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the times. The union :f the states arvd ihe sovereignty of .he states COLUMBUS, MAY 27, 1841. General Thomas Glascock, a lawyer ofem inSnee, find for a long series of years an active atiil protainenf politician ih this State, died at his residence in Decatur, DeKalb county, Georgia, on the 18?.h of this month. Alabama. election. —The e : ecLion for five ; Members of Congress, to represent the State of Alabama in the next Congress, was held on the 20th 1:1st. We have seen some partial returns, which indicate that the Democratic strength is rather increased^ than diminished in that State, although the aggregate vote has j been a small one. i Tn lathe. The Theatre in this city was I opened on Tuesday evening last, under the j management of Messrs. Field and German, j Florida Delegate.— We learn by infer- ! nation direct from Tallahassee, that Official \ Returns had been received at the Executive i Office, from all the Counties but one, anu that Levy, (Democrat) has a majority of the whole number of votes given in. Indian Claims. —Can any one furnish us with the Report of the Committee, and any other papers containing information relative to losses by Indian depredations In the Creek War of 1330? We wish to look into the matter,, and would be obliged for the loan of any documents relating to the subject. The following is from the money article of the New York Herald, May 18 :—“lt is stated that the United States Bank Directors have s„.ld its New Orleans Branch, the Merchants’ Bank, to Edward Yorke, a nephew of Mr. Lip pincott, for 8575,000 ! The Bank has little or no circulation, and specie on hand to the amount of $335,000, according to its last re turn.'’ Charge d’affaires to texas. —The Lex ington (Kv.) Intelligencer, May 14, says : “The lion. Joseph Eve, of Kentucky, has been appointed by the President, Charge d’Affaires to Texas. This is a very important office, and it lias been bestowed upon a firm patriot and an honest roan.” Whig meeting. —Why did not our Whig friends hold their meeting, agreeably to the notice inserted in the Enquirer of last week ! Or, if lie Id, why adjourn without settling the very psrjdcxing business which prompted the call ? If we are not misinformed, the prudent course was adopted, not to allow little domes tic bickerings about the spoils to go before the public eye. The Savannah Georgian of the 19th inst, says that “In 1838, as reported by the taker of the State census, the population of the county of Chatham, was 20,956, an increase in eight years of 6,829 !” “The city of Savannah, in the same year, contained 12,753, an increase in the same pe_ riod of 4,982!” Bishop England of Charleston, and the lion Charles Fenton Mercer, for manv years, and until recently, a member of Congress from Virginia, and at present Cashier of the Union Bank of Florida, were passengers in the steam ship Britannia, which left Boston for Liver pool, on the 16th of this month. MR. WEBSTER—FEDERAL IS M. Is there now, or has there been at any pe riod since the formation of the Government any such thing as Federalism, and has the Secretary of State, Mr. Webster, ever been classed with the Republicans, as opposed to the Federalists ? If so, we should be glad to know the time and place. Was there any opposition (not to the dec laration of war in 1612,) but to its successful and honorable prosecution, agreeably to the views of Mr. Madison, and the patriotic party which supported him ? If there was such opposition, where was Mr. Webster ? Was he sustaining the rights and honor of the country, as they were estimated by the repub licans of that day, or was lie acting with the Federalists of ’9B and 1890 ; the men who sus tained the odious measures of the eider Ad ams, and were arrayed against the elections of Jetlersori and Madison ? The answers to these questions as full and explicit as the questions themselves, will determine the pat riotism of Mr. Webster, in times past, in criti cal emergencies—that is, if the Republican party of 1800 and 1812, were influenced by patriotic motives. When facts are presen ted in plain, unvarnished colors, they will scatter to the winds such delusive arid hypo critical statements as are going the rounds the Whig papers, one of which, prepared with great care, has been published in the New York Express, and transferred to the column.’ of the Columbus Enquirer, of yesterday. There is no disguising the tacts of the case. Have there been two parties i:i the country from the foundation of the Government—Republi can and Federal ? If so. m which has Mr. Webster adhered ? Plain and simple an swers to these interrogatories will solve the whole matter, and to this it must come at las* • LEVI LINCOLN—TEIE LATE CHAS. OGLE. Scarcely an individual acquainted with the prominent incidents of the late political cam paign, ;s uuapprieed of the fact i ha r Mr. Ogfc. (recent’y decease.?.) a member of Congress ireui Pennsylvania, made one of the most ex traordinary speeches (to characterise it by no harsher name) ever heard in ‘lie United Elates House of Representatives, in reference to the interior arrangements of the Presidential Man sion iu V -Linyt-m City. That speech was extensively circulated in pamphlet fern; and ui the Whdg papers, and contributed undoubt edly lo inflame and delude in the progress of ihe excited political canvass—Mr. Lincoln, of Mas;-., (now collector of Boston,) a Whig, but a hign- maided man, was on the same comniit ■ee with Mr. Ogle, and as well acquainted as ul ° latter, individual with the subject matter of his speech, and at once expressed his dis gtis‘, to coin the form am! substance of Ogle’s tirade. The exasperation of party sustained Ogle, and censured Lincoln for the .Ample ” ceiy Mrion of numerous ami aggravated mis representations. Toe Ga zette. a neutral and iiterarjr paper, in enumer ating Slut many qua!fries of Mr. Lincoln iilica! life, thds notices Ins .• agency iu the •• Ogle aflithv’ We tus certain the remarks of the Gazette will be readily recognized as mot by every i isrh-t-iindei —l.l ‘lOiiorabia.nnan of whatever party —not excepting the Editors of the Columbus Enquirer who, it we mistake not, gave Ogle's speech a place in their pa per. v Mr. Ogle is dead, and with his speech, will, we doubi not, sink into irretrievable oblivion. “ The only .incident which has disturbed his popularity among the mass of the people, and whit h in is caused him to be blamed by rash and hasty politicians, is his brief reply to the I famous speech of Mr. Ogle, of Pennsylvania. We may speak of this with more impartiality from our not being engaged in the turmoil of party politics, and from personal knowledge of the premises which were the subject of the speeches ; and we must say that we regard this speech of Mr. Lincoln’s as one cf the most manly ami honorable acts of his whole public life. Those who run their eyes over these paragraphs will smile as they recall the grandiloquent descriptions by Mr. Ogle of the ‘splendid East R:dm,’ the ‘Elliptical Blue Saloon,’ and the magnificence of the grounds around hi; prbic-tly pal.ice! and when they compare them with the reality —the patched common glass in the White House, the grounds not so well laid as fifty around Bos ton, the apartments shabby when compared with a hundred in our republican city, the un : painted fine breakfast, table, &c. &c., they may well wonder how the people in Washing ton could send forth such a mess of stuff, how a getiflconan coyld stoop so low for materials for an electioneering document; ami may well feel how a dignified, honorable man would | turn, as Mr. Lincoln did, from such a:; exhibi ! tion with disgust. We find in the August* (Ga.) Constitution alist thy following extract from the money article of tire New York Herald. Maks the estimate for Veorgia, and see how she will be affected by ike iniquitous and unconstitutional proposition of the Whigs to distribute the pro ceeds of the Public hands among the States! “ The relief held out by the dominant party is an absurdity. They propose to distribute the public lands according to representation, and then raise the duties on imported goods to replace it hi the treasury of the federal gov ernment. The proceeds of the public lands are yearly $3,000,000. Os this the State of Illinois would receive $37,000; She is then to be taxed on imported goods, The imports for the last ten years have averaged $127,- 000,000. This is $45 to each family in the Union, yearly. Ia Illinois there are 70,000 families. Consequently they consume -$3,- 150,000 of imported goods. On these the tax is to be raised 5 per cent, without increasing the markets for produce. Illinois will there fore have to pay $157,500 for the $37,060 received. This is the ‘ relief’ the citizens are to enjoy under the distribution.” Is kneeling in prayer then the only evi dence—the true test of sincere piety I The following article from the Boston Post ie in the right spirit, and shows the folly, if not bigotry ot the l’sv. Mr. Hawley, “the Episcopalian Clergyman in Washington,” as well as that of the reverend gentleman in Boston : We are credibly informed that .an observa tion was not long since repeated in a pulpit in this city, said to have been made by the Epis copalian clergyman in Washington, the Rev. Mr. Hawley, in speaking to his congregation of the death cl the late President, lie re marked, as evidence of his sincere piety, that, he was the only President, out cf the last six that had attended his church, who prayed on his knees. We believe Gen. Harrison was an Episcopalian, and educated in its forms.— It is mortifying to perceive, in this age of general intercourse, and of common enjoyment of religious light ar.d knowledge, that minis* ters, who should be foremost in diffusing truth, anil inculcating .the substantial and essen sential requirements of religion, are disposed to attach so much importance to its mere cer emonies. That baptism is a saving ordinance, a ceremony essential to salvation, and that to kneel upon a soft damask cushion during a short, prayer, instead of standing is a satisfac tory evidence of piety—are, js we had sup posed, doctrines of an ignorant and supersti tious age, and, we had hoped, not recognized by any educated person, at the present day. Boston Pest The following is the conclusion of an article in the Savannah Republican of the 16th inst giving an account of “some famous Cincinnati hams which seem destined to rival those which come from Westphalia.” The names of the individuals by whom they were cured are mentioned in the subjoined extract, as are also such of the particulars relative to the curing as the article contains : “Those ot air. Lee, are protected from the fly, by the white-washed canvass bag. Those oi Mr. ! hifiield are smoked dry, neatly wrapped and pinned in clean paper, thou tied up iu a clean canvass bag. The latter mode of pre serving the ‘ m when cured seems tons a decided improvement. So done up, they are clean to handle, and ihe bags uninjured, are ready for future use. But one must be very hard to please, who can line] fault with either, v’ a recommend these hams to the attention of house -keepers.” The following relative to the proceedings in the case of Semmes, of this Stale, is from the Charlotte villo (Va.) Advocate, of the 15ch inst: Commonwealth vs. Semites. —This case was continued in consequence of the severe indisposition of the accused. He was arraign ed, (being brought into court on a chair or lit ter icr that purpose) and pleaded “not guilty” to the indictment. An application (o admit to bail on t he ground of apprehended danger to his life, from con finement in iii’ present condition, was, alter the exhibit ion of testimony, the argument of counsel, and due deliberation by the court, overrule : the court suggesting an appeal to the General Court, which wiilconvene in j une, if the prisoners counsel should think the de cision erroneous. Extract from the proceedings of the meet ing of SumUioMer? of the United States Rank, held pn the 17; h inst. The resolution which heads the extract was offered by M v Mont s’ ornery: Resolved.— Flint the Board of Directors take the necessary measures forthwith to ham thefarmer officers of tic- bank, who made those Icons on stocks, c(.c. indicted for a conspiracy to ilefra ml the stockhobbrs. This created a terrible row, and applause. Mr. Ai. deliberately withdrew his resolution for the present. - Mr. English rose and asked, “ I hope the In vestigating Committee-asked the former direc ors what become.ni that $916,0001 Because i think they lfftrStknow something about that’ rur. Kennedy warned to know v. hether .Mr. Duane expected the stockholders to reform ihe world by passing, such abstract proposi tions. ff Mr. Duane would alter his resolu taui.-, : iid say that the committee should pub li-n those persons on the suspended debt* list ,v ijo no not pay up what they owe, up, would vote tor it, _ But if you publish the deia ils of the suspended debt. you'll diminish ihe assets beyond Rm/ you hace any idea of. The Jnves!Rating v vu:*i iletc© could not thus ruthlessly break njj ■: ‘ivaU conffilsnce, personal ixssoc rt iions,an y,,;i relations, by publishing the list of ““ *s and amounts on the suspended debt ac c mut. ,U 9 ; !” : y I,; y :i -A i will'not say,that iu former wu tue press has not’ been bribed bv the officer, of this Bank ; I will not say that tho legislature lias not been so bribed, cr that pol iticians had n>t been thus bribed. But Ido say that the present Directors have had noth ing to uo with such tilings. They have used none of the money of the Bank since I have been an officer of it, in any attempts to bribe either the press, politicians,or legislators. If they had, such a course would have been most detestable, and deserving the execration of the community. The committee already commenced against all those former officers of the Bank whom they think liable in law; they have picked out the most prominent, and those who deserve to be punished first according to law. They have engaged two of the best lawyers in the city to aid the counsel of the Bank in carrying on these prosecutions to the full ex tent of the law, and they can do no more.” Tlie wrongs committed have not been done by the present Board of Directors—they are not guilty of the guilty acts. Mr. Duane was asked to withdraw hjs res olutions. Mr. Duane.—l shall not withdraw them.— Every effort that lias been made to ascertain how these large sums of money have been expended has failed. Can any one doubt that if those large sums had been expended hon estly, that the records of the bank would not have shown how they were expended? Certain ly not. We have right then to infer that these large sums were used for corrupt, nefarious, and dishonorable purposes. That corrupt means were used or attempted by the former officers of this bank to obtain a charter. And if you negative my resolutions it will be a conclusive proof that this bank has something yet which it dare not show to the light of day; and that it could not stand formerly without the employment of corrupt and dishonorable means. (Great applause and excitement.) FLORIDA. By the mail of yesterday we received tlie St. Augustine Herald, of the 14th inst. It contains no later intelligence from the seat War, than is to be found in another column 0 I this paper. We copy below, however, all it i has relative to the Seminole difficulties : Indians. —We arc indebted to the attention of an officer of the army, for the following let ter from Capt. B. L. Beall, of the 2d Dra goons : Fort Brooke, E. F., May 2d, 1841. “I have just returned from a scout in pur suit of a party of Indians who killed the ex press rider between tins post and Fort Clinch on the 28th ult. f found his body about 27 miles from here, with the head and arms sev ered therefrom and burnt; the mail entirely destroyed, with the exception of two private letters; several copies of the new Regulations of tlie Army, with the leaves’eut and scattered about; die woods for about a mile burnt in or der to conceal the trail—which I am happy to state they did noi effect. I followed their trail about thirty miles, and at sundown came up with two of tlie party, encamped near the edge of a dense hammock. (1 say two, although I saw but one ; but I took two rifles, pouches, powder-horns full of powder.) Tire fellow en deavored to get to the hammock, but I was too quick for the gentleman—l shot liirr, scalped him, and hung him.up to dry. He shot one of my horses. Lie proved to be an Indian called Kennihee, or Waxie-liadjo, a Micisoo kie sub-chief. 254 Indians and negroes will be shipped for Arkansas to-morrow. The Gen eral is in good spirits. Upwards of two hun dred men are sick of Col. Davenport’s com mand at Sarasota. The General lias ordered the post, to be broken up, and the regiment will go to the Key near Cedar Keys. No fur ther news here. will send you a piece of Kannihee’s scalp. I hung the gentleman up higher than Hainan, (whom we read of in the good book) was hung.” Y’our friend and ob’t serv’t., BEN J. L. BEALL. Note —Lt. Lincoln goes out with 40 men to bring in some of Ailack’s party, (where he is Ido not knew.) 88 Indians came up from Sarasota a day or two ago. Hospitarkee did not come with them, as he had gene to meet Sam Jones, who was to have had a council at the Big Cypress Swamp about that time.— Some Indian runners, on seeing the dead body of the express rider, sent in a warrior to in form the General of the circumstance. By a letter from Newnanvillo we learn that about 100 head ,of cattle, belonging to Mr. 1 Dell, had been driven off the Big Prairie by the Indians recently. A letter from Micanopy states that two ex press riders had been killed. Thus it seems that the “little” war has commenced again with “vigor.” From the Savannah Georgian, May 14. MUR E Pit OSC it I h f ION / We annex a list of changes in tile Custom House of this city, announced yesterday.— We leave it to the public to judge of the ne cessity of this partisan “reform.” While we’ sympathize with those who have been deprived of office, we doubt not that the test to which their opinions have been subjected, will ex hibit their purity and virtue. Removed. —lnspectors of the Customs.— Joseph George, 11. Knapp, Jacob Chadbourn, John B. Davies, William I. Mr ore, John A. Thomas, J. Elton St irk.’ Stoke Keeper. —Murdoch 11, McLeod. New appointments. —lnspectors of the Customs.—lames Roberts, 11. A. Smith, J. V. Redden, Win. Patterson, John GuiJmartin, V. m. C. Wylly, Anthony Bartow. Stoke keeper.—John Postell. Inspectors not removed.— William Starr, W in. W. Wash, A. C. Davenport. The following is the notice of the Collector to one of the officers removed. Similar notes were, as \\ e learn, addressed to the other gen tlemen removed • Custom House, Collector’s Office, Savannah, May 13,1841. W. 1- Moore, Esq.: Sir—A list of Inspectors of the Customs for the port of Savannah, having been forwarded Lo this office, from the Treasury Department ot the United States, it becomes my duly to inform you that your'appointment as an in spector of the Revenue of this port, will cease and terminate on the close of business this day. Resp’iy, your ob’t serv’t. J. lIUIST'ER, Collector. More seizures of slavers.— Captain A* Ward, of Salem, who came passenger from Manilla, in ihe ship Grotius, bound to this pert, reports that when the skip left St. Hel ena, there were seven vessels, with seven hundred slaves, at that place, prizes to her Britannic Majesty’s cruisers. The last of the seven arrived on the 2d of March, and had throw n overboard sixty dead slaves, in ,sigL ! of St. Helena. Office Hungry. —A waiter in the Boston Post, proposes a body guard for the Collector of the Port of Boston to protect him from the multitude of office seekers, who not only throng the Collector in person, but when they think their chances of suoces slim, they send their-wives; daughters or sisters to intercede for them. One iackless wight who had no wife or near relative to intercede for him, had recourse to his washer-woman, who, with sound eleven borrowed ragged children, made their appearance at the private lodgings of the Col lector, and demanded audience ; which having obtained, they on their knees implored and begged an office for this office-seeker, as die husband and] aih.er of this numerous family Natchez Tree Trader. • Absconded. —By the late English‘news, we learn that Mr. Abbott, one of the official as signees ot the bankruptcy in London, and al so a large stockbroker; has run on wi Lh, millions in Ills hands. For the Times. Mr. Editor : Dxl you never observe how very smart men are generally, as individuals, in matters of private interest touching their own pockets—but in arranging and fixing things “ pro bono publico,” they are oftentimes as stupid as asses. The great fuss about re lief, hard times, short crop, and so forth, and the variety of wavs and means,” modus op erand!—State Bonds, and so iorth—all put up together are not worth a blue-bean. It is all talk and no cider. While talking about help, the sheriff is down upon us and “away goes coaler.” While crying out lustily for relief, the waters close over us, and we are gone forever! One set say—relief, or we are ru ined. The other set say, we go for relief, but how is it to be none ? So, between thorn, it is all smoke and no fire.—Sir, there is a right way and a wrong way to arrive at any given point. In this matter there is but cub way under Heaven whereby we can be saved— and that is, the right way. Every body ad mits that unless we are saved we shall be lost. Weii, if we don’t find the right way and go ahead in it, we will be lost. Now the right way becomes an object, and it is vital. Ift he right way is found and pointed out, and the 1 eopie will not use it, then they deserve their fate. I call upon the people of Georgia to answer this question, if they can —Why is Alabama State Credit, in the form of Bank bills, worth a premium of five per cent. I If you should say it is because she is redeeming her bills of credit with specie, you would be mistaken, for she does not, nor indeed does she intend to do so for live years to-come, bv the law. If you say it is because of her Cotton crop, by which she has Northern Exchange, and sells it low, therefore her bills arc worth a premium to purchase this Exchange; vou would not be right, for we too raise Cotton and have Ex change, and can sell it as low as she can. Sir, in Alabama the Banks belong to the State, and I believe the State belongs to the People —therefore, the People, the whole l’dople, own the Banks. Well, if the People own the j Banks, it becomes no less their duty than their interest to sustain them. How do they sus [ tain them so as to make their bills of credit equal to specie among themselves, and above the currency of our Slate ! It is the easiest thing imaginable—and what is singular, it is done by the imagination. They suppose that they, as a State, are perfectly able to redeem the circulation df their own Banks whenever they want to do it; this being the case, the bills p ss at par among themselves and pay their debts, and this is all they care for, or should care for, on that subject. Now tail me the difference’ between the State Bank of Alabama and the Centra! Bank of Georgia; and if _ ou please why, both being State insti tutions and owned By the people, the bills of one should be good to pay debts and the other not. Sir, -if tho bills of State credit, in which we all as a people are alike interested, cannot be used by the people to help themselves when in trouble, in the name of sense why have any such institution at, all ! If the bills of State credit would pay our debts one to another, why not issue them, and that quickly and sut ficientlv'! As to the selling cf State Bonds, it would not do, and for two reasons. Ist. They could not be sold. 2d. “ Ought not, if they could.” Sir, the People are the State. The State has a Bank. The Bank has on hand, plenty of bills ready to be issued. Tho people, the whole people, are bound to redeem these bills when they want it done. The people are abundantly able to do so. The cry is, we are ruined if we don’t get something to pay our debts. The State’s credit will pay these debts. In the name of God ! why stand we idle, gazing upon the chains that are riveting upon us, and wasting in apathy and talk the season for action ? When Philip and the Eu nuch were travelling together, and Philip was discoursing about death, righteousness, and of a judgment to come, they came to water, when the Eunuch said, here is plenty of water ; what hinders baptism? So say 1. We are travel ling to ruin ; the Central Bank is the water; what hinders baptism 1 Let us have a shower, and that quickly, for it is our own and no power on earth should keep us from it. Cen tral Bank bills loaned to tlie people for five years, will save our property from a cruel and ruinous sacrifice. The people can and will return the loan, with interest; and confidence in the ability of the people to redeem the bills will make Bcate credit as good as Columbus 1 Bank. Mechanics’ Bank, Chattahoochee Bank, or Mister Any-body-else’s private shaving shop credit! Ned Scatterblessing. From the Washington correspondence of the’ Philadelphia North American, a Whig paper: “The disclosures connected with the man agement of your gve >t Bank struck every so bermindedman here with amazement. There is bur, one opinion on the subject, and that is, that the funds of this Bank have been reck lessly squandered—that the unsuspecting stockholders have been betrayed and outraged in rHeir rights. The wonder is that they bear these flagrant wrongs with so much patience. In some communities the sensation would pass the bounds of restraint. If there ever was occasion for the most overpowering cen sure, it is found in the traasactfcns connected with the recent history of this bank. We are not only wronged at home, but we are dishon ored abroad. Wo are not only defrauded, but we are defamed. The presses in your city now “begin to wake upon the subject. Why have they slumbered so long! They have long known that all was not right; and yet they have been as silent as the grave. Yours may have spqken out: but vrhat spell lias chained ihe rest ? The alarm should be giv en when the wrong iu doing; it comes foe late when it has been consummated, A Tremendous Storm. —On Thursday evening, about t unset, a heavy lowering cloud hung in the southern horizon; with every ap pearance of bring heavily charged with elec tricity and wind. At about dusk, it began to manifest itself by a constant flash of lightning, heavy thunder, a sarong wind, and torrents of rain. This storm lasted, without intermic siou, until about nine o'clock, when the wind calmed oil but the rain continued to fall in copious showers during the night, accompa nied with frequent and vivid flashes of light ning and deafening peaks of thunder. At 3 o'clock, a. id. yesterday, precisely, wo were aroused by a tremendous roar of thunder and very heavy wind, which proved to proceed from a black . ioud lying oil'to the south, cov ering the whole southern sky, tinged with a bright rcdd.ra streak around the lower part of the cloud, and just above the horizon. This storm was soon drawn upon us with almost the fury of a tornado, and being the morning of the anniversary of that terrible scourge which visited dur city, produced'the belief in many, that we were about to witness a scene similar to the Tib ol Mav, 1640, which caused considerable consternation among our citizens, particularly the ladies. Tins second storm raged wild unabated fury until alter 4 o’clock, ami the rain continued to pour m torrents un til near eight. \Ye do not recqUect ever to have witnessed a more incessant rain or seen a greater quantity of water fall in the same space of time. The streets presented the ap pearance, daring ihe whole of the lore part of the morning, and indeed throughout the great er r-art of the night, of immense mountain torrents. The whole scene was sublimely grand, although a unique, and at times, an awful spectacle. * We learn from Dr. Tooley, that the quan tify of water which fell during the night, was 4 <sl-100 inches, an amor :nprecedented, and which ihe venerable tor informs us, exceeds in quantity, during the same length A time, any ;all since August, 1819-, auu pro bably yes beyond even that.—Natchez (Mi.) Free Tr- and r, May 13. JUDGE ANDREWS—COMPETENCY OF TESTIMONY. Public attention has been recent!” directed to a decision of the Judge of the Superior Court of tiie Northern Circuit of this State, whereby Uuiversalists are declared incompe tent witnesses in a Court of Justice, on ac count of their religious belief. The following opinion of the late Chancellor Dessau sure, of South Carolina, on the same point, (confirmed also by the Court of Appeals,'of that State,) is taken from the “Southern of the 19th inst. It is the case of “Elizabeth Fer nandis vs YV m. Henderson, in which Charles Jones, a Universalist, was a witness, and was objected to on tire ground of his denying the doctrine of a future state of rcwares and pun ishments.” We find in the Constitution of Georgia the following: “No one religious society shall ever be established in this State in preference to any other; nor shall any per son be denied the enjoyment of any civil right, merely on account of his religious principles: ’ We do not see how the decision of Judge An drews can be reconciled with this clause of the Constitution of this State. If the reason ing of Chancellor Dessausure be correct, as to “civil rights,” and what constitute them, the decision of Judge Andrews is a direct violation of the clause of the Constitution quoted above. “The question of the competency of this person to be a witness has been fully and in deed ingeniously argued and I am now to de cide upon it. it is one of great importance to this citizen and tire others who think like him, as well as to the community at large. For if he and they are excluded from giving evidence in courts of Justice they would be a .proscrib- ed and degraded class; they could not prove their books of account in Court as merchants ; they could not support prosecutions for injuries, and violences committed on their persons out of sight of other witnesses. Women, enter taining these opinions might be exposed to lawless violations in private without protec- tion—murders might be committed on other persons with impunity in the presence of this excluded and degraded caste; and above all tiie exclusion of these persons from being wit nesses might be the commencement of a sys tem tjf exclusions and distinctions of classes among tiie citizens, entirely at variance with our liberal institutions and cur republican gov ernment. These were the bane of the an cient republics, as well as of the modern re publics of Italy, aryi engendered those hatreds and civil feuds which ruined them all. They deeply ■ injured the Swiss republics. These evils ought to bo avoided if possible. “The object of testimony is the attainment of truth. It is the apprehension of obtaining falsehood instead of truth which has induced human tribunals to require the highest sanc tion which can be obtained. An appeal to the God of Truth in the manner deemed the most sacred and obligatory on his conscience by the person offered as a witness has been uni versally held to be the highest sanction. Jews and- Gentiles, Europeans and Asiatics, an cients and moderns have resorted to and relied on-this as the test of truth——the highest dis covered by human wisdom. “In the case before ub the person offered as a witness believes in a supreme being, a God who is the ruler of the uni verse and who is the avenger of falsehood. But :n his creed that vengeance is poured out on the foresworn wit ness in this life and not in another state of ex istence. He believes tiie impious wretch can neither escape detection from the eye of Om niscience nor punishment from Ornnipo-. tcuce. It does appear to me, that this is a suf ficient sanction to guarantee the attainment of truth from a witness. It is said bv very learn ed men that, the Mosaic dispensation did not look beyond rewards and punishments in this life, ami even in our Saviour’s time, the Saddu cees did not believe in u future state. Yet oaths were required abundantly under tha! system as well as under all the heathen sys tems. There is yet. another sanction drawn from human laws. Every witness knows that he gives evidence under penalties provided by .human laws’ to punish falsehood in testimo ny- ’ “What has made a great impression on my mind, is that the objection is of vast extent, the limits of which I cannot perceive, it might exclude all those from being witnesses who tlo not believe in the eternity of punishments, it may exclude Roman Catholics, who believe that punishments in another world may be a voidedaltogether by absolution, or diminished by masses and prayers. In short I know not where the objection would stop in its opera tion, and it would be more mischievous in this country than in any >lher, because the un bounded iiberty of conscience enjoyed by our citizens leads to many deviations from the stan dard of belief which others think correct.— The business if (he Court is not with opin ions. “There was another ground on which it is mv duty to express an opinion, R. was con tended ’for the defendant that the witness was entitled to be sworn because the constitution of this State guaranteed liberty of conscience which would be violated by excluding citizens from being witnesses on account of their re ligious opinions. The Ist Section of the Sth Article of the Constitution, is that relied on.- That Section provides that the tree exercise and eiiioympnt of religious profession and wor ship without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this Slate of all mankind, provided, that the liberty thereby declared, shall not be so construed as to exercise ads if licentiousness, or justify prac tices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State. On the argument of tike case it was contended by the counsel who opposed the admission oi Mr. Jones as a competent wit ness that the inouiry into his religious opinions did not contravene this article of the Consti tution ; that he might still enjoy ins religious profession and worship notwithstanding such exclusion, and that the exclusion would mere ly operate on bis civil aau not on Lis religious rights. T have considered this sul ject with attention, and I am net satisfied with this ar gument. If a man’s religious opinions are made a ground to exclude bun from the enjoy ment ol civil rights.. then lie dee.- not enjoy the freedom oi ins rciig’.o:-* prffics-ion and w orship. . His exclusion from being a witness. in. Courts of. J usbcc, is a serious injury to h:m ; it is also degrading to him, and others who think with him. If set may be excluded for their religious opinions from 1 rang witnesses, they may be excluded from being Jurors of Judges, and the Legislature might, enact a law excluding fetich persons from h. Umg any eth er office, or serving in the Legislatures, or be coming teachers of Lc bools, and pro lessors of Colleges. “In my opinion this won in be m the very teeth of the Constitution and would violate the spirit of our institution?- Jdo not -know in what that state of things would tidier from tiie galling restraints on the Irish Roman Catholics which have sc long kept that beau- j tiful country and that high spirited people in j at state of degradation and misery, of discon- j ent and rebel lien. It would seem to me to be a mockery to say to men you may enjoy the freedom of your religious profession and worship: but if you differ from us in certain dogmas and points of belief, you shall be dis qualified and deprived of the rights of a citizen to which you would be entitled but for those differences of religious opinion.—The proviso in tire rat Section of the Constitution states i and worship. The restriction is upon ads and practices and not upon opinion. Now the belief in this case cf Mr. Jones, who is object ed to as a witness, that there win not be re wards aud ptiiiisiiiucxw in another state of existence for deeds dene in this life, is neither an act nor a practice—it is merely an opinion, a religious profession. He does believe in the punishment of evil deeds, but it is in this world, under the superintending providence of the omniscient God, who can never be de ceived as to the import of human actions, or their motives. This [ think gives a sufficient tie to his conscience. Upon the whole, lam of opinion that on principle as well as on the provision of the Constitution, Mr. Jones is a competent witness.” From this decree there was an appeal and the following decision made therein : The.Courf concur in opinion with the Chan cellor in this case and the decree is therefore affirmed. Abraham Nott, David Johnson. The following table shows the valuation of ihe taxable property of all the Stales of the Union, except Delaware. In the slaveholding States, the valuation runs high on account ot the slaves being included in the value: States. ~ Valuation. Vermont, 29,000,000 Maine, 28,000,000 i New Hampshire, 31,000,000 M assacliusetls, 203,000,000 Rhode Island, 32,000,000 Connecticut, 97,000,000 New York, 941,000,000 Fenny v Ivania, 294,900,000 New Jersey, 70,000,000 Delaware, Maryland, 100,000,900 Virginia, 208,000,000 N. Carolina, 130,000,000 S. Carolina, 200,000,000 Georgia, 180,000,000 Alabama, 200,000,000 Lo u i si an a, 150,000,000 Mississippi, 230,000,000 Tennessee, 203,000,000 Kentucky, 217,000,000 Ohio, ‘ 110,000,000 Indiana, 95,000,000 Michigan, 95,000,000 Illinois, 89.000,000 Missouri, 100,000,000 Arkansas, 90,000,000 V $3,700,000,000 Boston Evening Gazette. From the New York Herald. ARRIVAL OF TIIE HON. CHARLES F. MTTCHELI THE FORGER, FROM MONTREAL. YosterdaV afternoon, police officer JBowyer, who, has earned justly the name of the Young Yiilocq of New York, arrived in this city in company with the honorable Charles F. Mitchell, charged with forgery and fraud of no small magnitude. On tliursday last the requisition for his de livery, addressed hy Governor Seward to Lotd Sydenham, Governor General of the Canadas, arrived in Montreal. Bowyer, to whom it was addressed, delivered the document to Mr. Daly, the Secretary of the Canadian Governor. At this time Mitchell was heavily ironed, and confined in prison. His behavior had been insolent and overbearing, and be was ironed in consequence. Lord Sydenham on Thurs day addressed an order to the Sheriff'of Mon treal to deliver the prisoner to the requisition from N. Y., and on Friday night, Copt. Com eau oi the Montreal police, took possession of Mitchell. On Saturday morning last, with great secresy, Capt. Comeau, with Mitch eli in irons, and accompanied*by Bowyer, em barked on board the steamer for the New York line. Mr. the counsel of Mitchell came on boad the bo:i1, and it was supposed that some attempt would be made to get out a habeas corpus to prevent his de ■ livery. But the rapidity of Comeau and Bow | yer entirely put a stop to such proceedings. The party thus accoutred then proceeded with steamboat and railroad to St. Johns. At the head of Lake Champlain they again took boat and on board of this boat, before their ar rival at Burlington, Captain Comeau, “in the name of Queen Victoria 1, Queen of Great JJritian and tiie Canadas,” doii\ered Mitchell into the hands of Bowycr, the r -nv York Vid orq. At Burlington Capt. Cornean took his departure, after many sweet pa!iic- with his charge. Bowycr, before their arrival at Whitehall, took off’ Mitchell’s irons, and put on him a neat handcuff’. In this way they ar rived at Albany, on Sunday night, where Bu\v yer made his returns to Governor Seward.— Yesterday morning they embarked in the steamboat and arrived here safe iasf evening, when Mitchell was placed in the Centre street prison, to await Ins indictment, trial, and consequences. .We have learned several curious facts rela tive to Mitchell, some of which we may tell now-—others hereafter. It seems that .Mitchell walked about Phila delphia in a state of disguise four days hi:-:r ho left the Astor lions*'. \t I’hiladekffii* ho wore an iron grey coat.—a broad brimmed hat, a pair of spectacles with his eye-brows plucked out. None of his acquaintance know him.— His two “ contingent friends,” which were a dagger and-a pill of prussic acid, were'.nth him all the time. Qn Saturday, aft< gene?, he travelled in the fame disguise, from Philadelphia, to New York—and in the cars he fell in with overal persons that .be knew intimately, but wno did not knew hirn. On Sunday he went up to Albany in the steam boat Utica, and was side by side with Thar low Weed the whole passage. Thurlow did not. know his old friend. From Albany, Mitch ell leisurely travelled to Canada, and took up his residence in Montreal. The sequel’ has been previously told. Mitchell ha kept a journal of hie life for sometime, which is m the hands cf the thorities. IPs private papers, which’ contain some curious political and nuanciol secrets, are also in the same hands, but we presume they will be concealed, or spirited away from the public eve. Mr. Riddle.—Tins gentleman : s out wY; another letter, (a fifth experiment upon the credulity of the American people.) in the shape of a vindication of Mr. Juudon. His object, he says, is to defend Mr. J. from the attack cf the investigating er.-i.miittee. Tiie whole of it may, we think, be summed up in the following short paragraph : Mr. Jaadon, while Cashier of the T". States Bank, like tiie rest of its officers-and directors, wished to speculate in stocks of course, ami to enable him to do so, the hank lent him the . amount of 8510,000. Finding after some time, that this debt would be likely to be lost, unless some means were provided for Mr. Jaudon to pay it, the bank concluded to scud him as Minister to the Court of St. James, witn a salary averaging seine! lung over 1,- OdQ per annum, and hi.-, brother as Secrctarv , less on the sale of Mr. JY. furniture, and gi>, <■„: ‘he whom legation an outfit of FLOMJ and pays the rent of office, fee. more than SII,OOO per 1 lie wnole of those i urn?* c-x ----eept s:N,000, Mr. Biddle infers K- paid V-n account of his .liability to the bank, which be makes a matter of great credit to Mr. Jau ■ don. Where is the man that would not pav | Ins debts to his creditors, if they would em ploy h : the same or half the - n< j Ben llathbun would do it even and not make any merit ol it either, it does appear to us that these letters are characterized by as cool impudence and as unblushing oiFronte.-", as the* conduct of tiie foot-pad who takes your money, and then argues it right, becau. he possessed the might—Natchez Free Tra der. As Elopement. —We heard it reported yesterday that one of tire young ladies :rt the Convent of the Sacred Heart, fifty miles above this eloped on Teusday night with a young man, a former lover and ere this they probably are man led. The part.es are from TeauCces. I icayanc. The TRANSACTIONS of THE U. STATE* Bank. —We have received several explana tions from the parties interested, of the recent statement we gave from the Private Ledger of the U. S. Bank, an extract from which vre gave,'as given to us. First, of Dudley Leiden, Esq. It seems that after the refusal of Congress, to give a charter to the U. S. Bank, the Branch in Washington wanted to sell a parcel of real estate which it held there. Mr. Selden, in conjunction with John S. Crarv, W. W. Cor coran, Mr. Riggs, and others of this city, greed to make the purchase ‘on speculation, and gave their notes payable to the cashier, on the sale of the lots. If the prices of real es tate had kept up, it is probable the purchasers would soon have effected sales, and made some profit —but as the general suspension and revulsion succeeded, there was no possi bility to get riu of the lots, except at ruinous prices. Tiie cashier of the branch was em- powered by these gentlemen to transact the business—and the thing has remained in this stale ever since. Mr. Selden never had any discounts of the U. S. Bank. The note ap pearing in the list was given in purchase of the real estate, and has teen transferred, without his knowledge, to the assignees of the United States Bank. Os the of her transactions, in which the names of Daniel Webster and Edward Curtis appear, tiie facts are these, as far as known. About six months ago, Mr. Curtis endorsed a note for $ 1090, drawn by Mr. Webster, It was for 60 or 90 days. Since that period Mr. Curtis has never heard of it, not even that it way protested, and he always supposed that it had been paid at maturity. This is the only monied transaction in which Mr. Curtis ever had anything to do in conjunction with Mr. W ebster, Whether Mr. Webster owes tiie bank that amount we know not, but it cer tainly’’ is in the list of assets assigned. The truth is, vve want, a full copy of the “Private Ledger,” and must have it.—N. Y. Herald. Cultivation of tue watermelon. —The best, soil lor tho V> atormelon, is a piece of meadow, or the old sod land, ploughed the August preceding, as deep as possible ; left to be in the rough all winter ; early in the spring cross ploughed ; and, if not pretty rich, had best have a good coat of old well-rotted stable-yard or chip-manure, scattered over it previous to the second ploughing. This is better than putting the manure in the hill ; as, on examination, it will be found that the roots of this plant spread over the whole space-from hill to hill, and moreover are always to bo found within three or four inches of the sur face. About the third week of April (I speak of the vicinity of Cincinnati) Jet the ground bo marked out, by running light furrows with tiie plough twelve feet apart, crossed by others at tiie same distance. Where these intersect, form a flat hill of 15 or 18 inches in diameter, net over three inches in height.— Immediately, if tiie weather is mild and favo rable, plant 6 or 8 good sound seeds at one side oi die hill. As soon as these appear a bove the ground, or on that day week after they were planted, put as many more of tho same variety, at the other side ; and it is even good practice, to make a third planting urn* week after tiie second. You thus secure a sufficiency of good stout plants in each hill.— When tiie plants are yet in the cotyledon or seed leaf, go over each hill, and with* the fin ger gently withdraw the earth from about each plant ; nearly to where the rootlets ap pear. Lins will in a measure prevent the cut worm’s attack ; will harden the stem, and prevent its damping off if a cold, wet spell come on. Leave at leasl Bor 10 good stout j plants in each drill, thinning them out gradu al]}’. as they seem to require room, until when they begin to vine out, all may be removed but. two. in the mean time, tiie ground must be kept clear of weeds by die use of tho plough or cultivator, and hoe. When tho plants have wired out about a foot, go over them iortiie Inst time; levelling olftiio ground, and forming a neat flat kill of two feet and a hail round the jdants, but taking care not to draw any earth up to tiie stems. After tins j t hey require no farther attention. A few weeds j scattered about, of a trading growth, will bo oi advantage rather ban otherwise. J’itc cut-worm is the great enemy to our watermelons, sweet potatoes, and early corn. | The best cure is tall and winter ploughing; j but where this has been neglected, muches , the picking by hand, I have been assured by j a gentleman of experience, may be rendered • unnecessary, by scattering a little sait round i margin ot each hill; that the worm in its . mghf. journeys in search of food, will never i cross the idle thus drawn. It has often been attempted to grow the watermelon in a hot bed, and transplant, but never to cur knowledge, with success. It might, however, be done, by planting in small po-;s, taking care to harden ihe plants before .-et-iiig them out and carefully turning tho eai: of earth, enclosing the roots into the hill. The t . S. Brig, Consort, is now at anchor I n our hart r, and her office re, w hose names | a y e atlacii('d io this no? ice, are engaged in a j survey cf the East Pass, with a v;%w to ascer ’ tain correctlv, the quantity of water on Beg Island Bar. j J,. M• Powell, Lieut. Commanding :N. IT. Harrison. R. Sennues. Jno. 1,. Ring, John F. Borden and Ceorge L. Selden, Lieuls.; i)r. Miner. A:-cY. Surgeon ; R. Wninvvright, W. P. McArthur, Passed AlidU-Jpmen, ami F. Bfolle, f.UptaiVs Clerk.—Apalachicola (Fla.) Journal, May 2 -■ President Tjfier gave his first official dinner on Thursday last. There were present the member:- .-f the Cabins'', (except Mr. Web ster and Mr. Crittenden, who are absent from the dry) the .Mayor V> .isbmgffin, the Com • wander iu Chief, the Adjutant General, the ; Senior Uommodord in the Navy, Morris— CoriUiiar.uer Wan ir.gton, and General Jessup, two or three tnembers of Congress, and a few gentlemen of the city—including every Whig editor. There were no ladies except those of : the” family.—N. V. Signal. ISocN’TY ox Sii.k. —The Legislature of New ‘fori; has passed an act aliening a bounty of fidc-t.-n cents pur pound for all cocoons produ ced in the Slate, and fifty cents per pound for i tiie ‘reeled silk. The act u- to continue iu cf j feet until June, 1, lixith New Vloygii.-—We have examined a sin* I guim- and highly approved Plough, manulac ! tured :..! the shop of Mr. Quarles in this city, ; of a inoJc-i invented and patented by Marshall | Jiamuif-, Esq. and his son Seaborn J Minims, j both d’ < taktibbeba county, Mississippi, it ’ >.•< resists wholly of iron;—handles, beam, helve | bract.-’ and all, and is put up with great ; strength and neatness. Its weight is not ’ rni re than the average of ploughs on wooden j stocki ■ and one of its great excellencies, be- I sides its durability, is that the helve is so I contrived that bv the aid cl two or three w t- • j'i; different kiaus ct hoes may be a,- 1 ‘;c■ i” used the inert cccnvcmonce anti Uucec-re Itr. Tire shovel: 2d. half shovel: i ;) ( j. tVi n jin-'’ M reel: 4th. scooter or bull tongue : ■ : 7th: sweep: Bth. cut ti,--,..- or jumping coulter. ft ia indeed quite a curiosity, and shows.tho 1",',. >of 5,11 Ingenious. mechanical mind. Mr. j .Siinmt. v. v that his son mostly perfect e ‘ the • improvement. The patent right is sold for one dollar each plough, when taken rcpnraie ,'v, and quite a moderate sum fer a v refy rigid. We wish indeed that the en : < rpr'.xf .may prove successful, and that the \rcr by mvoffiors may be well rewarded, and aU; the : übiu by its general use.—Tuscaloosa j.;p er. Loos at this! — U. S. Ban.-; N • r::s •—As signees of the assets of the - the ] * 8. ‘Branch at Pittsburg, re.Yi-r U- rc-. ewe ihe note', of the Bank iu oi (L'O'e iranticriod.