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C/ ¥ v v . . ~ ' mT" i * I OLD SERIES, VOL. EVIL THE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL IS PUBLISHED DAILY, TRI-WSBKLY, AND WEEKLY BY' J. w. <fc W. S. JONES. The Weekly Chronicle & Sentine IS PUBLISHED AT Three Dollars per annum—or one subscriber tw< 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 or which any subscription may be paid, expire: before the receipt of funds to renew the subscrip tion, the paper will be discontinued. Depreciated money received at its value in this city. 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. ■g g ” ’g ------- § S|S-=SXX3.3.3.SSSg§SSS O o' o of cm" ©c© - Or? 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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 w- - KHHSK2J