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North of Chefiestc.i last night i
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the absence of any thing later from VV as I ng
,n, we copy the correspondence of the Balti; on
Patriot, giving an account of the debate oi the
report of Mr. Gmndy, from the Commute to
whom was referred the rcsolations of Mr. Be >on
in relation to the Governments assuming th„
debt* ofthe States. |
•, Tanners’ Register.
Right glad are we to acknowledge our in sht
ednesa to the editor of the Farraers’ Registe for
his politeness in forwarding to our Res ing
Room the January number of the eighth vo! me
of this most excclleat agricultural work. A e
welcome it as we would an old and inti ate
friend, for it lyings fresh to our recollection by
gone days, when we were wont, after the to 9 of
the day, to retire to our sanctum, illumine by
the solt light of an astral, (for in those day; we
supported an -astral,) and feast upon the ric re
past which the indefatigable editor served in iich
handsome style, every month for his numf yus
readers. We welcome it the more cordial I; be
cause the ruthless hand of time has not furre fed
its familiar face, but it appears rather to imp |>ve
as it advances. May it ever be thus.
The January number may lie seen on th [ta
ble in our Reading Room. And to those of our
friends who desire an agricultural work, we an
cheerfully recommend the Register as every f ay
worthy of theit patronage.
The War upon the Currency. |
The following graphic sketch of the eflec |i of
Locofocoisra upon the country, wc copy .ron the
New York Times. It is indeed a gloomy pic
ture, and we fear it is not overdrawn. E ery
mail, aye, almost every breeze wafts upon uSthe
unwelcome intelligence of the utter prostnM-on
of all classes of business, and the contiiwed
downward tendency of the products of the c<lin.
try. The poor pittance of the mechanic andfihe
laborer is curtailed, until he is scarcely abb to
afford a competency for those dependent t on
his exertions for succor, while the agriculturi in
common with the whole commercial int est
throughout this vast republic are writhing u Jer
the greatest possible depression. To what, sks
the enquiring mind, can this deplorable sta i of
"Hungs be attributed? The answer is at h id :
it is the unceasing war made upon the curr icy
by the Locofocos, which was commence*.* by
General Jackson upon the National Bank, nd
has been continued by the “followers in the »ot
steps,” with his trained hand of plunderers, irst
upon the local Banks and finally waged ag nst
the whole credit system of the country, unti the
nation from one extreme to the other is groa ing
under the accumulated burthens of a corruj ad
ministration of the government. Let us not
however, despair, but hope that the time c de
liverance is at hand, when the country wil free
itself from the desolating influence of co upt
men, and return again to that state of prosp -ity
in which they found it.
Effects of Locofocohm lpo.v the F^ar-
IHG INTERESTS OF THE COCSTRT. The
cago American says; “We learn from an |iu
theutic source that iflfteen thousand bushel • of
wheat were sold at Marshall, Calhoun Cot ity,
Michigan, at thirty cents per bushel.”
The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald states that “< >me
farmers of Stark County who wanted mon< ;• to
pay their taxes falling due in a few days, re mt
ly visited Massillon, carrying their wheat for ialc.
After uawking it through town for someritnr ;the
best offer they could get was 43 cents a bnsd il in
barter for goods which would not pay taxei ! but
could not get a cash offer at all, and were ol Iged
to return as they oame.” >
Pork, in Ohio, is worth from two and ah if to
three cents per pound. At Pittsburg, flo r is
quoted at $3,50, and a little farther West a* $3,-
25 and $3, per barrel.
A proportionate reduction in the prices of -cad
stuffs and of all agricultural products used as food
has taken place throughout the country, and heir
tendency is still downward. T.) what is this
state of things to be attributed T We answ. -, to
the universal distress among ihe consuming < ass
es. Business is stagnant and thousand to
which its activity would give all the comfo; s of
slife, are starving. The mechanic, who i few
years ago could maintain his family in lu ury
upon his ample earnings, must now restrict |iem
and himself to the necessaries of life, while til* la
borer whg was content with these, feels the ]ings
of absolute want. If either have acquired aiittle
property, and desire to turn it into cash to neet
present exigencies, he is compelled to sacri be it
at a moiety of its value, to seme capitalist who
so far from seizing upon it as a cheap bai rain,
considers the purchase, in the present depi ssed
state ol the country, a hazardous speculatio,
Under these circumstances, can it be a n uter
of surprise to the farmer that he is unable tt ob
tain a remunerating price for his produce, and
that the poverty which he has seen overw elm
his best customers, should be approachinc his
own door 1 He is as yet only tasting the first
fruits ot disaster ; he is merely in the nov iatc
ut rum.
And what has brought these calamities t non
the community ? What hac diminished th de
mand tor labor, and the prices of all the on iuc-
Uons of labor! What, but a vindictive, ong
continued, incessant warfare upon the curre re
presentative of their value! The trained I >od
hounds which have just been imported into ) ori
da, cannot follow on the track of the savage vith
a more relentless, persevering fidelity, tha the
Administration pack have displayed'in hu tin~
down the commerce, the credit, and the cur ncy
of this impoverished knd.
Late News at H ax n.—Tbc packet shi ; Pa
trick Henry, Capt. Delano, from Liverpool was
below at New-York, 31st ult., her regular . iy ot
sailing the 25 of December, consequently si ■ will
bring at least 8 days later advices from Lor on.
iTennessee United Stales Senate .
The Nashville Republican Banner of tlx 28th
ult says .—that General Alexander A o.h
of Knox county, was vccrdtj elf cd .
Senator m the Congre» th. United Sus, to
fill the vacancy occasioned b, , he of
the Hon. Hrou L. Whit.. The vote ,
follows :
Alexander Anderson 1Q
Hugh L. White
Wil latu Trousdale, of Sumner, 3
Judm F«kon, of Lincoln, 3
Correspondence of the Baltimore tat riot.
Washisgtox, Jan. 29.
INTERESTING DKBiTE IN THE SENATE.
THE ASSUMPTION OF STATE DEBTS.
A good day’s work has just been finished by
the Senate. The idle and mischievous resolutions
of Mr. Benton, against a straw of his own crea
tjcn against a proposition which has never yet
been submitted to the Senate ! —for the assump
tion by the Federal Government of the debts of
States, were referred, it will be remembered, about
three weeks ago, after a long and swelling har
angue from their author The Committee,*rffter
taking all this time for examination and study,
sent in a report to-day, by the hands ®f their
chairman, Mr. Grundy, who, to give greater em
phasis to its doctrines and arguments and decla- j
mation, read it himself from the Secretary’s desk.
A debate arose upon it instantly, which, for
animation, interest and importance, has not been
surpassed by any thing that has occurred during
the present session. The scope and tendency of
the resolutions and the report were attacked with
great power by Messrs. Crittenden, Preston,
Southard, Webster, and Smith of Indiana; and
so heavy and effective were their blows, that after
a feeble defence by the chairman of the Commit
tee, and by the author of the resolution*, the re
port was sent buck to the Committee for correc
tion and emendation !
The report appeared to be, for the most part, a
rlfacimento or hash of Colonel Benton’s speech
es on the subject; and that remarkable Senator
seemed to be actuated by some of the pride and
jealousy of paternity respecting it, for he took
upon himself a great deal of the care and burden 1
of explaining certain parts, as well as of its gen
eral support and defence.
As soon as the reading was finished, Mr. Crit
tenden rose, and commented on the extraordinary
character this whole proceeding. I greatly
regret that, owing to engagements in the House,
I did not hear the first part and the best of this
speech ; but it is represented as being distinguish
ed, in an eminent degice, by force of argument
and felicity of illustration, and that inimitable
wit and sarcasm which give so much spirit and
point to his style. He made an able and eloquent
defence of the course and conduct of the States, |
and protested against the unwarrantable interfer
ence of the Senate in their domestic concerns. —
In this connection he alluded to certain famous
resolutions, drawn up by Mr. Calhoun, immedi
ately with reference to the design and movements
of the Abolitionists, but containing strong decla
rations of a general and comprehensive character
against the right of one State, or a combination i
of States, or the General Government, to inter
meddle with the internal policy and domestic
concerns of any Stale of this Union. He quoted
J the language of Mr. Calhoun, and called upon
him to say whether the resolutions of Mr. Benton
and this report of the committee were not “inter
meddling” palpable and direct—whether every
word of animadversion and censure contained in
them was not “interference at once unwarrantable 1
and insulting to the Stales.”
I hoped this allusion would bring Mr. Calhoun j
out—but he kept his seat; and Mr. Grundy took \
the floor.
He said (I doubt not with peifect sincerity) '
that he had hoped the discussion of the report
would have been delayed for some time, until the
committee should be prepared for it. There can !
be no question at all that the authors and friends
of the report were not ready to meet the argu
ments with which the distinguished gentleman of
the Opposition assailed it on the very spur of the
occasion. Mr. Grundy, however, went so far in
the defence as to disclaim most emphatically any
design to injure the States, or to rebuke or insult
them. But what signify all these disclaimers,
when the whole tendency and end of the acts of
the committee is to do this injury and give this
offence 1
With regard to a gross error in the report, in
stating the amount of the debt of Louisiana, Mr.
Grundy virtually admitted that he had taken the
report of a New York Comptroller, (Mr. Flagg)
for his authority.
In a brief but pungent rejoinder, Mr. Critten
den re-inforced, what I understood were his ter
mer objections to the report. The States of this
Union are held up in it invidiously, as being in
debt to the amount of Two Hcxdred Millions
of Dollars ; and lest any of the evils of such
a state of indebtedness should escape the notice
of the world, they are commented on with all the
prodigality of language and illustration, and
when the committee are asked for the grounds of
their statement, they can show none !
But the Chairman tells the Senate of a calcu
lation that has glanced faintly on his memory—
and it was the basis of this structure ! How, Mr.
Crittenden asked, could a Statesman come into
the Senate and venture to announce to the world
a “ calculation” on this most important and deli
cate subject without besng sure of his grounds 1
He repeated, all disclaimers to the contrary
notwithstanding, that this report was in substance,
tone—its whole aim and object, a gross indignity
to the States. Suppose a man were to go on
’change and proi laim to every body he met that
one of his neighbors was immensely in debt, (and
that too without knowiag any thing certain about
his condition,) and that neighbor had better not
come to him for security, for he should not get
ft -would that not be regarded as offensive I
This is a similar case. Have the States asked
this Government to become their security ?
i Whence! Where’ What State 1 They have
not asked it. \et they are brought up here in
view of the whole world— not for punishment
oh no !—they are not caught by the head and
shaken, or by the throat and constrained—but
they receh e lectures and animadversions in a
most circumlocutory manner, and the whole world
is told to mark well that they ar* greatly in debt,
and that the Government w’ill not become their
security! Mr. ( rittenden made no motion, hut
he expressed his hope that the majority would see
the propriety of recommitting this report, with
instructions to inquire into the facts, and ascer
tain how ranch was the amount of the whole debt
ot the states, and how much was the part of each,
and state these things, not with ambiguous ver
bosity, but plainly and specifically, so that if the
Committee were determined to enact the charac
ter ol Mentors, the country might have correct
information.
Mr. Benton, though not a member of the com
mittee. had, I dare say, much to do with its work.
He now rose, and, alter a few explanations, pro
posed the printing of the largest number of copies
that had ever been printed of any document; no
less than thirty thousand! He farther moved ;
that the Report should be made the order of the i
day for next Monday.
Mr. Southard next got the floor, and asked the !
Chairman of the Committee where he found the
proposition for assuming the State debts, which I
he had been combating so industriously 1
, Mr - Grundy replied that notice had been given
by a member of the House of Representatives, of
his intention to bring forward a measure of the
kind.
Mr. Southard, “ And that is the gentleman’s
ground for action by us in the Senate! To an
ticipate and counteract a proceeding in the other
branch of Congress.”
After commenting ,„y properly on this inde
c rum ot e House of Representatives, Mr. South
ard proceeded to show the inevitably injurious ef
fects ol the promulgation of this report with the
sanction of the Senate. r
Mr. Smith, of Indiana followed with some ju
dicious and forcible remarks against the whole pro
ceeding. ”
Mr. Brown, of N. C. spoke a short time,but he
added little or nothing to what had been said by
his abler friends, Messrs. Benton and Grundy. ”
Mr. Preston then rose, and followed up the at
tack on this poor report, with a speech of great
j ability and eloquence. He denied ibe junsdic- |
I tion of Congress over the States, on this matter,
and condemned this proceeding as an attempt at
little else than issuing a commission of bankrupt
cy against them. He exposed very clearly the
detrimental effect it must have on the interests ot
his own State of South Carolina particularly, and
of all, and of the General Government itself. For
i he reminded the authors, that large sumsbelong
-1 ing to the Government, and for which it wastrus
i tee, were invested in these State stocks. He
reprobated strongly the magnifying of the debts
of the States by the committee, and adduced sev
eral flagrant instances of this mischievous exag
geration.
Mr. Preston asked what right they had to im
agine that the States were coming to ask this
i boon 1 Who says that South Carolina is corn
i ingl Who says that every State is soliciting
your favors'? What would they come so
I What hope would bring them to your exhausted
Treasury ? Do they not know that every accu
j sation of imprudence, of prodigality, ot culpable
extravagance, with which you have vituperated
them, is true respecting yourselves? Are they
coming to your iron chest for that which they
1 know is not there ?
He objected most strenuously to the Senate
giving any sanction to this report. Let it be
printed, and it will in twenty-five days be on
every banker’s table in London. Every broker
there will forthwith try to hedge himself. It will i
be another violent blow against Ameirican cred
it and bring down all our stocks in the Europe
an market.
After Mr. Preston finished, there was some
conversation about striking out certain parts of
the report before printing it, and especially that
which stated the indebtedness of Louisiana.
Mr. King, of Ala., then rose, and moved to
recommit the report, with instructions to strike
out the statements concerning the debts of partic
ular States.
On this proposition, Mr. Webster took the
floor, and by a speech, of uncommon force, gave
a settler to the re port for the present, at least.
He said, he was certainly for sending it back to r
the committee, and keeping it there—for, in his ]
opinion, it was the most extraordinary document
j ever put forth by wise and reflecting men. — j
1 When he looked at the time of its introduction ,
—the circumstances—the absolute absence of any ;
j necessity for it, he could not but regard it as the
j most gratuitous, uncalled for, and indiscreet pa
per he had ever seen in his life.
Very many of the States have heavy amounts
in foreign markets—his own State, Massachu
j setts had—and shall the world be told by this Sen-
I ate that the Legisleture of that State had over (
I burthened itself with debt? Sir, (continued Mr.
Webster,) I renounce entirely and absolutely the
legislation of that gentleman, or of any body
else, on this matter.
I protest against their putting arguments into i
the mouths of others to use against the States of
| this Union—their insinuations that there is dan
ger of the States of this Union not fulfilling their
obligations. It is admitted they can pay. Why
then do gentlemen go out of their road to say the
| Stales will not do their duty. Why touch these
I concerns at all 1 Who brought the subject here ?
Wherefore do gentlemen stand up in the Senate
and read us long arguments against cases which
no man has brought forward, and which no man
in the country is weak enough to maintain?—
What is the object of these swelling and inflam
matory resolutions, arrayed in gaudy and flimsy
rhetoric, put forth and supported—and to be quo
ted in every foreign country ?
He could conceive nothing more detrimental
to the interests of the States and the country.
He instanced the case of Louisiana, about which
the committee had so signally blundered. What,
he asked, was there of justice or statesman-like
conduct in magnifying and showing up the
amount of its debt ? He was glad to see that
the majority themselves had become alarmed at
their own work in this instance. But why, if
any thing of this kind was to be done, had not
the committee put their inquiries to the State au
thorities ? Would they have dared to do that !
No: they knew the impropriety of it. Yet, if
any thing was to be dene on the subject, that un
questionably was the proper method.
Mr. Webster delivered his remarks with great
animation and earnestness of manner; and he
was listened to with deep attention. He conclu
ded by suggesting to the committee that if they
did make e. report, it should be in five lines, and
simply declare that the resolution of the Senator
from Missouri, had no application to any case be
fore the Senate.
By this time the Administration members had
become pretty well satisfied that their committee
had blundered sadly.
Mr. Grundy, rather humbled apparently, saiu?
something about the importance of looking to
danger at a distance; and, in an apologetic strain,
admitted that in so long a report some things might
have crept, which were not altogether accurate,
&c. and so, he would assent to the re-commit
ment ! But, he added, he could assure the Sena
tor from Massachusetts, that the report would
consist of more than five lines, for the subjects
were, in his opinion, of grave moment.
‘ Very well” (rejoined Mr. Webster) “and I ;
hope the honorable gentleman will give us one
thing; and whether he does it in five, or in Jive
hundred lines, I care not. Let him state the
particular amount which each state is indebted.
After some conversation between Mr. Critten
den and Mr. Grundy, the question was taken on
the re-cornmittent and carried in the affirmative
without a division.
Mr. Calhoun did not open his lips on the sub
ject.
Among the petitions and memorials presented
to the Senate this morning, was one by Mr. Web
ster, from a large number of the citizens of Bos
ton, praying for such an alteration of the law as
would allow a drawback on coal exported from
England to this country for the purpose of being
used by the steam ships.
Mr Phelps presented the resolutions of the
Legislature of Vermont, instructing their Sena
tors and requesting their Representatives to use
their exertions to procure the passage of a law au
thorizing the distribution of the proceeds of the
sales of the public lands among the States.
The Senate adjourned after the debate on Mr.
urundy s report.
Governor Morton’s Message excites unquali- j
I fied admiration among the Loco Focos It is
| ma(3e U P af ? e r the best fashion for the market-
J Wlt h all the necessary common-places on the sub
i ject of banks and the credit system, and with the
■ due exhibition of alarm and indignation, touching
: internal improvements and State indebtedness.
1 rhe Governor thinks, however, that it will -ot be
I worth to touch the banks of Massachusetts
i until the Sub-Treasury shall get into full opera
tion, except it be to the end of restricting the i,
sue of small bills. The Governor’s recommenda
tions, with all their merit in the eyes of Loco Fo
coism, are unfortunately of no moVe interest or in'
fluerice than those of any other private individual
m the State, and therefore we do not think it
worth while to transfer any portion of them tn
our columns. The Governor's position on ,he
Bench has not enabled him to pursue financial
studies to any great advantage; as we believed all
his knowledge on the subject has been derived
from his connection as director with one or more
banking institutions He merelv palms off the
thrice sodden absurdities of Ne* York Loco Fo
coism tor the results of his own reflection and ex
perience.
We have said that the recommendations of
Governor Morton possess no more public inter
est than those of any private individual in th-
State. This is sufficiently indicated by the feet
thai, with a Whig majority i n both branches o f
the Legislature, and in hi* own Council, there w
no reason to fear that any of his theories on the
subject of Banking, will be reduced to practice
among his constituents. —New 4 ork Enquirer.
Treasury Department,
February 1, 1840.
Amount of Treasury notes issued under the
provisions of the acts of Congress ot 12th Octo
ber, 1837, 21st of May, 1838, and 2d March,
1839, $19,567,086 22
Os this amount there has been
redeemed - 17,358,822 55
Leaving outstanding the sum of $2,208,263 67
LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury .
Mr. Buckingham, so well known in this coun
try as a public Lecturer, appears in the last New
York Observer of this city with very serious com
plaints against the Editors of that Paper, for first
garbling and misrepresenting his Lectures on
Palestine, and then admitting a series of comments
from the pen of the Rev. Eli Smith of Boston,
founded on these errors, and consequently doing
him great injury. The letters from Mr. Buck
ingham shows most clearly that he has been most
grossly traduced and injured. He has thus far
made a most triumphant vindication of all he has
said, and proved most conclusively that he has
just cause of charging the Editors of that Paper
with a system of duplicity and double dealing—
most disreputable as men, to say nothing of per
sons who are professors of religion, and who are
conductors of a Journal devoted to the Chr*stian
cause, which is so much reveied and loved.—A.
Y. Eve. Express.
The Hawkinsville Bank.—Numerous re
ports having been in circulation, in reference to
the sale of a majority of the Stock, and the trans
fer of this institution, injurious to its credit and
standing, we are authorized most distinctly to
state that no such sale or transfer has been made,
and that no change whatever is contemplated,
either in the directory or the officers of this
Bank.—That a portion of Stock has been sold to
: some gentlemen residing at or near Fort Gaines,
-for the purpose of establishing an agency at that
point, which is to be under the entire control of
the mother Bank. A list of the new Stockhold
ers will be published at an early day.— Macon
Telegraph of the \lh.
The Valley Forge Steamer.— We observe
in the Southwestern papers coming from towns
on the Mississippi, notices of this vessel as she
proceeded on her voyage downwards to New Or
leans. The Memphis Enquirer says she touched
at that place and seemed crowded with passen
gers. She drew about four feet water—no more
than any ordinary boat of her tonnage. Her
passage down the river, adds that paper, forms a
new era in the steamboat navigation of the Mis
sissippi.
A Natchez paper speaks of the appearance of
the “ Valley Forge’ at that city, and gives an ac
count of her dimensions, tonnage, &c. All ac
counts go to show that she works well. In point
of speed she falls short of the best wooden steam
ers, although, no doubt, subsequent improve
ments in the construction or iron vessels will do
away with the obstacles which cause this sort of
j inferiority. The superior safety of iron steam
ers in regard to fire will recommend them strong
ly to the public favor.— Balt. Anier.
The American Silk Society will meet in Wash
, ington city on the 19th of Feb. inst. Amongst
other business, it is expected that the Society will
then osier the following premiums for the pro
duction of silk, viz:—Five premiums of SI,OOO
each; five of §SOO each; fifty of SIOO each;
fifty ot £SO each; and SI,OOO in premiums on
manufactured silks. All persons disposed to con
tribute to the premium fund, are requested to ad
dress their favor to Gidoon B. Smith, Esq. Se
cretary ofthe American Silk Society, Baltimore.
Philadelphia hxq.
The New York Courier stales that a man who
was formerly barber on hoard the Lexington, will
appear and testify that during the past summer,
while she was on her trip through the sound, she
took fare, and so far had the flames progressed that
for the safety of the passengers they were all taken
into the small boats; that part of the freight was
thrown overboard, and after great exertions the fire
was subdued, and the passengers taken on board
again and the trip resumed.
The Providence Courier publishes the follow
ing puzzler:
“ A widow, two children, a man and his wife
and their two children, four cousins, an uncle
and aunt and two grand children slept in two’
beds—Quere ? How many persons were there,
and in what relationship were they to each oth-
In the Illinois Legislature, a series of resolu
passed firing the Finance
Lommittee to report a bill providing for the total
ST” ? f a " ™Han/,he dismal
of the operatives and engineers.
Ihe New Y °rk Evening Star states, as the
reason why Miss Shirreff and Mr. Wilsok did not
shat “ t t ?j NeW * orleans in their late Southern trip,
that the ignorance of the London Life Insur-
CO nslrucSd an t rt ha K CaUS6d theif P ° licies to be 80
constructed, that they could not visit lhat citv
which, in winter, is the healthiest, pleasan t
place in the world.” mesi
PRomxcE of Copt Right.—Sir Walter
Scott s Life of Napoleon, sold with the printed
books, for £I,BOO sterling. The net recess of
£IOS: ,1S ’° n tW ° firSt edhlons exceed
Moore’s Life of Lord Byron, £4,000.
£12 h 500 t Ir fi Wa,ter ScOU ’ by Lockhart,
r 00lb ® t T° first - vears of the copy-right
accordins 10 ,he „f
Moore s Lalla Lookh, £3,000
snnp lW h r,S r No J elsaVerage f «>m JEI.2OG to £l .
500 each, for Kienzi he obtained £1 600 \f ’
j Hyatt’s from £I,OOO t0£1,200 ’ Ma>>
Sir Walter Scott’s Wavprfr „
Lockhart. 22,500 copies were <snd’ aC(^ ordin S to
sale of the current P re ™“> •<> the
which would realize above 000 amJ .1“ " me ’
but one, out of twenly-two bv th. *IT
} The oreat V- by the sa me author.
-L.hed~^-- b^
to £IOO non n. r . YUlume > Would amount
-t 1-0,000 over and above that on former ouh
hcations, on each novel. The copyright ofThe
edS7wall<■ r Scott & gained K “■£
3o r 7fJung ght - v voium -—a
Mr. Lockhart, editor ofthe p •
-Professor Wilson, of BlackwlpJ
Professor Jtapter, ofthe Edinburgh RevS
Theodore Hook, of the New Monthlv i ’ d
ceive less than £I,OOO per annum n ° l re *
erage. F annum, each, on av-
Dr. Macauley, Dr. Southy. Mr
other eminent men, receive one hund ™ W ’. and
for a single article, in the
burgh Reviews. ** ter,y and Edin
“ Nicholas NickelbV” by Bo* o
writer, sold for £3,000 N. K ExpreL y ° U “ 8
From the Nitti York Star. |
To be read by the Ladies*
We invite the attention of our fair leaders to
the following explanation of the “principal causcs
of the decrease of marriages.” We regret that
candor requires us to bear testimony to the fidel
ity of the picture sketched. It however exhib ts
another evidence of the oft repeated fact that the
present generation, by pride, luxuries, and false
delicacy, have heedlessly trampled under foot the
excellent precepts and example of that Spartan
band of mothers who flourished in the “days of
auld lang svne.” An inordinate thirst for wealth,
show and distinction, has perhaps entailed more
misery upon the human family, than all the vices
which flesh is heir to. The softer sex, whose
peculiar province it is to amend the manners and
improve the heart, should be pioneers in reform
ing the follies of the day. They should con
stantly bear in mind, under every temptation,
“that worth makes the man ; the want ot it, the
fellow.”
Principal causes of the decrease of marriages.—
I’ll tell you why young ladies do not gooff so fre
quently as formerly :—Tney are too nice and too
proud, &c. &c.
T know a young lady—not very young now in
deed, who to my certain knowledge, has refused
15 offers!
One because the gentleman could not keep a
carriage.
Another because he could not speak the French
language.
A third, because he knew nothing of the Ital
ian operas.
A fourth, because he stooped in the shoulders.
A fifth, because he had not fortune enough.
A sixth, because he was a tradesman.
A seventh, because he was a tobacco chewer.
The eighth, was too bashful in company.
The ninth, because he wore spectacles.
The tenth was a politician, and did not bestow
on her sufficient attention.
The eleventh could not dance, and consequent
ly was a fool in our lady’s opinion, &c.
The lady’s own fortune is as follows :
In bank stock, SOO,OOO
In permanent bridges, 00,000
Turnpike roads, 00,000
Insurance company, 00,000
Money at interest, 00,000
Lottery tickets, 20
Houses, 00,000
To which, in cash, diamonds, &c.
may be added, 00,000
With a fortune, like this, you may judge with
what propriety a lady rejects a tradesman or in
sists on keeping a carriage.
Legal Pleasantries. —They originate more
than half the current wit of the day, in the Great
West. There is a racy freshness, moreover,
about the pleasantries of that region, that is quite
delightful. From a late Missouri journal we
have clipped the following anecdote of an emi
nent legal gentleman ot that State. If it be as
new to the reader as it is to us, we will guarantee
his favorable sufferage; being once opposed to Mr.
S , late Member of Congress, he remarked as
follows to the jury, upon a point of disagreement
between them: “Here my brother S and I
differ. Now this is very natural. Men seldom
see things in the same light, and they may disa
-1 gree in opinion upon the simplest principles ol
the law, and that very honestly; while, at the
same time, neither can see any earthly reason
• why they should. And this merely, because they
look at different sides of the subject, and do not
view it in all its bearings. Suppose, for illustra
. tion, a man should come in here, and boldly as
t sert that my brother S ’s head (here he laid
I his hand very familiarly upon the large chuckle
. head of his opponent) is a squash! I, on the
i other hand, should maintain, and perhaps with
. equal confidence, that is a head. Now, here |
L would be a difference, undoubtedly an honest
. difference—of opinion. We might argue about
. it till doomsday, and never agree. You often
, see men arguing upon subjects as empty and tri
fling as this ! But a third person coming in, and
looking at the neck and shoulders that support it,
would say at once, that I had reason on my
side ; for if it was not a head, it at leat occupied
the place of one, and stood where a head ought
to be.” All this was uttered in the gravest and
most solemn manner imaginable, and the effect
was irresistably ludicrous.— Knickerbocker .
1 rr , i
i The following scene occurred in the office of
I a county justice. A boy brought forward as the
evidence of the ill-treatment of his master.
Justice —Do you swear or affirm 1
Boy —Swear.
Justice —Did you ever swear 1
Boy —Oh yes, many a lime.
Justice —Then you may swear.
Boy seizing the book and kissingJ —l’ll be
d d of‘boss’ didn’t whip me with a bridle.
Accident.—A line litlle boy, about three
years old, was run over, by the carelessness of the
driver of a two horse carriage, at the corner of
Drayton street, to-day about 10 minutes past two
o clock. He was in charge of a servant who nar
rowly escaped with her life. Two wheels passed
over him, yet the litlle hero bore it manfully, and
we hope is not hurt materially. The careless
ness of diivers is becoming evey day more mani
fest.—Savannah Telegraph ,
A Gem.—T.S. Shreeve,Esq., of Louisville, in
a late recture on intellectual superiority, in speak
ing of the achievement of the married poet, said :
“ After he has woven his web of thought and
gazed on it till his heart is drunk with delight he
wil! return to her even as the eagle returns from
his far off wanderings —where he has been play
ing with the billow and the beam—back to the
nest where his lordly affections dwell.”
Look out, Farmers.-A few days since four
men were taken up in Randolph county, in this
tetate, who hau in their possession six negroes
which they had stolen from the county of Glynn!
They had travelled quite a circuitous route, du
ring which time they kept the negroes in carts
covered—three negro men and three women, de
luciing their pursuers until within a few miles of
he Chattahoochee. Three of the men went by
the name of bummerlin, two of them from the
county of Glynn and one from Hawkinsville—
one by the name of Standley; all having chang
ed their names, also the names of the negroes
Theger.Uemea who pursued them were a Mr
0 Neal and Mi. Ratcriff, who certainly deserve
much credit in their active perseverance.
The thieves and the negroes were well chained
together and placed on their back track, and it is
hoped will be landed safe in the county where
ymVer was perpetrated.-C 0 / Mm L s En
bas been spent in war and I ‘*7 ra ° n t y ' haS
foot of land upon the dob/ I eVCry
" , , er y s, de and in every vallev
sebo u Wh ° 6 . hal)itable earth; I will supply that
chool house with a competent teacher; / w iu
mild an academy in every town, and endow if
a college in every state, and fill it with able pro
fessors; I will crown every hill with a church con
secrated to the promulgation of the gospel ofpeace
-1 will support in its pulpit an able teacher ofri<ffi!’
eousness, so that on every Sabbath morningffie
chime on one hill should answer to the c him!
on another around the earth’s broad circuit
ence; and the voice of prayer and th ‘ CUmfer “
praise, should ascend like an , m iJ f°J s ° f I
aaust to Heaven. —Stebbins al holo ‘
Religioc* Excitement in Cincinnat
Since the early part of December the
N. Maffilt has been preaching in the Wesle •'"
Chapel of this city. He delivers four or fi Vo *' an
mons in each week and the chape!, one O fT
largest buildings of the kind in the west, i s •
formly filled to overflowing by the crowds
flock to hear him. We are informed that }
700 persons have been added to the Meth
church of this city, since the time of Mr. M 'f*
arrival among us.— Republican. 5
By the annual report of the Comptroller 0 f
State of New York, it appears that, the rec '
from all sources, including the balance i/
treasury, was $3,810,871 05, and the tIn(1 ~e
tures $3,747,786 90, leaving a balance 0 f
084 15.—The whole debt of the stale is
941,616 32. ' I)l V
Beet Sugar.— lt is estimated that theanioi
of Beet Root Sugar, manufactured in Fra
during the last year, was 100,000,000 lbs
Prussia and Germany 30,000,000 lbs. The T °
Whig states that in the Western part'of Michi.
240,000 lbs. were manufactured the last sc
That is rather better than morns multicaulhT 8011,
Dorothy Ramsbottom’s CouMFvn.,
of Railroad Riding We mem t *? 5
ralerod which is the only wav oftnv r
• r . . r . , . ' oi traveling now
,f U was not for not bemg able , 0 ’
want, and the being locked m, an d the noise of
the hinges, and the smell of the stnoek from th
chimley, and the ile and the raltlin, and the rj
being hable to see nothing of the country, hand
the danger of being blowed up or knocked off f
rales, I do think hit would be perfect.
Croton Aqueduct. —The report of the Wa
ter Commissioners on this subject, up to the Ist
of January, 1840, states that 54 sections out of
the 970 are completed, and several others nearly
so. The work is two-thirds done; and there
been expended in nine halfyears, just $3,924 650
08. The last hall year there has been expended
$1,243,827 13. The bridge over Harlem Riv cr
is to be completed Aug. 1, 1843, and is to cost
$755,130. The estimated sum required for the
year 1840 is about $2,071,000; and the whole
work is now estimated to cost $8,907,465. Y«r
York Herald.
It is stated that about $50,000 have been col
lected in the Georgia Conference on the centen
nary occasion, and some $60,000 in the South
Carolina conferrence. These sums are to be ap.
plied to strictly charitable and philanthropic ob
jects, and are noble examples of Christian benevo
lence and munificence.
Greatness, —The great Zimmerman justly
observes that there is always something great in
that man against whom the world exclaims, at
whom every one throws a stone, and on whose
character all attempt to fix a thousand crimes
without being able to prove one.
Slander.— Look on slanderers as direct ene
mies to civil society; as persons without honor,
honesty, or humanity. Whoever entertains yon
with the faults of others, designs to serve you in
a similar manner. e
Paris and New York. —While New
is annually mulcted with losses by fire to hundreds
of thousands of dollars, and sometimes millions,
Paris, wi»h a population three times as large, loses
comparatively nothing. A late Paris papersavs,
—“lt appears from an authentic statement that
j during last July August, and September, the Hum
-1 ber of fires which caused any damage worthy of
: notice in the capita! was only eight. The total
j amount of the loss occasioned by these accident!
is estimated at 91,000 fr., [about $17,000] where
as the total amount for which the properties so in
jured was insured, is known to have been more
than 900,000 fr/'— N. York Journal Com.
Upper, up-tick.—The intermittent custom
among the dandies of New York, of wearing
moustaches, imperials, &c v is designated as up
per-lip-tick fits.
__ COMMERCIAL.
Latest dates from Liver , Dec. 17
Latest dates from Havre Dec. 11
AUGUSTA MARKET.
Cotton. We have to note rather an improve
ment in the market since ©ur report on Thursday
This is owing probably to the fact, that there wa.
less offering for the last two days ; holders cot
tinue firm, and all descriptions are a shade bclte:
We quote to day from sto cents as extremes*:
the market, though there is but little sold solo*
as Ih® greater portion of the sales range from" j
to 8, at which prices they are taken hold of pretty
freely.
The following is the state of the market for
round bales, while the same article in square bigs
always commands from an eighth to a quarter of * 1
cent more:
Ordinary, 6 to 7 I
Fair , 7 to7j
Go °d, 7$ to 8
A lot of prime in square bags would comman; :
mand yesterday 8£ readily.
Our river continues in good boating order,id .
freights to Savannah are $1 50 per bale.
Groceries. —Since our last we have had to |
change to note in the market. The demand is fe I
and a tolerable fair business is doing. The stock, I
however, is generally light.
Exchange. —On New-York at sight, Si a 9 I
cent, for current funds; Charleston at 4 a4jpt I
cent, and Savannah 1 per cent.; specie comm-wi I
5 a 6 per cent, premium.
Bank Notes. —Savannah Bank, 1 per cent. pH'
mium; Mechanics’, (Augusta,) 5 per ct.; Agec i
Brunswick, (Augusta,) 5 do ; Planters’and Mechar
ics’, Columbus, discount; Monroe Rail RoadJ
do.; Ocmulgee, 25 do.; Darien, 18 do.; Rome,sodo.i
Milledgeville, 2s. All other Banks at par.
Specie Paying Banks.— Mechanics Bank, Ban*
of St. Mary’s, Insurance Bank of Columbus, Com
mercial Bank of Macon, and principal Bank --
Branch of the Brunswick Bank in this city.
Macon, February 4
Since our last, owing to the p rospects of a boa-*
ble river, and the probability of immediately
ting the article off, at a reduced price of freight
advanced the price of Cotton in this market fullf
of a cent. Prices range at present from s to
cents. Principal sales 6| a7. . ,
Below will be found a comparative statem® I ',.
the receipts, stock, and price, on the first ol c f
of the present and two preceeding years:
, 1838. 1839 ' 1840 ; h ,les
Rec pts to Ist Feb. 75,824 53,038 75,407 baj--
Stock “ 17,787 15,500 44,477 bal® • ■
Do. at the wharf and at warehouses not
reported, supposed, 4,500
Total stock at Feb. 184 0 48,977 bale*
Price Ist Feb. 8 a 10* 12 a155 a7i « en (; |
i reights —to Savannah, by boats, per bale, ,
do. by boxes, do.
Insurance —to Savannah, a per cent.
Cincinnati, January --
Flour —From wagon, $3 75 a 3 SO per bbl- .
I Whiskey —From wagons, 24 ft 24$ et». P* f •
lon, are the prices quoted.