we refrain from any remark touching the progress and termination ot the argument on this motion. Hereafter we may have somethingto say. L.hns announced to the court that he will be teaciv for trial this morning. TheCeurt adjourned Monday night until to-day, on ac count of the indisposition of Col. Jones, who is interested as counsel in behalf of Lewis, and on other important cases. From the New Orleans Picayune. Commodore Moore.—We learn that there is a letter in town from Col. Morgan, the Texan Commissioner who accompanied Com. Moore to Yucatan, stating positively his acquiescence in all the movements of the latter officer. The Commodore expressed his readiness to follow’ out the wishes of Col. Morgan to the minutest particular, and pursued the course which he did, because his own judgment advised it as due to the cause in which Ire is serving, and he had the support of the Commissioner. The idea of call ing such a man a pirate or an outlaw is prepos terous; and yet we are half inclined to believe that there is a hazard that the English will make a handle of Houston’s infamous proclamation to annoy the commander of the Austin. There is but one opinion in this community as to the preposterous folly and treachery of Houston’s course. As this subject is engrossing the most general attention among our citizens, we give an extract from Col. Morgan’s letter, for which we are in debted to the courtesy of the editors of the “Tro pic.” It bears date—“Campeachv, May 11th * “In a late number ofrihe.New Orleans Bee‘l see that it is stated that ‘Com. Moore sent the Texan Commissioner ashore at the Balize, and proceeded on a piratical cruise.’ This should be corrected, as the editor has been misinformed! The Commissioner on board the Austin, after their arrival at the Balize, felt himself authoris ed, from information received by late arrivals met there, to sanction a visit along the coast of Yu catan to Galveston. Com. Moore evinced nodis position, after their departure from New Orleans, to pursue any course contrary to the wishes of the Commissioner on board, and would have proceeded direct to Galveston if the Commis sioner on board had not sanctioned the cruise Col. Morgan farther says, that he has no doubt the Mexican commander intended, with his fleet and what troops he could raise al Cam peachy, Vera Cruz and Ta mpico, to proceed di rect to Galveston, which the timely arrival of the Texan fleet prevented, else Galveston might have been destroyed! From the Albany I.hilly Advertiser. Sin: Some venaTto I wf'President Tyler hi en again spitting hi" tjiom at me, from th oeling columns of the New York Aurora.- tic length of the artiebp jn this instance, it . borate character, r-r-toe uittusa maligiiii . the attack it makes UStgJhe, plainly.indicat conviction on the paqjMhe aMaUant, that d' te ami vapory the Madisoniai brief ana equivocal cJK from Governuiei; acretaries, however i-tTj either may ’be t* .. ase their patron by Ailjritigme, aid not sail .ent for the exigency, fcoqle more extended el ■rl—more diversified vipt bold uhtrpths;-or 1} dignant perversionS<.ift;etual eifeutastanee las been deemed requisite in order to furnish .me pretext lor my ie«|<sf.<ii as an upcer, oi. npair the force of my : ■miejpated ttwtimony a witness possessing the means, ashheir tea s rho ‘e. of erw'sing tM inconsistency and pei fidy of John Tyler. ( ' m- si..gm ,-mure otmeelaborateattpckui . n me, if there were mri'i ig else to explain ii laiacter and motive, hAjuite sufficient to sa. fy any candid mind di: : if I could have con emed to degrade: mys .'ii' by becoming a 1 yk lan, and taiiqieriiig » Ute® postmasters in Al ■tiy county, nothing ' A mWhave been heard o ae surplus" anu if 1 could hav . heeled my official pia u ■ >n into the Tyler line ■ ■.■ re would have been ii._pvmplaint again-’ rm .i “mismanagement,’’'ol ‘incapacity,” or “neg ect of duty.” Bui I Jjgiot tiius sacrifice m > -wn self-respeCt and and confidence •l my friends, and pm 1 assailed. .S< e it.' lam content lijMfcjeharge of incapa iv for lac uuties postmaster shoul. e left for the i vb fin ■lbmdiiigws tv es- ?e6r§eT!lffitoß, ~ wis, Daniel TJ. Compkins, and De Wilt Clinton, during a ser vice of more than twenty years under their per ■nal acquaintance and observation; and I nust be permitted to regard the attestation oi incompetency, which 1 possess in the letters ol lohn McLean, the most efficient Postmastei General the country has ever had, and of Wm. I’. Barry, a man of decided talent, as an ample flset to the opinion of such people as John I y er and his retainers. But, after all, it was, perhaps, not so much nr connection with the Albany post office, oi ny capacity to discharge its duties, as my visi. o Washington City alter the decease ot the la i.ented HaiTison, and my knowledge of certain ■ircumstances which took placeduring that vis t, to which I am indebted lor the assault w inch uas been made upon me ihrough the Aurora. 1 went to Washington at the time reterred to, or no other purpose than to see the family ol <iy deceased triend, the lamented Harrison, bc :ore their return to Ohio. At the house where i took lodgings, 1 found Mr. Silas E. Burrows. My previous acquaintance wilh Mr. Burrow s nad been slight, but on thus meeting again, hol ding the s..me political opinions, and partaking ol a common sentiment of sincere gcod will to wards Mr. Tyler, who had just been newly and most unexpectedly called to the Chief Magistra cy of the Union, we —ent together to pay him a visit of respectful salutation. He leceived us very cordially; and during the imerview he (not Mr. Burrows, as the M. disonian has stated,) introduced the subject of the extra session ol Congress ana a National Bank. In the course ot conversation on these topics, Mr. burrows inquired of him if he had ever seen Mr. Mon roe’s letter to him, [Mr. B.j on the subject of the U. S. Bank. Mr. Tyler replied that he had, but that it was some time since, and that he should like to see it again. Mr. Burrows said lie should be gratified; and accordingly furnish ed him with it. The remarks wnich Mr. 1 yler made upon the letter, and the opinions he avow ed in relation to a National Bank, will be dis closed hereaiter, and at my own time. Such is a brief but correct outline of the oc casion and general character of the inlerviewin question. The abuse heaped upon Mr. Bur rows by the creatures of President Tyler, is do signed to forestall public opinion, and has been resorted to in the hope of weakening the force el his testimony in relation to the sentiments then expressed by the President. Conscious ot the truth of that testimony, and oftlie awkward attitude in which it is calculated to place that amiable and consistent functionary, he and his confidential agents are anxious to :ast doubt and discredit upon it by si. ndering the witness. This is a common trick of conscious guilt; but it will, I doubt not, as usual in such cases, prove unavailing. The character of Mr. Burrows, if I have not wholly mistaken it. has too much stamina, and is too well known and es teemed, to be despatched so easily. The Amer ican citizen, w higli sentiment ol pwoSs reverence lor tiie name and memory of the Father of his Coun try led him, with a wise appreciation of some of the most elevated sources of moral and pa triotic influence, to erect, at His own private cost, a monument to the mother of Washington —the American merchant who, when Andrew Jackson, on his first accession to the Presidency, with indecent haste, to gratify a noisy, unde serving partisan, had recalled Gen. Harrison from his mission to Colombia, placed one of his own ships then in a Colo bian portatthe ser vice of the recalled en' oy, and tree of expense to him or the public, to take him and his suite home to his own country —the same mer chant who in a similar spirit of munificent hu manity, rescued the masterand crew of a Rus sian vessel, withone oi thepublic agents of their country on board, from the extremes! perils of the seas and sent them to a haven of safety al his own charges, and declined all offers ol re muneration from the Russian Emperor—such a man, the friend and correspondent of James Monroe, presents too many claims to the respect and confidence of his countrymen to be discre dited by any obloquy that can be cast upon him by John f’yler, or any of the mercenary syco phants in his pay. This letter is probably the last notice that I shall deem it worth while to bestow, on my own account, upon the dishonored political apostate who has assailed me through his agents, and I will conclude it by a brief statement ot the man ner in which he obtained the nomination to which he is indebted for the opportunity to betray the party that elected him, and to disgrace the station he occupies. At the Harrisburg Convention of December, 1839, on the morning alter Gen. Harrison had been nominated lor President, the New York delegation, ol which I was a member, were as sembled by themselves, and were considering the question of a candidate lor Vice-President, I j.lined them. As 1 entered the room, one of them observed that they were waiting for me; that as the Con vention had united so harmonious ly on my nomination lor President, they wished me to nominate a Vice-President also. I replied that I did not wish to name a candi date, but that I should join them in any one they would be pleased to present. This my colleagues declined, and again urged me to offer a nomina tion. 1 then said that if such was their wish, I would natneseve al individuals from which they could make their choice; and accordingly I pre sented the names of John Tyler, Governor Owen of North Carolina, and John Bell of Tennessee. They still declined making the selection, and wished me to designate the candidate-—I then named John Tyler, and he was unanimously accepted. He was on the ground and knew what course 1 had taken. Had I designated either of the other two gentlemen named, he would have been accepted with equal rea liness and unanim ity. May God and ray—fo-Satry pardon my gre vious error in this matter, which I shall never cease to deplore. But I did it for the best. I had served in Congress with him, in years gone by, and I then deemed him an honorable man; and as Virginia was nearly balanced, I hoped a nom ination of my amiable friend might incline the scale in our favor." Such is a brief statement ol lhe manner in which John Tvler obtained his nomination. How greviously he has deceived and disappoint ed expectation, the whole country can testify. But retribution is drawing nigh, and the tokens cannot be mistaken. A tower fall awaits him than has overtaken any public man who has be trayed the misplaced confidence of his country. SOL VAN RENSSELAER.’ Albany, May sth, 1843. From the Savannah Republican. The Democracy and a Tariff. Our readers are aware probably, that some of the most objectionable features in the Tariff Act of 1842, were voted for by Democralicmert.- bers of Congress from Pennsylvania. Those of our readers who perused our columns with attention during the past February, will remem ber that the high Tariff of 1828, was sustained by Martin Van Buren, Richard M. Johnson, Thomas H. Benton, Mr. Dickerson, John H. Eaton, Nathan Sanford, Silas W right,.and Jas. Buchanan—all prominent 'Democrats. *„Th£y; are also aware that the Tariff of 1832, contain ing higher duties in many instances than that ot 1812, was a prolessedly Democratic measure. The Hon. James M. Wayne, the only Demo crat from Georgia, voted for it. In his message of 1829, Gen. Jackson said that the general rule to be applied in the graduation of duties is ■'that which mH place our men manufactures in air competition with those of other countries." The tariff of 1832 then, was signed (not veto ed) by a Democratic President, and was a Demo cratic measure. In 1830, Gen. Jackson, in his message, again appeared in favor of Protection, in which he said ne was sustained by the opin ions ot "Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe, who have each recommended the exercise of this right under the Constitution." What say the Jeffersonian Democrats of the South now, on this head! In 1832, after the national debt was extinguished, Gen. Jackson, in his message, a ill held the same ground. . -J.UCU Were me acts m tuai pari) —me ges timocralica. Now, we see the Southern win f i the same corps militant, in the field again.- refection, many ol them against a Tariff eve. if revenue. Even in the Northern and Middl tales, many of them think the same way. Bp ■ e have seen recently that the Albany Regene • ddress in all its nin: columns, never bestow* l •i serious consideration upon the subject pl tariff, albeit in New York ci y, where the Chan - ber of Commerce and most of the large commei -ul luteie.sis are controlled by British or Con mental dictation, the Free Trade frenzy rage ike the Dog Star in July. We noticed in om -aturday morning's paper the motive of Mr ■, /an Buren, in insisting upon a National Con vention be. ore the meeting of the next Congress, ue Caluoun policy deteis tue Uouveniion tit •lay 1844, in order that the tariff law may b brogated by the next Congress, and unless Mi -'an Buren or his legion goes tor repeal, th* lomination ol Mr. Van Buren will be opposei iv the Southeni section. Here then is a com lexity of oblique movements that may natural ly be expected to evolve something of interest; ml in view of the probable sequences we tnaj iow ask what has become of the boasted unilj, if the Democratic party ? We hear it asserteo that the Democracy i.- ivei se to a Tariff of even incidental protection lore is Governor Cleveland of Connecticut, who opened his heart and sympathies to the re >el Dorr, who, in his last annual message to the Legislature, says: “In the two messages which I had the honoi o communicate to the General Assembly at the ipening of its annual and extra"sessions of the pasw year, my views on this all-impoitant sub jecr Mier much consideration, were fully and lijiliWfctljWfla-ted, an j-«WJiifrd lll ' nt reflection has »nose views are believWlPbie entertained and cherished also, by the great body of the people of Connecticut. They ask from Government no exclusive privileges or bounties. They de sire not an exemption trom an equal share or the public’s burdens. Thev seek not the bene fits of a system of taxation which would bear op pressivety upon the interests of any section of tue Union. All they demand is, that the am •junt of revenue imposed and collected shall be limited to the current expenses of the Govern ment, justly and economically administered, in cluding suitable provisions tor the common de i'ence of the country, and that Congress should be governed by a discriminating wisdom in the selection of the subjects of taxation tor those purposes; that the burlhens imposed upon na tive industry by the operation of foreign enact nents, should as nearly as possible be balanced, so as to bear wilh the most perlect degree ot equality attainable upon the various interests of the country ; and that in exercising rite powers granted lor this object, incidental protection should be afforded to all descriptions of Ameri can labor.” It is curious to look back and see how things stood twenty yean; since. In 1824, Gen. Jackson wrote the following letter to Dr. Coleman, of North Carolina, giv ing his views of a Tariffand a Home market: “Heaven smiled upon andgavg us liberty and independence. That same Providence has blest us with the means of national independ ence and national offence. If we omit, or re fuse, to use the gifts which he has extended to us, we deserve not the continuation of his bless ing. He has filled our mountains and our plains with minerals— with L ad, iron and cop per, and given us a climate and a soil for the growing of hemp ana wool. These being the great materials of our national defence, they ought to have extended to them adequate and lair protection; that our manufacturers and la borers may be placed in a fair competition with those of Europe, and that we may have within our country a supply of those leading and im portant articles so essential in war. “I will ask what is the real situation of the ag riculturist ? Where has the American farmer a market for his surplus produce? Except for cotton, he hasjneither a foreign nor a heme mar ket. Does not this clearly prove, when there is no market either at home or abroad, that there is too much labor employed in agriculture ? Com mon sense at once points out the remedy. Take Horn agriculture in the United States six hun dred thousand men, women and children, and you will at once give a market for more bread stuffs than all Europe now furnishes us. In short, sir, we have been too long subject to tue policy of British merchants. It is time we should become a little more Americanised, and instead of feeding paupers and laborers of Eng land, feed our own; or else in a short time by continuing our present policy, we shall all be rendered paupers ourselves. It is, therefore, myopinionth.it a careful anti judicious Tariff is much wanted to pay our national debt, and to afford us the means of that defence within our selves on which the safety of our country and liberty depends; and last, though not least, give a proper distribution to our labor, which must prove beneficial to the happiness, independence and wealth of the community. 1 am, sir, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, ANDREW JACKSON. In conclusion, we cannot resist the satisfac tion of giving a rare piece of Mosaic work, se lected from Mr. Van Buren’s letter to the De mocratic Convention of Indiana. A portion of it is protective Tariff—a portion nti-protective, and a third is any way. “The Northern man with Southern principles,” has a principle ol trying to please all al once. TARIFF. ANTI-TARIFF. My viewsin relation to the Protective System were also called for by the Shocco Springs meeting in 1832, nnd freely given. A convic tion that the establish ment of commercial re gulations with a view to the encouragement of domestic interests, is within the constitution al power of Congress, was on that occasion distinctly avowed. The mass of the peo- It will not, I believe, pie seem to prefer this be contended in any mode of collecting the quarter, that the prospe revenue. Paying their rity of either of these taxes in the form of an great interests [Corn increased piice upon the merce and Navigation] commodities they buy, is essentially advanced their contribution loses, by a protective or reven in their estimation,much ue tariff, of the odium that would * * * be attached to it if sev ered from the ptice of the article, and converted in to a tax by name as it is in fact. The unbiassed senti- That the great body of ment of the.country.in lhemechanicsandlabo respect to what is,tinder|rers in every branch of such circumstances, the business, whose welfare rule for legislative action should be an object of upon this subject, has, I'unceasi g solicitude on think, by the course otjthe part of every public events and the progreesjmnn, have been thegrea of opinion, been broughtitcsl sufferers by our high to the conclusion,brieflylprotective tariff, and expressed in one of the would continue so to be, resolutions of your Con- if that policy is persisted vention, viz: ‘a discrimi- in, is to my mind too nating tariff for revenue clear to require further purposes only, nnd which elucidation. will incidentally protect * * * American industry." There are direct advan- The collection of the tages which result to'he duties imposed by a ta nianufactuiing interests tiff, whilstit subjects all from the raising of reve-to taxation, invariably nue by the impositionof and almost inevitably duty upon imports, in-bears with equal severity stead of direct taxation., upon a very large, and » • » unhappily in general, a To all present appear- necessitous portion of ances, the acquiescence the people—a protection, in a tariff for revenue, the indirect advantages now so general, may, in of which to other inter the absenceofspecialex-c«ts, even under a tariff ci ement,endure fora pe-for protection, are as riod as long as is com-,much the subject of moniy embraced in cal-;doubt and disputation as culation of business. they ever were, but for * * ♦ which those concerned Os the constitutional in other pursuits have power to make discrimi- for a long series of years nations,! have no doubt, paid in advance, and re- Equally clear it is that ceived their equivalent?, the practice of making promises, of theperf' jr _ them has existed from rnance of which the T are the commencement of not and do not seenl the governmentandcon- likely to be soon satisfi stituted a feature in ev-ed. This advs , n tage to ery ptincipal tariff bill the manufact' jrer j 3 notj which is to be found up- it is true, »’ Qe object of’ on our statute book.— but only incidental to, a They are indeed indis- tariff for revenue, pensable to. the ful’operation ofeveryve-. • • venue bill. If it be at any time The incidental protec deetned necessary, or lion thus derived, is all conducive to the safety the legislative favor of the country, to en-iwhich can at this day be courage the manufacture conferred upon the man at home of the necessa-ufecturer without great ry articles to its defence injustice to other inter in war, nothing can befests. more proper than to do! so by a discrimination in favor of their domes- tic manufacture. It [discrimination] is therefore a power, the! constant and faithful ex-! ercise of which ie, fo> my judgment, demand-! ed by the eczisalcratsma! of justice, humanity andi l scyuH policy. [ ■ITHKB WAV. I affirm it to be tuv uu-> o. those who nre en trusted with the administration of the Fed era Government, to direct its operations in the man .er best calculated to distribute as equally a: lossible its burthens and blessings among the se veral States and the neople thereof. d * * * ♦ * I denied the propiuty of exercising this powc. ■ a a manner calculated to oppress any portion o. -iy fellow citizens, or to advance the interests o. ne section of the Union at the expense of an other. All must agree that taxes should be imposed with a full and fair reference to the advantages de lved from the existence of good government, bj .hose who pay them. Those advantages may, in ,'eneral terms, be justly described as resulting .rorn ample security in the enjoyment of our per i nal lights and rights of property, with adoquau 'afeguards against internal commotion and for eign aggression. • •••»• I t is certainly true, that in the formation of out tariff, duties varying in amount are also imposed in the same articles which constitute the staple productions of this countty, when imported from broad; but Is it not equally true that the effect »f that imposition, in respect to the protection thereby afforded to the domestic produciion oi them, is for the most part nominal. When the Convention speak of a discriminat ing tariff for revenue, I understand them as refer ring to discriminations below the maximum rate of duties upon imported articles, not designed tv increase the protection already afforded todomeß ic manufacturers, but to carry out views of po licy different in their character, and which may properly be embraced in such a measure. Now, after this, if any body can tell whether Mr. Van Buren stands pledged before the coun try, by his Indiatta letter, roa or against a ta riff, not only for revenue, but for protection, he shall share the immortality of CEdipus, who solved the riddles of the Sphynx. To which may be added what we published on Saturday, which is also in the juste milieu.— That part of the letter says that he is in favor of a discriminating revenue tariff, which he thinks would require an average duty (?) of 20 or 25 par end. Georgia Gold Mines* The following extracts relative to the pro ducts of several mines in Lumpkin county, are from the last Dahlonega Times. This is a pan and parcel of the gammon of the age. We ap prehend, if those who furnished these facts, had only presented the other side of the picture, and given a list of those mines which are not paying expenses, the paragraph would doubtless have been increased four, perhaps ten-fold. We have had some little experience in these matters, and know how the thing is managed. If a mine makes a large yeld for a few days, you hear ct nothing else, while not a whisper is ever breath ed of those that are sinking the money ol their owners daily, while they continue to work them. Messrs. Field and Perkins, dugout near 300 pennyweights of gold last week with seven hands, making an average of more that $5 per day to the hand. Messrs. Field, McCormick & Leitner, dug out about 500 pennyweights last week with 18 hands. Messrs. Bedfords dug out about 300 penny weights within the two last weeks with 13 hands. There was taken from Dr. McAfee’s mine, a few days ago, a particle of gold weighing seven or eight pennyweights. News from the Piker’s.—We learn that Mr. Milner, from Pike county, has found the precious metal in great abundance recently.— But as we have not had the pleasure of an in terview with him for several weeks we are un able to inform our readers precisely as to the ex tent of his success. There are now in this county a great many rich gold mines in operation in mining like order, yielding a great abundance; but we decline hazarding the mention of them, until we receive authentic reports upon which our readers may place implicit confidence.— The art of mining is now reduced to something like certainty, and we do not know' of a mine in the county, that is worked in mining style, but what pays a fair profit for the labor expended; and there are great many mines which are ac tually enriching the laborer, with a rapidity scarcely ever heard before. The late discovery of Messrs. Field & Perkins, will give a power ful impetus to this business.— Dahlonega Times. What’s in a Name!—The logic of the Poet, when he asked this question, would not apply very well to public affairs. It is true, unques tionably, that the rose by any other name would smell as sweet; and it ought to be true that the intrinsic merit of any measure, however it may be styled, should ensure its adoption. But it is not so. Men’s prejudices are stronger than their judgments. “Aye,” said an old politician, read ing a part of a speech delivered by Roger Sher man, without knowing whose it was, “aye, that’s right; these are my sentiments.” “Why,” replied a young lawyer, “that is the speech of as rank a Federalist as ever breathed.” “Mercy on me,” responded the old man; could I be so deceived? 1 felt some how as if it were not all right!” “Console yourself,” replied the lawyer, who liked his joke, “it is his speech, but he was quoting just where you were reading from Nat Macon.” And the old man went away glad that he had not been deceived, though in fact what he read was Roger Sherman’s. And so it is with a large class of men in our day. Call a measure Federal, and they de nounce it; call it Democratic, whether it be Fed eral or not, and they support it: and they do this wi.hout any relerence to consistency,good sense, or the substance of the thing opposed or defend ed. Mr. Senator Smith, in his excellent pamph let, dwells forcibly on this, and illustrates it in the following happy manner. He is speaking of the use ol the names Federalanil Federalist: “Names are all powerful in political contests. Well do the leading modem Democrats know the force and truth of this remark, hence they not only hold on to the respectable name of De mocrat, but with one voice they stamp their op ponents with the name of Federalists, and their measures as Federal measures. They abandon and adopt measures themselves at pleasure—at one time tor a national bank, at another against it; at one time lor the pet bank system, at an other against it, at one time for the issues of State and local banks, al another against all , bank paper, at one time for treasury notes, at another for specie ; al one time for distribution, ■ at another against it; and still Ifey are Demo- i crats, and each measure while they support it, is democratic. But the moment they abandon it for some new expedient, it becomes a vile Federal measure, and all who support it are Federalists." There is something then in a name, though we hope lhe time is coming when men will have 1 the sense to look beyond it.—Cm. Gazette. 1 The following article appears in the Jouma\ of Commerce: “Land Ho!—The great cotton manufacb or ies of Lowell and other parts of New Er,„j an d have sold out their heavy stocks, si’’ c ]? anc j clean, and are now working on cons .-acts, a gentleman who was in Boston on T’ ieM | a y was unable to buy a bale ot sheeting of th e make of either of several factories who' j( . „oods have heretofore been lying piled u- , ’ ’’’ihe goods have recently paid well, wh' . r ‘ ever lh ev'’have been shinped, exciting a deir , and that ha > swept the market. A comparts on ol the cash pri ' e ol the lower grades ot r ;otton chjlh at Bo r sto „ and at Manchester, pr jve - that prices are now from ten to twenty per cellt c h ea p er on this side than on lhe other; r 0 t | lat t h e Bostonians have actually made shir , ments to Liverpool, with or ders to pay the d’ which is bur ten per cent , and forward the g o 3ds to Manchester for sale.” O”The 1 ast Memphis Enquirer says: The ste am f err yboat plying across the Missis- SJTP 1 a ’. our landing, sprung a leak yesterday, shortby after it l e ft the Arkansas side, and sunlr ,0 nmeft as t o put out the fires and float sev eral miles down the river. There were v jme 20 or 30 persons on board, including many children, all of whom were fortunately saved; the boat was overtaken, after it had flo; ted several miles, by two or three skills that were put in pursuit—saving the passengersand getting the boat to the shore. Two or three horses and a portion of the baggage were tost. Capture of Stewart,the Murderer.—We learn that Richard St wart, the wretch who so me time ago, at Washington county (Ark.) sho-t a poor wood-chopper and gave his body to be de- K voured VyJjiij dogs, taken,a,few days since on the Ouachita river, near the Bartholemew by a party of Louisianians. He was not cap tured without desperate resistance, and was wounded several times in the limbs and body in the course of the fight, which terminated in his capture. Stewart was taken to Columbia, Ark., and surrendered to the demands of justice. He had a large amount of gold, some on- his person. From his violent resistance and lan guage, it would appear that he greatly dreaded being taken to Arkansas, as he would prdbably be Lynched—a punishment to which he dec! lares death is infinitely preferable.—A’. O. Bee. Cotton Domestics.—lt is estimated that within ninety days, not less than forty tho usand packages of domestic cotton manufacture shave been exported from this country to almost all parts of the wrorld. The value is perhai is fifty dollars a package, or two millions ot dol iars in the aggregate. —-A". Y. Jomr. Com. jIUALIAI AlUiCAl.iv>, .u.ll -b. Columbus Trials. By a private letter received in this city fro. Jolumbus, under date of the 26th instant, u earn that the trial of Lewis for the robbety <■ he office of the Trust Compaay was progres: ng—the jury was empannelled, and the impres sion prevailed that the prisoner had succeede in packing a sufficient number of his frends cither to secure a verdict in his favor, or pre vent a finding against him. From the same source, we learn that a Di Smith, charged with the offence of stealing, committed suicide in the court room, by taking a lose of prussic acid and then cutting his throat Death of Sir Charles Bacot.—The Ca nadian Loyalist of the 21st, announces the death of Sir Charles Bagot, al an early hour that morning.* At a sale of bankrupt estates recently at Boston, a batch of notes and accounts amount ing to $113,000, sold for $106,50. Another Millionaire Gone —We have just heard a: the death of Peter Lorillard, Esq., in the 80th year of his age. He died on the 23d, at his residence in Westchester. Mr. Lorillard has ranked for many years among the wealth iest of our citizens.— N. V. Commercial. Apprehended Loss of a U. S. Ship of Wa*. —The U. S. schooner Grampus left Hampton Roads for a southern cruise about two months since, and has been heard of but onee. There are tears that she has been lost, particularly as there were some heavy gales after her de parture.—Philadelphia Inquirer. The President’s Visit.—The New York Aurora says: “From information which we yesterday re ceived, wc are enabled toannounce that Presi dent Tyler, with several members of the cabinet —including the Secretary of the Treasury an i Postmaster General with their families—intends to -e tn Pinl..delutiia on the 10th and 11th oi June next (Saturday an I Sunday,) will arrive in this city on the 12th, and leave on rhe even ing ot the 14J>, for Boston. This is tiie present plan.” The Hartford Times says:—When we see a democrat furiously assailed by the wbigs, we take it to be prima facie evidence that he is a no ble fellow, ready to sustain his principles at all limes; when a democratic tne .sure is thus as sailed, we t ike it to be an evidence of its sound ness and utility. We admire this Editor’s system of reasoning. He discovers remarkable powers of investiga tion, and, we doubt not, makes a very good “tteinocraZ.” From the N. Y. 'Tribune. w Late and Important from Rio Janeiro. By the brig Russian, Capt. Simpson, we have a .vices from Rio Janeiro to the 13th of April. We are indebted to Mr. Henry Hardy, passen ger in the Russian, for the following informa tion. lhe frigate La Belle Poule went up the river the next day alter she arrived, and anchor ed in the man-of-war anchorage, opposite the Palace. The Prince de Joinville had done .no thing whatever to forward his marriage wrth lhe Emperor’s sister, and it was supposed by a great many of the citizens ot Riothat the even t would not occur at all, or if it did, that the mar riage would not be celebrated in Brazil, as it was said to be against the laws of the country; so that if he marries her at all, he must take her to France. The PrinceSs has been very sick for the past three weeks, but was not dangerous ly ill. The Emperor still keeps his health, and no matter what occurs, does not appear to be much concerned about it. News had been received from Rio Grand ■ ve ry favorable to the Imperialists. An engage ment had taken place between them and lhe Rebels, in which lhe latter were compelled to retreat. They are secretly pressing men at Rio Janei ro, to send to Rio Grande, troops being so very scarce they are compelled to press them secret ly in the night; occasionally they press seamen belonging to Foreign vessels in port, neai ly all of whom, however, are liberated the next niom ingby the Consuls. A great many troops have been alreadysent to Rio Grande; the rebelscan not make much in that quarter. A British steamer arrived the day before the Russian sailed from Montevideo, but would tot give any information whatever concerning that place, and from the news that had been receiv ed before, it was supposed from the silence they kept that Montevideo had teen taken; indeed they arc almost positive of it. The steamer re mained there only 48 hours. The citizens of Rio Janeiro appt ar to be very anxious that the Prince de Joinville should mar ry the Princess. Business was very dull at Rio, more so than for many years; freights are very lo w. A ves sel (whose name we cannot give) v.ras charter ed for that place and was compelled to lake freigllt at 50 cents per bag, losing 3 per cent. Difficultiesin Minas Garesare nut vetsettled. All remains perfectly quiet in Sair Paolo, al so in all the northern Provinces. The Hon. Jos. B. Reid, Mayorof Maysville, Ky., died on the 13th inst., of lock-jjaw, brought on by a slight injury to one of hij; thumbs, a few days previous, and from uhi ch he had ap parently entirely recovered. Babyoeogv.— The Pekin, Illinois, Palladium says: “We notice in the Alton Telegraph an account of three children weighing 15 pounds being born at one birth in Madison county a which the writer see ms to think is not to be 1 eat. But they do business on a larger scale in New" York. NearLe Fioy, McLe-m county, a woman had six fine children ai a birth, weighing 16 lbs. 3oz.”— Boston Post. Jj’Money in New tfoikconunue*abundant. Good paper is discounted in the street at 4J and 5 per cent. The Bankers find it exceedingly difficult too 1 btain good paper. In Philad .elphia business paper is scarce, and ’discounted at 4 per cent per annum. TV 'I ‘iu Remains of Cenumodorc Hull were re mo’/ed on Saturday morning at 6 o'clock in a k earse drawn by four horses, from Christ Church yard, lhe ir temporary, to Laurel Hill their final resting place. The Great Democratic Slate Couventiou. The Columbia (S. C.) Chronicle says : The Delegates to the great State Convention I of the Democratic Party ol South Carolina, lor j the nomination ol a candidate tor the Presiden- ; cy, assembled in the State House in Columbia, ! on’Monday last. The Convention, alter a pre- ! liininaty organization, elected the Hon. Wlute marsh B. Seabrook, President, the Hon Jacob - Bond I’On, Hon. J. B. O’Neal, Hon. Job John ston, Hon. D. L. Wardlaw, Hon. Angus Pat terson, and tl.e Hon. W. f . Colcuck, Vice Pre sidents, and J. D. Simons and 13. C. Yancey, Esqs., secretaries. —Mr. Seabrook, on taking the Chair, made a briel and pertinent address expressive of his sense of the honor conterred upon him, and adverting to the business upon which they had assembled. A committee of2l was appointed by the chair “to reportan address to the Democratic Party, recommending John Caldwell Calhoun tor nomination for the Presi dency of the United States by the General Con vention, and also upon the principles which, in the opinion ol this State, the- Convention should be constituted, the mode of its proceeding and the time of its assembling.” A committe ol 13 was also appointed “to report a plan tor the rep resentation of the people of this State in Gener al Convention, and also on all such matters in connection with the said Convention, and the proper steps for promoting the election of John C. Calhoun to the Pres idency, as the committee may deem expedient.” In conformity to the in structions contained in these resolutions, both committees reported t< > an adjourned meeting at so’clock yesterday evening, recommendmgMr. Calhoun as a candidt .te; suggesting May, 1814, as the time for the me ding of the Convention; and that the mode of electing delegates to it be bv districts, in those 5 States under lhe district or ganization, and in the others, by the method tn general use among them; that the representa tion be the same as in the electoral college; and that the vote in the Co nvention be taken per cap ita. The address rep orted by the committee of 21 is very lengthy, coveting all Mr. Calhoun’s political opinions; and a great portion of it is devoted to combating the proposition of the Convention of Virgin ia in regard to the manner of voting. The con sideration of both reports was postponed to this day at 4 o’clock, in order to have them printed ; to which time the Con vention adjourned. £>Since the foregoing was in type, we have received, through the courtesy of a friend, a co py of the report of the committee of 21.—1 t is a long and labored d-efence of Mr. Calhoun, his principles and consistency!—Ed. Chron. fc Sent. VOL. VII.-aN0.22. Fraio theih. I. t uuri rq- Enquirer q) the M. Later from Cauteu. By the Ann McKim, Capt. Vainer, we hart anton papers to the 11 th Febiuaiy. Tke lu erial Contmtssionei anti bir Htmy Pouiager i e still occupied with efforts to ascertain the ue basis lor the adjustment of lie tariff to be .-tablished atthe live poits. With this view Jepoo addressed a letter to Sir Henry, suggeec ng the necessity of a thorough examinauoa tas o the subject, so that equitable arrangemoMa tiould be made regarding them, anu that the lariffs should be reduced to one standard. Te nis end the letter states, the High Couimieswn <>r and his colleagues bare called upon the Bw periutendant of the Maritime Customs ot Can »., >u uuec. me LAvug-iueicnauu eagsfed i* foreign trade, to make a c. niplete return es «U harges and fees; and to prevent all eoneealMK the High Commissioner requests Mr Henry that he will direct some officer, well experMoeed in commercial matters to learn what aaaoimt es charges is actually paid by the British attuiMs on each article of their imported and exponad goods. Sir Henry lias addressed a copy es thie letter, as a circular, to all the British merchant*, with a request that they would common irate with him on the subject. It is officialh anm unced by Sir Henry that he does not think that the new tariff can com* into operation this season, and that it is not hi* intention that it shall have a re.roepective fere* with regard to goods already imported. Piracies are on the increase in the Canton river.—Sir Henry Pottinger ha* offered to the Chinese authorities the active co-operation es the British Government for their suppression. The Free Press of the 11th February, say* I It is reported, and wc believe on good author ity, that a very numerous deputation of the peo ple of Canton and it* vicinity waited on the Im perial Commissioner Elepoo, tv urge him toen- Sel the English from Canton altogether. The eputation consisting chiefly of respectable peo ple and men ot' influence; it is said to have met with a kind reception from the Imperial Com missioner. An edict from the Governor of Can ton, commenting in harsh term* oa the act* of English in general, and ot H. M. Plenipotentiary in particuh.r, is also said to have been publish ed in Canton, and this time die document is be lieved to be authentic, and not forged as many Ib'nt' r papers purporting to emanate from the same author! y, undoubtedly wete. > he general order of the Governor General of India, announcing the terminatien of the war, is transferred to the Press from the Bom bay Times of Nov. 2d. The Governor Gener al in returning thanks to the land and naval for ces, informs them tbut those who have distin guished themselves in the war shall be reward ed with medals and other honorable insignia. The Canton authorities have expressed their utmost anxiety to give every satisfaction tor the attack on Capt Cecille and hi* party, of the French Erigone Canton, February 11. Accounts from Canton represent bu*iue«i there as excessively dull; in tact it had not fair ly recommenced since the New Year holyday*. No sales of imports could be made, and about 450 chops ot teas remained unsold. There seems no likelihood of any change in duties taking place this season. We refer our readers on this subject to the correspondence between H. M. Plenipotentiary and the committee of British merchants, from which they will per ceive how difficult it is to furnish the informa tion required from them by the Imperial Com in issionei. There was an outbreak of the troop* at the Phiilipinn Islands on the 21st January. A por tion of the 3d battalion of the line quartered at Malate, and who were on guard at the fort of Santiago, rose in arms, severely wonnded their captain, and killed the sub-lieutenant. Several other officers were killed before the mutiny watt quelled. By the prompt action of the authosa lies, order was restored. The Trotting Match between the horses R.ipdon and Americus, two mile heats and re pttat, for SIOOO a side, came off on Monday after noon . Fi.rst Heat—Ripton won the pole, and kept the lead from the start to the end es heat, win ning by but a few inches, in sm. 13s. Second Heat.—Ripton had the pole, but broke up nearly simultaneously with the word “go,” Americus taking the lead and the pole, which he kept until approaching the draw- V gate ; cn the last mile, when Ripton being a little in the rear, broke up and darted forward on the jump. Americus also broke, and falling behind Ripton, dashed forward several sulky lengths, and striking for the pole, won the heat by about a length, in sm. 12*. A disi ute having arisen as to the vrolatioa of rules by Ripton’s driver, in crossing Ameriew* and taking the pole at the close of the race, the Judges gave the heat to Americus. Third Heat.—Americus took the pole and kept the lead a short distance ahead, tor nearly a mile and a half, when he broke, and Riptoti Cussed alrout two lengths ou the lead, aad then roke up. Americus closed the gap withis a length, and was kept at that distance in the rear on coming out, Ripton winning the beat in Sea. 17s.—.V. Y. Herald. Where is the West? They begin to ft«l crowded in lowa, and talk of going “WmC." Crlt is said that on the return of the celebrt* ted English navigator, Capt. Rost, he will be despatched immediately to make another attempt to force a north-west passage. Disaster and Suffer ng. —Capt. Blanehard, of brig Turner of Portland, before reported lest, on her passage to Madeira, arrived In this city yesterday, in brig Caroline from Gibraltar. Oa ihe 16th of February, in lat. 34 46, lon. 80, during a heavy gale, a sea broke over the stem and wa shed overboard the man at the wheel, which can sed the vessel to broach to, and threw heron her beam ends. The foremast and bowsprit went by the board, and the main mast was ent away, when she righted, full of water. The crew could not get out but one barrel of bread, which was all wet, and a few pieces of pork, which, with the fish t iey caught, enabled them tn sustain life on the wreck for y-/iv days, when they were taken off by French brig La Fnret, Isom Sen ga<, an . lauded at uibruliar. During the last eight days that they were on the wreck they had not a crop of water. They had saved none, but they had caught from the rain to last the.n about three weeks, allowing each man a pint aday The crew were all saved, hut suffered severely from the exposure and p'i v.’-.tions to which they were subjected.— Boston Exchange 11-a ling Room Books. National Debts of Ecrofe. —Tue Albany Argus has made an analysis of an article in Hunt's Merchants’ Magazine upon this subject. We copy some portions of it, as being singular ly interesting and important. Our reauers will learn from it that the inhabilants ol the United States are rather better off in their finances, compared with Europe, than has been general ly thought— Holl..nd the noted land of f ugalily and untir ing , erseveiance, is more heavily burdened with debt than any other countiy in t.urope, amt pro bably in lhe world The population is only 3,U00,0Uv —500,000 greater thau that of the Stale of New York—and the debt has reached the en ormous sum ot 9650,000,0001 that is, 52411 vs ; indebtedness for each man, woman amt child in i that kingdom. The writer is of opinion that Hollauu has no alternative but repudiation er bankruptcy. Il is out of the question to pay. ! New debts are annually incurred, to pay arrear ages of interest. This state of things defies even hope. He adds—“ The Dutch have struggled manfully against their increasing difficulties. They have cut down the perquisites of royalty so low, that their king is not much more than a burgomaster, and thev have pared away their protective duties till the maximum amount of jevenue has been procured. Go farther they cannot. Their government they cannot farther change without revolution; and if their tariff should be reduced much more, it will cease to exist altogether.” Such is the melancholy pic ture of the present financial condition of HoL ' land. I The debt of Great Britain is 83,700,000,000. Population 25,000,000. About 9200 indebted ness to each man, woman and child, in that king dom; but her resources, particularly in her wios spread collonial possessions, are vast—some have even caller, them inexhaustible. England yet pays her interest promptly by annual taxa tion. And she has not yet tried the great treas ury—retrenchment which her Dutch neighbors have. This is a resort which would bring mU , lions ot dollars into her treasury.— Therefore it ; is not too much to say, that England is on safer ' ground than Holland. The latter has reached 'her maximum of debt endurance; the former has not. | Norway and Prussia are less in debt than is | usual in Europe. The population of the former is 1,000,600, , and her debt is but 93,300,000, which is being I qiadually and steadily paid, as her finances are | so well managed that she has a certain excess , of income of 9100,000 applicable to the p*y j ment of lhe principal of the public debt. The debt of Prussia is considerably larger, , but her resources are proportionably greater. ; Herpopulation is 13,500,000, and her debt SIM,* • 000,000. “It was contracted principally during ; the necessities of the French invasion, and ala ' high rate of interest.” It is now bring gradual ' ly reduced, nnd is within such eompass that it l will probably all be paid