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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
THURSDAY MORNTNG, FEBRUARY 6.
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Our dates from Washington are to the 31st u *<.,
including the proceedings of both Houses on tke
day previous.
In Senate, various memorials and petitions were
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presented, after which r
Mr. Grundy, frara the special committee ap
pointed on the resolutions offered by Mr. Benton
in regard to tbs debts of the States, made a report,
concluding with resolutions, concurring almost
wholly with the resolutions referred.
The report was read by Mr. G., and Us argamefits
were chiefly directed against the debts of or „ por
tion of the people being paid by another; agai’ist
getting in debt at all; and long and most decisi re
ly against a*y distribution among the States •j r a
•tuplui revenue, or of the proceeds of the public
lands. •*
Mr. Benton moved the printing of 30,000 extra
copies of the report.
Aa earnest and animated debate was continued
throughout the day by Messrs. Nicholas, Grundy,
Crittenden, Benton, Smith, (of Indiana,) South
ard, Brown, Preston, King, and Webster. !
On motion of Mr. Kino, the report was recom
mitted to the same committee, without instructions,
to be modified by them according to their views
after this debate.
Tfyjf Senate then adjourned.
In the House, the day was consumed as usua | in
calls of the House, taking the yeas and nays, use-
Jess debate upon points of order, &c. &c., on ithe
various propositions which have been submitted
relative to the public printing, when a proposuion
to lay the whole subject on the table prevailed,iand
on motion of Mr. Dayis of Indiana, the Hrjuse
went into the election of Printer, which resulted as
follows:
Total number of votes given,
Necessary to a choice,
Os which —
Blair & Rives received, 110 votes
Gales k Seaton, 02
T. W. While, (of Richmond, Va.) 2
Jacob Gideon, 1
S. Stambaugh, (of Philadelphia, ) I
Duff Green, i
So Blair !t Rives were declared to have been
duly elected Printers to the House for the 26th
Congress.
And the House adjourned.
At this result we feel gratified, not that the af
filiated government organ has been elected, and
consequently rewarded for its servile support of the
administration, regardless of truth, consistency, or
decency; but because we hope for tne honor of
of the House, and the character of the nation,
after two months have been spent without ha
ving accomplished any good, the House will now
feel constrained to enter with spirit upon the busi
net sos the nation, and that in its future delirora
*,tiens, less of that spirit of raebocracy, which has
thus far characterised its proceedings, will be ma
nifested.
We, however, feel proud as Georgians, thato ur
own delegation,have in all these disgraceful scenes,
exhibited a high regard forthe honor of their state,
and a just sense of the dignity of thcii station.
The late hour at which the election of Printer
took place, prevented a report of the vote for the
morningppaper; when received we shall give it a
place, that our readers may know who it is that
E>have contributed to remunerate the editors of the
•lobe for theii servility.
“Phiz’ is received—ls he is very desirous to
obtain a situation as copyist, we would al.vise
him to call on our friend “Anti-Hutnbug|er,”
*Vvho would 5 per haps be glad to employ him tl> co
py “his lectures” on Animal Magnetism, Jfrom
Dr. Reese's Book. I
New York.
In another part of this days paper will be found
an account of another disastrous fire which has
visited this apparently fated city., If any |hing
were wanting to carry out the efforts of thcl ad
ministration party for the destruction of all.com-
enterprise, that ruthless spirit of incan
diarism w Inch exists in most of our principal
cities, will assuredly accomplish it.
But yesterday we chronicled the loss of two
millions of property, and to-day the unwelcome
intelligence of another, aye, and another fire is
heralded torth, which destroyed $1 to 200,000.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
It is highly probable that the British Queen
given over her winter voyage. We have
now given up looking for news by her, and are
looking for the packets.
The great losses of the Insurance Companies
have had a dispiriting effect upon the stock mar
ket, and stocks in general have gone down. The
money market is easier than it was prior to Jan
uary I; but there is little or no demand for it,
because there is little or no new business doing.
The laboring classes continue to suffer sadly.—
The Alms House is thronged, and the charities of
the city have as much as they can do to save the
poor from hunger and disease. There seldom, if
ever, has been a winter of more suffering than
thepreaent among the people. True, meat and
flour are low but there is no money for the poor
to buy it, and there is no labor whereby they can
earn the money. J
The question of the repeal of the usury laws
is again ag.tateumth.s city. There is no cor
responding agitation in the interior.
It is not the general belief here that the Penn
sylvania Legislature will repeal the charier jT :he
L. S. Bank ; and hence its stock stands firmer
than might be expected amid such agitatioa,
The debut of Mr, Tasistro at the Park Thea
tre last night is very favorably spoken of by all
the press. A German Theatre is in motion
here! >
Our State Legislature is doing nothing of-gen
eral interest. Gov. Seward has an immense
r um^r of appointments to make, and, in general.
Be u giving great satisfaction.
Tht Philadelphia National Grnotle of Jan. !8,
A commiUM from Uni(ed u(m
Bank and the Girard Bank, Uft town this morn
ing to confer with .he authoritiea „ lrms , m
regard to tne Slate loan of * B 7 O onn ; • ,
thia Kasion. , “‘•inriiea
Ta.na or St, L„t „._The Atlae states the
arrival of steamboats at St. Louis di.rin ■ ,
year 1899, to hare h«„ ‘ '
urea for the same time 1,673. ** rt "
AUGUST A.*
CwierMs.
New York, J an . 29.
From the N. Y. EvtnHg Star , 29 th utt.
Another Destructive Fire in New York.
About half past 9 la>t evening, a fire was dis
covered in the opper pert of the four story brick
building No. 81 Pearl street, which was soon to
tally destroyed, with the contents of the upper
part, consisting of linen goods of J. M. Hayden,
and crockery store by Greenfield & Son. Jhe
adjoining building, No 79 Pearl was also destroy
ed. with the contents of the upper part, viz: dry
goods of A. Salton. and crates of Greenfield &
Son on storage. The crockery store No. 83
Pearl of Messrs. Seymour, was with its contents
totally destroyed. The dry goods of M olf &
Hevnricks, and Tweedy, Mozier & Co. in No. 85
Pearl, were saved but much damaged by water.—
The other buildings burnt were Mr. Holmes, 83
Pearl. Greenfield & Son s crockery store i 7 Pearl,
building and contents destroyed; Nos. 77, /9
and 81 were owned by Mr. J. V. Greenfie.u and
cost $45,000, 24,000 insured.
Ail the buildings were four stories, excellently
built and ran through to Stone street, where they
had another front, making them thus among the
most eligible in town. 'These two extremes ga*e
great facilities in saving the goods on the lower
stories. The great building called the Pearl-street
Houae, was several limes on fire, but escaped as
the roof was kept covered with w'et carpets, &c.
The house furnished liberal refreshments. A
heavy snow storm the fore part of the evening ?a
ved many houses, and the reflection from the sur
face produced an illumination in the heavens al
most enough to read by in all the lower pait of
the city. , . ,
'The Insurance Offices have suffered a further
loss to the following amounts, by the fire of last
evening ;
Mutual Fire Insurance Co. SB,OOO
Merchants’ “ 3,000
Contributionship “ “ 7,000
Howard “ “ 10,000
North American “ “ 10,000
Eighth Ward “ “ 20,000
Hudson “ “ € > ooo
Williamsburgh, “ “ 4,000
From the Charleston Courier of yesterday.
Late from New York.
The U L brig George, Capt. Hull, and schr
Increase, Capt. Smith, arrived at this port yes
terday, having left New York on Friday last.
We are indebted to the attention of Capts. H.
& S. for the papers of that city up to the morn
ing of sailing, being two days and half in advance
of those brought by the mail.
The papers contain no later foreign intelligence.
There can be hardly a doubt that the British
steamer had been detained. Some alterations in
her cabins were contemplated, as they were a sub
ject of considerable complaint on her last trip.
A public meeting of the citizens of New York
was called for Friday, at the Exchange, to take
some measures of security against destruction by
fire.
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The Courier & Enquirer says:—“Theic have
been however some circumstances connected with
the object of the proposed meeting stated to us,
which we deem proper to publish, believing they
deserving its serious consideration.
“We have been informed that on Monday night,
when the fire began, there was but seven feet
water in the reservoir, whereas there ought to
have been twenty, as no serious fire had taken
place for some weeks previous.
That during the severe frosts all the hydrants
were frozen up.
That of the forty-five fire engines belonging to
the corporation, there are but seventeen in order,
or fit for use.
That there is not one fire engine stationed be
low Vresey street.
That Hook and Ladder Company No. 1, sta
tioned in Beaver street, has but four members at
tached to it doing duty, though no obstacle to
completing the full number required existed, save
the political opinions of applicants for admission.
That the Fire Engine, No. 30, during the
height of the conflagration, on Tuesday night,
refused to do duty and went off with their engine
and apparatus.
On the above and many other important points,
the Chief Engineer could, no doubt, give his fel
low-citizens much valuable information, and we
trust he would not consider himself justified in
disobeying a call upon him from such a source,
for that purpose. We would, therefore, suggest,
that he be particularly asked to account for
the present inefficient state of the Fire Depart
ment compared to what it once was,”
A fiae occurred in the slaughter house of Geo.
Clinch, corner First street and Second Avenue,
which destroyed about S2OOO worth of property
before water could be obtained.
No movement has yet been made in the Maine
Legislature in reference to the North Eastern
Boundary question.
i U. S. Bank Stock at N. Y., on the 28th ult.
—sales 25 shares, 76; 25 do 569 days, 75; 25
do 765; 225 do 76J; 25 do s6O days, 76. On
the the 29th ult.—sales 100 shares, s 60 days,
75; 50 dob 66 after 10 days, 77.
Cawtos.— The U. S. Consul at Singapore
writes, under date of September 28, that advices
had been received there from Macao to the 27th
August, which stated that the British had all
quitted the shore, and sought refuge on board the
shipping, an attempt having been made by the
Chinese to secure some of them, in consequence
ot some Chinese having been killed by the opium
smugglers.
From the Charleston Mercury of yesterday.
The Hamburg Rail Road.
The semi-annual Report of the President to
the Stockholders ot this Road, for the six months
ending 31st December 1839. has just been pub
lished. It furnishes substantial matter for hope
that some time or oUer that road at least w*ill
pay for itself. The gross income from all sour
ces for the last half o! 1839 was $224,270 76
Current expenses same time 162,013 90
Net income $62,256 86
What renders it almost certain that this road
is now prosperous, is that they now include un
der the head of “current expenses,” all disburse
ments for machinery, improvements in the road,
and the interest on their debt.
The entire debt of the Hamburg Road is said
to be $515,633 62, the principal part of which is
due the Louisville, Cincinnati and Charleston
Road.—lt is somewhat singular that the erabar
rassments of both these companies should have
arisen mainly from their owing each other so
much. It looks a little like a game at cross pur
ports.
The receipts of the Hamburg Road for the last
six months tor 1839 have been greater than for
the corresponding period of 1838 by the sum of
The expenses less by
Net gain 92,968 96
Ihe following table showing the progressive
increase in the gro.-* receipts of the company, is
interesting. v J
!n 1834 the receipts were §166,559
, R o fi 249,753
, 171,614
IS3S 280,214
1839 323,380
The average increase is about 21 3-4 percent!
Th s road therefore is domg well, and will be pro
fitable as soon as it gets out of debt. 1
Orsgox. —The Bill submitted by Mr 1/
in the Senate of the United States,
thU fine territory, proposes that Congress shall
provide a bounty of 640 acres of land for every
while male inhabitant of said territory of the age
of 18 years, or upwards, who shall cultivate and
use the same for five consecutive years.
There has never been a final adjustment of the
question between this country and Great Britain .
concerning the right to the Oregon region. Our
claim rests partly upon the first discovery of the
mouth of the Columbia or Oregon river, and the
subsequent exploration of the country by Lewis
and Clarke, and the right is still farther soured
by the Florida treaty, which vests in the United
States all the rights of Spain in the Northwest
from California to the Russian settlements.—
The Spanish explorations of the eoast were ma e
earlier than those of England, and in so tar as
such priority may give superior right, the same
belongs to the United States by virtue of the
transfer from Spain. In our treaties and nego
tiations with England, the settlement of the ex
act boundary line in this direction has always
been deferred or left incomplete. In the mean
time a powerful agent and instrument of British
influence, the Hudson Bay Company, has fixed
itself upon the territory and has extended its op
erations over a vast region. IV ithin a year or
two past the attention of public men in this coun
try has been turned occasionally to the subject,
and its great importance is beginning to be ac
knowledged. It will perhaps cost some trouble
to retrieve what has been suffered to go contrary
to our interests and rights through remissness on
the part of the nation hitherto.
From the New Orleans Bulletin of the 21th vlt.
Plan of Mexican Federalism.
We publish to-day a document that will be
read with much interest. It is a declaration of
the political views and principles of the federalist
party in Mexico, and an exposition of the advan
tages and privileges to which all foreigners will
be admitted who join in the present struggle.—
One of the most prominent among the leaders of
the revolution,Gen. Anaya, is now in our city.
By application to him, more satisfactory and par
ticular information may he had. Eveiy reliance
can be placed on his statements. He is an old
and distinguished soldier, having served under
Gen Jackson during the invasion of 1815, and
also in the civil war of Mexico. His familiarity
with American institutions has apprised him of
their inestimable value, and engendered an ar
dent desire to communicate the blessings of civil
liberty to his own enslaved, priest-ridden and be
nighted country. We have long thought that
the resuscitation of Mexico could not better be
accomplished than by the infusion of healthy
Saxon blood into the veins of that sickly, decay
ing anatomy. Should the plan succeed, and the
American stock be grafted on the degenerate root
that Cortes planted, the best hopes of the Mexi
can patriot may be realized, and the world may
be blessed with mother confederacy of Sovereign
States, free, enl’ghtened and happy, like our own
unparalleled republic.
Instruction g ven by the Citizen General of
Division ar d in-chief of the Federal Army,
and Representative of the Mexican nation, to
the Citizen Lieutenant Colonel Augustus
Huguenin, for the purpose therein expressed.
Ist. That every individual who may desire to
take up arms in favor ©f, or aid in any manner in
the present struggle in which the nation is enga
ged against the pretended and so called central
government of Mexico, shall do so under the
condition of re-establashing the Federal Consti
tution of the year 1824, with the amendments
which experience and the light of the age may
require, for which purpose a Convention shall be
called, wfith full powers conferred by the people.
2dly. That the Mexican nation, being one of
the most favored countries, on account of the fer
tility of its soil, its abundant mineral products of
all kinds, and its mild climate, it is necessary for
the developement of its riches, to permit the in
troduction of foreign industry.—Wherefore all
laws which prohibit strangers from purchasing
city or country properties, or acquiring them in
any other lawful manner, as also those which
forbid foreigners to acquire mines, shall be repeal
ed, so that they may freely possess them, accord
ing to the dictates of common sense, and the mu
tual comity of the Mexican people with the re
maining nations of the world.
3dly. That out of the property of the nation,
and the vacant lands throughout the country, the
home and foreign debt shall be paid, and citizens
who perform military services until our complete
triumph, shall be rewarded. This reward be
sides their regular pay, shall be augmented to all
those who continue in the service, from four to
six years, or until peace shall be established, in
the opinion of the government, upon a secure
basis. In the same manner, those persons who
assist with money or effects, necessary for the ob
jects herein expressed, shall be .ewarded.
4lhly. The idea of dividing the present Mex
ican Territory into two Republics, as has been
highly proposed by some, cannot be admitted, for
the reasons which are expressed in the note fol
lowing the present instructions.*
sthly. foreigners who perform services in
favor ot the Mexican nation, in the present strug
gle, shall enjoy all the advantages and rights of
Mexicans.
6thly. Foreigners who shall enter the service
of the Mexican nation, will subject themselves
to the rules, order and discipline of the army,
and to all the laws of the country.
7thly. It is to be observed, that as well mili
tary men as others, who have claims against the
nation, shall be paid punctually, whenever there
are funds, and when not, the account shall be
kspt. and every amount shall be faithfully satis
fied at the triumph of our cause.
Bthly. At the convention to reform the con
stitution of 1824, there shall be some members
trom among the foreigners, who, for their honor
able services, adhesion to the country, informa
tion and other virtues, shall recommend them
selves for representatives of the nation. Their
qualifications and number shall be expressed in
the call for the great convention.
nn 2i ,y ; k As T°n l S there is a safe P oint of de-
there s hall he established a provisional
government which shall represent the Mexican
nation. The General-m chi.ff shall resort to it,
ln tlm .e of revolutions, the progress of po
htical and military affairs requires more vigor,
Z f’, c ‘ rcu,ns P ectio ". and a peculiar policy,
the said General-in-Chief will have the power
during the war, to modify the piovisions The
Government that should in any way be opposed
to his planning of operations. J pposed
lOlhlj There shall be one or two foreigners
roent gh anJ CapaC “ y in ,he sail l Govern-
The whole of the Met,can territory is re
sponsible for the home and leroign debt, which
amounts to something more than a hundred mil
hons; and if it should be divided, England and
our other creditors would be dissatisfied, because
it would not be easy to graduate the proportion
to be paid by the proposed Northern and South
ern Republics—because the population of the
latter is the greatest, its means more extensive
and its territory, though less in extent much
more cultivated. In the northern section there
is much less population, less wealth less’inf
mation, less industry, and more teJritor t
each part there are works which are not only of
mutual advantage, but which am useful t/Jn
other nations. Besides, there are no natural an
convenient limits; and in a country of such
pographical character, a line would be
uncertain, and aubjecl to unavoidable diS,£f
On the other hand, the public opi„ ion of
that that admirable form of government “ro'vTdea
efficaciously for ah the wants of every Da rt of th!
country-tor which reason Federalists exist in
large numbers throughout Mexico; but if the
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28,019 38
proposition were to form a northern Republic, a
the Federalists would be opposed to such a mea
sure, and it is certain that the Centralists would,
from common interest, unite with them, and in
this manner we should provoke greater resistance,
and make our undertaking more difficult, and
perhaps desperate; which will not happen if we
follow the general opinion of the Federalists, to
which there can be no doubt many Centralists
will adhere, when disabused concerning the per
nicious character of the present Government in
Mexico. Uniting in this manner all in favor of
Federalism, England and other creditors will not
be alarmed, becau e they will sec their interest
still furthei secured, and their payment more
speedy, without being compelled to await the de
lay necessarily occasioned by a civil wa', and the
settlement of many other great and fearful diffi
culties.
In conclusion, the re-establishment of the Lon
stilution of 1824, with amendments, combines
the interests and diminishes very much the obsta
cles in the way of a certain tiiumph under the
views expressed.
New Yohk, January 30.
The very gloomy weather, in conjunction with
the apprehensions excited by the late dreadful
fires, have still a very depressing influence on the
mercantile community to-day.
There was little business done in stocks, and
some declined. United States Bank Shares sold
as yesterday. The stock market at present ap
pears very inanimate. A judgment for >83,000
against the U. S. Bank was sold at auction at 9/
per cent, the accumulated interest since October
to the purchasers. Some marked notes of the
same institution sold at 93$ a 94.
In Foreign Exchanges the transactions have
been very limited. The supply of Sterling Bills
is quite moderate. Drawers here generally ask
108 a 108$. For a few Southern Bills, the pre
mium asked is 7$ a 7s. The asking price on
France is sf. 27$c. the supply very fair, and we
quote the rate sf* 30 a sf. 275. Southern Bills
| a f per cent less if well known here.
A moderate business doing in domestic ex
changes. No material alteration in the quota
tions of yesterday, but Philadelphia is a little bet
ter.
From the N. Y. Courier and Enquirer , of Jan. 28.
Over Action—Over-Trading—Over Bank-
For several years tl'e administration has waged
a successful war against Credit , till all credit is
annihilated. We have heard of nothingbut over
action and over-trade, and the whole energies of
the Federal Government have been bent to the
great work of crippling and crushing the free
spirit of American enterprize. Its whole aim and
object have been to hold back and repress the natu
ral vigor of trade, and to render unavailing the
immense natural resources of the country. The
war now going on is a war between Barbarism
and Civilization—between the hard-money cur
rency of Despotism and the currency of free gov
ernment and commercial enterprise.
In this coj nection we would introduce a few
figures and facts from the last report of Mr. Se
cretary Woodbury, which will throw some light
on the subject of over-trading, and show conclu
sively that the embarrassments of the last seven
or eight years have been not owing in any mea
sure to this cause, but solely to the imbecility and
incapacity of the financiers at the head of the Fe
deral Government. Let us take three years near
the commencement ot the present century, and
compare our exports and imports for that period
with those of the last three years set down in Mr.
Woodbury’s tables:
Years. Exports. Imports.
1805, $95,566,021 $120,600,000
1806, 101,536,963 129,410,000
1807, 108,343,159 138,500,000
1836, $128,663,040 $189,980,035
1837, 117,419,376 140,989,217
1838, 108,480,616 113,717,404
After looking carefully at these tables, let us
bear in mind that in the interval the population
of the country has more than multiplied three
fold—augmenting of course three fold the capaci
ties of consumption and production. To meet
the demands consequent on this increase of po
pulation, the Federal Government has been com
pelled to augment its own expenditures in the
following ratio:
1805 * $6,357,225
1806 ’ * 6,081,109
1807, -
1836 » * $30,868,164!
1837, .... 39,164,175!
1838, .... 40,427,218!!
Thus with a population nearly quadrupled, our
exports in 1838 amounted to within a fraction of
the amount of exports thirty years previous!
Our imports for 1837, exceeded those of 1838
some TWENTT-rrvE millions op dollars.—
During the same interval, the expenses of the Fe
deral Government have been multiplied by eight
—amounting to less than $5,000,000 in 1807, and
to more than $40,000,000 in 1838 ! Now will
any sane man tell us where is the “ over-action”
and “over-trading” in this statement of affairs]
Have the People over-traded or the Government]
Has there been any such introduction of for
eign luxuries as is pretended by the Government]
Has there been any such over plus of importa
tion of late years, as is alleged in the reports of
Mr Woodbury, and in the messages of Mr. Van
Buren] Are we suffering under the evils of ov
er production and over-consumption ] Arc wc
the victims of an over-stimulated systom of trade
and credit ? Look at the figures. They speak
volumes. They are taken from Mr. Woodbury’s
own tables. They are duly authenticated by the
sign and seal of the Treasury, It is impossible
to deny their accuracy, or to explain away the
inevitable conclusions to which they lead
And how dose Mr. Woodbury comment on
these facts] With his u mal sagacity. He can
never look at a subject in more than one aspect
and he has presented a commentary m all possi
ble simplicity, and without once thinking of the
violent conflict between all the reasonings of his
reports and all the refutations of his figures
“It appears”—gays Mr. Woodbury 5 ; ‘ that the
whole imports have not more than doubled since
the first four years of the Government, while the
expm-t s of domestic produce have quite quadru!
“ Agam r Though we formerly exported more
ofthe foreign merchandize imported than w
now do; yet the consumption of it, since these
earliest years, has not increased much over a
J 1 ™ : Per Ce " t ' wl ? ,le our population has with
per cenT” C Peri ° d ’ inCreased <l uite four hundred
‘ his dis P a rity has arisen chiefly from the facts
.ha. larger proportions of our people are nowe'!
gaged in agriculture and manufactures, and sun*
orboth < f 1 T' 6 than they ° nCe did ’ the Products
ot both for home consumption. For one series
of three years, about a third ofa century a <y o and
another about twenty years ago, thejta^
years l' ar > “ “ durin S lhe •« three
Meanwhile manufacturers and aorricnltnra t,
bo.h supplied much more in propS th .'
once d.d, the population has.more Zn tr"b
the eipcnscs ol government have been mullinli’
ed by eight; and because we import sn H P
as much as we did thirty year th”
ment drowns the popular cry agamst iu ,° V . ern ‘
abuses with a shout of over action I overtmr° U ?
over banking I and the ruinous effects
Credit System ! ts of the
A late exploration of Fannin Countv r
has disco verd an immense quantity ofn^’fi 7^ 38 ’
*il« belonging u> the chJJS“ fpelnfi « l re P-
ing.
- 4,984^572
From the New York Times.
Sub-Trkastjrt Bill. —Our readers are al
ready aware that the “bill of abominations, ’’ the
sub-treasury bill, has passed the Senate of the
United States —or, in other words, the bill receiv
ed a majority of the votes of the Senators present
at its final passage.
When this measure was first brought forward
bv Gen. Gordon of Virginia, we were opposed to
it Gen. Gordon introduced his sub-treasury bill
into the House of Representatives in 1834. It
then met the decided opposition of the entire de
mocratic party. Gen. Jackson denounced it as
“disorganizing and revolutionary, putting the
people’s money in a position to be “plundered
by a hundred hands where one could not now
reach it”—and as greatly “enlarging the execu
tive power and patronage.’ f hesa truly repub
lican sentiments were echoed through the land,
and produced an almost immediate abandonment
of the project. Here we supposed the scheme
was at an end. At least, we never thought it
would he revived by a parly calling itself demo
cratic; and our readers well know our surprise and
astonishment when Mr. Van Buren announced
the bill as the leading measure of his administra
tion.
Had this scheme, the scheme of the experimen
ters and spoils men, been left to its own merits,
it would long since have been defeated, and its
projectors consigned to oblivion. This Mr. \an
Bu en and his abettors knew, and refused, when
solicited, to bring it forward in any other way
than as a party measure. On party grounds
alone, then, has this great “ Revolutionary ” mea
sure been carried through the Senate; and on par
ty grounds, alone, will it pass the House ot Rep
resentatives, if it passes at all.
VV e do not call the attention of our readers to
this subject, at this time, on any new points; but
merely to show that some of the results ol the
system predicted by us, are fully admitted by its
friends in the United States Senate, and not now
denied by any of the Van Buren organs. Mr.
Buchannan of Pennsylvania and Mr. Walker of
Mississippi, both admitted that the first operation
of the scheme would be to reduce the price of
labor , and justified the measure on that ground.
They also admitted that all kinds of property and
business would be depressed in a ratio with labor.
Well did Gen. Jackson exclaim that the measure
was “ revolutionary This is a part of the op
eration of the project of which we have forwarn
ed the people time and again. Our laborers are
to feel the first effects of Mr. Van Buren’s demo
cratic (!) sub-Treasury instrument ; then in suc
cession our mechanics and farmers, and all, “who
trade on borrowed capital” are to fail beneath its
influence. Credit is to be annihilated ; and none
are to be benefitted but the capitalist and the of
fice-holder. The former, with his “specie claws,”
may grasp the la.t morsel from the starving poor.
The latter, as one of the “privileged order” can
lord it over the “common herd.”
Do the advocates of this scheme, we mean such
portions of the people as have been cajoled into
the belief that it will be a beneficial measure, suj)-
pose that there will be an immediate decline in
house rent, the price of marketing, fuel, in short,
of all the nesessaries of life. If they do thev
will be mistaken. Nothing but necessity will
force down prices ; and so long as the consumer
has any thing left it will be dragged from him.—
When property, credit and all are gone, then the
landlord and the large producer w ill yield, and
not till then. This scheme, let us tell you, fel
low citizens has a direct and specific tendency to
reduce you to the condition of the Russian serf,
or at best of the French and English peasant !
We call on all who deprecate the condition
here referred to, to make one more effort to arrest
the measure before it passes the House of Repre
sentatives. We shall do our duty and admonish
you so long as the admonition can avail any'
thing, and resist until we triumph in its defeat or
yield to its overpowering despotism.
CIRCTJL ATI OX OF THE STATE BaSKS OF
New York. —lt appears from the Annual Re
port of the Comptroller, that the aggregate circu
lation of the State Security Ranks on the Ist of
December last, was
Do. ot the Safety Fund Banks,
about,
Making a total of $ 18,012,019
The aggregate circulation of the
Safety Fund Banks on the
Ist of Jan. 1839, was $19,373,149
Do. of the State Security Banks, 396,300
Total Ist Jan. 1839,
Showing a decrease in the aggregate circulation
in eleven months ending Ist of December last,
of $1,757,440, notwithstanding the creation of
so many new Banking Associations. In other
words, the circulation of the Safety Fund has de
creased more than the aggregate circulation of
the Free Banks, by the above amount.
The whole number of Free Banks in the State
is 134, ot which 73 have commenced business
and have lodged securities with the Comptroller
to the aggregate amount 0f57,168,507.
Mtchioanv— Governor Woodbridge, in his
Message at the opening of the present session of
the Michigan Legislature, says ;
I leel myself compelled to recommend to your
early consideration, the propriety of an immedi
ate suspension, or repeal, of all the existing laws
relative to our internal improvement system, ex
cepting so much thereof as relates to the running
of the cars upon the railroads already in use, the
regulation, receipt and application of the tolls col
lected thereon, or so much as in any wise regards
the receipt of the instalments due and accruing
upon the five million loan, (so called) and the
payment ot stipulated interest.”
The whole amount of appropriations on all
11 a^nn kS ° lm P rovement that State, is $ 2 ,-
118,800: expenditures $1,510,315 29
Mon™ aS'*’ a " d 18 f->
The receipts for the Central road for the last
year were $61.154 84; expenditures *!!.451
J|i 1^ v, " g i; 7 , 0 ; 3 66 10 pa - v was'
uos it), or about per cent.
From the Buffalo Commit dal of January 23.
AX I.XCIDEXT AT THE FaILS.—W C biOrn
from a correspondent at the Falls, that there was
a general turnout of the citizens of that place -
day before yesterday, to see a live deer take the
awful plunge. The deer was driven to the shir!
oftherrverabouttwoaad a half miles above,™
r alls. Being closely pursued bv snorters ,
hounds, he took to the ice, and
far, that the portion on which he stno u T S °
from the main body,
stream. He was wafted down the h
gently until he reached the f l *ery
support soon broke in pieces and k " h l s , frail
Juggle for life in the'r«d
succeeded in reaching n f r f nt * finally
2S?SS%«£2
° P erson has ever been on the island
oep w en the ice lodges around its head and
orms a kind of dam, which admits of a hazard
ous passage. “azaru-
At the present time the river is as open as in
midsummer, yet Robinson, who distils,,i«t j
nimself last summer by his daring in rescuing
Chapin, resolved to go over in a boat and »
the deer off. He made an attempt bn, nng
able to gain the tsland. Mr
companied by Mr. Munger then d«» • ac ‘
go. The, rowed out lo lhc nSslX""’^- '°
and. thinking to get into the eddy at its V " if 1 "
whU. contendingwith the strong £
broke, and with the speed of a race hor «
were instantly hurried toward the brink JT
precipice. As they passed over a small b- r r
klin jumped out, and succeeded in rtoppiL
boat, the water being only about waist deep 8
ter regaining their presence of mind, they
ed agaiu, and by means of their single oar a 1
pole, landed on Goat Island just abova the P ■ *
The deer still remains on his rocky i s [ dl s>
Important.— The Legislature of the
Tennessee have refused to provide for u C . a<e °
the Hiwassee. with the Louisville,
and Charleston Railroad Company. \ i if 31 ’
that and for other purposes was introduced • f ° r
the Legislature by Gen. Jacobs. It came r^* 0
its final passage on the I3th ult., when it * or
jected by a vote of 36 to 34. The Nashl n'
Republican Banner states, that Gen. Jacobs i
an able speech in support of his bill, after wS
Mr. Carson made a few remarks, and offers 1
amendment to appropriate S2OO,OUQ
$630,000 subscribed by the State to the I
ville, Cincinnati, and Charleston Railroad r* I'*’ 1 '*’
pany, to the improvement of the rivers i„ ££
Tennessee, east of Knoxville. \ m .•
then made for the ind-finilt puslp <mtm^T^
bill and amendment which was decided | ,
affirmative as above stated The Banner fur, '
observes that there seemed a disposing „„ lh ,
part of the Legislature to get rid of tho t u u
the shortest possible method Georgia Jour
Greatest Knuwv YIEED Coav \U
arc informed that George C, Harness p We
Hardy county; raised the" past season ° f
acre of ground, one hundred and seventh °?
bushels of com. Mr. 11. cultivated CatS
a view of premium at the approaching a-rirnlt
ral exhibition of Hardy county, and the husk
and measuring of the corn was attended t 0 k 8
disinterested, intelligent, and highly
citizen of Moorefiekl.— This is the most extr
dinary yield, from one acre of ground ihatT
have ever heard of. Truly, may the $
Branch Bottoms be termed the “garden spots’f
the Union. —Romney Intelligencer. °
Latest dates from Liverpool, j) ec j~.
Latest dates from Havre j) ec
BAGGING — Hemp, per yard 20 a 2o
Tow, “ 14 a 20
BALE ROPE, per lb. 8 a u
BACON —Hog round, “ 9 a Ji
Hams, “ _ a , 2
Shoulders, “ a 11
Sides, “ —a ~
BUTTER — Grs! en , per lb. 28 a 35
Nort Carolina, “ 15 a 25
Country, “ 18 a 25
COFFEE —Green prime Cuba, “ 14 a 15
Ordinary to good, “ 11 a U
St. Domingo. “ 10 a 14
Brazil, “ —a ~
iMguira, “ a 15
Porto Rico, “ u\ a 15
Java, “ 15 a 16
Mocha, “ 18 a 20
COTTON — Ordinary, “ 5 a 6
Fair, “ 7 a 7|
Good, “ 7| a 8
Prime, “ 8 a |
CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50
Tallow, “ 20 a 22
CHEESE — American, “ a 14
English, “ 40' a 50
ClDEß — Northern, per bbl. 9 00 alO 00
In boxes, per doz. 350 a 450
CIGARS — Spanish, M. 15 a2O
American, “ 5 a l2
CORN — bushel 50 a 62*
FlSH—Herrings, box 125 a 150'
Mackerel No. 1 14 none
“ “ 2 “ <.
“ 3 «« «
FLOUR — Canal, bbl. 9 all
Baltimore, iS 8 a 850
Western, “ none
Country, “ 650 a 7SO
GUNPOWDER— keg 6 a 7
Blasting, “ 4 a 450
GLASS —10 * 12, box 350 a 425
B*lo, “ 325 a 4
IRON — Russia, “ 6
Swedes, assorted, “ 6
Hoop, lb 9 a 10
Sheet, “ 8 a 10
Nail Rods, “ 7 a S
LEAD — Bar, « 9 a
LEATHER — SoIe, lb 28 a 30
Upper, side 175 a 2
Calf Skins, doz 30 a36
LARD — lb 12A a 15
MOLASSES — N. Orleans, gal 40 a 50
Havana, “ 35 a 45
English Island, “ —a
NAILS — i b S a 9
OlLS—Lamp, gal 150a 200
Linseed, “ 1 15 a 135
'Tanners, « 60
OATS — bush 50
PEAS— « 1
PAINTS—Red Lead, lb 15
White Lead, keg 300 a 350
Spanish Brown lb 4 a
Yellow Ochre, 44 3 a
PEPPER — BIack, “ 9 a I2|
PORTER — London, doz 4 a4 50
and Ale, American, bbl 3 a3 50
RAISINS — MaIaga, box 2 a 250
Muscatel, « 1 50 a 2
Bloom, “ none
RlCE — Prime, 100 lb 4 a 5
Inferior to good, “ 350a 450
SC GAR —New Orleans, lb 7 a 10
Havana, white, “ 13 a 15
“ brown, “ 8 a 9
Muscovado, «« 8 a 1®
St. Croix, « 10 a I*l
Porto Rico, t£ 8 a 0
Lump, « ]4 a 16
Loaf, « 15 a ®
Double refined, “ 20 a 22
SOAP — American, No. 1, 8 a
No. 2, 5 a 8
SALT—Liverpool ground, bush 55 a ”5
Turk’s Island, “ none
STEEL — German, lb 15 a 16
Blistered, « 8 a 12;
SHOT—AII sizes, bag 2 124 a 2 37*
SPIRITS — Cognac, Athprf. gal 150a 250
Peach. j a 150
Apple, a 45 a 65
Gin, Holland, « 120 a 150
“ American, “ 55 a
Rum, Jamaica. « 125a I<s
“ New England, « 48 a 56
Whiskey, Northern, “ 48 a 56
Western, “ 50 a l 0
Mononga. “ 75 a 1
“ Irish, “ 2 ,
TOBACCO — N. Carolina, lb S a
Virginia, « 15 a 4 ‘3
riTJiVE— « 30 a 37*
TEA — Bohea, « 50 a
Souchong, « 50 a 'J
Hyson, *< 75 a 125
Gunpowder, « 1 a 1
WlNE — Madeira, ga i 250 a 350
Sicily Madeira, •* 125 a 1
Sherry, “2 n 3 J ,
Tenerijfe, « 75 a 1
Sweet Malaga, . “ 40 a °-
Pnrte, « 75 a 3
Claret, «
“ in bottles, doz 3 a 6
Charnpaigne, « 5 al3
$6,012,019
12,000,000
$19,769,449
Cotton. During the week shippers have had »
fine opportunity of sending forward their cotton,
and a large quantity has gone down the river"
The quantity arriving is very considerable, ho l,
by the rail road and wagons ; the market continue
very much depressed, and buyers are scarcer
Sales arc few, and we quote the following as th f
state of the market yesterday, though the genera
COMMERCIAL.
AUGUSTA PRICES CURRENT,
Thursday, February 6, 1840.
REMARKS.