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FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24.
Special Message—Central Bank.
Inour paper of this morning, will be found
the special message of Gov. Crawford, on the
subject of retiring the circulation of the Central
Bank. We think the suggestion a good one,
and doubt not it will have the effect to increase
the value of the bills. If possible, the State
tch measures as would enable
lothing but the bills of specie
Such a measui e in connexion
ested by Governor Crawford j
cievate her securities.
The Hon. A. H. Stfphens, left this morning
for Charleston on his way to Washington.
The New York American of Saturday after
noon says—The Commercial, upon what au
thority or what presumption, we know not, per
emptorily asserts that Mr. Webster had never
before or since the suggestion of his name for
the Vice Presidency, been consulted.
We pronounce the statement unfounded, for
we know it to be so.
Vermont.—An election fora membei ofCon
gress in the Second District of Vermont, took
place on the 17th instant, and the Hon. John
Collamer, ( Whig) was chosen by about 500
majority.
y>The recent failures of the Boston and oth
er mails east of New York, were caused by
dense fogs on the Sound, which prevented the
steamboats from running.
Mr. Justice Story, whose health has been
feeble, and for two years has prevented h.sbeing
present at the Circuit Court of Rhode Island,
opened that Court on Wednesday and charged
the Jury.
Correspondence of the North American.
New York, Sunday f. m.
A gang of hands are at work to-day, discharg
ing the Sheffield, which is now halt discharged.
The goods are not defaced much, and the under
writers hope to sell enough to pay the insu
rance. The vessel can be repaired for about
812,000.
Advices from up the river state that the
canal is in good order yet; forwarders are
very active, but business will not last much
longer.
It is proposed to delav the sailing of the lowa,
Havre packet, until the 25th, when the military
will be out in full force to escort Gen. Bertrand
to the ship.
Blockade or Montevideo. —An arrival at
Salem from Buenos Ayres, slate that it was re
ported there that on the 15th the blockade oi
Montevideo was in full force, excluding pro
visions of all kinds. The ship Herald, sailing
under the American flag, and belonging to S.
E. Burrows, of this city, was seized by Brown
off M nievideo, and sent to Buenos Ayres, for
condemnation, for not having the necessary pa
pers to constitute her an American vessel.
Arrest.—The Philadelphia papers of Mon
day mention the arrest in that city ot two per
sona charged with being concerned in the great
Treasury note robbery, which took place in N.
Orleans some time since. The Chronicle has
the following particulars;
Important Arrest.—For some months past,
officer James Young has been actively engaged
in endeavoring to ferret out and apprehend the
men who, about eighteen months since, robbed
the Custom House, at New Orleans, of up
wards of $90,000 worth of cancel.ed Treasury
notes. It will be recollected that the word can
celled was, by some chemical operation, remov
ed from the notes, and they were afterwards put
in circulation and money obtained for mem.
From information received by Young, he
learnt that two of the principal men concerned
in the robbery, would arrive in this city on Fri
day night, from New York. Preparations were
accordingly made to arrest them. As soon as
the ferry boat hauled in at Walnut street wharf,
officers William Young and Russell, and Ridg
ley, of Baltimore, arrested a man who callshim
self Carral, but whose right name is James A.
B. Watson.
He was taken to the Police office, and secured
for the night. Early on Saturday morning, an
other ot the gang named Henry Britton, was ar
rested at the Western Hotel, Market street. He
also was taken to the Police office. The pris
oners were both taken before Judge Randall,
who delivered them into the custody ot the De
puty Marshall, O’Neil, to be taken to Washing
ton, and trom thence to New Orleans. Wat
son, who it is said, received 830,000 as his
share of the robbery, lives with his family in
great style, in Baltimore. Twelve thousand
dollars belonging to one of the parties, has been
attached in one of the Banks in the Western
country.
Vessel on Fire.—The N. York Courier &
Enquirer says, “the sloop Splendid, Darien,
came down the river last night, on fire; she was
run on shore on Governor’s Island; about fifty
soldiers were ipimediately put on board, to assist
in putting out the fire. When last seen the fire
was still raging. We understand the fire was
caused by her cargo of litne and lumber/’
At our latest dates from Texas, says the N.
O. Tropic, ex-President Lamar was at Galves
ton, where a public dinner had been tendered
him and declined. President Houston was
there also, but no attention whatever had been
shown him.
Later from Yucatan.—The schr. Denmark,
Gapt. Peters, arrived yesterday from Yucatan.
We have been informed by Capt. Peters, that
the Commissioners to Mexico, on the part ol
the Government of Yucatan—Senors Rejor and
Castillo —arrived at Campeachy on the sth in
stant from Vera Cruz. He states further, that
the Government of Mexico had made proposi
tions for the final settlement ot difficulties with
Yucatan, and it was believed they would be ac
ceded to.
The schr Grecian sailed from Campeachy on
the 4th inst., bound to this port. Among the
passengers is the American Consul at Merida.
He further informs us of the loss of the Brit
ish brig Rising Sun, wre< ked on the Allicrans,
on her passage from Laguna bound to Liver
pool, ( late no. recollected) laden with log-wood.
He took from her a portion of her rigging,
tackle and wheel.— Picayune.
Demagogues.—lt was for such passages as
the one subjoined, says the Baltimore Ameri
can, that Mr. Brownson forfeited his place as a
writer for the Democratic Review. It does not
suit the purposes ot the leadets of the party
that their followers should be taught to distrust
the patriotism and sincerity of those who do the
thinking, prescribe the principle, and direct the
course of the democracy. Mr. Brownson, hav
ing been initiated into the mysteries of the se
lect-hood, has acted so indiscreetly in blabbing
that his title to the name cf democrat is now
denied by his former coadjutors. In one of his
recent essays he speaks thus:
“The people should beware of the honeyed
voices perpetually sounding their praise. He
who in a monarchy will flatter the monarch, or
in an aristocracy will lawn around the great,
will in a democracy gutter the people; and he who
will flatter the people in a democracy, would in
an aristocracy fawn around the great, and in a
monarchy flatter the monarch. The demagogue
is the courtier adapting himself to circumstan
ees. And yet flattery is so sweet that he who
can scream loudest in praise of the sovereign
people, and whose conscience does not stick
even at the blasphemy of “ Vox Populi est Vox
Dei,” will be prettv sure of receiving the largest
share of their confidence and favor—another
proof of their virtue, and intelligence, and ca
pacity!”
The large flour mill ofT. Harrison &,Co. a
Belleville Illinois, was destroyed by fire on the
9th inst.-Loss estimated at from 830 000 to
$40,000.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
Latest from Texas.
The schooner Galveston, Capiain Rickets
.bur days from Galveston, arrived here yester
lay'. The steamship New York, Capt. Wright,
com this port, arrived at Galveston on the 4t.
nst., and was to leave in two days. The slooj
Jutter, from Matamoras, with the Texan com
uissioners from Mexico on board, passed in
>ver the bar of Galveston on the 7th inst. The
hip Star Republic was at Galveston waiting
or freight lor New York ; the brig Galveston
'apt. Burr, was there also, and w u s to sail sot
his port in a few days.
The brig-of-war Archer and the schooner San
Beinaid were ottered tor sale at Gal vest >n ot.
he l i.h ult. A strong opposition to their being
.old was evinced by a large portion of the peo
~le and the pressot Galveston: the consequence
was, that the Government agents found no biu
lers, and lite sale was indefinitely postponed.
The sloops of war Austin and San Autonfo
<te also advertised for sale, but it is believed,
as was the case in the instance ot the other ves
sels, that no purchasers will be lound to oiler
for them
We have no particular news about the elec
tions, farther than that they have gone in favor
of the app.ovets of Gen. Houston’s policy.
Weare indebted to Capt. Rickets fbrthe fore
going items of information. The following we
make up from the Houston Telegraph of the
25th ult. and the Ist inst., the only newspapers
we received.
The alleged undue interference and dictation
ot England with the internal policy of Texas,
attracts considerable attenti. n on the pan of the
press of Texas. General Murphy, our Charge'
u’Affaires, is, we learn, fully alive to the impor
tance of the proceeding, and is engaged in as
certaining to what extent this interference or
dictation has been carried.
The editor of the Telegraph says that docu
ments have been obtained by General Murphy,
in Texas, and by General Thompson, in Mexi
co, which will furnish evidence ofthe intentions
of Great Britain relating to Texas, that will con
vince the American statesman that there are
but few altc rnatives left to remedy the evil.
President Houston had arrived at Houston
from Washington.
Several farmers in the vreinity of Houston
have turned their attention to the cultivation of
rite of the Upland variety.
Col. W. G. Cooke, who arrived from Bexar,
reports that the Mexicans are establishing ex
tensive military depots along the Rio Grande.
They have also stationed six or eight hundred
soldiers on the west bank of the Nueces, at dil
feient points. Several Mexican traders, who
have lately visited Bexar, stated that several
thousand stands of arms and a large quantity of
ammunition are now placed in the depots along
the Rio Grande, and wagons loaded with mili
tary stores are constantly arriving from the in
terior. If this news be true, it would appear
that Santa Anna does not anticipate a perma
nent truce.
Gen. Lamar was at Galveston on the 17th ult.
He was in very bad health.
The U. S. schr. of war Flirt, spoken of yes
terday, sailed from Galveston lor Vera Cruz on
the 26tn ult. General Murphy went out as pas
senger on the Flirt. The object of his visit to
Vera Cruz is not known. He had been quite
sick for some weeks, and possibly may visit the
city ol Mexico, or Merida, in Yucatan, to recov
er ins health.
Gentlemen who have arrived from the fron
tier state that several ofthe Indian tribes have
been greatly afflicted with sickness this season.
In some ot the tribes nearly one-fittb of the war
riors have died. The sickness seems to nave
been more fatal with the men than with the wo
men and children. A few weeks since, twelve
or thirteen Indians, belonging to a small lodge
near Bastrop, died within two or three days.
The symptoms of their disease were similar to
those of congestive lever. The Indians have
not suffered so much from disease tor many
years.
The crop of cotton on the Colorado and in all
the undulating regions of Texas, has been but
little injured by the late rains. Many ofthe
plat ters will be unable to pick out all the cot
ton they have raised. The plantations near the
coast have been injured to a great extent. The
Average crop ot Jefferson, Liberty, Brazoria
and Matagorda counties, will not probably ex
ceed half a bale to the acre. More cotton, how
ever, has been planted in those counties this sea
son than the last, and the aggregate crop will
probably be greater than that of last year.
The Government Bank.—Our readers may
not be aware, but they ought to be, (and should
ponder m the fact,) that we have now a Gov
ernment Bank in full and complete operation,
issuing Bank Notes in form and manner—not
in the name ol a Bank, but in the name of the
United States.
The Treasury ol the U. S. is now issuing
Fifty Dollar Bank Notes, meant, and paid as
such, 'f'lig form of the Note is inis:
“The United States Promise to Pay, one
Year after this date, to , or Order,
Fifty Dollars, with Interest, at the bate
of one Mill per $lO9 per annum.
“Washington, , 1843.”
This Note is signed by the Treasurer, and
countersigned by the Register. It is finely en
graved in the semblance of a Bank Note, and
over the top is “Recctvaole in Payment of all
Public Dues.” This Note payable one yearsfter
date, with one Mill mteresi; because this is ne
cessary to comply with the Treasury Note Law.
In fact, it is payable on demand in specie, in
order to make it a real Bank Note. This is
done thus:
On the back of these notes is this endorse
ment :
“ This note
will be purchased
at par for the amount
of the principal and interest
thereof, on presentaiions of either
of the Depositories of the
Treasury tn the city of
New York.”
The “Depositories” here named are the Mer
chants’ Bank, »he Bank of America and the
Bank of Commerce, vv e have thus a Nation
al Government Bank in full operation ; and the
cause and consequence of it may be understood
by the fol owing from “Thompson’s Bank Note
Reporter.”
“ f'he secretary’s design has been to furnish a
circulating medium which should be uniform in
value, and have the confidence of the people of
the whole country. We have no doubt of the
success of the plan. These United States Notes
will make the best, the safest, the most conven
ient circulating medium that this or any other
country ever had. Th y have a national char
acter which will know no locality stfut ot the
nation’s boundary—a fitly dollar note put into
our pocket in Arkansas will come out fifty dol
lars in Maine. *
“Let Congress authorise the Treasury to give
the people five, ten, and twenty dollar notes in
exchange fir specie—then the money changer’s
table will be overturned. Brokers, sharpers,
shavers and bank note swindlers will find their
occupation gone. The Western merchant, who
gets United Stales Notes for his wares, will
have no occasion to purchase any Eastern draft
atone, two, or three percent, premium—his
"money is money here—his note is our note.”
Ot these notes, sooner or later, five millions
of dollars (received, paid out, and redeemed by
Corporation Banks as Branches) will be issued,
not by authority of Law, but by the “Secre
tary.” Have ihe people o rposed on the one
hand, and supported on the othei, a National
Bank, only to substitute in its placca vast Gov
ernment Exchequer, founded on no law, and
governed only by the Executive will?
The National conduct, in respect to this ques
tion, presents a most remarkable phenomenon.
We admit by this very issue of United States
Notes, that a National Currency is necessary,
and yet we transfer the management and control
of that currency from a Board of experienced
and intelligent men, acting under the responsi
bilities of law, to a mere clerk of the President,
acting without any responsibility, and making
the local Banks the managers of National Fi
nances: History cannot produce an example
of more singular inconsistency, nor one more
absolutely opposed to Republican Principles.—
Cincinnati Chronicle.
Latest from Havana.—The brig Danube
arrived yesterday from Havana. She brought
no later news Irom Cuba, but the Havana pa
pers contained later news from Mexico. Leiters
from Vera Cruz, of Oct. 28th, say that the Bel
gian ship Hirondelle was wrecked at the Galle
za, near that port. She was 68 days irom Ant
werp. The Captain was unacquainted with
the coast, and on the night of the 27ih he went
ashore in a fog. She was consigned to the
house of Drussina & Co., and was richly laden.
A large part of the cargo would be saved—ves
sel total loss.
A party of about 35 dragoons had alien-pted
to create a revolt in Mexico, but it was up
pressed by the energy of their Colonel. Seve
ral of the insurgents, with their, officers, were
made prisoners.— Picayune of iS'h.
Christopher Lilly, the man who fought a prize
fight in Westchester ccunty, New York, up
wards of a year ago, wi h a man named Me-
Coy, who died from the injuries he received in
the"battle,yesterdays, rtendered himsell toCapt.
Younes, of the First Municipality Police, to an
swer any charge which may be brought against
him. Lilly has only just arrived from Livei
pool, and will go on to New York along with
“Cockney Bill,” arrested here for murdering a
man in that city, and for whom an officer isdai
: ly expected to arrive, Lilly expressing himsell
> willing to go without awaiting the formality ot
• a requisition.—xV, O. Tropic of 11th.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER, 25.
The Foreion News.—By yesterday even
ing's mail, we received the New York Herald
extra, giving a sketch of the news per Caledo
nia, from which we have made very copious
extracts.
In consequence of the non-arrival of the for
eign letters, and any other paper containing the
news, we are only enabled to present a very
meagre and unsatisfactory report oi the Cotton
Market ir. this morning’s paper.
“Mercator,” whose communication we co
py from the “Savannah Republican,” evinces a
paternal regard for dealers. It would be fortu
nate, in such communications, iftheinterests of
the writers did not influence their opinions.
Kentucky.—A Whig Convention has nomi
nated Judge Owsley for Governor, and Arch’d
Dixon for Lieutenant Governor.
Death of Dr. WaddeL
The last Tallahassee Floridian comes to us
in mourning for the death of Dr. William
Woodson Waddel, son ot the late Dr Moses
Waddell “He expired on Wednesday the
15th instant, alter a severe illness of several
days. About a fortnight since he was attack
ed by the Onppc, but had partially recovered
when too early exposure in attending upon pa
tients, occasioned its return, and in a short time
it resulted in violent congestive fever.
Dr. Waddel died as he lived, in the full hope
ot salvation through the merits of his divine Sa
viour. His funeral was attended by a concourse
as nn merous and respectable as any ever wit'
nessed in this city. The Superior Court ad
journed at an early hour to enable the friends of
the deceased engaged at the Court to pay this
respect to his memory.
From the Savannah Republican.
Cotton.
The following exhibit of the trade was not
intended to be made public, but the observance
of numerous articles in the newspapers of dif
ferent sections ot the country, oi a dangerous
tendency to those who act from feeling rather
than tefiedion, has induced the belief that it may
be of utility to others.
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Delivery of American t otton for Consumption.
Great Britain. Rest of Europe. Total.
1842, 962,000 526,000 1,488,000
1841, 887.000 497,000 1,384,000
1840, 1,071,000 528,000 1,599,000
1839, 780 00(1 325,000 1,105,000
1838, 964,000 428,000 1,392 000
1887, 805,000 355,000 1,160,000
1836, 768,000 338,000 1,106 000
1835, 730,000 301,000 1,037,000
1834, 696,000 311,000 1,007,000
1833, 651,000 243,000 897,000
Crop of V. States. Consumption in U. States.
1842-43, 2,a79,000 3:6,000
1841-42, 1,65.i,000 268,000 in eleven months.
18,0-41, 1,635,0u0 298,000
1839-40, 2,178,000 295,000
1838-39, 1,360,000 270,000
1837-38, 1,801,000 246,000
1836-37, 1,423,000 . 223,0b0
1835-36, 1,361,0 0 237,0b0
1834-35, 1,251,000 217,000
18.3-34, 1,205,000 196,000
1832-33, 1,070,000 194,000
The import of American cotton into Great
Britain in the three last months of 1842, was
142,000 bales; this year it is estimated as above,
at 43,000 —hence by comparison, the present crop
will contribute to the supply of that country in
1844,99,000 bales more than the last did to the
present year; or in other words,a crop of 1,800,-
000 sales this year will have the same effect as
a crop ol 1,899,000, so lar as the supply for the
year 1844 is concerned.
On the Ist September last, the stock iu this
country exceeded by 62,679 bales the slock a year
previous, and this excess will be attracted to Eu
rope if prices advance there.
The import of American descriptions into
Great Britain to the 30th September, was 1,326,-
000 bales, being an excess of 449,000 over the
previous year to the same time: in the stock
there was an increase of only 299,000, the differ
ence 150,000 being the increase in the delivery.
Consumers were estimated to hold on the Ist
January last of all kinds, 110 to 120,000 bales
against 80 to 90,000 a year previous: on the Ist
ultimo their stock was computed at 180 to 200,-
000 bales—and further increased during the two
subsequent weeks; probably there will be no in
ducement to diminish their stock during the re
mainder of the year, but the fact ot this class
holding so large a quantity indicates danger to
the speculator whenever their interest renders a
fall in price desirable.
On reference to the table of delivery of Ameri
can cotton in Great Britain, the following results
appear:
Increase in 1831 over 1833, 42.000 bales.
“ 1815 “ 1831, 34,000 do.
“ “ 1336 “ 1835. 38,000 do.
“ “ 1837 “ 1836, 37 000 do.
“ “ 1838 “ 1837, 159,000 do-crop 1,801,000
Decrease “ 1839 from 1838, 184,000 do.
Increase “ 1840 over 1839, 291,000 do-crop 2,178,000
Decrease “ 1841 from 1840, 184,000 do.
Increase “ 1842 over 1841, 75,000 do. including 34,-
00U bales burned,
Hence consumers take extensive supplies when
the crops are large and prices low, but in the
succeeding years the delivery falls off mate
rially. and such it may be interred, will be
the case in 1844, it the value ot the article in-
The delivery in 1840 was 1,071,000, and the
actual consumption greater than in either of the
subsequent years, but an inspection of thp table
shows that delivery and consumption may dif
fer widely. It from the deliveries of the last
three years, 2,920,000 bates be deducted, 34,000
bales burned, and3o,ooo excess ot stock in spin
ners’ hands Ist January, 1843, as compared with
the Ist January, 1840, there will remain 2,856,-
000 to be divided among the three years; pro
bably a nearly correct apportionment will be
970,000 for 1810, 956,000 tor 1841, and 930,000
lor 1842—the great decrease in the last year
arising from the “turn out.” Few’, il any new
mills have been put into operation since 1840,
yet the substitution of new and improved ma
chinery may have increased the manufacturing
capability to some extent, therefore the large
consumption of 1,030,000 is assumed for the
present year.
The table ot delivery on the Continent of Eu
rope shews the following results :
Increase in tell over 1833, 68,000 hales.
Desreuse “ 1835 from 1831, 4,000 do.
Increase “ 1836 over 1835, 31,000 do.
“ “ 1837 “ 1836, 17,000 do.
“ “ 1838 “ 1837, 73,000 do-crop 1,801.000
Decrease “ lS39Jro»l 1838, 103,000 do.
Increase “ 1810 over 1839, 203.000 do-crop 2,1,8,000
D crease “ tell from 1840, 31,000 do
Increase “ 1812 over 1841, 29,000 do.
The average annual increase during nine
years is31,000 bates ; the average delivery in
the three years 1838 to 1840, is 427,000 ; in the
two yeais 1841 and ’2, 512,000 bales, which in
dicates a rapidly increasing consumption. If it
be assumed that the consumption of 1842, equal
ed the delivery, viz: 526,000 bales, and the aver
age annual increase be added 0f31,000, the con
sumption of 1843 will be about 560,000.
, The delivery in the U. States in the year end
ing with August last, was 3'26,000 bates, which
j is an increase on the preceding year of 33,000;
t the quantity in the table, 268,000, representsthe
delivery ot eleven months only. The manu
j factoring trade ot the Uniied states having be
j come profitable early last spring, it may be in
terred that consumers pursued the polic.v of the
j -ame class in Europe, and augmented their
. stocks; hence a fair estimate ot delivery during
the current year is 340,000.
AUGUSTA, GA/ THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1843.
The following statement is made ot thesuj
ply for, and requirements ot the coming yeai
based on the preceding dates: deductions as to
the fair value ofthe staple, irrespective of specu
lation, are left to those interested:
The crop of 1842 —’3 was. ...2,379,000
Excess of imports into Europe previous
to Ist January, 1843, about 119,000
2,280,000
Present cropl,Boo,ool
Two years supply. .4,080,001
Estimated consumpi ion inGreatßritain
in 1843, 1,030,000, Continental 500,-
000, total... .1,590,000
Estimat’d consumption in Greatßritain
in 1844, 1,080,009, Continental 600,-
000, total ■ • • 1,680,000
U. States consumption in 1842-’3,326,-
000, in 1843—'4, 340,000 666,000
Losses at sea, &c 14,000
3,950,000
Which leaves 130,000 bales to be added to the
stock in Europe on the Ist January last, viz:
418,000 bales, consequently the stock on the Ist
January 1845 may be 578,000.
In this table pf comparative supply and con
sumption, both are presented in the most favor
able aspect.
The import of East India Colton into Great
Britain during the first nine months ol this year
shows a decrease of 52,000 bales as compared
with the preceding year, but in 1844 an increase
ol 100 to 150,000 bales is expected,in consequence
of the improve-! value of that dei-criptfon in
Liverpool, and the depressed state of the China
market.
It is worthy of observation that the stock in
Europe on the Ist January, 1842, exhibited, as
compared with the close of the preceding great
crop year, a diminution ot only 17,000 bales, al
though the decreased growth was 543,000 bales:
at the end of another short crop year the stock
had increased 18,000 bales, which conclusively
proves, it experience were wanting, that a com
paratively short crop affords insufficient ground
for speculation without due consideration of oth
er circumstances.
In 1844, no new market can be opened, like
that ot China, for a supply ol Cotton goods, but
it may reasonably be supposed that the activity
of the present year will have fully supplied sev
eral others. What effect the unsettled state of
Ireland, or the purchase by Great Britain of two
or five million quarters ot grain (which is pre
dicted by some,) may have on her trade, is left
for others to determine.
MERCATOR.
From the Baltimore Patriot.
Interesting Correspondence.
The following correspondence will show that
the Committee appointed to prepare a Banner
to be given to the State that shall send the largest
proportionate delegation to the Young Men’s
Convention of Ratification, have taken means
to secure to the Banner an association which
cannot but make it more deeply prized by those
whojshali win it. The committee,we understand,
have already fixed upon an artist to prepare the
banner, and we are assured that it will be the
most splendid thing of the kind ever made in this
country.
Young Men’s Whig National Convention of
Ratification.
Baltimore, October 19, 1843.
Respected Sir :—1 have the honor to send
herewith a copy ofthe “American Whig,” con
taining the proceedings of the Whig Convention
of the City of Baltimore, suggesting to their
Whig brethren ofthe United States, and cordial
ly inviting them to unite in the formation of a
Young Men’s National Convention, to assemble
in this city, on Thursday, the 2d ot May, 1844,
to be authorized to ratify the nominations for
President and Vice President of the United
Stales, to be made by the Whig National Nomi
nating Convention, to meet here on the previous
day, and to enter into such arrangements as may
be deemed Expedient to ensure the honorable
and triumphant success at the ensuing Presi
dential election, of the ticket so nominated.—
The paper also contains lire proceedings of said
City Convention, inviting a large attendance of
the Whigs of the Union, and proposing on be
half of me Whigs of Baltimore, to presentan
appropriate sticu State delegation to ..
the Young men’s > • lug National Convention of
Ratification, as shall have tlie largest proportion
ate number in attendance.
The a higs of Baltimore expect on that oc
casion to have the gratification ot enteitainiiig
large numbers of true Whigs from evety por
tion of every State and Teiritory of the Union,
and hope and believe that the patriotic spirit they
will here impart to each otner, will thus he
transmitted to the inhabitantsol every city,town,
hill and valley in the land, and be the means,
under Providence, of again placing the govern
ment of our beloved country in patriotic, capable
and faithful hands; thereby re-asserting the
principles and establishing the measures, in
lavor ot which the people decided at the last
Presidential election, but ot the vast benefits that
the nation would have derived therefrom, it has
been deprived by treachery “most foul as in the
best it is.”
I am directed by the committee, appointed to
procure the Banner to which I have alluded, to
address you for the purpose of stating that the
committee is desirous of getting a staff for said
banner, to be cut by the honored hands of the
farmer’of Ashland, from the growth ot the soil
of his own home —a seat that in consequence of
having been the residence of HENRY CL.AY,
will in all time to come be regarded by every
friend of virtuous freedom as classic ground,
and cherished in their memories with Mount
Vernon,Monticello, Montpelier and Northßend.
The committee leel assured that a banner sup
ported by a staff cut from that ground, by the
bands ol its distinguished and beloved owner,
will be the most valued prize that they have in
their power to offer for the patriotic and friendly
competition of their countrymen.
Permit me, Sir, to congratulate you on the
bright prospects that are now dawning on the
Whig party, and consequently, as I firmly be
lieve, on the prosperity of the Country. The
successes that have attended the exertions of
our political friends in the Fall elections in dif
ferent Slates, our own among the number, with
the general cheering aspect of the political hoti
zon, lead us confidently to entertain the fond
hope, that the Republic is on the eve ot a great
anil glorious though bloodless Revolution.
Sincerely hoping that you will be pleased to
comply with the request ot the Committee that
1 have the honor to communicate, I am truly,
with sentiments of profound esteem, your friend
and fellow citizen.
LEVI FAHNESTOCK,
Chairman Whig Banner Committee.
Hon. Henry Clay Ashland.
Mr. Clay's Reply.
Dear Sir: I duly received your favor, as
Chairman of the Whig Banner Committee of
Baltimore, requesting a Staff to be cut, by my
hands, at this place, for the elevation of the Ban
ner, to be presented, in behalf of the Whigs of
Baltimore, to such State Delegation to the
Young Mens’ Whig Con vention of Ratification
as shall have the largest proportionate number
of Delegates in attendance.
1 shall take great pleasure in complying with
this requst. A stick ot white or blue ash (the
foest description of timber, 1 think, ot all the kinds
which grow in our forests) has been already cut,
and is in progress of preparation for the Staff.
When completed, I will forward it through such
channel as will ensure its safe arrival.
The conception of a plan of a Young Men’s
Convention, to ratify the nominations previous
ly made by ths Whig National Convention,
was very fortunate, and it will be productive of
the best effects. Nor could any place be more
suitable, for the assembling of such a conven
tion, than the Monumental City, which covered
itself with glory during the last War, and has
recently again won imperishable laurels.—
Long may they continue to grace its patriotic
brow!
Your faithful friend
and obedient servant,
H. CLAY.
Levi Fahnestock, Esq.
g-y On the 13th ins: ant there was a violent
snow-storm on Lake Ontario, accompanied by
severe lightning. The Oswego Palladium thinks
there might have been a meteoric shower, which
was mistaken for lightning.
Death of Mr. Hassler.—YVe regret to learn
that Mr. Hassler, for many years at the head of
the Coast Survey of the United States, died at
Philadelphia on Monday evening.
Earthquake in Canada.—Quebec papers of
13lh inst. mention that a shock of an earthquake
was felt, on the 10th inst., at Cape' Same. It is
represented to have been felt with some severity,
and to have lasted about halfa minute.
The Jones family increasing.—On the 6th
inst. in Lookout Valley, Dade Co. Geo., Mrs.
Jones, wife of Wm. Jones, presented her hus
band with three fine daughters.' all new in fine
health, laige and likely, so says the “Chatta-
Inooga Gazette. "Thrice happy man.”
A meetingls to be held at the Merchants’ Ex
change, New York, on Saturday, in favor of a
cheap and uniform system ot Postage
MONDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 27.
Bank of HawklusVffie.
The Stockholders of this inMiti tion, have ap
plied to the Legislature to have it, name chan
ged to the Merchants Bank of There
-eems to be propriety in the application, for al
present the title of the Bank > a (‘ositive miutk:
mer. The Bank of Havikinsvillc located at Maam,
s a contradiction imerms, with A tendency to
deception. The Bank is here, its business will
oe transacted here, and it is nothing but proper,
that it should be designated in aqcurdance with
its locality. The Augusta seems to
mink that there is something sints'er, in this ap
plication for a change of names., and takes oc
casion to wrap the knuckles ol the Managers oi
■ his Institution, for their former delinquencies.
We commend the vigilance oloilr extemporary,
and give him due credit for corn -1 motives, in
guarding the interest of the pe<«ie against the
most dangerous of all impositr®s—Bank im
positions. But in this instance®-e are dispos
ed to believe that theEditorisatt uK Wecan
see nothing insiduous in this mofe, and as it is
acceptable to the people in this pa s of the State
we know of no good reason why gt should meet
with opposition elsewhere. Daw thing is very
certain, that this and every otaef Bank
State niu.T-t rely upon something
the popularity of a namelp oblate areredit/The
people have been so often and sopadly bit, that
they will in future be extreme!;!jealous ot all
Bahkinglnstilutions,andinstiiu® or themselves
the closest scrutiny into tbei!l.£ijgd'‘ st o the credit
and confidence ofthe
■FTtic assumed
by the old HawkinsviUe Bank, will confine itself
to a legitimate Banking business, and n. t as in
days'ofyore, flood the country with its bills, for
which it received accommodation paper, which
is to run until Charles Fox’s day of settlement;
but on the contrary, will confine its line ol dis
counts to good bills of exchange, drawn against
produce, it will maintain as lair a credit as any
other Institution.
Comment. —The above is from the Macon
Messenger. It is quite amusing to observe
the comments of our Macon cotemporaries up
on our article condemning the measure of chang
ing the name of this Bank. Not one oi them
pretends to defend the Bank or its managers
against the charges of fraud upon the people,
but urge the change of name because it has
been removed to Macon. Let us examine this
very solid, and to the editors, apparently very
satisfactory reason. Let us suppose then that a
notorious felon, openly charged and admitted by
his friends, to be guilty of practising the gross
est frauds upon the people, literally robbing
them of their hard earnings by his deceitful
practises—seeking to have his name changed
by the Legislature, and alledging as a reason
that he had removed to a new place—that it
would be a “mis nomer” to call him in his new
abode by his former name, for with that was
associate! ignomy and disgrace. Would any
man in his sober senses assert that the Legisla
ture should change his name, thereby removing
by sanction of law the very “flesh marks” by
which he could be distinguished in every com
munity, and which should in common honesty
and justice be permitted to remain as a beacon
to guard the unwary against him and his dishon
est practises? Could there be found, a man, a
Legislator, or a press so regardless of the pub
lic weal as to assert that the name of such a man
should be changed? We opine not—no not in
all Georgia could such a man be found, unless
operated on by some improper influence, in
fluence, which honorable and independent men
should and would reject.
In what, then, does the supposed case differ
from the proposition now before the Legislature,
to change the name ol the Bank of Hawkins
ville—an institution which no man, not even its
friends, will pretend to defend against the
charge of defrauding the people by its gross
practices. Who are the stockholders and
managers of this Bank now ? Are they not
ilie.same essentially,, upon- tint
people that remarkable piece ot Macon, modern
financiering—redeeming the bills of the princi
pal Bank with a depreciated, non-specie paying
currency, and advertising, at the same time, to
redeem the bills of the branch in specie ?—lf
then, the stockholders and managers.of the in
stitution be the same now as when that gross
fraud was unblushingly practiced upon the
country, what guaranty has the Legislature—
what has any man, that the Bank will in luture
be managed more honestly and faithfully han
formerly? Has the love of gain which prompt
ed that monstrous transaction, (monstrous be
cause it defrauded and robbed the bill holder of
his honest and just rights,) become less inor
dinate in its cormorant cravings? Have the
people any surety that experience has taught
and enforced the necessity of an honest system
of banking?
These are important questions; they are
questions, too, to which a satisfactory response
must be made before the proposed measure,
can meet the approbation of a people justly
and honestly indignant at the management ot
this Bank.
We regret, exceedingly regret, that the Sen
ate of Georgia, a Whig Senate, afforded no Sen
ator who would rise in his place, and demand
the yeas and nays upon the passage of this bill,
which, in our opinion, opens the door to such
evil practices. YVe care not for the exhibit of
the Bank upon paper; it may be true, and it
may not. No man ever saw a rogue come into
court appealing for merej’, that he did not at
tempt to make a profert ot clean hands. YVe
were particularly desirous of obtaining the yeas
and nays on this bill, that we might show to the
world who were the friends of this measure—
that we might hold them up to the public gaze
in such terms as they merit; and we call upon
the friends of a sound currency, in the House,
to demand the yeas and nays upon the final ac
tion on this measure.
Charming Weather.—On the 18th inst., the
thermometer in St. Augustine stoodat 76°, with
the air soft and balmy as the month of May.
The News says:—“Well may the frozen North
envy us this delicious climate, where the frigid
ity of winter is only talked of in the month of
November; and our belle’s gather roses from
the garden, and our beaux luxuriate in thin
breeches.”
Strange Inhabitants—YVe were shown, says
the St. Augustine News, a day or two since, a
centipede, an inch and a half in length, ejected
under the influence of an emetic front the stom
ach of a lad in this city; at the time of its being
thrown off it was dead. A short time after, a
second centipede, three inches in length alive and
kicking, was thrown up. It is a question of
some niceness to determine the mode of entry,
age, and duration of these poisonous insects in
the human stomach; and how far the solvent
powers ofthe gastric juice, in this instance, fail
ed in its action on the living animal, as well as
influence on the dead one.
Compliment to New England.—Col. John
son remarked that during his journeyings in the
New England States, amid all the festivals
which he has attended, he had never seen a person
in an intoxicated state.
Illcstated London Papers.—We are in
debted to Mr. Holmes for the “London Illustrated
News,” “Pictorial Times” and “Punch,” also
“Bell’s Life in London.” They are filled with
beautiful engravings, many ot them represent
ing the visit of Queen Victoria to Cambridge.
P unch also has illustrated this visit, and a glance
at stme of his scenes would cure the most in
veterate dyspepsia.
Bnssel| the Vocalist.
YVe are pleased to announce to the “lovers of
song” that Mr. Russell contemplates visiting
this city in a tew days, when he will give one or
more concerts.
There were exported from the port of Boston,
during the week ending on the 18th instant, 353
bales of Domestic goods. Ot these 200 bales
were shipped to the East Indies, 93 to Central
America, and 60 to the South pacific,
Important News From Mexico —Abdica-
tion of Santa Ana.—We have seen “La Cou
rierdes Etats Unis,” published at New York,
on the 20th inst., and received at the Baltimore
Exchange yesterday.
It contains news from Mexico to the 20lh ult.,
and among other things announces thefacttliat
Santa Ana resigned the Presidency of Mexico
on the sth of FeLrurary, f 843.
The same paper contains extracts fiom hit
letter written al Tacubay, in which he announ
ces his resignation and abdication. He assigns
various reasons for the act, among which are
decline of health, monetary difficulties ol Mex
ico, &c.— Bidtimolto Patriot.
The New York Plebian has the following
paragraph, received via Havana :
Santa Ana made over the executive power to
Gen. Canalizo on the 2d October, and the latter
took the oath on the 4th as provisional Presi
dent. Santa Ana will remain at Manga de
Clavo till after the election for President.
Agreeably to the constitution the provisional
presider t has appointed 32 members of the sen
ate, the first of whom is that General Paredes,
whom the enemies of Santa Ana accused him
of having poisoned. The same person is also
appointed a Major General by the provisional
president.
The Olithlacoochee vs. Leather’s Ford.
—Gen. Clinch has beennominatedby the Whigs
as their candidate for Congress. Clinch and
Sanford —the hero of the Ouithlacoochee vs. the
Aerocf Leathers Ford It will be justno race
at ali.— Macon Messenger.
A- New Ally.
The Madison (Ga.) Miscellany has dolled its
neutrality and run up the flag of the noble
“Harryof the West." In announcing the fact,
the Miscellany remarks;
“We need not, however, on this occasion en
ter into a detaii of the reasons why we support
the Whig candidate for the Presidency. Suffice
it, that we consider the principles of Henry Clay
but another name for patriotic devotion to the
best interests ot the country, and that we con
scientiously believe that though we were to live
the lull term ot a Spanish compliment—a thou
sand years—we would not again have an oppor
tunity of rendering our country such essential
service, as we shall by contributing our aid in
procuring the ascendancy of those principles.”
Henry Saunders, the young man who com
mitted the forgery upon his employers, Messrs.
Austin, Wilmerding & Co., of New York, last
summer, was put upon his trial on Tuesday
last. He plead guilty.—The plea was received
and the prisoner remanded for sentence.
The Central Bank.—The special Message
of the Governor in relation to this Bank after
being read in the Senate, was, on motion of Mr.
Kenan, referred to a select committee, consisting
of Messrs. Kenan, MeAffee, Iverson, Bartow
and Bishop, with full power to investigate the
affairs of the Bank, and send for persons and
papers.
Mr. Powers, of Bibb, introduced a resolu
tion, which was passed, appointing a committee
on the part of the Senate to consider that part of
the Ex-Governor’s Message refating to the Mon
roe Rail Road, with power to report by bill.
Literary Larceny.—Capt. Maryatt has
been detected in stealing a large portion of his
new work, “The Adventures of Monsieur Vio
lett,” from the letters written by Kendall of the
New Orleans Picayune, during the Santa Fe
Expedition.
Jj»Nine barns have been burnt at Roxbury
and Dorchester, Mass., during the last two
months—all, no doubt, the work of incendia
ries. On Thursday morning last, a barn be
longing to Mr. Vila, in Roxbury, together with
nineteen cows and a large quantity of hay and
grain, was entirely consumed. Loss S3OOO.
Mr. Clay’s Letter to Mr. Giddings.—
—Tlfo
The statement published the other day, is con
firmed by Mr. Clay, himself. The tale of the
Loraine Republican, and Richmond Enquirer,
is just what we supposed it was—« sheer fabri
cation. See what follows:
The following is an extract of a letter from
Mr. Clayrto Mr. Botts, dated
Ashland, 10th Nov. 1843.
“I have perused your letter to the Whig, and
am greatly obliged by the friendly motives
which dictated it. By this time, however, you
will have learned, from a card published by Mr.
Giddings, that it was no letter of mine, but one
of a namesake, which has excited Mr. Ritchie.
Ido not write letters for different latitudes. I
have but one heart, and one mind, and all my
letters are but copies ol the original, and if gen
uine, will be found to conform to it, wherever
they may be addressed.”
The Best Joke ofthe Season.
During the recent term ofthe Northampton
Superior Court, (N. C.) who should arrive at
Jackson, the County seat, to “astonish the na
tives,” but Mr. Robert Tyler, the son of his Ac
cidency, on his way to visit a friend in the low
er part of Virginia. Os course, it being Court
week, and the Hotel much crowded, “Ahasue
rus” collected quite a number around him, to
whom he discoursed most freely on matters and
things in general. In reply to an interrogatory,
as to who would, probably, be the nominee of
the Democratic Convention, Bob spread him
self and spoke almost literally in this wise:—
“Gentlemen, it is difficult to answer that ques
tion, but if Calhoun is the nominee, Clay will
beat him 190,000 votes—if Van Buren should
be selected, Clay will beat him 170,000 votes;
but if the Administration runs, it will succeed
against Clay without difficulty. In fact, gentle
men, Clay has his all, staked on the hazard of a
single die”—“Yes,” interrupted a whole souled
YVhig, “and he’ll throw sixes, sir, and no mis
take.” Bob looked blue, and a hearty laugh re
paid the witty repartee. — Raleigh Register.
Temperance Eloquence.—An old man late
ly made the following speech a[ a Temperance
jubilee in New Market, New Hampshire:
“I have come twelve miles to attend this meet
ing, yet Ido not value my time. I feel rewarded
by what I see around me. My friends, I have
seen more of the world than most of you. I
have trod the streets of proud London, and the
winds of distant India have fanned these litr
rowed cheeks of mine. My keel has been on
every sea, and my name on every tongue.
Heaven blessed me with one of the best of wives;
and my children-oh! why should I speak ot them?
My home was once a paradise. But I bowed
like a brute to that killing cup; my eldest son
tore himself from his degraded father, and has
never returned. My young heart’s idol—my be
loved and suffering wife—has gone, broken
hearted, to the grave. And my lovely daughter,
whose image I seem to sec in the beauty aiound
me, once my pride and mj hope, pined away tn
sorrow and mourning, because her father was a
drunkard, and now sleeps by her mother’s side.
Bull still live to tell the history of my shame
and the ruin ot my family. I still live, and
stand here before you to offer up my heart’s fer
vent gratitude to my Heavenly Father that I
have been snatched from the brink ofthe drunk
ard’s grave. And while I live I shall struggle
to restore my wandering brethren again to the
bosom of society. This form of mine is bending
and wasting under the weight of years. But,
my young friends, you are just blooming into
life; the places of your fathers and mothers will
soon be vacant. See that you come up to fill
them with pure hearts, and anointed lips! Bind
the blessed'pledge firmly to your hearts, and be
it the Shibboleth ot life’s warfare!”
At Berlin and London the longestday hassix
teen and a half hours. At Stockholm and Up
sal the longest has eighteen and a half hours,
and the shortest five and a halt. At Hamburg,
Dantzic, and Stetlin, the longest day has eigh
teen hours, and the shortest seven. At St. Pe
tersburg and Tobolsk the longest has nineteen
and the shortest five hours; at Toronto in Fin
land, the longest day has twenty-one and a half
hours, and the shortest two and a half; at Wan
dobus, in Norway, the day lasts from the 21st of
May to the 22d July, without interruption, and
at Spitzbergen the longest day lasts three and a
half months. __
Evening.—Evening is a precious time for
friends who live together. Married people
know it well, and brothers and sisters know it
too. Contrary to the flowers of nature, which
close their chalicas at the close of the day, the
loveliest flower of friendship—confidence—loves
most to expand itself at evening, and breathes
forth its fragrance most gladly under the protec
tion of twilight and silence. Then talk we over
the questions of the day; then conclude we
peace with our hearts, if we have opened them
before to our friend ; then seek we conciliation
from heaven, and offer it to the world, ere yet the
night comes; and then sleep we so sound and
sweetly.— Miss Bremer.
■sfp “ Mother, the world will continue anolhe
year for a certainty, and old Miller’s an old liar.’
“Why so, my child ?” “ Because thev’ve got
> Almanacs for 1844 advertised in the papers.”
Correspondence of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
LEGISLATURE OF GEORGIA.
Milledgeville, November 21.
Messrs. Editors:—Among the many bills
which passed the Senate today, I notice only
one ol general interest, viz: Mr. Miller’s bil
authorizing the Georgia Rail Road and Bank
ing Company—lst, to receive their own stock
inpayment of debts and in exchange for real
estate—2d, to dispose of s'ich stock as the com
pany may have a lien upon—3d, to purchase
any lands through which the road now passes,
or may hereafter pass. This measure is so
reasonable and just, that its passage in the
House is highly probable.
In the House only a few bills were introdu
ced, among them one by Mr. Allen, of your
county, authorizing the Judges of the Inferior
Court of Richmond county to have the district
lines of the county re-surfreyed and plainly
marked.
1 have the gratification of transmitting to you
the laudable and glorious success of the Reduc
tion Bill. It passed the House of Representa
tives by a vote of 164 to 16—among the latter
only one Whig t
The proceedings of this day bespeaks better
things for Georgia, and will not fail to inspire
the people with renewed hope, that “here in their
appropriate channel,” the Legislature of the
country, the two great parties hold it their chiet
est glory that “their councils shall commingle
in peace.”
Mr. Howard, of Muscogee, opened the debate
in a most sensible speech ot half an hour in
length. He confessed himself a Democrat —
one of the minority on the floor in whose hands
the fate of the bill rested. Feeling that respon
sibility, he had investigated the subject calmly
and dispassionately, under ali the sanctions and
solemnities of his oath, and had arrived at the
deliberate conclusion that the bill was the most
wise and proper which, under the circumstan
ces, could be presented with any hope of suc
cess. Though it was not all which he could
have desired—though he would have preferred
one more equal and just—still reduction in some
form was necessary; it was required by the fi
nancial embarrassments of the State and by the
voice of an overwhelming inafonty ofthe peo
ple. These were mandates winch he felt him
self unauthorized to disregard: besides, by di
minishing the number of legislators, their re
sponsibilities would be increased in the same
ratio —that under existing circumstances repre
sentatives could not be held strictly accountable
by their constituents; whereas, the very disor
der and tumult daily occurring in so large a
body, were utterly inconsistent with that delib
erai ion and calmness which ought to character
ize an assembly engaged in the grave and re
sponsible business of legislation.
In relation to the political complexion ofthe
Senatorial Districts, Mr. H. assured the Senate
and his political friends that he had the pledges
of Whigs—high-minded and honorable Whigs
—that there should be no gerrymandering ; no
attempt on their part to disturb the balance ol
political power as itnow exists. He believedin
those pledges, and therefore he voted for the
measure, and called upon his political friends to
stand by him in the effort; it was in lact their
own measure; it had been once passed by a
Democratic Legislature; and now when the-
Whigs had magnanimity enough and patriot
ism enough to embrace a wise and patriotic
measure, he hopedthe Democrats would not “be
frightened fromtheirpropriety,” merely because
they had not the power to organize the Districts
to suit themselves.
Mr. Hunter, of Crawford, opposed the bill in
a set speech, which Mr. Toombs afterwards fa
cetiously characterized as both "discursive and
diffusive.” He argued to every point of the com
pass. At oue time, he assumed the broad
ground that all small legislative bodies were
monarchical in their character and tendencies,
and that every step towards reduction was so
far an imitation ofthe rotten governments of
Europe; and yet he afterwards confessed him
self the friend of reduction, and declared that he
was the author of a bill on the Clerk’s table,
containing a plan for accomplishing that very
"bill, and pronouncedit alike unjust to the large
and small counties: appealing to the Cherokee
country, he boldly attacked the federal basis.
At times, had you not known the man and the
arena in which he was displaying, you might
almost have mistaken him for a full grown
Massachusetts philanthropist, he discoursed so
earnestly about the black-belt and the crying
injustice which was, or would be, done to those
counties having a preponderance of white popu
lation.
Like all other set speeches, Mr. Hunter’s soon
tired upon the ear. At one lime, the opponents
of the bill numbered about—finally they could
muster only 16; and a wag remarked, that had
Hunter spoken another halt hour, the vote would
have been unanimous.
Time will not allow me to give particulars in
reference to the speeches of Messrs. Toombs
and Clarke, of Chatham—both of which were
highly interesting and instructive. Toombs
took up the arguments of Mr. Hunter in regu
lar order, and in about 20 minutes so complete
ly demolished the whole structure, that only ru
in and confusion marked the spot where the fan
cied edifice had stood.
Hunter attempted to reply, buthisconcluding
words were lost in the cry of “Question,' ques
tion.”
The yeas and nays I send you forpublication.
You will perceive" that Burkhalter is the only
YVhig who voted against the measure.
Yeas— Messrs. Adams ofMontg’y, Allen,An
derson of Taliaferro, Anderson of Wilkes, Bai
ly, Baker, Baugh, Beck, Bell of Stewart, Ben
ton, Berry, Bibb, Bivins, Black, Blount, Boggs,
Boynton, Brantley, Brewton, Brown of Bald
win, Brown of Camden, Brown of Crawford,
Brown of Early, Buffington, Bush, Callaway,
Cannon of Gilmer, Carey, Carlton, Chandler,
Clack, Clarke of Bibb, Clark of Chatham,
Clark of Monroe, Clarke of Ttoup, Clements,
Cleveland, Cobb of Carroll, Cobb of Dooly,
Colley, Craft, Crane, Daniel, Darden, Davison,
Dent, Dixon, Drake, Dubignon, Edwards, Fel
der, Ferrell, Fincher, Gallamore, Green, Grieve,
Guyton, Gilbert, Harden, Hardeman, Hamil
ton" Hardwick, Harris of Morgan, Harris of
Walton, Hill, Hillhouse, Hodge, Holt, How
ard, Howell, Hust, Ivy, Jackson, Jennings,
Johnson of Appling, Johnson of DeKalb, John
son of Troup, Jones of Lowndes, Jones of Mus
cogee, Jordan, Kennon, Kellogg, Kendall, Kim
zey, Knox, Langford, Lawhon, Lesley, Little,
Lochlin, Marshall, Martin of Gwinnett, Mar
tin of Morgan, Masters, McCarver, McDowell,
McDuffie, McGaughey, Meriwether, Mingle
dorf, Mitchell of Franklin, Mitchell of Gwin
nett, Moore, Morris, Oglesby, Palmer, Parting,
Pearson, Pettee, Pitts, Polhill, Price, Prior,
Randolph, Redding, Reeves, Reynolds, Riley,
Roberts, Robinson of'Coweta, Robinson of Lau
rens, Rowe of Monroe, Royal, Rozar, Sanford,
Selman, Smith of Houston, Smith of Ogle
horpe, Spear, Stapler, Stroud of Clarke, Stroud
of Walton, Tanner, Temples, Thomas, Thom
ason, Thorpe, Thornton, Tittle, Toombs, Tuck
er, Turner, Trice, Vandergriff, Varnedoe, Vin
cent, Ware of Clarke, Ware of Fayette, Ware
of Madison, Waters, Watts, White, Whit
worth, Wilson of Early, YVilson of Warren,
Willingham, Winfrey, Witt, Wofford, Wood
ard of Bibb, Word, Worrell.
. Nays— Messrs. Baggs, Brinson, Bulloch,
Burkhalter, Carter, Denmark, Henderson, Hol
lingsworth, Holmes, Hunter, Raulerson, Rowe
of Merriwether, Saunders, Ware of Paulding,
Wilcox, Woodard of Houston.
I enclose you an important message from
Gov. Crawford, on the Central Bank, and leave
the comments to you for the present.
The yeas and nays were not called for on the
Hawkinsville Bank question io the Senate.
C.
Governor’s Message.
Executive Department, >
Milledgeville, November 21, 1843. (
The policy of winding up the affairs of the
Central Bank is enjoined by the act of the last
Legislature, which imposed various restrictions
and disabilities upon that institution. It will
be my purpose, not less from convictions of offi
cial duty, than a regard to the public interest, to
urge this policy ton ards its consummation.
So long as the bills of the Central Bank cir
culate at a depreciated value, the credit of the
State will, to some degree, be injured. To the
holder of its bills, the extent ot the injury is
susceptible of a more accurate calculation, as
the price at which they are sold in market con
stitutes their value, and the discount on them is
his loss. This is an inevitable consequence ot
every currency wanting the essential quality of
easy and prompt convertibility. In view, there
fore, of the present condition of the circulation
of the Central Bank, I have deemed it proper to
respectfully suggest to the Legislature, a mea
sure of relief to the bill-holders, as well as to
the credit of the State. The most equitable
and feasible plan that has occurred to me, is to
require the Central Bank to issue certificates of
deposit, in sums not less than fifty dollars, for
tne redemption of its circulation, which shall
bear an interest at the rate of eight per centum
per annum, and be redeemed in eighteen months,
or sooner, at the will of the Bank. Or the pro
position may be more briefly stated—to require
the Central Bank to pay lawful interest to its
bill-holders,
The justice of this measure will be apparen
from the consideration that the bills 01 the Cen
ual Bank now in circulation, were issued am
uased on the negotiable securities at presen
iieiltby it, and on which an interest ot six pe.
centum is paid on those running to matuni},
and eight per centum on those past due. Ihi
higher rate of interest is recommended, becaus.
Hoffers a greater inducement to retire the cir
eulation of the Bank, and at that rate the Ban,
would be required to pay it its bills were pre
sented lor payment and not redeemed. It is.
moreover, fixed at a ratio corresponding with
the ordinary discount at which its bills are now
sold at commercial places, and where their high
est value is obtained.
It is thought that eighteen months would be
the proper period to be assigned for the redemp
tion of these certificates, as it is believed lhai
within that time the Central Bank will have re
alized an amount of its assets tolly adequate to
discharge this class of its liabilities. It may be
that this end will be sooner attained, and. hence
the propriety of allowing the redemption ol
these certificates at the will ot the Bank.
It is to be noticed that these certificates will
improve in value with time, and those which
have run tor the space of a lew months, will
most probably be sought tor as safe and profita
ble investments. The success of the measure
will, to some extent, accelerate the approved po
licy ot bringing the affairs of the Central Bank,
and the Bank itself, to a close, without the re
motest interference with existing engagements
between it and its debtors. In any event, it will
be necessary to diminish the expenses of the in
stitution in respect to the salaries of some ot it*
officers. For, after the ensuing fall, the Bank,
will make the last discount on notes which it is
authorized to renew. After that period it will
be only a collecting office.
In subletting these views to the Legislature,
I have not overlooked the authority by which
the Central .’Jank is now required to retire its
cii eulation, b” the issue oi bonds bearing the
same rate ot ini'erest as herein suggested. Ihe
difference betwetthe existing and proposed
measure is, only t/s to the form, amount, and
time of payment ot the securities. Earlier pay
ment is considered t be most important recom
mendation ot the measure proposed, and rests,
in my opinion, on the h ighest obligation of duty.
The State should leave’ no means untried by
which her credit may be Davcd from deprecia
tion and dishonor. M TirT -, / - ir »TN
GEORGE W. CRAWFORD.
Milledgeville, November 22.
Messrs. Editors —On the subject of the
Western and Atlantic Rail Road, Gov. Craw
ford has just transmitted to the House the fol
lowing
MESSAGE.
Executive Department, I
Mille 'geville, Nov. 22, 1843. J
In compliance with a resolution ol the Hous>e
of Representatives, requesting all the informa
tion in this Department, showing the amount oi
money borrowed by the Stale on account oi ibe
VV estern and Atlantic Rail Road, &c., 1 have
the honor to lay before that brancn ol the Gen
era 1 Assembly, the accompanying tabular state
ments, which will shew, inuelail, the requ.'rt-'O
infbrmaliou so tar as the same can now, wL'b
other engagements pressing on thrs Department,
be prepared.
By reference to these statements, it will be
seen that the whole amount of money borrowed
on account of the W estern and Atlantic Rail
Road, is $1,616,885,77. Thissum iscomposedol
two classes ot bonus, one ol which is known as
sterling bonds, payable in London 30 years after
their respective dates; and the other as domes
tic bonds, payable in Milledgeville after the ex
piration ot the same time. The sterling bonds
bear an interest of 5 per cent, are payable semi
annually, and were issued in the years 1838 and
’39: the domestic bonds were issued in the years
1840, '4l, ’42, and ’43, and bear an interest at the
rate ol 6 per cent, per annum, payable semi-an
nually.
I can find no evidence in this Department ihat
any of the principal ofthe above stated amounts
has been paid. The interest accrued has been
promptly paid whenever demanded. It is be
lieved that an outstanding amount of about $20,-
000, due on damestic bonds, remains unpaid -
but lhat this amount will be discharged when
called for. The aggregate amount of interest
paid is $258,928,14.
The aggregate expenditures on the road up to
the commencement ot the present fiscal year
amounts to the sum of $2,916,008,28.
In addition to the details herewith submitted,
as respects the various items of expenditure, 1
beg leave respectfully to reler to the various re
ports connected therewith, which have been sub
mitted to the present and past Legislatures. It
is to be remarked, that by a comparison between
the amounts paid on account of the Road, and
drawn from the Treasury, there is a difference
of $12,874,18 in favor of those who have been
the disbursing agents ofthe Hoad. This discre
pancy is to some extent reconciled by the con
sideration that the late Committee allowed no
credits to the Slate for the premiums tor which
they sold exchange on the loans obtained from
Messrs. Reid, Irving & Co., of London.
The grading of the Road has been mainly
completed, with the exception ot the tunnel,
which is only five hundred yards in length, and
it is believed will require no blasting of oppo
sing rocks. The iron is laid down tor the dis
tance ot thirty-three miles, and the road to that
extent may be considered as finished. As al
ready stated in the last annual Message, iron
has been purchased in quantity adequate to
complete the remainder of the fifty-two miles of
the Road, as authorized by the act ot 184 L For
this entire distance, the wooden superstructure
is now completed.
Relying on the statement ol the Chief Engi
neer, 1 am of opinion that, in addition to exist
ing appropriations', the sum of five hundred
thousand dollars will finish the Road with all
necessary equipments as to locomotive power
and cars.
The time when the Road shall be finisned, (
should depend on the movements ofthe two Rail
Roads, which are now tending towards the
South Eastern extremity of the btate Road. It
was not the purpose of the Slate to begin and end
a Rail Road in a forest, but her policy was to
make this work as the last and connecting link
in that chain of Internal Improvements which
serve to extend from the mountains to the sea
board. The action of those managing these
Roads, should regulate that of the State in re
spect to the time when its Road should be fin
ished.
In the meantime, it is respectfully submitted
to your consideration, whether the safest course
to be pursued wil not be to progress gradually
in the completion of the Road, with the existing
appropriation and where the same can be econo
mically expended, and apply such motive pow
er as may be adapted to its wants.
GEO. W. CRAWFORD.
Two hundred and ten.copies oi the Message
and tabular statements are ordered to be print
ed. When printed, I will transmit the whole
tor publication or fuure reference. At present
the Message will be all sufficient, as it presents
the whole matter very briefly but fully, and in
such a manner as is well calculated to maintain
the honor and interests ol the State.
It is not la be disguised that there is a very
large and respectable portion of the present Le
gislature, who are dissatisfied with the enterprise.
They, however, all agree in one thing, viz: that
this great and glorious work must not be aban
doned alter so much ot the Stale’s treasure has
been expended in its prosecution. Three mil
lions ot money is quite too large a sum to be
thrown away without the gravest and most ma
ture deliberation. The opponents of the Road
will, 1 am inclined to think, divide on two pio
positions. One portion of them will favor the
idea of a sate, under proper restrictions, to some
incorporated company ; the other will advocate
itsdisposal in thetorm of stock to private citizens,
compelling them to complete the work and keep
it in repair. The result, howevet, may be eas
ily predicted. The suggestions ofthe Message
will be adopted. No new appropriations will
be made, but the enterprise will progress slow
ly, but steadily, to its completion, 'under that
which already exists.
And why should not this be the case ? Un
der the most favorable circumstances, the Road
could not now be disposed of tor more than one
million ot dollars, or one third of its present cost.
Are the people prepared lor so great and alarm
ing a sacrifice ?
Suppose the Road to be once completed by the
expenditure of an additional half million, and
the connection between it and the two great sea
ports of Savannah and Charleston to have been
perfected. Then let Tennessee have completed
her contemplated extensions to Knoxville on the
one hand, and NashviLe on the othei, ana your
principal seaport will at once have a continuous
line ot Rail Road and Steamboat communica
tion of more than 500 miles m extent-pouring
into her lap the products ot nearly 100,000 square
miles This trade, too, will be opened with a
young and thrifty country, possessing a hardy,
enterprising population —one that has hitherto
had no outlet for its products, and scarcely any
inducement to develope the immense resources
of soil on which its lot is cast.
Surely, an enterprise so noble in its character
and so glorious in its results, cannot be aban
doned by a great State for light and trivial caus
es, when, if it were once completed, all admit
that it must yield to the treasury a heavy annu
al income—perhaps sufficient to do more than
pay the interest upon its entire cost. IftheGeor
gia and Central. Roads, in their present incom
plete condition, can yield a handsome dividend,
must not the State Road, with its increased fa
cilities arising from its connection with both,
eventually do a business Larger and more profit-
VOL. VII--NO. 48.
ade in the same ratio? “
pose of it either to a company or 'ffiapeot
tock to private individuals j As the State na
[ready expended largely of her means, surely
t is but fair and reasonable that she should reap
ne profits.
The House was mainly engaged, today, in
oe reading of bills the second time.and didjtot
the fourth day in succession, what has not Deen
done in years before, viz: disposed ot every par
icle ol business on the table before adjourn
ment. , , .
1 predicted, s ime days ago, that the class ol
fills altering and amending the act of 1811, re
lative to Justices' Courts, would be consigned
to oblivion. I have since had the pleasure to
tear the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee
lisnose of half a hecatomb of them at a single
das’h You would have been amused io witness
the dismay depicted on the countenances of
some ofthe ill-fated movers of them, whose hopes
of distinction here and popularity at home, in
many cases, depended on their success.
A bill, abolishing imprisonment tor debt, was
introduced today by Mr. Beck.
Also, one by Mr. Tucker ot Cobb, to lay off
the State into Senatorial Districts. This is a
Democratic gerrymander, and will be even more
short-lived than its species geneially.
The bill, amending the act of 42,and exempt
ing 50 acres ol land trom levy and sale under
execution, passed the. House; veas 119, nays
62 It was the basis ot a brief but animated
discussion, between Messrs. Cary, of Upson,
Riley and Kenan, of Harris, opposed to, and
Messrs. Toombs, C.ane and Dent, in tavor of,
its passage It was urged mainly as a humane
md politic law-humane, because it protected
the wives and children ol the unfortunate insol
vent in the enjoyment of a home and the means
ot a support—and politic, because it would tend
to retain the population within the State, multi
ply the endearments of home, and have a health
ful influence on the body ofthe people.
In the Senate, Mr. Cone, of Bulloch, intro
duced a bill abolishing Penitentiary punish
ment, and substituting finesand whipping as un
der the act of 1816.
Mr. Miller’s bil), giving the power to the Su
perior and Inferior Courts to incorporate church
es Fire Companies, &c., was, after consid
erable discussion, committed to the committee
on the Judiciary. .
The balance of the session was consumed in
reading bills the second time, and in the first
reading of bills, reported Irom the House
among them the reduction bill. This will be
the order oi the day for Friday, and, I have just
been informed by an influential Democrat, will
Pa Bishop Elliott is here in fine health and spi
rits—come, I presume, to consecrate the new
Episcopal Church, just completed in this place,
c.
P. S. The Committee of 22 met this evening,
and resolved to propose the name of Gen. D. L.
Clinch to the Whig meeting, tomorrow night,
as their candidate for Congress. Il will be le
ceived with acclamation, not only by the meet
ing, but by the whole Whig army oi the State.
So you may throw out your banner, and c >H up
vm> our friends, one and all, to rally to the res
cne.
Milledgeville, November 23.
Messrs. Editors- 1 he senate were taken
■•a ly by surprise this morning, on the presen
grt ■< ot a resolution by the Senator irom Mon
‘allo‘-. structing the Committee on Finance to
roe, in. 4jll aut h or iz, n g the saie ot the es-
A 'intic Road.
tern and Au. , ion was promptly resisted by
ihis resolu. -t y Miller, barrow,and Powers
Uoughe, qe(l (j,, Messrs. Rein, Cone,
ol Bibb, and sustai. i y enemies of Hie
•Spalding and Mose._ style ol tneir resoiu-
Koad were fortunate in , uo i y „ n e whichcould
non, tor it was perhaps, th< ->h Whenever
have united their entire stu D J>". 'j t waß „
me details of the sale was alluo t '- > - ea o '
ident they were at war among th. ,n *b- ’ '
ing almost as many different plans.' 8 mare w.ere
men. They were, however, very ui? lted 00 me
abstract question ol sale, urged the un.’ llet w * l “
the utmost zeal and perseverance, and .' regret
to add, succeeded, —yeas 44, nays 42. ’OU
will, perhaps, be gratified to learn by my next lat
ter, that this subject has been reconsidered, anri
that the character and honor of the State have not
been thus rashly and pertinaciously sacrificed. I
have already heard the names of four Senators
whose votes will be changed on the reconsider
ation, so that, unless similar changes are devel
oped on the other side, the whole subject will
again be brought before the Senate, Bud referred
fora Report.
The bill providing for the taking of the next
census was amended and passed. An effort
was made to provide for collecting certain sta
tistical information relative to the productions
of the soil and other resources of wealth, but it
failed.
Mr. Spaulding introduced a series of resolu
tions hignly political in their character, reiter
ating the “old-saws" about “strict construction,”
“implied powers,” “Bank aristocracy,” “high
protective tariffs,” and the thousand and one
other alledged sins of the party. The Senate
by a vote ot 36 to 44 refused to print. The res
olutions remain upon the table for the present,
and if the Whigs permit them to be taken up
hereafter, they may be the basis of a very pro
tracted but useless debate.
in the House, the Finance Committee report
ed the appropriation bill for 1844 and '45. The
necessity of providing for two years’ operations
of the Government, will render this bill very
cumbrous in its details, and its consideration
may, in consequence, consume much of the
time and patience of the House.
The same Committee reported against the
bill extending the time to those indebted to the
Central Bank. The report I may hereafter send
you. It is enough now to say, that its reasoning
was deemed so conclusive by the House, that
when the bill was afterwards put upon its pas
sage, the yeas were 12, nays 163.
The remainder of the session was consumed
in the consideration of the pardon of Nathan
Green, of Lumpkin county, convicted for the
murder of his own son, a lad of 15 years old.
The discussion was protracted, anu confined
mainly to the prime t testimony be.ore the
House. The plea was insanity: the speakers
were Messrs. Meriwether, Worrill, Thomas,
Riley, Thomason and others. The bill fi
nally prevailed—yeas 92, nays 75.
The resolution, appointing a joint committee
>f both Houses to settle with the late and for
mer Commissioners ot the Western and Atlan
tic Rail Road, has passed both branches, and
been approved by the Governor.
To-night the Whigs have had their proposed
meeting to receive the nomination for Congress.
The eommitteepresented only the name ot Gen.
Clinch, that of Mr. King having been magnan
imously withdrawn by his friends. The an
nouncement of Gen. U.’s name was received
with great applause, and passed by acclamation.
He is therefore now fairly in the field, and the
Whigs have but to “make a long pull, and
strong pull, and pull all together,” and we will
elect our man by an increased majority.
Tomorrow the Reduction Bill will be before
the Senaie on its passage. The result is looked
to with profound interest by the friends ol' the
measure. The chances are in favor of its pass
age by a decided majority, but there is no telling
what the wire-pullers may have done. Evety
day’s experience only serves to leach us the un
certainly ol each and every <i>e«sure that comes
before so large and unwieldy a body as .he
Georgia Legislature.
Yours, C.
Milledgeville, Nov. 24, 1843.
Messrs. Editors:—The result in leisti.mo
the Railioad resolution and the Reduction bill,
is even more gratilying than wasamicipateu in
my last. The former was reconsidered this
morning by a vote 0f47 t 037, ana the latter pass
ed almost without a word of discussion —yeas
79, nays 10; only one Wnig, Mr. Bivins, ol Ma
rion, voting in the negative.
This highly gratifying result, insuring at once
economy and deliberation in the future legisla
tion ofthe State, must be attributed, not only to
the patriotism and the purity of our present le
gislators, but to that peculiar feature in our re
publican system which enjoins it upon the re
presentative to obey and perform the will of his
constituents. It has been boldly averred that
the number of our legislators could never be re
duced by the mode provided in the Constitution
for its own amendment, because the members
would be virtually called upon to vacate their
own seats. Nor could it have been done under
any other influence than that of a well-defined
and strongly expressed popular opinion. Under
its power alone nave we now witnessed the con
summation of our high hopes, in the high-toned,
self-sacrificing act ofthe present Legislature.
Under the Act, as passed, the Senate is to
have 47 members. The County having the
largest representative population is to be entitled
to one Senator, and every two contiguous coun
ties are to have one each. The House is to be
composed ol 130 members —each county to have
one, and the 37 counties having the largest rep
resentative population, are to have two each.—
The comities entitled to two members are:
Rep. Pop. Rep. Pop
Chathaml4,ool Washington ....8,722
Ta1b0t12,914 Waltonß,7sß
Troup 12,912 Jasperß,63s
Monroel2,Bß6 Cassß,sßs
vleriwether.... 11,968 C1ark8,563
Harrisll,3s2 Columbiaß,3Bl
Stewartll,o27 Oglethorpeß,322
Henrylo,422 Pikeß,l43
Newton 10,131 8ibb.8,0*26
Jwinnett 9,902 Warren 7,942
Muscogee 9,795 Up50n.....7,853
Burke 9,748 J«ies7,Bo4
DeKalbo,662 H0u5t0n7,774
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