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I , * 11 }■ CHRONICLE SfiNTINEy. Al jISTA< > MONDAY *DRNING t !■ EBRI No ma*' North of Charleston last night. Z At***!*^ oll held in Mobile on Monday %at for Representative to the Legislature to 01 ft te lacancy of Dr. Percy Walker, resigned, | e Hon. John Gayle,the Whig candidate, was ehit ed by a majority of near 500 votes. This is <»e among the manv evidences wc have lately seji, which induce. 8 * us to believe that the tide of p|>- Uc opinion, which last year -et so strongly m|*- vorofthe present administration, is now beeji ningto recede. | The Representative Branch of the Alabama Legislature has passed what is called a Re»?f Law, by & vote of 50 against 35, and it is s nosed that it will also pass the Senate, and le* ceive the sanction of Governor Bagby. thirds of the Legislature of Alabama are \|n Boreniles, real “stamp-down,” hard money Deijh r rats ! By this hill, it will ha seen that the of that Stale are authorized to issue three Horn, five hundred thousand dollars of Notes, and they are authorized to remain ir,|a state of susjrenfiion until the first day of Jtl*< 1841. Wc give below the provisions of the iiil as we find them in the Mobile Advertiser. ■, Section 1. Provides that all indebtedness-j the Mother Bank and Branches, “on the eitenl «d debt, seven per cent, loan, together with ft 1 notes, or bills of exchange, they have in suit |r in execution, or upon any other obligation, ’sbjl be collected in sums not exceeding 20 per ceil, per annum and interest, until the Legislative shall otherwise direct; conditioned on the pa vilion of ample security, and with the following exceptions: Bills of exchange running to n.|t turity and predicated on the shipment of cotUsi, or upon business or transaction paper. exc<ll such business paper as has been substituted lr the extended debt or seven per cent. loan. Biis of exchange purchased in the liquidation ot dec s due the Mobile Branch Bank by the Deca ' r Bank. £ Sec. 2. Provides, that the non-specie payii|j Banks of the State of Alabama, shall be allow until the first day of July, 1841, to resume spec*; payments, any law to the contrary iag. ' Skc. 3. lleguires the Mother Bank atjii Branches at Montgomery and Huntsville, to iaol; each the sum of five hundred thousand dollars li Post Notes, not having a longer time than twelPs months to run; and the Branches of the Su#; Bank at Mobile and Decatur are required to isspi a like sum of five hundred thousand dollars ea r %i in their own paper. ft Sec. 4. Abolishes the Board of Control. ft Sec. 5. Authorizes the two stock banks Mobile to issue Post Notes of any denominate •* not less than §lo t to any amount, not exceedii'; $500,000 each, and not to run more than twel jp months from their date. Ocmulgee Bank. I The Macon Messenger of the 6th inst. says.-i- On Monday last an installment of thirty per cei#. off the capital stock of the Ocmulgee Bank lu cerne due, amounting to One Hundred and fifty Thousand Dollars, and was paid in promptly, ft i cash, (with the exception of two thousand dolla»*) • This we trust, will be a great relief to the Bat.ft’ «*• and we have strong assurances that the bill holl ers of the Institution need not apprehend danger of loss. The Bank declines any furth>. discounts, until the public is satisfactorily assunl of its solvency and good condition. I Yesterday a meeting of the directors was and the resignation of Mr. Jewett, the PresiderA was received and accepted: whereupon, C(ft, Henry G. Lamar was elected President. Tls; of Col. Lamar is two well known this community, to leave a doubt that he wou ,1 accept an appointment from an institution whit ; he di 1 not believe solvent, and whose credit cou I not be honorably sustained. & The Tippling Bill was rejected in the Senat* of Tennessee, on its first reading, by a vole |f 13 to 11, on the 22d ult. I The Murfreesborough Telegraph of the lit inst., says—“On Tuesday evening last, a resol® | tion was adopted in the Senate to make Mu| ! freesborough the Seat of Government of tL Slate of Tennessee; and on Wednesday til House of Representatives concurred therein.-A The resolution was passed by a majority of o l> in each branch of the Legislature.” | From the Sew York Star. f LsXIVr.TON IXgl-FST. NINTH AND LAST D*|'. The testimony being closed, the Jury gave in dj following verdict: 1 “That the deceased, Stephen Waterbury, Phi ) Upson, Silas Thorburn, Benjamin Lader and J 1 cob C. Bates, came t>» their death in consequen- a of the burning of the steamboat Lexington. » Long Island Sound on the !3rh instant” They also accompanied it with a present men that the fire was communicated to the promena< deck by the intense heat of the smoke pipe ar ; steam chamber, as the fire was first seen near tl i casing of the steam chimney aoove the pro me ade deck. 1 bat the boat was an excellent vessc ; I but the boiler not suitable for coal with the blot - er». That the ire might have been readily o tinguished and the passengers saved by preint • | of mind at the beginning. That the 'inspeeto • * of steamboats here are culpable in giving certi : 1 cates to thu Lexington. That the Law of Co: ' gress had been complied as respects her safe when it had not been. That blowers are unsaf • i and that the conduct of the officers of the boat ■' the time she was destr yed. d serves the severe censure of this community, from the facts prov j before this jury, that the Capt. and pilot, in t > freatest hour of danger, left the steamboat to h r wn guidance, and soughi their own safety, : - gardless of the fate of the passengers, instead of t e Uaptain or Pilot retreating to the tiller, aft, w!u drive* from the wheel house, forward, and t e ropes there being burnt off, there being at th t time a communication to the said tiller. th< e appeared to be no other thought hut self-press > vatton -And it further appears to this jury, th t the odious practice of carrying cotton in a y quantities on board of paasengei boats, in a ma - n.r in which it .hall be liable to lake fire, fre , .park, or hea, from an, ,™ k * ; „ r , means, deserves the public censure Signed by James Goadby, Tho mas E Burle 8. H. Harriot, Teunis Fokkes. James ’ M. P. Durando, Jr., Edmund B. McVeagh’ 8. Chace, Abraham Creveling. Robert nil, * Richard M. Hoe. V. Davids-12. r ’ 1 W«, composing part of the jury, in the rase f : I the lass of the Islington, fully exonerate an culpate. Captain Stephen Mancheater, from any blame 01 censure, after the breaking out of th< fire on board. Signed, Benjamin Vincent, Fore man, Joseph E. Mount. January 31st, 1840. Both houses of the General Assembly Virginu have concurred in a resolution to proceed to th< election ofGovernot on to-morrow, the I Uh inst From the New York Herald of the Is/. Money Market. Fridat, January 31. The announcement in the early part of tin day, that the packet ship Patrick Henry, iron England, with news ten days Uter, was below checked every disposition to operate until the re ceipt of the advices by her. At the stock ex change there was little m >re buoyancy, and pri ces, with the exception of U. S. Bank, which de dined 1 per cent, generally improved, Karlen went up 1 per cent., Patterson J, N. Am. Eras and Banking Co. f, Del. and Hudson Am. Ex Bank J. There were sales of bills on Baltimorr at per cent., which is an improvement on the rates of yesterday ; bills on Philadelphia were sold at 6(j. In sterling hills there is scarcely any thing done; the rate is 7$ a per S4 78 as 482 the £ sterling. The supply of South ern bills is large. The news by the Patrick Henry reached us at 3 o’clock, and will be found in our columns in full. The money market continues in a very de ranged state, and many plans are on foot for its reformation. The many failures which have ta ken place seem to be the effect of past pressure but the crisis is now past. The circulation ol the bank being a decreasing average, is computed at £ls,soo.ooo,''which is a reduction below the average of 1838, £3,500,000. The bullion is estimated at £4,000,000, and notwithstanding that the exchanges are apparently adverse, much more gold actually comes in from Germany than goes out. The directors, therefore, show greater confidence, and applications for discount are much more liberally met, than the last notice of the bank promised. A continued relaxation is now looked for. The exchanges continue in very nearly the same position—a slight depression was occasioned by the remittance, on account of the U. S. Bank, of a large amount of the proceeds of the new loan, to the Continent. Money, in the North of Europe, is very plentiful. In Ham burgh, one of the largest bullion markets in Ger many, money was plentiful; so much so, that it commanded three per cent. only. Silver is said to be more plentiful than it has been for some time in Germany, particularly some parts of Prus sia, where it has been, for .1 long time, freely re mitted in payment for corn, both from England and France. The notice of the bank that it will discontinue its loans to country banks after the expiration of present contracts, was producing great distress in the manufacturing districts where the banks were calling in their loans. Every description of pro perty was falling, especially cotton. The low prices will soon attract the money from the con tinent, and improve trade. The holders of Ame rican securities were using every exertion to bolster them. From the New York Star, Feb. Is/, Ten Days Later from England. By the packet ship Patrick Henry, Capt. Del ano, we have files from Liverpool to Dec. 26. The Patrick Henry had a fine run for nine days to lat. 38°—afterwards westerly winds. She got to the Hook on Wednesday night and took a pilot in the thick fog. Neither the Cambridge nor Independence had arrived out when the Pat rick Henry sailed. The Liverpool steam ship was to leave Liverpool Jan. 20th, so we shall have 25 days later in about a week. The Great Western would leave Bristol Feb. 20. The gen eral aspect ©f the news in favorable. Money is much easier and silver seems a drug on the con tinent, being easily procured at the low rate of 3 percent. The sales of cotton are brisk, though at further decline of a 4 cent. The arrange ments of Mr. Jaudon, on the part of the U. S. Bank of Pennsylvania, with the Messrs. *Roth childs, hate been eminently successful and pro ductive of much good. The pledged collateral American securities, and the high rate of divi dends promised, have given an impetus to the transactions in those investments. Much reli ance is placed on the good faith of the States that ha T e contracted loans, and a circular of the Bar ings holds out the hope that the 11. S. Govern ment will assume the responsibility of those se curities rather than our credit should be injured abroad. 1 he Queen is making haste for her weddin", fixed for February 4th. The French reinforcements to Algiers have cut the light infantry of Abdd-Kader to pieces, and driven him to the mountains. Ihe British Queen had a tough passage, not reaching Gravesend till Dec. 25. She encounter ed severe hurricanes which swept her decks. j She does not leave till Maich 1, and will undergo j great improvements. Phe packet ship Cambridge had not arrived. About 60 mills in the manufacturing towns have stopt. # United S. Bank Shares were quoted at £lB 5s a 10s. Nothing later from China. Movements, in favor of the repeal ot the Corn Laws, were going on vigorously in every part of the kingdom. The King William steamer, 400 tons burthen, was totallyJost off New Castle Harbor, New 1 South W ales. No lives lost. The British frigate Tribune, that was driven ashore in a gale near Tarragona, Spain, cannot be got off. There was exported from London to China, during the week ending Dec. 19, 225,805 ounces ot specie, and 38 ounces to Calcutta. American flour in bond is 31 shillings. Captain Collins, of the ship Roscius, is highlv complimented for saving the crew of the ship Scotia, from Quebec, found water-logged with 17 feet water in the her hold, j Lord Durham is spoken of to succeed Lord [ Ponsonby to Turkey. Parliament was to meet January the 26th. u Va* ?V Bank shares Were £l9 - The Eoths - I childs Loan was at a premium of 2 per cent, j Air. Cunard s line ot steamers commence run j ning on May Ist. The new steamship United Slates, will soon lake her place in the Transatlan tic line, and leave Liverpool April 20. The London Times, and the Baring and Broth ers, bankers, continue their assaults on American 1 credit. The latter, in the r circular, says : “The late loan made by the United States Bank for about two years, and for £BOO,OOO, on deposit of Pennsylvania and other States’ slock, at a price that gives 10 per cent, annual interes to the subscribers, shows what rate of interest must be paid to obtain any amount of money on the best American securities, and serves therefore 1 o ca phalists here for their purchase o tate stocks. W© quot e the last prices of the principal securities at which business has been done, but must »JJ that, „eu at these rales, only | small and occasional sales are practicable. The | con rnne.l fall u> thei, value destroys .peculation, , “T >“ required for real invest- I menu to absorb all that ts at present in out mar j ket, occ. One cannot help remarking the similar temper and lone of their language, to the corresponding 1 and unworthy attempts made by some of our | citizens to depress the character of Ameri | can securities abroad. I J Previous to the defeat of the Emir’s troops. he u had approached so near Algiers that Marshal e Vallee wailed up the gates and planted guns on .. the Dey’s hoepital, <kc. The Esaltados (ultra radicals) are succeeding in the Spanish elections. The northern provin ces are quiet. Cabrera, the last Carlist losing his troops by desertion to the Queen. B* ia is trying the virtue of the gibbet, to prevent his te officers negociating with that artful diplomatist, t Espartero. London Money Market , Dec.—The English stock market has again been without any new feature. Exchequer bills however are Is. lower. Arrivals from the United States are anxiously looked for. te Consols for the opening closed at 9lf to 2; 3 n per cent, reduced 90f ; do. 98J to f ; Bank /, Stock 177 fto 8A; Exchequer Bills 6s. to 4s. discount. > The continental exchanges underwent little or i- no alteration, Paris being 25 60 to 02 J; Ham »- burg 13 9J to 9£ ; Amsterdam 12 to 3 ; all n at 3 months. d Opium in England. —lt is asserted that the i. life insurance companies in England are about e asking additional premiums in consequence of e the great consumption of opium since tea-total c ism commenced. y Arrivals from Sydney, New Holland, to Aug. 4 15th, speak of the excitement existing in that i- convict colony from the quarrels between the catholics and pnotestants. t The Pandora packet from \ era Cruz, &c., n brought $150,000 in specie. s- Louis Phillippe delivered his annual speech to s the Chambers Dec. 23d. It is very brief. He i- hopes the different views of the powers respecting Turkey will be amicably adjusted. Also, that if Spain will be entirely pacified. He alludes to J reinforceraenls to Buenos Ayres and Algiers, and s announces that Mexico has paid up; that the s railroads, and canals, and sugar question, will be g taken care of; and that the “turbulent and in i satiable” spirits who wish to dethrone him, will i be put down by conservatism, r Glasgow. —Heavy failures continue to occur i at Glasgow’. Within the last few works failures e to the extent of between 200,000 and 300,000 v pounds in that city alone. r Portraits of her Majesty the Queen and Prince s Albert in the lids of gold snuff boxes will, we b understand, be presented to all the Foreign Am s bassadors on the occasion of the Royal nuptials. 3 Our Court has gone into mourning for the late - King of Denmark, and will go out of mourning - on the 9th of January. t The Duke of Wellington. —A correspondent 1 at Edinburgh informs us that a preliminary meet ■ ing was held, at the close of the past week, to • make the necessary arrangements for calling a ■ public meeting to consider the propriety of erect -1 ing in the metropolis of Scotland a national testi monial to the Duke of Wellington. ! A morning paper states that Lord Errol is to f give a grand dinner on the 4th of February, in i honor of her Majesty’s wedding, which it states, ■ is to be celebrated on that day. - An expedition, under the orders of Captain r Trotter, R. N., in which three iron steamboats • are to be engaged, is, we understand, about to be - fitted out, to proceed up the Niger. The precise > object of this expedition we have not learnt, but we presume it is to explore further. Captain Trotter had an interview with the Colonial Sec retary. From the Tallahassee Floridian of the Ist in*t. From Florida. More Indian depredations have been committed i on the Apalachicola. On Saturday last, a wagon, s loaded with provisions for one of the posts, was t attacked, near Carnochan’s plantation, by a par- J ty of twenty or thirty Indians. The guard, con ■ sisting of three men, attempted a defence, but ) were driven off, and one of their number wound -1 ed. The wagon was captured and burnt. Capt. t Bullock, with his company of dragoons, is m • pursuit of the savages. A few days previous, a s party of Indians, supposed to be the same that ■ attacked the wagon, were fallen upon by our 1 troops, and so closely pursued as to abandon packs and plunder. On Tuesday a party of ten or fifteen Indians attacked the dwelling of Mr Harlan, on • the Apalachicola, six miles above lola. Mr. H. and two children were killed. The Indians af i ter the attack crossed to the east of the river. On the same night a party of six Indians and • three negroes attacked the family at Rowlett’s • Mills, about 25 miles above Apalachicola. A t negro girl was badly wounded, and a daughter ■ of Mr. Rowlett carried off by the Indians. The • Franklin Guards, of Apalachicola, went up on the • Roanoke, on Wednesday morning, and are in 1 pursuit of the savages. The reports of depredations in the vicinity of » Monticello, are incorrect. \ U. S. Bank. —The New Era, Jr. is struck at once with an idea, that if the Bank is willing to surrender its charter, that willingness is proof positive nay, is a confession—of insolvency. Tout au contraire. The Loco Foco members say to the Bank, “We intend to repeal your char -5 ter.” The Bank replies : “Very well, gentlemen, repeal if you please; but as we paid you nearly three millions for that charter, pray refund the 5 bonus before you do repeal.” This is fair and reasonable, just and equitable, and looks like any thing but a confession ol insolvency. N. York Star. f From the N. O. Bee, Jan. 30th. From Texas. , The steam ship Neptune, Capt. Pennoyer, ar r nved last evening from Galveston, having been absent but seven days from this port. i We have received by her the Galveston Civil t ian,ot the 25th inst. 1 hat paper states that they are without much '> ne . wsfrom Austin. Congress had refused to re s cei ve any new business, and was expected short ly to adjourn. r The operations of the Federal army, before y Mutamoras > a ™ dialled in a letter which we an p nex:— 7 Momteret, Jan. 8, 1840, Dear Sin—About the 6th of December, the federal army under the command 6f Canales fourteen hundred strong, encamped within two’ miles of Matamoras, which place, it was eagerly - expected by the soldiers, would be attacked i 2 mediately. They remained in this position for -two days, during which time the federal cavalry J made several attacks on the enemy’s posts driv ' , ing their pickets up to their fortifications’ On the morning of the 9th, seventeen Anglo-federal • , ists, and sixteen Mexican cavalry, marched into | tO 7 n ’ and made an upon one of the nrinci pal outposts of the enemy, consisting of a batterv ! ot three P ,eces ot artillery, and one hundred 4 : men. i I After a spirited engagement of 15 minutes the ! Federalists perceiving a strong reinforcement joining the enemy, retreated without the loss of a a man, mounted their horses and rode round town ' ln Pi™™»°f the enemy for an hour, when perceiving ibe cavalry making their tardy apnear ! ance they returned to camp. We shortly after " received intelligence from town statins the ™ [ 7’ 5 !? ss killed and wou^- fit" . Fr , 0 ™ m f“ rmau " n received through a con - f '*t C ' e "- Canale did not . k,nk “ P r “ Jent t 0 a»ack the place; the force of he enemy being estimated at seventeen or eigh teen hundred men On the 16,h we left the Fed eral army about fit,, m.lea from Matamoras on a . forced march to Montetey; which place the Fed eral commander expected to invest by the 24th— the central force in that place was about four hundred. s The federalists were in excellent spirits, and anticipated an easy conquest. When we left the armv, it consists of twelve hundred Mexicans, two hundred Anglo-federalists, and four pieces of ar tillery. The greatest harmony prevails amongst the Anglo-federalists and Mexicans, and we are happy to sav that the volunteers from east of the Rio Grande'have conducted themselves with the utmost propriety since they have been in the Mexican republic. The citizens of Gurraro, Meir, Camareo, and Reinoso, welcomed us with every manifestation of friendship, and I was in formed that the same feeling existed in all the towns throughout the northern states of the Re public for the federal cause. The Federals have strong reason to hope that the clouds of oppression which hang lowering over the political horizon of that fair but distract ed country, will ere long be dispersed by the dawn of happier day s. They consider their pros pects of success much fairer than they have ever been since the subversion of the government and constitution of 1824. Their army is daily aug menting, having increased from five hundred (the whole amount of our forces at the battle of Meir,) to its present strength, in ff one month; five hun dred men were expected to reinforce the army in a few days after we left, and in every town in which the federal banner is unfurled, it is hailed with enthusiasm. It is probable the federal army will not make a movement against Matamoras before spring. The reduction of that place would be a severe blow to the cause of centralism in the north, as it is the commercial depot of the country within two hundred miles of the Rio Grande. The cus tomhouse department of this place produces a handsome revenue to the government, which, if thrown into the hands of the federalists, would enable them to carry on the war with greater ac tivity. The Anglo-federalists who were at Mat amoras, would have attacked the place if their force had been five hundred men, without the aid of the Mexican federals, and with a strong proba bility of success. When at Matamoras, a captain of the enemy, who expressed himself favorable to federalism, and in consequence was put under ai rest for some time; and on our approach was sent across the Rio Grande, succeeded in reaching oui army with the intelligence, that thirteen Anglo-federals were prisoners in the town ; he described their situation as most deplorable, being worked from light until dark without intermission, and in oth er respects treated so unmercifully that, to use his own words, “it made his heart bleed to wit ness it.” Gen. Canales deserves much credit for his un tiring exertions in the cause he has expensed.— Although he met with several reverses, he has sustained himself for the last twelve months, and has never despaired of ultimate success. He ap preciates highly the Anglo-federal regiment, and uses all the means in his power to provide for their comfort. To all who will join him he of fers twenty-two dollars per month for their ser vices, and an equal portion of the spoil taken.— We would say to those not engaged in business at home Mexico presents a fair field on which, with your services, you may reap both honor and profit. Respectfully, JOHN F. C. HENDERSON, THOMAS JAMISON. It will be seen that a large number of citizens of Charleston assembled in that place on the 30th u!t. The object was to give Mr. Henry Shultz an opportunity of addressing the meeting in re -1 ilion to the necessity of vigorous action on the part of Charleston, to retain the trade of Ham burg. We are happy to see that prompt meas ures were taken on this subject. The trade of Hamburg is certainly of great importance to Charleston. We are surprised that her wealthy and public spirited capitalists should not ere this have employed the most energetic measures in order to retain that trade. Perhaps, it cannot be retained in any other way than in that which Mr. Shultz urged with so much zeal and public spirit before the meeting. The object for which that meeting was called, was highly laudable, and one which must com mend itself to the favorable attention of every one who has at heart the prosperity of the two towns of Charleston and Hamburg.— Edgefield Advertiser. From the Edgefield Advertiser. Ma. Editor : — 1 send you a Charleston Courier, of the 31st January, containing a notice of a meeting in Charleston, on the 30th of that month. It may be asked, what was the object of that meeting? The purpose was as follows: The Council of Augusta have purchased both the Bridges across the river, near Augusta, and made them free for all produce going to Augusta, (b it not returning.) This is, of course, an at tempt to secure the produce and trade of this State, and injure Hamburg, and through it, Charleston. The object of the meeting, was to sound the alarm, and leave the citizens of Charles ton to take such measures as their interests will dictate, and to defeat the intentions of the Geor gians. The money now paid out for Cotton, in Hamburg and Augusta, cannot he relied on. The Bills of the Banks of Georgia, are at a large and ruinous discount. Many of those Banks a°re broke, and who can tell which are good, as the Banks have no confidence in one another at home, how can we have confidence in them abroad. Phe Banks of Charleston must, there tore, turmsh money to purchase the produce in Hamburg. Every citizen in this State, would prefer the Bills of the Banks of his own Stale, will sell his produce to him who will pay in such bills, in preference to him who pays in the trash of insolvent Banks. A bale of Cotton is surely better than a man’s note, with all his endorse ments, and if all the Banks of South Carolina, cannot furnish money enough to pay for the pro’- due* of their own State, they may as well shut up shop. \ ours respectfully 7 , HENRY SHULTZ. . T1 . 1 . e br ‘ d ge across the St. James river, at Cen rmV V the canal bridge near Warwick’s mins have been swept away by the ice. About 300 bstteaux have also been carried off. The Exploring Expedition. The U S ships Vincennes and Peacock, brig Porpoise,‘and schr. Flying Fish were at Otaheite, Society Is bpdh’ T the . lsth September, making surveys of the harbors, &c. and were to sail in a few days Vw Whale shi P Aw ashonk, arriv cd at W ood s Hole, reports that the officers and ~ eal ‘‘ n goodheath.-iVa/eW Intelli - From the New York Times. Ontario Cocntt.— This rich and beautiful of * 7 i»*k ’ C T d by natUre With a]| the elements o wealth and prosperity, has not escaped the blasting influence of federal locofocoism. The following letter from the Sheriff of the county to a gentleman of this city, will show “ how it works ” in old Ontario. n Canandaigua, Jan - 18th, 1840. Dear Sir: I yesterday offered to sell, for cash agreeaole to previous legal notice, the goods and rthe whole day, I was only able to rabegjg “t have node, levy, locked up, and in my custody I stock of merchandise, mostly, bought in York within a year, inventorying “ b ' 0 „ t j" also four or five thousand doliarf worth of ’!T, ’ pjoperty, such as sheep 130,14 inn tber Ac. AcW L As .ample of tuy selling. I pu, ttp * p,e ce T f hrtd“ cloth, which I was told cost, in New York, $3 12 per yard, and after crying it a long time. Us. ($1 375) per yard was all I could get for it! The agents of some of the plaintiffs were there, and advised that it was best to postpone the sale, and as I have a large amount of money to raise, if possible, I supposed I should not be justified in going on with the sale, at such ruinous sacrifices of property, without the special direction of the court. I have, therefore, postponed the sale to the 27th instant, and in the mean time shall write all the plaintiffs or their attorneys, advising them of their situation. A Delightful Place.—There is said to be a town in the interior of Arkansas containing hut six inhabitants, viz: a crippled negro, a jackass, a quack doctor, a buzzard, a polecat and an alli gator. There was a population of seven until the postmaster ab^quatalized.—New Orleans Picayune. Jeu d’esprit.—“How can you, my dear, pre fer punch to wine 1” “Because, my love, it is so like matrimony, such a charming compound of opposite qualities.” “Ay, my dear, lam the weak part I suppose.” “No, my love, you are the sweet, with a dash of the acid, and no small portion of the spirits. The M aine Question. —A letter from Wash ington, of recent date, says “There is more un easiness about the Maine Question than the pub lic is aware of. I earnestly hope we shall get through it without a collision, but to do so exacts great produce and coolness.” We hope the good sense, good feeling, and true interests of both the contending parties will prevent them from com ing to blow's, on a question which negotiation, not war, ought to settle. Not a leaf should be pluck ed from the olive branch which Great Britain and America have so long mutually delighted to nour ish in luxuriant foliage.— Charleston Courier. Madame da Barri says that, thanks to the ed ucation which is given to women, they learn to cheat the men whenever they choose, and that the greatest fool among them can make a man believe that black is white. ' MARRIED, Ou Wednesday evening, the sth instant, by the Rev. Mr. Sewell, Mr. Joseph A. Tkuchelet to Miss Mary H. Steifle, both of this city. COMMERCIAL. Latest dales from Liverpool, Dec. 25 Latest dates from Havre Dec■ 19 Charleston, February 8. Cotton. —This has proved a most unfavorable week for operations in this staple, prices of which have been tending downwards for several days, and the aggregate amount sales are much less than pre ceding weeks for some time past, and at $ to $ cent decline on previous quotations. In the interior the rivers are giadually rising, and here is now no diminution of receipts, stocks on hand arc fair and folly equal to the demand. We report sales. 4983 bags Uplands, viz: 24 at 6* ; 63, 6f; 257,7; 53, 7s; 95, 7s; 7, 7|; 714, 8; 44G, Si; 93, 8* ; 427, 8$; 211, 8£ ; 571, B}-, 25, Si ; 1077, 9; 140, 9$ ; 314,9* ; 24, 9f ; 271,9$ j and 171 at 10 cts. per lb. Long Cotton. —The business of the week com prised 829 bags at from 21 to 40 cents. Rice. —We can note no improvement in Rice since our last, the demand has been quite limited to a few actual wants to supply orders, and at a slight shade of depression when compared with former sales.— At this time there Is no prime Rice in first hands, the operations consequently were confined ta mid dling and inferior qualities. Our stock is very tri fling, and arrivals of the article inconsiderable— Sales embrace 1882 tierces at from $2 G 8 cts, to 3 5-16 per cwt. Rough Rice. —4,ooo bushels brought 7S cts per bushel. Flour. —so barrels Virginia brought $7 per bar rel, and 100 barrels Baltimore at 6J a 6^. Grain. —3 cargoes Corn were received this week, j the aggregate, amounting to about 8,000 bushels j sold at 54 to 56 cents for common, and 65 cents for j “ Collins,” a superior article. Hay. —lso bundles sold at 90 cents per cwt. Groceries. —An almost total stagnation prevailed during the last week in every department of this , branch of business, and but one private sale viz: 1 100 hhds Louisiana Sugar at sto ssc per lb. Cc curred at auction, 38 hhds strictly prime Muscova- i do Sugar (new crop) sold at 8$ to Sc for the “ El Destino” brand, and for the F. D. nearly as good, | otfered at 7s, but withdrawn for w’ant of a purcha- j j ser. Salt. —100 sacks Liverpool sold at $1 50 per sack. Bacon. —This article is very dull. Large quan tities of old remain on hand a mere drus, whilst new is backward in arriving. We quote Hams old at 9$ to 12$cperlb; Sides 8 a 10; Shoulders 7 a 8. Lard is worth from 10 to 11 cents. Exchange. —On England, 8$ and 9 per cent, pre mium ; France, of a 15c, and 5i 25c ; New York and Boston, sight are taken at 2 per cent, premium, 30 days, time olf; Richmond, 60 days, 1 percent; Bank of Charleston rates of Exchange, on the North, —New York, 3 per cent prum ; Philadelphia, 2 per cent dis ; Columbia and Camden, 1$ per cent; Savannah Bank notes, 4 per cent dis ; Spanish Dou bloons, sl6| —Mexican, sl6; Sovereigns, $4 85; j Specie, 1$ per cent prem. I freights. —To Liverpool, sto Id per lb for Cot | ton ; to Havre, 1$ cents per lb ; for Rice, sls per | tierce. STATEMENT OF COTTON. S. I. Upl’ds. Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1973 2733 Received this week, 812 6811 do. previously, 7721 112823 10506 122367 Exported this week, 500 6188 do. previously. 4395 104406 j on sil ip board, iOO 4895 4995 115489 Stock on hand, £>sll 6878 f , rP . rp. , , Boston, January 28. Gopee. The sales of the week comprise j,OOO bags Rio 9 a 9sc per lb ; 500 do do in lots 9A a 10c • Aux Cayes to the trade 9sc, and a lot of St Domin go lor export 9$ a 9£c per lb 6 mos cr. More firm ness is manifested by holders, in consequence of a j reduced stock. We have heard of no sales from | th e Lion s cargo from Rio. I Cotton. The late additional supplies have ren dered prices rather unsettled Sales of the week comprise Uplands good to prime 10$ a lU c • ordi nary to fair 8$ a 10c. There is no choice New’ gJid a ?lTl2c lkotrSaleS common 10 a 10 i c . and Molasses.— The sales of the past week have been principally for distilling qualities, comprising 300 hhds Havanna 22$c ; 1600 do do 21 $ a 22$c • 600 m f S ; 100 hhds Surinam 2 3c, 4 per c Off; 300 hhds do 24c ; 100 do 23c; 125 do 24c 6 100 do H? 0 hhdS T rinidad t 0 the trade 25$ a 26c • j 100 do Havana m lots 24c, 6 mos cr Bv a, ’ jS" da * SO n h , hds Muscovado 25 a 25$c, 6 mos 155 J bbls New Orleans 28$ a 31c cash. ’ 15 sales of the w r eek comprise about m «l° Xe i S SO H Van l ßroWn ordinar y 7c, and good “J Masque boxes Mantanzas White 9* a 9£c Lr ih l and 70 Arrived the pas, week 1 £ sassws n bo k H rl Sr? 6sc, 4 mos cr. * a ; lo hhds Porto Rico * . New Orleans, February 1. Cotton Arrived since the 28th ultimo : ofLou- S Mississippi, 12124 bales ; Tennessee and North Alabama, 1071 ; Arkansas, 173 ; Florida 16 • together, 13384 bales. Cleared in the same time -ooLl^erp ° 01,^«P 96 bales l Havre, 5107; Bordeaux' o 09; Nantz, 10D1 ; Stockholm, 401 ; Genoa 481 ’ Havana, 47; New York, 2076 ; Boston 139*. pi:’ ladelphia, 292; together, 17142-makL a ’d,m tion in stock of 3758 bales, and leaving on handin' elusive of all on shipboard, not cleared on the 30? h ultimo, a stock oi 107609 bales, lUe d th The news Horn Liverpool to the 14th and n to the 16th, by the Garrick and Burgundy effect of arresting the activity which before nun le ed in our market, the transactions of WediW' having only amounted to about 1200 bale Thursday, sales were made to the extent of 3200 bales; but the market exhibited a very h ° me appearance notwithstanding, as the offers of b were generally much below the views of) n ers Yesterday there was very little done, the 1 ers * to a late hour having reached but 1200 bales continue our previous quotations, but have ♦ serve that the market, since the receipt of ropean advices noticed above, has had a doch hU * downward tendency The sales for the wet mount to fully 22,000 bales, and for the h t h, a * days to 5600. thte e tIVEBPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS. Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary Cl Middling, 71 a 7s; Fair, 9 a9i; Good fair’ Goo 1 and tine, 11$ a—. Tennessee and'tf Alh ma— Ordinary, middling, fair, good fair, c, 00 , 6a ' line, 6$ a 10, extremes. ° a STATEaMENT of cotton. 1539. Oct. 1, stock on hand, Receipts last three days liici “ p-W 43m Exports last three days, 17142 4^4^3 <• previously, 329542 3466*4 Stock on hand _ T . . 107609 Sugar—Louisiana.-r he general demand u I been rather less active since Tuesday last than r some days previous, though the nurchaJ r ° lof 350 hhds for refining has swelled^the sales^of o^ 0 last three days to 700 a 800 hhds. p r i ce , the er, have slightly given way, and we now quoted a 5 cents as the range ot the market, remarkingthi it requires a very choice article to comm- ud highest figure. The stock on the Levee is uotla.° U ‘ but the market closes very dull. We are not h vised of any sales of importance on Plantation iiT our last. ICe Havana Sugars. —The demand is limitedto y e small parcels, and we slightly reduce our nnot-o; rj ’ for White. 4 latloris Molasses. —Rather limited receipts, and atoJ P bly fair demand, have much reduced the stock the Levee, and parcels in good shipping order command 21 a 22c per gallon in barrels. S ev °H sales on Plantation have taken place within the a few days, and we notice particularly the followin' viz : 35,000 gallons at 16c ; 18,CC0 at 15J C . J' at 15$c; and 30,000 at 16c per gallon. W e s V :i quote at 15 a 16c, remarking that holder? are quit ’! firm at the latter figures. 4 e Flour. —The market has received a further sur. ply of about 8,000 barrels since Tuesday last but some irnpiovement in the d mand for shipmenihas prevented any very material decline in prices Jn addition to the ordinary transactions for consumn tion some 5,000 a 6,000 barrels have been taken fo export—principally for England—and the Greater part of the sales of the last three days have been at $4 75 a $4 87$, though we notice one sale of *OO bbls at $4 62 1 , and one of 300 bbls at $4 50. latter parcel, however, was in stained barrels which circumstance accounts for the reduced price. Seve ral lots are going forward to the North, on owners’ account, and the market has acquired rather more firmness within the lastday ortwo. Weplaceour quotations at $4 75 a $4 87$ for superfine in good order for shipment, and remark that some holders yesterday were demanding $5 00. Baron. —We have no improvement to notice in the demand for tiie several varieties of this article, No sales can be effected, unless at a very great sa crifice, except small parcels, as they are called for to supply the wants of consumers, and forThese the prices remain the same as before quoted, with the exception of Canvassed Hams, which are reduced to 9 a 10c ; uncanvassed do 8 a 9c; Sides, 5 a 7c; Shoulders, 4a 5. Some sales have been made un der these prices, and in the present state of the market, it is impossible to give accurate quotations. \Chiskey. —The receipts during the last three days have been larger than for some time previous* ly, and the price his declined to 35c per gallon for Cincinnati Rectified, with a tendency to a further reduction. New York, February 1 Coffee —We have no particular change to notice in any description, the demand being still limited, and confined to parcels as wanted for immediate use. The sales include 500 bags Brazil at 9$ all cents; 300 do. Laguayra 10$ a 11, on the usual time ; and 150 do. St. Domingo at Bs, cash ; an in voice of 309 bags called Central American, received from Valparaiso, has also been disposed of at 10$ cents, 4 months. Cotton. —The transactions have continued on quite a moderate scale, amounting for the past three j days to about 1600 bales of all descriptions.— 1 Throughout yesterday, also, the market was quiet, I owing to 4 the desire of shippers to receive the ad j vices per Patrick Henry, (repoited below in the I morning,) previous to making any additional pur.- j chases. Prices have remained without variation, . and we therefore continue the same quotations ss i at the close of last week. The sales embrace 700 i bales Uplands at 8| a9 j ; 500 do. Mobile, a 10$ 1 for fair to good fair; 250 do. New Orleans, 8$ a 104; and 200 do. Florida, 8$ a cents, forming a total I for the week about 3600 bales. Flour. —The Flour market for the lari three days has again presented the appearance of extreme in activity, the sales, as before noticed, extendin' only to the small parcels required for immediatf consumption. Western Canal may still bequotcc $6,37$ a $6,50, for common brands ; though yester day, except for small lots, sales could not be effect ed at the latter rate. For Ohio, via canal, and Troy we continue our former quotation of $6,375. Hold ers of Western throughout have been ready sellers. I but owing to a disposition to await farther advices | j from England, we have no transactions of conse quence to report. In Southern descriptions, the j transactions have also been to a very limited Atent, * and embrace 400 barrels. Georgetown, for ship- * ment to the West Indies, at $6,50, 60 days, adding . interest; we quote $6,37$ a $6,50, the principal I holders, however, decline selling, except at the I latter rate. A few hundred barrels Baltimore City I Mills have been disposed of at $6,25. Richmond I City Mills may be quoted $6,75 as7 as the nominal I rate. Molasses. —We are still without any improve I ment to notice in this article, the demana as for j some time past being extrenvely limited. A cargo | of 275 hhds. and 15 tcs. prime new crop Matanza* | has been disposed of, supposed at 23 cents, 4 mo>. Sugars. —We have no material variation to no* ( tice, the demand being 3et quite limited for all & I scriptions ; of box Sugars, however, the market has i become pretty much cleared ; the sales corapri*. I since our last, about 200 hhds. New Orleans at 5a | ss, principally at the former rate ; 100 bbls. pr ,me j white new crop Brazil at about 9s; 2 a 300 boxes I brown Hanna 6$ a 7s, the former rate for common ; I and 50 do. White 10$ cts. on the usual lime. n I Porto Rico and St. Croix the sales for a l evf “ a -'' * past have been so trifling as not to require notice- I By auction 64 hhds. new crop New Orleans, 3 a ■ i » i 18 do. Porto Rico, 5$ a 6 ; and 87 do. Santa I 6jf aßf cents per lb 3a 4 months. .. I Freights —To Li verpool continue very firm as* I per lb. for cotton, and at these rates engasf* I ments ahead canrot be effected. To K packet of the Sth, (detained from Ist inst.)is Ulno. ■ up at our quotations. I Mobile, February 3- Cotton — Since the 25th ult. we have recei 13,203 bales; and shipped to Liverpool,!: ‘ Havana 158; to New York 478; to Boston U’ and to New Orleans 70; making in all and leaving the stock on hand not cleared, ■ ■ bales. At the corresponding period last total receipts were 153,197 bales; theexpoff' 370; and the stock 79,856. erf The principal transacsions of the "TCt made between the commencement and Tn u .g. about 6000 bales changed hands at previous r On Tuesday, the mail arrived with Eiv<? r P° counts to the 14th December, representing a i rate demand only to exist in that market, I disposition on the part of holders to se I; ' u | had worked, during the week, a decline of I on the better qualities of Americans, P arpv t4 nv of the new crop; all other kinds dull, 1 material alteration. The receipt of tins gence checked the previous activity of b . u { c L’iow On Friday the market showed a decline qualities and mixed lots; and anxiety u of holders to realize. On Saturday the Je P r ionSi . was more strongly marked, and some con - were made on better qualities. Thisma} # ( tributed to the prospects of an accurnu • stock next week, with the certainty ot ces whenever there is a sufficiency' of this st f j hand to induce competition. The marke . heavily, buyers acting with much caution an f I