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lonnect Boston more closely with Europe, Find rapidly extend its foreign connections, li’hese results will be greatly enhanced by Ihe connection through the Railroad with the Sreat VV est. 1 hat channel of communica tion must entirely change the currents of rade, and make Boston the great centre for ill the business of \\ estern New York, and wdl divert from this citv a business equtil to £100,000,000 per annum.—N. Y. Herald. Tlt E TIM ES . i iie muon of the slates ana the sovereignly of: he stales COLUMBUS, DECEMBER 9, Xfrt 1 Foil CONGRESS, tVALTKR T. COLQUITT EDWARD .J. BLACK, t MARK A. COOPER. MILLEDGE VILLE COR it lit* PON DE NC E or THE COrX'MBUS TI>!ES. Milledoevilli:, Dec. 4 h, 1841. Tito Senate has passed the bill from the Hou.sw introduced into the latter body by Mr. Pitts, of Stewart,- repealing'the first section of an act passed by the last Legislature, which rendered nugatory Iho charter of the Central JJink—or, in othor words, the bill of Mr. Pitts gives to the Central Rank its original powers j and faculties. The Seriate Ins also agreed to the bill from the 11 use which authorises the Central Dank to issue notes to the amount of three hundred thousand doliarsJMinder the denomination of, live dollars, in redemption of the hills of that : institution already out. A hill of .Mr. Howard, of Muscogee, enlar ging the jurisdiction of Justices of the Peace : e<i l‘ ,r as the notes of 15 inks are concerned, and afford.tig a summary remedy in the col lection of sud notes, has received the sane- | lion o! the Senate, having previously passed ! the House. It has been amended in fbe Sen ale, graduating die time at which it shall be gin to operate—that is, it goes into effect so j tar as live dollar notes are concerned on tlie first of .March, and for tens, twenties, fifties I and hundreds, at regular intervals subsequent- j ly, it being in full operation on the first of September next. If the bill, as amended, j receive the assent of the House, as it doubt- I less will, 1 w ill obtain and send you a correct cony ol it. for publication. The Ha droad bill which discontinues farther operations on the Western and Ailantic Rail road—abolishes the Hoard of Commissioners, j and places tire work under the directiun of a i Superintendant to be appointed by the Gov ernor—and permits the completion of fifty two ! miles, nmo uttiln• contract, provided tire mini i necessary for this I.filer purpose can be raised I out oi the bonds and scrip of i lie State al ready issued—lns passed both branches ofi the Legislature.- The Senate has been engaged 1 his after-’ fioon in considering the bill from the House j reducing the faxes 2ttper cent. It has passed ; fiie Senate w ith some important amendments, i which will, probably, lie concurred in by the j other branch, ihe Senate amendments place j cm all pleasure carriages a tax of one dollar | on every hundred dollars worth—a tax of one dollar oil every hundred dollars worth of jew- ! dry worn by uy dr-s—and a tax of two dollars ! on every hundred dollars worth of .gold and j silver plate in use. A tax of thirty one and a j quarter cents on every hundred dollars of the I capital stock ol a Bmk is also imposed by the t amendments’ of the Senate. The applicat on made to the Legislature to exempt the bridge at Columbus from taxation, lias boon rejected by the House of Represen tatives. /. I! t The following is a .etter from certain individuals in M icon, addressed to the candi dates for Congress, accompanied by Maj. Coop er’s reply. We stKwikl be pleased also to know the opinion of e it'll candidate on the great issue, “ Hank or no Bank”—particularly Mr. Gilmer’s. Mkot, Dec. 9, 1831. Dtmfi Su: : At a large and respectable rme::ng of the citizens of this county,- without regard to party distinctions, in favor of the general bankrupt law. we, the utiders'gned, were appointed a committee to propound to each of the candidate* for Congress the fol lowing question, and request an early answer : If elected to Congress and the question should be brought up, will you vote for or y puns* its repeal ! Very resp ctfully, EDMUND FLAKE, BE J. McMLI.LEN, THUS P. STUBBS, WM. B. CONE. GEO. C. MoNEIL, CIiAS. C. USIIE.i. To Mark A. C-'Oprr, Esq. Ci i.i'MTU’s, 7 li n-r. JS4I. T■ M K I n-til Bhke, M J M'M'Uen, Tins. P Sixth* IT ,in Ct if O jrj; C ‘il .Vcil and Ch irlit C. Ui i:r. C nn a:; tee. Gen n.KMKN : \ uur letter ot the 31 ins', has this moment been received. \\ uhchoer- Imness and pleasure 1 late the earliest oppor- Ihnitv to affard you the satisfaction you re q-iire. Ido it with promptitude : first, because 1 hold it to be your right to inquire, and my tiaty co answer; secondly, because in making sjch inquiries you doubtless had in view, to possess yourself of such information as will enable you to act adv seJly in bestowingyour Miffiages. 1 wdl not permit myself to surmise any ul terior object, or any consideration on your part, arising from a purpose less worthy titan that von have avowed; for you say you have “ been appointed to propound to each of the candidates for Congress” one and the same question Nor will I suppose that you will permit yourselves to be content with any one of either p'trty who shall omit or refuse to give you an explicit an l unequivocal reply. The suggestion of either would degrade you to the level of those who unworthily strive for mere party triumph, without reference to the m a su res or principles on which alone party or ganization is justifiable. It would strip you of that high bearing, that should distinguish a free, intelligent and magnanimous constitu ency. There is now, gentlemen, no sensible or virtuous distinction ut party in Georgia, in rc , gard to general politics, except such as shall •J grow out of differences of opinion upon cer [ tain prominent measures no v agitated before the people. In the adoption or rejection of f these, are vitally concerned ihe principles and • j policy of every triend to the Constitution—of * every Republican, whether a “Union rnan” ora “State Rights man.” Distinctions in , i sound without regard to sense are fast falling to the ground, and are daily yielding to the mass of individual interests which control them. The “ Bankrupt Law” of the last session you are pleased to consider one of such vital importance as should govern you and those i you represent in justing your votes for mem ;bers of Congress, to be elected on the first j Monday in January next, “without regard to j party.” As is your pleasure, so to you it | ought to be. i You say that, “at a large and respectable’ ! meetingfof citizens of your county, in fa- ’ ; vor of the general Bankrupt law, you were j I appointed a committee to propound to each of; J the candidates for Congress, the following ■question, to wit: If elected to Congress, and’ : the question should be brought up, will you vote , I for or against its repeal In reply thereto, l answer, that without doubt, if elected, and an opportunity should j arise. 1 would vote for the repeal oi the “Gen j | oral Bankrupt Jaw ” of the last session of Con- J Ia reas, re mined to by you. Tins being my answer, allow tne, without •be labor oi an argument on my part or the tax of i:s perusal on yours, to sum up partially my reasons lor so doing Fust. My opposition to such a measure | was elicited almost cotemporaneously with | the firt political acls of my life, by what I un derstood to be the opinions and action of the Republican party in regard to .t. Secondly. This Bankrupt 13.11 assuredly, will blight this country with an increasing moral desolation, already rendered fearful by the influence of a credit system, to which, the evils involved in this measure are but the first chapter in the sequel. These evil-, must be Vifitcd on the heads of those who receive the proffered Lenefi.s of the act, as well as of these v ho must rest under i.s iiill.ctions. I hi idly. Or those who are expressly provi ded for by the bill, more than half will be uis ;q pointed in the benefits proffered by it.— j ; i'nese will prove to be the most worthy ob jects ol its favor. ! Fourthly, ‘.'lie act, tin its provisions, is a j gross perversion of justice, and is nothing short of robbery by form of law, without constitutional grant. It takes from hundreds ihe r property without their consent and gives it to others. It leaves minors and wards destitute in spite of the care and prudence of testators, guardians and trustees. It takes money from the pockets of the security to pay the debts of the principal,without hope of res ituti.o'.i. Fifthly. It i.; unequal In its operations, and ‘partial in its effects, it favors the dealer in thousands, and withholds i’s benefits from those who deal in hundreds. Sixthly. It is calculated to deedie and mis lead the mass of our citizens, who are unob servant of its effects, whilst it opens the doer to the wary, the cautious and designing tra • der to take advantage of the unsuspecting and confiding rnan from the country. These, gentlemen, are some of the reasons which influence my opinions. And whilst 1 find an express grant of power to Congress to pass a Bankrupt Law, I deny that that au thority was ever intended to apply to existing contracts. Our Constitution was made to gurfreinte life, liberty and property. If your property exists in debts duetto you, and mine in land and negroes, that is no reason or au thority for Congress to destroy or abolish your right of property that does not apply to the abolition of mine. If you are surety for me, j on a noie or bond, there is no power in Con i gresa to take your property to pay the debt, and free mins, which would not also authorise Congress to remove you from your lands, and place me in possession. Hoping that the foregoing will have fully satisfied you, I subscribe myself Youi olntlunt servant, V MARK A. COOPER . From the Savannah Georgian. FtlOM FLORIDA. lAI'T. WADE’S EXPLOIT. BY ibe schr. Walter M., Cap*. Hitchcock, the editors of the Georgian have received the St. Augustine Herald and the Mews of Frit! ty last. From their columns we extract further particulars of Capt. Wade’s successful scour near!, ike Worth, communicated in Satur day's Georgian. From the Si. Align-tine Herald of Friday last. We publish the following as the best bid letin from Florida which lias app aired si .ce the war commence !. It is an extract from a letter of Capt. W. 1) A. Wm!o T 3l Artillery, to a brother otficcr in this oi< v, which lias been politely furnished to us. We copy it verba tim : “1 have no time to write a long letter—suf fice it to say 1 am pleased with the result. R ECA riTUL ATIO N. Killed, 0 warriors, 2 buys, 8 | Prisoners, 1 1 warriors, Id women, 30 j 10 boys. Id g rls, 22 | 63 Destroyed 20 canoes. Captured Id rifles. “ 12 powder horns, (well filled.) “ am quantity of ba Is and hucksiiot, and as for provisions, more than you can tell. I Bumpkins, contie, beaus, &.c. i\o lose on my \ ‘part. Aii returned weil. I'he Indians were | ready for right, and very well prepared. Ilatl 1 60 men tot I)and K companies, 31 artiilery.) j L cut. I honias and Ass’t. Surgeon Emerson : accompanied. Hurrah for “old Wade!” He went out with do men —brought them home safe, and j brought a fair account of sixty throe Indians, j From the commencement of Use war no ex ploit has equalled lies. Fo the politeness of officers of the Garri son we are indebted fur the ldllowmg particu lars of Capt. Wade's admirable exped.tiou : Ab rut the 12 hos the mouth, Captain \V. D. A. Wade, 2d Artillery, commanded at Fort Lauderdale, (on the Atlantic coast, 30 miles Nor.li of Key 11 scayne,) caught an Indian fishing on the beach, who undertook to conduct , hmi to a village. Setting out with 60 men, he came to the place, where he shot 8, and cap tured 20. One of the captured informed him th it he had been a great friend of Sam Jones, j but lately had quarreied, and that he would guide to another village 30 miles distant.-- Lathis village they went, where they captur ed 37, without receiving a shot, aitfiough Lie Indians had thirteen loaded rifi *s. The friendly Indian now offered tn bring in more if Capt. Wade would permit him to go after them. Permission was given, and be returned with 4 men and two boys. As the i party returned to the Post, another Indian ; came up and surrendered himself. L euts. Wvse, Rankin, Thomas, and Chur chill, had gone out with 70 men, guided by th s friendly Indian ; but not knowing where Sam Jones is, they expect but little success. Sam is supposed to be a few days march south of Lake Okechobee, with a few warriors, and on the return of his party, Major Childs in tends proceeding with boats into the Ever glades to hunt him out. “How old is old \Vade ?” was the enquiry made at Black Creek some years ago at a convivial party, where “old Wade” was present. “I can’t tell,” replied a cadet from West Point, “but I remember he was a first Lieutenant of the 3d Artillery at Bradd-ick’ $ Defeat .” The News in noticing Cap\ Wade’s ope rations, remarks, Capt. Wade and L eut. Thomas deserve and will receive, the whole credit of this important service, which will go far toward ending the war. We understand that Lieut. Wyse, with se venty men had started on a scout in pursuit | of Sam Jmes, accompanied by Lieuts. Bhover, ; Rankin, and Churchill. We heartily wish • them success. Tiie scout from Fort Dallas, commanded | by Copt. Burke, had not returned. They have been absent six or seven weeks. Major Childs had gone down to Fort Lau derd tie, and was preparing for a general scout to the Ekachobee L ike. Assistant Surgeon ! orter, ordered from this Post to New York, Lieut. Col. Oates, ordered to Traders’ Ilill, j on an examination of that Post, Fort Maniac, and North Station, which has been placed within !n District and under bus superintend* ance. Lie it. Patrick lias Temporarily assumed charge of the settlement of that country. He is a very active and efficient officer. It is said that a smai! party of Indians vver ■ brought in at Palatka, a few days since, by one of the runners sent out by Col. \Vonh From ti e Globe. THE MISSISSIPPI BONDS. The writer of ihe He.aid’s money article sums up, with much brevity, from authentic documents, ibe history of the frauds commit ted in regard to the Mississippi bonds, ti will be see n that both the seller and buyer violated ilie express injunction ul'the authority under which the one undertook to sell, and the other to buy—The Bank of the U. S. was the pur chaser, and bv ils charter it is expressly pro hibited limn dealing in such bonds or stocks. I'lie Stale commissioners who negotiated the sale noi only violated the law prescribing the terms on which acme they were authorized to seil, but also set at nought the constitution ol ihe Slate in accomplishing the object.— N; idier of the parties to the pretended con tract were compel nt to make it. and in ma king it frauds were committed sufficient of themselves to annul it. as between individu als. The history of the transaction will be found in the following; “ I'iiese bonds were created for the estab iishnieni of the .Mississippi Union Bank.— The charter of the Mississippi Union Bank prescribes not only ihe substance, but the limn of the bonds, and provides that they shall be in sums of two thousand dollars each, 4 which sum the said State of Mississippi promises to pay in current lank notes of the Udited States’ to ihe< rdei of the Bank, with interest at ihe rate of 5 per ceiv. per annum, payable half yearly, at the place named in the endorsement of ihe bonds. The act further provides that said bonds shall not lie sold un der l!**.:r par value. The bonds so created were delivered to the c >mmis-ioners, J. C. Wilkins, K. C. Wilkinson, and W. M. Pine ard, Esqrs. Those gentlemen in May, 183S, applied to Nicholas Biddle for a sale of the bonds. A contract was finally entered into by which Mr. Biddle bought the bonds in bis own name, endorsed by the Bank in order to evade the law which forbids the Bank to buy stoek. Mr. B-(Vile purchased the bonds on time, and the payment was •altered from the current m iney of the United States as pre scribed by the law to the currency ol Great Britain. Toe B ink received in pari pavryer.t the post notes ofi the U. S. Bank. Gov. McNutt refused to acknowledge this contract and cautioned the public by proclamation, not to purchase the remaining .*‘5,000,000 - The Legislature made no provision for the j payment of the interest, and the United j •States Bank, having a- large pari ofi the bonds j on band, advanced the interest abroad to sus- | lain the credit ofi the State, rep'esefiting that ; the State lead paid. When the United States j Bank failed she was unable to go on paying, j and then Hope & Cos. of Amsterdam ad-j dressed a letter to Governor McNutt, calling j his attention to the fact. In the answer of j Governoor McNutt, datedj.July, 1841, be goes at length in the reasons lor not paying, sum ming up as follows: 1 lie state therefore denies all obligation to i pay the bonds held in trust by you* fox the j following reasons: Ist. The bonds were sold on a credit. 2d. The currency in which the bonds were j made payable, was changed from current mo j uey of the United- States to pounds sterling of Great Britain, at the rate of lour shillings j and sixpence to the dollar. 3J. The contract of sale was fraudulent, j 4th, The Bank of the United States Was not authorised to make the purchase. 5: li. The bonds were sold at less than their par value in violation of the charter of the ; bank. The money paid for these bonds did not j come into the state treasury. The officers ■ of the government had no control over itsdis- i liursements. The bonds were disposed of in August, 1833, by collusion and fraud, in violation of the constitution a-nd* laws of this state. The Mississippi Union Bank, and the Bink of tlio United States, were parties to this unlawful transaction, 4ou have the en ■dorsement of both these institutions, and to thenVyou must look for payment. This state never will pay the five millions of dollars of state bonds issued in June, ISAS, or any por | tion of the interest due or to become due there on- Piie los.-es sustained by the contracts were j estimated as follows: Interest on five million state bonds from Till June, 13-38, to Ist Nov. 1833. $106,000 Interest on 4,000,000, two months, 33,333 Interest on 3,000,tRK), two months, 21,999 I Interest oil 2.000,000, two months, 13,693 Interest on 1,000,000, two months, 8.333 Difference between five millions dollars, principal of state bonds, in current money of the United States and sterling money of Great Britain at f mr shiliings and sixpence to the dollar, 478,750 Diilerence of interest on 8125,000 of state bonds, payable in twelve years between current money of tlie United States, and pounds sterling of Great Britain, at four shillings and six pence-to the dol lar. 60,525 .Difference of interest on 82,750,- (400 of state bonds payable in twentv years, between current money o. the Unite! S’ates and pounds sterling of Great Britain, at four shillings and six pence to the dollar, 353,058 1,033,785 “ Th° bondholders have the endorsement of the United States Bank, and the Union Bank. The committee of the United States Bank states that Biddle had no authority to make the contract. The Union Bank has made an assignment of all its property, and notified all claimants upon the bank to fi e their claims within eight months from the as signment, all such to be preferred creditors. I‘he bank is utterly insolvent, and cannot pay its liabilities independent of its endorse ment. Its money is selling at thirty cents on the dollar. Governor McNutt went to the pjopie with the question of paying or not pav ing on the ground he assumed, and the result is a decision in his favor. This is the state of affairs in Mississippi.” aao aatitvxosN FROM MILLEDGEVILLE. Times Office, Dec. 9—ll o'clwlt, a. m. O’ By the mail of this morning,.we-have re ceived the following letter from our corres pondent which gives, among other things*the news of the final rejection, in the Senate, of Mr. Howard’s bill, the passage of which has been looked for with much anxiety by many of our citizens: MILI.EDGEVir.LE, Pec. 6. 1841. I regret to inform you that the bill, known as Howard’s substitute, ei larging the juris diction of Justices of the Peace so far as Bank notes were concerned, and providing a sum mary remedy in the collection of the same, has been finally lost in the Senate. This b'll, having previously passed the 11 >use. received also, a day or two since, the sanction of the Senate, with some amendments/ which I have already communicated to you. A reconside ration wassubsequentiv moved and obtained— and, on to day, the bill came up for final dispo sition. On a motion to lay on the table for the balance or the session, it was lost by the casting vote of the President—and on the question shall the biff pass, it was rejected by a majority of five votes. The b. 11 authorising a loan of two hundred thousand dollars to the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company was lost in the House, last week, by a majority of two votes. A re consideration was moved and obtained ; and to-day the bill was rejected by a vote of 112 to 53. The tax bill has passed the Senate as it c.arne from the House, throwing aside ihe amendments, mentioned in my last, which taxed carriages one dollar on every hundred dollars of their value—jewelry worn by the person one dollar on every hundred dollars worth—gold and silver plate two dollars on every hundred dollars worth—and thirty one and a quarter cents on every hundred dollars of the capital stock of Banks. The bill, as it | stands, if I do not mistake its provisions, redu- Ices the taxes 29 per cent, except on Bank j stock, and money employed in shaving. The report ofi the committee reeommeli'd ! ing an appropriation for the benefit of James : Kivlin as Military Storekeeper at Columbus-, j has beeiv disagreed to by the House of liep j resentatives. 1 hope you will publish as soon as practica ; hie the report of the minority committee on j the Centra! Bank. It will be found in the j Federal Union of this week. It shows that j the entire capital stock of tfie Hank, excluding j merely a fraction, lias been .absorbed by leg j islative appropriations, and not by distribu tions to the people. * The bill giving specific taxing powers to the City Council of Columbus,, which has passed the House, has not been taken up in the Senate. It will, probably, pass that body. The Legislature wild adjourn, without doubt, on Thursday morning—at all events, during this week. Mr. Grieve, as one of the Committee on the Slate of the- Republic in the House, has expressed his individual views in a counter : report. It exhibits more spirit than is usu ally to be found’ in the writings of that gen tleman, induced perhaps by the difficulties which, just now, encompass iiis political posi- 1 tion. There are also statements in the’ report, relative to some of the transactions of the last Congress, which are hardly deductible from the facts, properly interpreted. Mir.LFDGEVILT.E, Dec. 6, 1841. I shall send you, probably in time for your publication next week, a transcript from the journals of the Senate, of the proceedings of that body on the Report and Resolutions of the Joint Committee on the State of the Re public. When these proceedings are spread before your readers in a retailed form, they will, 1 doubt not, pronounce them to be among the most extraordinary ever enacted in a grave and dignified assembly of legislators. There are, I believe, nerr forty wliigs in the Senate of Georgia. On three or four i of the resolutions, not bearing specially on I the political questions now dividing the coun- I try, there were perhaps as many as thirty of | the whig. Senators found voting, while on the i resolutions declaring certain great measures | as constitutional and proper, and repudiating other measures as unwise and unauthorised by the constitution, they, with a few excep tions, retired from the Senate Chamber, or declined’ to vote. The Hon. Senator from Richmond remarked in his speech on the re port and resolutions that they were ingenious ly drawn, and designed or calculated to en trap whig Senators. Now the report and r<£? olutions plainly anu distinctly avowed one set of principles and repudiated another set —and jf Senators on the whig side had aay fic:i opinions on these su’ijPcts, and were willing to disilose them, where was the difficulty in voting for or against the resolutions, and the report which accompanied them 1 An eye-witness of the scene only can fully understand the extraordinary course pursued by whig Senators, or realise the awkward predicament in which they found themselves, wlren obliged by the dictates of the party,, to decline acting in support of doctrines which had once received the hearty assent of the j State Rights party. These gentlanen con-j tinued to retire and to decline voting, except ing here and there one, until the resolution] censuring Mr. Birrien y in express terms, fori voting to confirm Mr. Everett as minister to j England, introduced by the Hon. Senator, from Muscogee, was presented for the consid-■ ‘•ration of the Senate. At this point, whig! Senators seemed to be wholly unable to mark j out a course for themselves. They knew ! well tjjat opposition to the resolution would j be political death at home—yet they were un willing to sacrifice Mr. Berrien. They, there i fore, to a man, refused to vote ; and on the adoption of rhe resolution, the yeas were 48, ; nays, none. So the resolution passed unani- I mo udy. Mr. Kenan, of Baldwin, said the resolution • did not contain the fact?—that Mr. Everett [condemned slavery in the abstract merely I “Very well.” said the honorable Senator from Mu c igee, “ vote against it—if ft do not contain the facts, you are justified in opposing it. We, on this side of the House, are willing to sustain the resolution as it stands. We are willing to go to the country on the correctness of the facts embraced in the resolution.”— The Whig Senator from Lee said that he had seen no evidence of the correctness of the statements in the resolution, and could not, ibhrefore, vote understanding!) 7 —vet he did not hesitate to declare that, if Mr. Everett he'd the opinions respecting slavery attribu ted to him in the resolution, the people of . Georgia would not approve of the course of Mr. Berrien in voting for the formes individual to be Minister to England'. At this point in the discussion, the venera ble Senator from- Gt eene, whose seat, from j the time the report and resolutions were taken j up to tiie moment they were disposed of, j seemed to have been any thing but agreeable to him—held a short conference with the Se* nator from Baldwin, at the close of which, the latter demanded, of the Senator from Musco gee, the proof that Mr. Everett held certain i opinions respecting slavery contained in his ! resolution. It was hoped in this way to avoid a direct vote on the resolution, and Whig Se nators would thus be enabled to extricate; themselves from the dreadful dilemma in which they were placed. The Senator from Muscogee immediately tendered, Cor the in spection of Senators, a celebrated letter writ ten by Mr. Everett in 1839, when a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, which letter produced the opposition to Mr. Everett in the U. S. Senate. The letter passed among Wing Senators, and as each took a hasty glance at its contents, it fell like hot coals from their hands—and the resolution passed nem. con. This Report an.d Resolutions come up to morrow in the house, as the special order of the day. A motion was made, to-day, by Mr. Hull, of Clark, to Tfiy the report and reso lutions on the table for the balance of the session. This motion was opposed by Mr. Wofford, of Habersham, who intimated that the gentleman trom Clark, and some of his political associates- in the House, had no par ticular anxiety to meet the subject matter contained in the report and resolutions, by a direct vote. The motion of Mr. Hull did not, however, prevail. For. Daniel Webster. —ln the course of Mr. Badger’s speech to his friends in North Carolina, speaking of the dissolution of the late cabinet, and the vacillations of the Presi dent, he says: “His conduct then, standing as it did to me, totally without any explanation of its apparent, deviation from manifest propriety, and without any sufficient pledge for the future, left, in my judgement, no alternative but immediate resignation, unless I had been a miserable sycophant, willing to retain office, under what ever circumstances of degradation, for the sake of its emoluments and power.” We should like to. gel the 1 opinion of “the Great Constitutional Lawyer,’’ as he is called, upon the case presented in this paragraph. YVliat a shocking thing it is for people-to allow themselves to speak their nxindis so freely.— N. Y. Post. COLUMBUS PRICES CURRENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY, BY JOHN • HO W £ L L( Bagging—Heavy India, 46 in. yd 33 a Kentucky 30 a 33 Inverness 30 a iJ.Lisidee 2-3 a 30 Tuw 20 a 22 Bale Rope, IS- 10 a 12j B,\ooiti-—Ha ns,- 9 a I2J Eii .-a and Should-era 7 a lO Hog round 7 ja 8 Beef —Pblfled’ Hd 10 On foot tb 2jo 3-j Butter 2-0 a 30 Candles — -Sperm- 50 a 55 Wax 63 Tat.ow,- 15 a 20 Cas rf;Gs, 5 a 6 Cheese —Northern 1 , 12 a 16 Coffee, 13 a 15 Cotton, la 1\ Featbf.rs, _ 43 a 56 Fish —Mackerel No. 1 to 3 febl 10 a 2O Herring box 2 a2 50 Cod lb 5 a 6 Shad 1 bbl 20 Flour —Northern, 10 G ount ry, 8 Fodder- “ cwt 75 a 1 Grain —Corn. bu 40 a 50 Wheat, la a l Oats cwt 50 Glass, box 4 a6 50 Gunpowder l , It >g 5 a7j Hides', lb 6 a 8 Iron—Swedes, 6ja 8 English lire,- 6 Lard, 9 a 12j Lead>, 8 Lime, C’.Vsk 4 a 450 Molasses, gal 35 a 40 Nails —S-vedes iron lb 8j English iron, 8 Oils— Win tie# larap, gal 125a 175 Linseed, 1 50 Train, 65 a 80 Paints —White lead.- keg 325a 375 Peas, iu 50 a 6-5 Pork —Pickled, bbl 10 atS Fresh, lb 4 a 6 Rice, 63 i Salt, sack 3 Shot, bag 275 a 3 Soap 1 , 8 a 10 Steer—iOast 20 a 25 German, 15 a 20 American, 12 a 13 ; -Sug ars West India', 10 l3 New Orleans, S’ a It Loaf, 2la 25 Lump, 18 a 22 j Spirits —Brandy—Cognac. gal 250 a 5 “ American, 60 a 1 “ Peach, 75 a 1 “ Apple, 60 a 75 Rum—Jamaica, 175 a 2 50 “ New Eng'and, 43 a 6-. Whiskey—lrish, 4 “ Monongahcla, 85 a I “ Western, 35 a 40 Crin—Holland, I- 50 a 2 “ American, 45 a 50 ! Tallow, lb 8 j Vinegar, gd 50 a 75 ! Wines —-Madeira, 1 50 a 5 Sheiry, 1 50 a 3 Champagne, ba.-ket 15 nlo Claret, box 3 a 5 Malaga, gal 50 a 65 TRADE. Since last week we have ha J small receipts of Cot ton. in consequence of the verv b ul condition of our roads. We ttndei stand that many bridges have been carried away by the late heavy rains. Our cotton market is quite active to-day, at price t somewhat better than those which have prevailed f r some davs past: we quote sales at from 7 to 7* —mostly 7; a 71- Last night all the absent mails font the north were brought up. and the complexion of advices from New New York does not look cheering. Cotton had de- j dined fully ( c. The money market was also suffer ing severely, 0 on* the great exportation of the pre- j cious me.als. The first class bills w-uie told at from i 1 a lj per cent, per month. The Lowell, Tallahassee, Ga. Harrison. Cha mois, and Francis have artived since our last, with cargoes of groceries for o-u merchants—most of them have left with large cargoes of cotton. Tiie river is in good order, and will probably remain so for the balance of the season. Freights —To Apalachicola, 91 perbalc—to Co lumbus. 91 per barrel Exchange.— We cannot find a stationary rate for Exchange. Last week our banks were checking at 60 days at par, accepts nee waived—this, however is now at an end, an i we now quote sight 5 a 9 p r cent. 60 dav btl s. under acceptance, are woilli 5 per , ecu'. Tin* demand it equal to tin- tupplv. EXCHANGE it BANK NOTE TABLE. 1 EXCHANGE. Bills on New York at sight, 7 percent prem. Bills on Baltimore, 5 Bills on Richmond, 4 Bills on Mobile, 2 Bills on Savannah, 5 Bills on Charleston, 6 Bills on Philadelphia, 5 Specie, 8 CURRENT NOTES. Bank of Cotmnb is, 3 pr cent premium. Planters and Mechanic’s Bank par Central Bank of Georgia, Ruckersviile Banking Cos. 5 pre. Georgia ft. !i. and Banking Company. 6 pre in SPECIE PAYING BANKS. Insurance Bank of Coiumbus. Comm-’reial Bank at Macon. Bank of State of Georgia and Branches.. Bank of Augusta, Bank of St. Marv’s Bank of Mi'dedgeville. Augusta Insurance and Banking Company, i 13 ink of Brunswick and Branch at Augusta. | Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta, i Marine and Fire Insurance Bank of Savannah and ! Branch at Macon. Branch of the Georgia Rail Roid at Augusta. Pi niters’ Bank-iii Savannah. Farmers’ Bank of the Chattahoochee. Ocmulgee Baiit^Sti^tf-con, A'abam i Ba >ks?2 pr Siith Carolina Bank Nates,9 prem. Specie paying Ba-ik Notes, 8 per cent premium. ’ UNCURRENT B VXiv NOTES. B ink of Darien and Branches, uncertain Chattahoochee R, R. k Banking Company, 75 per cent. dis. Monroe R. R. & B’g Cos; at Macon, 59 do. Bank of H-uvkinsvilie, 10 do. Western Bank, uncertain. Life Ins. ail 1 Trust Cos. 69 dot. Union Bank of Florida, 60 do. Bank of Pensacola, uncert.-.in. Council Chamber, Nov, 29, 1811. Council met pursuant to adjournment. Present I Aldermen Abbott, Clayton, Green, Halstead, Mjorton, 1 Quin and VS'ells. t Alderman Mot tc-n be.tig called to the chair, after ! reading the journal of the last meeting, Aid .trman i Qu n, Chairman of the Street Committee, to whom - was referred a communication from Nicholas L. Howard and- others, in relation to erecting a dam j near Air. Ala iison Danger’s, reported the following, to : wit : 1 To his honor the Mayor an i Council: Gentle j men —At a previous meeting of Council the petition •of a numbii-of citizens residing in Ward No. 3-, to i take into consideration the propriety of creeling a i dam convenient i • the residence of Madison I lancers. | Your co n-mttee believe it to be essentially necessary | to do so, i lasmueti as the former dam erected has| I been Washed awav by the Hie freshet, thereby cans-j mg serious injury to the propel tv of many citizens —I ’ then fore, be 11 | lies lived, That the Marshal be instructcibto pro-! : ceed immediately to erect a dam at that poujl of the I ditch that lias been washed away, and that he be in-j ! structed lo purchase the necessary quantity o! plank ; | requisite lor the same. JOHN QUIN, Adopted. P. A. CLAYTON, St. Com. i I?y Alderman Clayton, Resolved, That the guard | derive no authority from this Counciito iutiict corporal j punishment upon slaves, and that offences of this na-j Imp must be settled between the guard so offending i and the owner of'the slave. Adopted. A communication Was presented lo Council from I John Belhune, City Treasurer, in r.lution tooider.ng! more change hills. Whereupon Alderman Quin offered the following resolution: Resolved, That the Treasurer be authorised to or der twenty thousand dollars of the city bills, and l fiat a committee be appointed to cause the cad mutilated bills sq be burned. Adopted. A communication was also tead to City Council from the Treasurer, in relation to tvlr. Edwin E. Powers’ city taxes, as given in b,y his agent, more property than he owned in the city. Which Was 01-- deied to life on the tabje until next meeting. By Aid. Holstead v Resolved, That the papers in re ference to the contract bet ween Josephus Echo s,B sq. and the City Council of Columbus be referred to a committee fir examination, consisting of five. — Adopted. Whereupon the Chair appointed Messrs. Holstead. Clayton, Quin, Morton and Morris, Select Commit* tee. By Alderman Holstead :• Resolved, That all per sons who shall be found using bows and arrows in the streets of the city shall be subject to be fined, under the 28 It section of the city ordinance. Adopted. The following accounts were presented lo Council and ordered to be paid’, to wit : One tn favor of Johu-Banks, for &66 36 “ “ Hall, Ruse & Cos., 75 00 “ “ Messrs. Wells ft iftStlgins, 11 13 On tWMion of Alderman Quin, Council then ad journed till Monday, December the 6 h, at 7 o’clock. P. M. W. A. DOUGLASS. Clerk. ICy WE are authorised to announ e iVxr. A. LBVISON a* a candidate for re-e’ectiori for the office of lOerk of the Superior Court, at the cn.-uing election in Janu try next. Mr. Levison-,in appearing before his fellow citizens of Muscogee connty as a candidate, begs leave to state, that as be is unable to leave his office for elec tioneering purposes, or fur the purpose of contradicting filse teports put in circulation by designing individu als: he considers his time much better employed in the discharge of his officiat dutier. and particularly at this junciu-e when the term of his office is on the eve of termina ing. He would merely slate, for the inf rma tion oi’ alt, that the person who citculated that he was concerned or inte ested with Wm. Y. Babden, Esq. the candidate and n miinee of the Harrison party of Muscogee county, for the same office, told end circu lated that which lie knew at the time was a malicious fabrication and la’sehood arid lie has no doubt that it was done to injure him with a certain portion of his fellow citizens at the ensuing contest. He would, therefre. advise “ that viper to. cease, for be is biting against a file ” Dec. 9. 1841. fCy We are authorized to announce the name of F.lias Fulsom as a c.ndi.late ler the office of Tax Collector Sos the county of Muscogee. Dec 9 44-te JUST RECEIVED, IN ALL SPERM OIL, Castor Oil, Quinine, Mus tard. Blues:one. Arrow Root, Russian and American Isinglass, Window Glass, Beat’s Oil, Ox Marrow, and Bear’s Grease; together w;th many o’ her articles of IJrugs, Medicines Dye Stuffs, Paints, Soaps, and Perfumery, of superior quality. Also a line lot of Dr. Chase’s Truss, the most approved of any Truss now used by the profession for all cases ot luptme. S. A. BILLING. December ft 49- f POSTPONED SALE. On the first Tuesday in January next, will be sold at the M arket House in Columbus, Muscogee county, Lots No. 133 and 140 on the Coweta Reserve, and the north half of 57 . being in all 250 acres arid lot of land No. 22 in the 9th district of Mu-coger court y containing 2<j:U acres, levi-d on as the property ot Janus S. Calhoun- ursatisfy sundry fi fas in frvor of Burton Hepburn, the Insurance Bank of Columbus, and Olivers- vs Janies S. Calhoun. ■ Dec. 9-. I*4l. S. R. BONNER,SIi’ff. Si RAYED FROM my Plantation, a few miles from Society 1 Hill, (Macon county, Ala..) on Monday, the’ •23th ultimo, three Mules—one a brown horse mule, j \ feet two incues high. 3 years old; one a sorrel horse mule, 4- feet 1 1 inches high, 3 years old, ro -nJ bodied and very lieavv in isoled ; the oilier a brown man-; mule. 2 vt-ars old, and about 5 feet high. A liberal reward will be paid for their apprehension, and any! information addressed to Society Hill will he thaiik-j f\iliv received. N. F. COLLINS. , l)ec. 9 44—it | OP Eli M - CAWTtrTKS AN DSO AIE—3O hues first quality Sperm Candies , 50 boxes No. 1 and j 2 Soap, for sale by JOHN D. HOWELL. Dec- 9’ 44—rs Below the Market fOT I’ON ‘Bales of Cotton, / for which the highest prices will be paid bv JOHN D HOWELL, Dec 9 4Wf Below the Market. CHECKS on; NEW YORK, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA,. UAL I'L-MORE, WASHINGTON CITY, LEXINGTON, Kv. CINCINNATI, Ohio. RICHMOND, Va. CHARLESTON, AUGUSTA, SAVANNAH, MOBILE, N. ORLEANS, Pot side, at-sight and .xh->rt sight, by DAVIS & PLUME. Dl-C 2 4 3—ts ; IfTOLLOW WARE.—A large lot of Po*. Ovens, 3L and Sniders; Wanon Boxes, assorted mi s, Fur sale by JOHN D. HOWELL, Dec 9 44-ts Below the Market. C 1 ROCEttIES. —7S t ,: JO ihs. Sr. Crnix and Hoi to Ricco Sugars: 23 003 lbs. Rio and Laguvaj j Coffee ; 30.000 lbs. S wedesjtron, assort'd; 20 000; | lbs. Nails and Brad-: 300 sacks Salt, together with numerous olher articles in tin* line, for sale bv JOHN D. HOViF.LL. 1 . Dio 3 41-lf* BCiutv to ‘ iJe lk t. 1 QUARTO NEW WORED. PROo. EU 1 Ucs lor tie louiltl VOUUlie, com mencing January 1 16.42. Edited by Pars? Benjamin. During me two years which have elapsed since th<* New World was C gjua, it lias been the tffuii of the ecftoi lo tender i the mosl readable newspaper of the da-’. To this end the proprietors have liberally con tributed. Neither irotib.c nor rapt use has bttn spared. The most popular Locks have been pur chased. The best contributors have been engayd. A corrosion .'cnee with the most interesting parts of the world has be-.n cs:abli>!ieel. In short, the best arrangements have b- 1 n made to pub ish an indepen dent literary journal, acceptable lo all classes of. readers. Ihe edit r can think of nothing which has been left undone to enhance the value and lo elevutt the character of the New World. Its success has be*-n mosl encouraging. It will commence the new year with a circulation ofr i\VE.\v-i ive thousand copies, a larger number,it is believed, than is issued of any oilier werklv paper iu Great Britain or the United Stales. This sue— cess is imputed chii fly to two reasons first, to its having contained an unprecedented number of excel rut a. tides by the most populat authors; second, to. its having assumed md observed a most elevated moral tone. Its columns are uncontaminated by parly poh les, and its ample pages unsoiled by pro bite and improper jests, vulgar allusions, oi iireli gious sentiments ; and therefore it finds its warmest welcome by the clmn-. sic hearth, and receives its highest approval from that sex, whose rights it has maintained whose delicacv it has never offended, and whose mental and social snpuiiurity it has labored to vindicate. About to enter upon, a, new year, end to commence another volume, we proceed to mention a few induce | incuts for old triends to continue with us, and for new ft lends to j >in their company. No change whatsoever will be made in the manner of editing and conducing the Now V\ oild ; but it vvi 1 receive in ad us departments trcsluaccesaions of ability. Many aloe w riters will gt ace our columns. Permanent ar rangements have been made to secure the exclusive i ciary si t vices of Dona id MacLeod, Francis .J. Grund, and Bp a.viz Mayik. Esquires, f Mr. Mac Leo 1, resid.-nl in London, will keep our j readers fu lv informed of all events of interest that (transpire in England, Scotland and Ireland. Being :n const ,ill personal in;crcomae with the lest-knowu i ant hots, lie will obtain from them manuscripts, proof— - sheets and ear y copies of. the latest publications., j I litis shall we be enabled, as we have hitherto done, ; to give in the New.W'otUi their latest works in ad~- j ounce qf any other newspaper in America. ;Mr. Grund, resident in Bremen, will, by a.regular* j and copious correspondence, advise our readers of j the social, literary and religious condition of conti* , n -ntal Europe. Bran 7. Mayer, (whose name we introduce with j great pleasure as that of one of the most accotn ! pushed young men of .tir country,) resident in Mcxi— j no, will send us letters, descriptive ot that unexplored I portion of tin Western- Hemisphere, of its tnhabi j iants, their manners, laws and customs, and of all ; objec „ ot curiosity, whether ancient oi modern. His j letters will be accompanied by i.htslrat.ve drawings, [ which will be engraved and presented in our columns. Original Artici es, by the best American, writers will enrich our pages in the coming volume. Among tile attrac ive features of this description, wc have (no pleasure to announce that i arlv in January-’ will be commenced a New Novel, by an American;, written expressly for the New World, and entitled Abel Parsons, a Story of hie Great Fire.. It possesses a deep local interest, and will be read; wuh:great pleasure, as it is replete with incident’,, ami beautifully writ ten. Original discourses by ministers of the Gospel w ill occasionally he given among them we intend to pre sent, dm ing the next year, practical sermons from: every Bishop in the United States, as well as from: eminent clergymen of all denominations. To and to (he attractions of the New World, it will continue to be decorated by elegant Engravings oa Wood, from the most spirited designs. Two or three of these will often be givenina'’singlepapr.. k also intended to appiopriale a column for the especial entertainment of juvenile readers, so that the New World shall he, m every respect, tile best; family newspaper in America. CHARLES O’MALLEY. All sitbsmber-s who order fr m the coniincncrmrntt of the third volume ( July 3, IS4-I) will obtain the “hole of this splend.d and popular story, which is alone worth the price of subscription. TERMS.— The New -World (folio oi quarto) is forwarded by mail for J 3 a year, payable invaiiably in advance. For Srs it is sent to one person for two years, but not at acy future instance to twq. subsetl bers one vear. Notes of solvent chartered banks only should b remitted, and those which are nearest par in N ew York. i;T No article now in progress of publication in; the New Worll will he continued into the fourtlv Quarto Volume ; h it it will be commenced with en tirely fresh and original wo: kg. Postmasters are legally authorised to remit money for subscriptions, uncr r their franks. Any individual procuring five new subscribers, and remitting sls in New Fork or Eastern funds, free of postage, shall rece ve a sixth copy gratis one’ v ar. Address J. WINCHESTER, Publisher,, 30 Ann street,New York. Dec. 9 fresh bunch Raisitis, juxt received anti for sale l t-y JOHN D. HOWELL, D c. 9 44-ts Below the Market. r gAOBACCO AND SNUFF.— 75 boxes chewing la. Tobacco; Scotch and Macaboy Snuff for sale by JOHN I). HOWELL, Dec 9 44-*f Below the Market. DR. P. IIERVJSy, DENTAL SUKOIbX, f75 ESPECTFULLY announces tothe auouens of Columbus and its vicinity, that he has taken tie office on the earner of Broad and Randolph streets,, directly over the store of Mr. L. J. Davis. Doct. H. offers his services to the public as being able, in most cases, to save entirely such decayed and aching tfcetli as they now fear must be extracted.— His success in soothing and finally saving many valu able teeth, in an extensive practice in many of the Northern and Southern cities, has been so decided that he myites the public to call,confident that he can,, tinder his skill a Dentist, be useful to them. He will cleanse, plug and insert teeth, either singly r i-n entire sets, in a manner to be not only beautiful 1 - aad natural in their appearance, but to combine ease in wear rig with strength and durability. He will also cure itiflamalion and soreness of the gums, giving thenr a healthy action which will improve the breath and taste. Hoursfrom 9 till 1, anil from 3to 6. ApriS 15 10 ts DRUG STOKE; ‘ THE subscriber having purchased the stock o Drugs of Benjamin Welker, late deceased, will keep constantly on hand, a general assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Paints, OIL Dye-Stuffs,. Glass, and a full supply id’ the most reputable patent Medi cines, and respectfully invites Physicians and other pi r-r ----sons wishing ra purcha-e, to give him a call. The business will be continued ai the old stand of Taylor C Wader, sign of the Golden Mortar, Broad-street,, &olumbus, Geo. SAM’L A. BILLING.. MEDICAL. Dfrs. Boswell & Billing, having uni ted in the practice of Medicine, they tender their pro-, fessional services to the. citizens of Columbus and the adjoining counties in Georgia and Alabama. Ofiicq, at the Drug Store of Dr. Billing. JOHN J". BOSWELL, SAM. A. BILLING,, J ilv 8 2*4 y THE SLATE OF A LAB A A* A. Court ol Chancery at Montgomery.—Second Cham-* c ry Distric ami Southern Division of said State-*—’ T. W . Smith & Cos. vs Philo’ Li. Woodruff ana James N. Bclhuuo. T-TT NDER the authority and by virtue of a Decree yJ pronounced bv our said Court of Chancery, aV its June i'erm-A. D 181 V, I shall proceid to sell, on Wednesday the 15-h day of December next, to the highest bldd r for cash', before the court house door in the town of Ttiskegee, MaCOn county, in said Slate, the follow ing tracts or parsers of land situated in the enmities of Russe I, Macon and Bur! our, in the Stain | aforesaid, knmvri and distinguished in the original sur vey of said counties, as follows : to-wit :• No'th half ! of section 12, sj do S3, nj do 31, eg do 26. sj do 19, si do 7, ; i do 18 s| do 8, es do 9. t.| do 35, s half do 313, n lif do 15, whfdo 9, ands half of s 15, tow nship i 15, range 27—also the li hf sec S4, s hf do 27. w half I do 5 n iif do 15. n hfdo 10. n hf do 21, e hfdo6, s hf jdo 21, shf do 10, and shf sec 1, town 15, ranee 28, n hf sec 5. v hf do 10, n hf do 22', s hfdo 20, n hf do 27,. s hfdo 12 andsec 15. town 15. range 29. also see 5, sec 7, w lif do 21, s do 17 and n hf do IS in town 15 and ran.'e 80, also e hf sec 1, s w j- if sec 5, s hf ;02. s hf jdo3,ehf do 4 nvi do 4. e Id's wido 4. nw\ do 18, w h s w j do 9. s i.fdo 8, w hf o'dw) do 32, n hf ; 36. and n ks sec loin township 14 and range £6, also e hf sec 32. w lifido 34, s e I do. 10, n w j do 15, s hf [ do 3, vv hf do 25. n e j do 15 and sec 18, in town 14 ’ and, range 25, also w hf sec 32, s hfdo 35 town 15 and , ran j. 21 also vv l.f of se 4 of sec 32. s hf sec 33. nhf I do 33. e lif s e { do 32 and n h sec 32 in town 15 and: j range 26. also s c j sec 22. w hf s 23 and n e J do 29, in township 15 and idtige 25. also shf see 11 in tow n 15 and range 23. also n e J v 31. s w J do 31 and w hf jdo 32. m loan 16 and range 25, also an equal and dik i divnß-d m iety in the follow ing parcels of land, situate ; is aforesaid and kno.vn and distinguished as-llie n hf* ■f sec-3 and the n lit sec 35 town 14 and range 26 | see 31. s 28. s 21, n w J do 11, w hf do 22 and w hfdo I 27 i own 15 and range 26. the shf s 2 and n e J of sec 11 in town 13 and ranee 26. also n n iuf nr { * 17, am) e hf of 11 vv J sec 17, town 13 and rangi 27 amonn— i ting in the aggregate (the undivided mutely included), j to 23 46') acres more or less. ** | Said lads will be sold to satisfy a debt of sixtv four Ih-j ismd dollars and interest fnomthe 3d of Ju'lw ast. due from the def.-ndnids to complainants. So> | •iinrA o’ said lands will be so'd at the nine •jpeoifieff, es vvili be sufficient to satisfy one half the debt and lit i C3*t. ‘1 hey 111 be sold m such lots or parcels as mar be convenient to purohasf rs end most bem ficial to af I I parties concerned. The sa’e will continue from day ; to day until closed, conniienciiig.it 12 o’clock on each : day and ending at J o’clm I<. ’ WALTER’ 1.. COLEMAN* 1 l er I ‘