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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA. !
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MONDAY MORNING,
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The crowded state of our columns to-day,and
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our wish to give place to the ki important
news by the British Queen, do nr|: permit the
insertion of the Report of the .Vs liOrity of the
Committee on the New Jersey Election. It wilj
appear to-morrow. I
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Theatre. |
The following notice of the extraordinary and
varied talents of the accomplished lactress, Mrs.
Fifzwiiliain, who takes her benefitllo night, we
copy from the Charleston Mereu'i ; and as it
, entirely concurs with our own views! we adopt it,
with the single request to all, go ancf ;cc her.
Mrs. Fitzwilliam’s brilliant engagement at our
theatre closes with her benefit to-nig*it. We are
loth to h>se this lady, but since it u'nust be, we
commend her to the warmest welcome of the
good people whersoever she gocs| That the
house will be well filled to-night, is rut a fair au
gury from the attractions of the bilfifund the well
merited and universal admiration with which the
lady is regarded. It would be indeed a shame it
those whom she has cured of a thijiiisand sick
nesses of heart and melancholies of ocad, should
fail (u make this lust and most reasonable return
of thanks at parting. Mrs. Fitzvvilliain, “lake her
for all in all,’’ lias merits that piaceiher beyond
comparison with any other co:n:|i performer
on our stage. Certainly in not lesi'lhan three
distinct departments she may jusly claim a
first rank. As a mere comic actrf s, her per
sonation is marked by that uncoAcious and
absorbing presence of the character sepresenled,
which distinguishes playing from smimicry.—
Her reading‘is just, her voice an |;aclion full
of soul and sincerity, and an adm liable fitness
reigns in all the adjuncts ; nd trappings of cha
racter. Her power as a mimic js |quite as re
markable; in proof of which we only refer
to the farce of *• Widow Wiggins” which she
calls up shape after shape with ‘t£|e ease and
quickness of an enchanter, and run| ;through a
circle of curiously distinct specimensjjof human
absurdity, seemingly as endle-s as it?is diversifi
ed and amusing. As a musician Mrs. Fitzwtl
liam has a still higher merit. Not only does she
touch with surpassing skill a variety? of instru
ments, hut her voice and execution a| a vocalist
are of the very richest and best. In furious pie
ces her voice hath a fulness, sweetness:and melo
dy that gives all its power to sentiracni; in comic,
there is an overflowing joyousness, an infectious
drollery, that fills the very air with mirth, while
in the satiric, there peers up every now ana then,
by surprise, the most queer and grotesque shad
ows of ridicule, and a subtle and‘-prightlike
mockery flits through the tones of hei voice; so
droll a burlesque and yet so unexa&gerated a
copy of the thing ridiculed, that whileiyou enjoy
all the richness of the satire, you arq quite at a
loss to know why you did not just as
heartily at the grave original. >
These distinct and most remarkableltalents are
blended into a harmony that gives lof lrs. Fitz
william’s performances all the diversify and un
ending novelty of many performers in Concert, all
the symmetry, grace and effect of a single power
ful enchantment—a puzzle of talents! each rare
and beautiful, and all nicely and inseparably com
bined into a whole still more rareandLeautiful.
1 he Harrisburg Keystone, al!uding| o the peo
ple and the banks, says, “but having sofang borne
the evds which have resubed to all fi-im the de
rangement of the currency and licenlijr usness of
the banks, a little longer delay on the .-’art of the
legislature may be tolerated, for the sal*! of great
er security and stability hereafter.” l|
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The Philadelphia Inquirer of the |')th, says,
a letter from Harrisburg states that tlu> Commit
tee of Conference have been unable ts Agree, and
have determined to ask tor two morel members
from each House. Also, that a minojity report
has been submitted by the Committee cG Internal
Improvement, which goes against borrowing any
more money, until the State Debt is reduced. It
anakes appropriations only for repairs, j
Correspondence of the North Amel'can.
Nnw loiiß, March 17|3 p. m.
The President and Cashier ol the ,|l anhattan
Bank have both resigned. The report J»f the in
vestigating committee is printed and advertised
lor delivery to stockholders to-morrow' morning.
The opinion of the brokers is not changed mate
rially by what has leaked out, as they |ilbred 74
at the Board. j
Genesee flour stands better to-day,! in conse
quence oi Use sales which t mentioned
$5 1-2 is the lowest price. But Southern is dull
and cheap, as at the close of last week,*
The sales of Cotton are lot If Upland
good fair at 8| cents, 60 bales. |
Stocks rose to-day, but I do not deerrlit neces
sary to repeat the details of changes! as your
readers will see them in the sales which*,-oa copy
*rom our reports. I
Domestic Exchanc,es.—Philadelphia, 6J ;
Baltimore, s}; Richmond, 6| a 7; Charleston,
3 * asj; Savanmh, 6; Augusta, 8; lllacon, 9
alO ; Mobile, 6 ; New Orleans, a n|j.
Th.f i • v, Was " ivg tox, Mi jeh 12.
The so lowing Resolutions were offend by our
Representatives, Messrs. Dawson and lllbersham
in the course ot last week : |
On motion of Mr. Dawson, 1
Resolved, That the Secretary of v4ar be re
quested, as soon as lie c;n convenien ly, to lav
before the House the claims of i! u ; State of
Georgia against the United States, lor payments
made for military services rendered by lie* inuiti i
an ! volunteers of the Stale, during the|seminole
Cherokee, and Creek campaigns. lurinithe years
1835, &c., and which said claims weafpresented
for payments to the Secretary of War, y Iversen
L. Harris, Esq. during tire year 1838 ; and that
t .e Secretaiy accompany such claims With such
views as he may deem due to the Stahl with the
reason why said claims could not be j^id, under
existing laws. \
Mr. Habersham submitted the follow fig, which
lies over: J
Resolved, That the Committee on th(|Judiciary
■do inquire into the necessity or expediency of so
amending the Constitution of the Uni|nl States,
as that the same shall define and proscribe the
evidence upon which persons claim mu, to l>e
members of the House of Repress a tat'Wte. of the
United Slates, shall take their seats in t| e House,
and Ire entitled to exercise the privif cf mem
bers until after the organization of the ilcuwe, an j
an investigation and report by tHe Stamlng Com
mittee of Elections, on his right of da|» to such
seat, and a final decision of lue llousG on sc-Ji
report. i
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:u* * M - ’ k %/*, 'jefy \T\
Mr. Waddv Thompson -übn;iu.»<l lire follow
ing which \v?sobjected to, and hes over:
Resolved, That the Secretary of War he re
quested to inform this House to what instance in
which Congress has refused the necessary ap
propriations for the prosecution of the war in
Florida, he alludes, in the following passage of
his letter to Governor Call, bearing date the 20th
June, 1838 —
“It (the Department) is still further restricted
by the means Lo provide for but a limited force, as
it is with the greatest difficulty that appropria
tions can be obtained of Congress for even the
smallest possible force necessary for the execution
of its duly of protecting the inhabitants ot T iori
da or elsewhere.”
Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot.
Washington, March 9th.
B AHKHUPT LAW.
In the Senate, to-day, several memorials were
presented in favor of the passage of a law, estab
lishing a uniform system of bankruptcy for the
United Slates, which were referred to the Com
mittee on the Judiciary,
Mr. Wall, Chairman of that committee has
intimated that, owing to the creat amount ot busi
ness before them which calls for prompt action,
he has not been able to prepare the bill for the
bankrupt system as soon as he wished, but would
probably be able to present it during the next
week.
encouragement of silk m anus actu re.
Mr. Wall piesented several petitions praying
for aid and encouragement to the cultivation and
manufacture of silk, by the imposition of duties
| on foreign silk.
losses ix ixdiax wars.
The bill for paying the damages suffered by
certain persons in Indian wars since 1830, was
then taken up ; and, after some discussion, was
postponed till to-morrow.
CUMBERLAND BOAD.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the hill
making an appropriation for the continuance of
the Cumberland road through the States of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois.
Mr. Norvell proposed to amend by adding an
oppropriation for the improvement of certain
harbors and rivers, and on it a discussion arose.
The amendment was ordered to be printed, and
the bill passed aver.
The bill the more effectually to secure the pub
lic money in the hands of officers and agents of
the Government, and to punish defaulters, was i
also taken up, and, after several amendments, the
Sen ite proceeded lo the consideration of Execu
tive business.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
NEW JERSEY CASE TREASURY NOTE BILL.
In the House of Representatives, to-day, after
an unsuccessful motion to suspend the rules in
order to allow the presentation of petitions, &c,*
from the States in their order, and the reference
of them to he continued, the consideration of the
motion pending for printing the testimony before
the Committee of Elections on the New Jersey
case, was resumed, and Mr. Jenifer resumed his
remarks, and proceeded to comment with inerted
severity on the coarse of the majority of the
committee in refusing lo examine all the testi
mony actually in their po session, and especially
in disregarding entirely the evidence which had
been forwarded by the commissioned members,
proving the unlawfulness of the votes given in
Millville and Sauth Amboy. Mr. Jenifer’s ex
position was so complete, and so conclusive of
the injustice of the majority of the committee,
that member after member was continually start
ing up to explain, or endeavor to escape from
his charges.
In conclusior, Mr. Jenifer noticed a charge first ;
made by the Globe, but since repeated Gy Mr.
Medill of Ohio, that he (Mr. J.) had occupied
i the flour for three morning hours, and prevented
| all explanation or reply from the members of the
i majority. He had pronounced this accusation
untrue —when made Gy the Globe—and now,
when re-affirmed by the member from Ohio, he
would not qualify the strength of the expression.
He never had refused to any man, of any party,
an opportunity to explain. Ho had sought ex
planation ; —and now he wished the majority to
reply to Ids charges, if they could.
Mr. Brown of Tenn., a member of the majori
ty of the Committee, then rose, and began a set
i speech in reply ; —’out before he had proceeded
j far, he gave way tor a motion to go to the orders
| of the day.
The House resolved itself into Committee of
i the Whole, (Mr. Dawson of Georgia, in the
j Chair.) and took up the bill reported by the Com
i rnutee of Ways and Means, authorizing the issue
I ot five millions of dollars ot Treasury -*otes.
Mr. Cushing, who was enti.led to the floor rose,
j and spoke at considerable length, in continuation
i ot his reply to Mr. Jones, the Chairman of the
Committee of Ways and Means.
This speech will add to the reputation of the
honorable member, for patient investigation, and
industrious research, for his thorough information
of the subjects he touches, and animated and vi
gorous eloquence in expounding them.
He followed the Chairman very closely, and
exposed with singular ability the fallacies of the
; Head of the Treasury upon which the Chairman
j chiefly relied for argument,
j In entering on the discussion of the measure,
j Mr. Cushing expressed a sentiment, in which the
i American people will concur: his gratification
| that, at the end of the third month of the
j session, the House of Representatives isapproach-
I lag the business ot the nation. The discussions
j sions heretofore have been entirely beside the
; great business interests of the country. Anoth
| er sentiment, ton, was expressed by the honora
j ble member, in which all will concur—it is, as to
the party relations of the Opposition to this mea
sure. In this, the fourth year of the Administra
tion, we alldesi e that tnc Government may have
the supplies it needs. No man of any party
j wishes to see the institutions of his country pros
trated for want of means to support them, (how
ever much that idea may he paraded by Benton
j is brother destructives in the Senate, for
pa..»san purposes.) On the 4th of March next,
when a brighter Aurora shall arise of prosperily
and honor to tie country, the Administration
party shall not he allowed to say that the Oppo
sition preventer the Government from executing
its purposes for the public welfare.
Mr. Cushing- frankly declared that he was for
giving the appropriations asked for by the Ad
rniniseration, but tor holding them responsible for
the estimates; and when the day of reckoning
should arrive, he would ho d them responsible also
for the expenditures.
In examining the question of necessity for the
issu ’ of an additional number of Treasury notes,
Mr. Cushing exposed, with great p nver, the
want of frankness of the Executive in not earlier
disclosing its needs, if they did exist, and the
inconsistency also of the President and Secretary
of the To usury. They stated explicitly and pre
ci-clv that no deficit would occur, unless in two
| contingen.-us—the failure of the payment of the
i bank balance, and the making appropriations be
xouj the estimates. Well, the second contin
! S eiu- . v has not yet happened—Congress has not
exceeded the estimates. Has the first happened ?
I it tad, still only §Boo,ooo—the amount of the
balance—-would be wanted, not fiv r ‘ millions'.
but one-third ol the hank balances has been paid.
Is there, then, in this any justification for a loan
of five m /lions of dollars 1 This is a pertinent
question.
Admitting there is to be a deficit— that there is
scarcely enough money in the Treasury to pay
the Treasury notes due this month—and that
some remedy must be applied immediately— the
question is, do Treasury notes constitute the
best or a propel remedy 1 Mr. Ctshisr contend
ed that Trcasuiy notes are bills of credit in the
! rtUiAtU&'.tiHKil sense-, and Acre refused place in the
Constitution. If these notes were to anticipate
• a certain receipt, they might he constitutionally
i issued. They would he analagous to Treasury
- checks or drafts; hut in this case they are not
i such. The resources of the Treasury are not
f certain. The revenue will not equal the expen
i dilute. The notes now proposed are not mere
anticipation or representation of the suspended
I payments of the banks. They are a loan, not up
? on existing funds or certain revenue, but a sitn
- ! pie loan, in form and substance.
t When the Chairman of the Committee of
i Ways and Means says he is against a loan, it is
■ j a question of words. He is, in reality, proposing
I to create a debt to be paid from uncertain reve
! nue. at an uncertain time. It is a loan, and, what
! is worse, a forckb loan, for which he asks the
approbation of Congress.
On the point of expediency, Mr. Cushing
3 dwelt at considerable length. He quoted the
' views of Alexander Dallas, William H. Craw
ford, and for the benefit of the friends of Mr.
Benton and Bentonian policy, he presented also
the arguments of that Senator, and other more
, deservedly distinguished statesmen.
The chairman of the Ways and Means com
mittee had contended for the superiority of these
notes over a common loan, He said there was no
time to look up a loan. He says Government is
now in want. It is only the sum necessary to re
deam the Treasury notes of this month that is
wanted. He further says the Government would
be at the mercy of the capitalists, it a loan is
■ called for. But what is the operation with Treas
ury notes ? Is it more desiradle 1 The United
•States Government pays in paper instead ot spe
cie, to free itself from being shaved. The Go
vernment's creditor is obliged to get it shaved,
and thus the shave is shifted from the Govern
ment to the people! !
Mr. Cushing continued to address the House
until past three o’clock, and Mr. King obtained
tiie floor.
The committee upon roseand reported.
And then the House adjourned.
Correspondence of the Baltimore Amer ican.
M Alien 18.
Mr. Brown, of Tenn. continued his speech
this morning, in reply to Mr. Jenifer, and in de
fence of the conduct of the majority of the com
mittee on Elections. Mr. B. contended that the
Committee had done their duty strictly and im
j partially: 7’he committee had not examined the
evidence before the n, and had reported in favour
of the sitting members without it, hut in doing
this they designed hereafter to net in favour of
the commissioned members. Mr. B. referred to
the journal of the committee, and the resolutions
adopted in the House and committee for the pur
pose of shewing that nothing wrong had been
done
Mr. Fillmore, of N. Y. made some remarks in
correction of the statements made by Mr. Brow/i.
Mr. Jenifer also corrected some misunderstand
ing of Mr. B. in regard to his speech.’
Mr. Brown contended that injustice had been
done —unintentionally no doubt—to the majority
of the committee by the gentleman from Mary,
land. During the morning several interruptions
took place between members of tho Committee.
All of them, however, were conducted in good
temper.
Mr. Bolts, before Mr. 15. closed his remarks,
interrupted him by slating that his remarks
were full of incorrect statements. He would not
correct them now. but with the journal before
him. he hoped to have an opportunity to do so.
Unintentionally jibe member had made many’mis
stalements of the facts in the case, and if he had
an opportunity he could satisfy the member him
■ self. The debate continued until one o’clock,
when Mr. Jones, of Va. called for the order of the
day.
TREASURY NOTE RILT,.
The House then resolved itself into Committee
of the Whole, (Mr. Dawson, of Ga. in the Chair)
and took up the bill authorising the issue of
Treasury Notes to the amount of five millions of
dollars.
Mr. King, of Georgia, who was entitlcd to the
floor, spoke with great ability and eloquence
against the bill, on the ground both of unconsti
; tutionnlity and inexpediency,
j Mr- Bond, of Ohi >, then obtained the floor, and
i addressed the commit tee generally, on the finan
i cial concerns of the nation, and proceeded until i
j half past four o’clock, when, without having con
i eluded, he gave way to a motion, by Mr. Under
wood, that the committee rise.
The House then adjourned.
From the Boston Journal of Monday.
Fire.—A fire oecured this morning, at about ]
II o’clock, at East Cambridge, which destroyed
more prooerty than any fire in this city or vicin
ity, for a ’ong time past. It broke out in a stable,
owned and occupied by E. H. Winchester, and
spread so rapidly that the horses and other ani
mals in it were rescued with difficulty.
The fire soon communicated to a long two story
wooden building on the left, occupied as a d wel
ling house by several families,and owned by Ed
mund Munroe, and whit h was much burnt. On
the right of the stable stood another, w hich caught
fire, and was destroyed.
A wooden building occupied by T. J.Reed as
a tavern, next caught fire, and the rear of it was
very much damaged. This building and the sta
bles belonged to widow Brooks—insured. Reed’s
property was got out, much of it in a damaged
state.
The fire is attributed to an incendiary.
China.—Wc had yesterday an arrival from
Canton, the ship Morea, Capt. Western. Our
news collectors inform us that Capt. W. reports
that at the time of leaving Macoa, the Bth Nov.,
the trade with all nations had been stopped by
the Chinese. Though such information was no
doubt given to him, we, for our part, are strongly
inclined to doubt its correctness. We have both
directly and by the way of England, intelligence
to the 7th of the same month ; therefore as late
as he could possibly bring, by the short period of
one day, and at that time, the English accounts
particular.y, speak of the lucrative trade carried
on under the American flag, from which they
were debarred. Indeed, it seems to have been
the policy of the High Commissioner Finn at
that period, to encourage the American trade,
probably for the purpose of quieting the discon
tent which would naturally arise at the stoppage
of all trade whatever.
The Captain also reports that a vessel belong
ing to Macao arrived there just before he sailed
from Hanan Island—that the Captain of that
vessel reported that an American brig had been
wrecked at that place—that near the wreck he
saw two children in Chinese clothes, whom he
took to be Americans, as they spoke English,
that had been on board the wrecked brig—that
; the children pointed out their father to the Cap-
I tain, who had been made a slave and had a col
i lar on his neck. — N. Y. Courier.
The London correspondent of the New York
Courier, states that the loan of millions of
guilders—equal to about 2,000.000 of dollars
effected by M r - Jaudon, in January last with the
house ot Hope & Co. of Amsterdam, was on a
c.eposit of American Slate Stocks at the rate of
| 80 per cent of their nominal value, redeemable
in five years, the interest at 5 per cent per an
• num. —The rate at which the loan was taken
was at 90 per cent.
j Broken English.— A Frenchman having a
1 weakness in his chest, told his physician he felt a
[ bad pain in his portmanteau /
♦
Kleven days late* lr„m England.
The Steamer British Queen, arrived at New
York on the morning of the LStlu She left Lon
don on the 2d inst-, and Portsmouth on the 3d,
making her passage in a little over fifteen days.
We extract the following summary of the news
hy this arrival from the Times and Commercial
Advertiser.
The Splendid Steamer, British Queen, Captain
Roberts, arrived this morning. She left London
on the 2d inst., and Portsmouth on the 3d, making
her passage in a little over 15 days. She brings
papers, &c. to the day of sailing.
The British Ministry have fallen into the mi
nority on several occasions, and it Is supposed
they will resign.
The French Ministry have resigned in conse
quence of the Chamber of Deputies refusing to
grant half million francs, annually, to the Duke
de Nemours on his marriage.
Money market at London remained much the
same as per last accounts, but on Friday, the
271 h February, (the settling day) there was a
heavy pressure.
United States Bank stock had been sold at
jGIS 10. The accounts of the doings of the
Pennsylvania Legislature respecting the banks
had reached England, which produced the de
cline in the U. S. Bank stock.
The Liverpool market was neatly bare of flour;
sales at 30 6 to 31, to arrive.
The Liverpool papers of the 29th February
represent the cotton market as very h avy, with
a decline during the week The sales are said
to have reached 27,000 bales.
Agreeable News. —The Liverpool Albion
says: —We hear with very great pleasure that
the shipments of goods to foreign porlsare in
creasing. The New Yorlv packet-ships have of
late sailed with fair freights. The Roscoe, which
will sail to-morrow, has even been compelled to
shut out goods. To the East Indies the shipments
of manufactured goods are unusually extensive.
We hope, therefore, that these may lie taken as
indications of a revived and reviving foreign ex
port trade.
From the Liverpool Chronicle, Feb. 29,
STATE OF TRADE.
Manchester, Frtdvt Evening.—Cotton
Trade. — It is difficult to describe correctly the
state of trade here, for low as prices were lor
cloth and yarns on this d»y se’nnight, spinners
and manufacture-s are compelled to accept still
lower terms than on that day. and even since
Tuesday prices are a shade lower. This contin
ued drooping is evidently attributable to the de
clining prices of cotton in Liverpool; and as im
mense arrivals are expected, prices for this great
staple are confidently anticipated to he lower in a
1 month than they have been for the last four yeas;
i and until it arrives at this point, a steady or exlen
; sive trade cannot reasonably he anticipated.
Tuesday. —Theie was no improvement what
ever in our market to-day.‘ The demand both for
' yarn and goods were exceedingly limited, and
I prices continue to droop.
France. —An extraordinary express from Pa
i ris brings the important intelligence of the resig
nation of the French Ministry, in consequence of
I a signal defeat in the Chamber of Deputies, on
the question as the ‘-potation” for the King’s
son. The Deputies, by a majority of 226 to 200,
j refused even to consider the Ministerial proposi
tion. They voted against discussing ‘ the para
: graphs of the bill.” The Chamber adjourned im
mediately after the vote; and the Ministers went
directly with their resignations to the King.—
Louis Philippe, who is said to have been “furi
ous,” accepted the resignations, and sent for the
Dukede Urogl'e. The funds fell, and Paris was
in a -state of great excitement. The vote was
considered a severe blow upon the Orleans dy
dasty.
From the Dublin Evening Mail.
Ireland. —Neither Father Matthew nor Lord
Ehrington appears to have done more to restore I
toe tranquility of Tipperary than either Mr. Jus- |
lice Moore or the Marquis of Normanhy. There
are now in the county jail of Tipperary 498
prisoners, of whom over seventy are charged
with murder; the double calendar for this coun
ty at the assizes t will he heavy ; there being lor
| trial in Clonmel, 90 ; in Nenagh, 87.
The district of Borrisokane is particularly dis
j turhed. The magistrates have applied for an ad-
I dilional constabulary force. Outrages of the
I most atrocious kind characterise ih.s disturbance;
i such as assaults in the dwelling houses, with in
tent to do bodily harm, female abduction, riotous
assemblages to resist the landlords’ rights— add
murder.
From the Liverpool Standard.
Rumoured Resignation of the Minis-
TEUS . —We have received the following from a
respectable correspondent. We know not what
truth there is in the statement, hut arc induced
to give it publicity as it corroborates i i a great
degree what we printed a few days since upon the
same subject:
“ Lord Melbourne’s administration has at I
length determined on resigning their long mis- !
managed trust. It is generally supposed in well i
informed circles that their resignation would have j
been tendered yesterday, only that there are some
serious difficulties at present existing, which pre- i
vents Lords Brougham and Durham from enlist- i
ing under the banner of Lord John Russel, who,
there is no doubt, will he the new Premier, sup
ported hy perhaps as great an agitation for a re
peal of the corn-laws as that lor reform which
marked the eventful year 1831,”
Bank of England. —The following notice
was posted at the Bank of England on Thursday:
—“The Governor aud Company of the Bank of !
England do hereby give notice, that they are rea
dy to receive applications for loans, upon the de
posits of Bills of Exchange not having more
than six months to run. Exchequer Bills and
East India Bonds, such Loans to be repaid on or j
before the 24th April next, with interest at the I
rate of 5 per cent, per annum, and to he for sums |
of not less than £2,000 each.— Bank of England, 1
Feb. 27, 1840.”
’i’lle Sud-Tkeasury System.—The follow'-!
ing “Cask,” which we ropy from a Connecticut j
paper, as showing the effect of the Sub-Treasury, j
hard money system, and the arguments used by j
its supporters, deserves attention from the me- 1
ehanics and working-men of every Stale in the
Union :
A Case. —We are informed that in the city of
Hartford there is a certain mechanic who has in
his employ something like eight or ten journey
men. The. whole of these persons were nomi
nated as delegates to the Loco Foco Young Men’s
Convention, and calculated to attend. But a
leader of the Loco Foco party happening at the
shop a day or two before the Convention met,
began to speak with the boss upon the subject of
wages —and as an argument to convince him that
he ought to he a Loco, too, said that the eflect of
carrying into full operation the Sub-Treasury
measures wmuld be to reduce the prices he would
have to pay to his journeymen one half—so that
where he now paid sl6 a month, he would have
to give hut SB, This he said in an under tone*
upon which the employer raised his voice so that
all Lis workmen might hear, repeated what the
Loco had said, and asked if that was his belief 1
He replied, \ es. \\ ell, said the employer, will
the price of lea, coffee, sugar, &c., be also pro
portionahly reduced 1 No, says the Loco, still
in a low tone, hut flour, and meat, and other do
li.c.-tlc provisions will fall couaidiiably. The
employer again raised his voice, and caused the
Loco to repeat what be had said, so that all his
workmen might hear what was the doctrine pro
mulgated by the Loco Fozos. The Convention
was accordingly held, but not one of those ivork
men attended /
We have names for these facts—and one of
them bearing a strong affinity to Judge Niles* —
Litchfield Enq.
Mormons.
Monthose, I. T., Upper Mississippi,
February 13th, 1840. y
In my letter of Dec. 4th, I was in error in sta
ting that Oliver Granger was a brother of F.
Granger, of the State of New York. I was so in
formed by one ofhis Mormon brothers—hut have
since learnt from him personally, that he is only
a distant relative. The Mormons having been
driven out from the land of “ Zion” in Missouri,
have placed a “ Stake of Zion” at Commerce, 111.,
opposite this place, and have commenced build
ing their city there. Already a large number of
houses have been erected, and they propose to
erect one thousand next season, together with a
temple. No doubt large numbers from all parts
of the United Slates will settle at the above na
med point in the early spring. I venture to say
that Jo Smith exerts a more absolute influence
over a greater number of minds than any other
individual in America; many, too, cultivated and
intelligent minds, hut laboring under a dangerous
delusion, 'mith has indeed (with the help of
his Elders and Council and others better taught
than himself.) matured an ingenious system by
which to govern the church. His system is not
all founded in error, but has so much truth
drawn from the doctrines of the Bible, incorpora
ted with it, that it is calculated to deceive the un
stable. They are certainly a most zealous people,
tbfcy send out iheir preachers into ail parts of
the United States and even to Europe. Twelve
Elders were sent from this neighborhood last
summer to preach the Mormon faith to the Gen
tiles in Europe. Three of the number were from
this place. They embarked at New York.—Jour
nal oj Commerce.
We learn from Washington that Judge Cal
tin Br.TTHK, of Harrisburg, Pa. was yesterday
appointed Collector of thq port of Philadelphia,
vice George Wolf, deceased. The applicants for
the office were very numerous from all parts of
the'!S»ate; but the two most prominent were the
fortunate recipient and Alderman Hay, of Phila
delphia—both prominent members of the ol i
Wolf party of Pennsylvania. —Baltimore Pa
triot.
Na.val Position of England.— Let not
foreign nations imagine, from all that has been
said or may be said by the conservatives on this
vital subject, that Great Britain has now lost her
means of defence, or that, if a serious injury or
insult to her, she may not soon be
brought into a condition to take a fearful ven
geace upon her enemies. The same page of
history which tells us that while democratic states
can never he brought to forsee remote dangers, or
incur present burdens to gua*d against it, when
the danger is present, and strikes the senses of
the multitude, they are capable of the most stu
pendous exertions. That England, in the event
of a war breaking out in her present supine, un
prepa.ed state, would sustain in the outset very
great disasters, is clear; but it is not by any ordi
nary calamities that a power of such a slow
growth and present magnitude as England is to
be subdued. She now possesses 2.800.000 ton
nage,and numbejs 1,G00,000 seamen in her com
mercial navy, and a fleet of seven hundred steam
boats, more than all Europe possesses, daily prowl
along her shores. Here are all the elements of a
powerful marine; at no period did Great Britain
possess such a foundation for naval strength
within her bosom. What is wanting, is the ele
ments of an irresistible naval force, hut the saga
city in the people to foresee the approaching ne
cessity for its establishment, and the virtue of
the government to propose the burdens irespon
sible for its restoration. In the experienced dif
ficulty of either communicating this foresightto
the one, or imparting this virtue to the other,
I may be traced the well-known and often predicted
effects of democratic ascendency. But that same
ascendency, if the spirit of the people is aroused
by experienced disgrace, or their interest affected
by present calamity, would infallibly make the
most incredible exertions; and a navy, greater i
than any which ever issued from the British har
bors, might sally south from one sea girt isle, to
carry, like the French revolutionary armies, de
vastation and ruin into all the naval establish
ments of Europe. No such career of naval con
quest, however, is cither needed for the glory,
or suited for the interests of England ; and it is
as much from a desire to avert that ultimate forci
bly and most painful conversation of all the na
tional energies to warlike objects, as to prevent
the immediate calamities which it would occasion,
that we press upon the country the im
mediate adoption, at any ost, of that great in
crease to our naval and militaiy establishments
which can alone avert one or both of these ca
1a m i ties.— Blade w nod’s Mag a zinc.
Opium Eating in England,— A London pa
per of recent date says that the consumption of
opium in England has increased to a great ex
tent ; insomuch that the subject formed a matter
of discussion at a late meeting of the Westmin
ster Med ical Society. It was stated by a respecta- j
ble member of that body from Ids own personal
I knowledge, that opium eating had increased in
the country to such a degree as to have become
nearly equal in its proportion with tce-totalism.
The subject had become of such importance that
the different insurance offices were about to hold
a meeting in consequence of their having discov
ered that they had sustained considerable loss
from, as well as that a now risk had been cre
| ated, by the enormous increase of the consump
tion of opium.
Tluf use of this drug seems to be the last re
sort of a vitiated taste in search of unnatural ex
' cite meat. The statements above made, if found
! ed upon actual facts, may well c suse alarm in
England, for there is no predicting how far dan
gerous habit may prevail if it once become estab
lished. The experience of mankind unhappily
shows in 100 many instances that the terrible
consequences which follow unlawful indulgences
are insufficient to warn effectually against yield
i ing to them, when once infatuation has possessed
j the mind. If the fact were otherwise there would
i need no other security against the habit of opium
1 eating—for of all kinds of intemperance this ap
pears to entail upon its victims the most dreadful
species of suffering.— Ball. Am.tr.
Lrsrs Nature.— The last Alton (III.) Tele
graph gives an account of a couple of monsters,
which were produced on the 24th u!t., by a sow,
belonging to a gentleman of that place. One was
a curiously formed pig, with two heads—the rest
of the body perfectly natural, internally and ex
ternally. Ihe other was-a pig, with one head
and two bodies, still more curiously formed. The
editor of the J elegraph says he has seen them,
and they are the greatest curiosities which have
ever fallen under his inspection.
Mr. Russell sang a political song at a Concert
in New York, on Friday evening. Quite a row
ensued, and three or four persons were ejected
from the Hall. Mr. R. is, in our view, pursuing
a very silly course.
Major Noah says that Captain Marrvatt’s
“Poor Jack,” bids fair to surpass any other work
that has proceeded from his pen.
Consignees per South Carolina Kail R« u<
Hamburg, March 21, iSjq
- Reese & Beall; M Frederick; Clark, Uackett &
o; W Robinson; J Rosseau; D Blood worth- [ I(
Johnson; Clark, McTeir & Co; Stovall, Simmon. /
Co; R Boy'dj Gould & Bulk ley; J \v & 'p
W E Jackson; Russell & Hutchinson- Bfc jo° yi
dy; Willis & Co; W II Turpin; W & j N
D'Antignac & Hill; P P Carloss; W Hat.ier- j u-
Houghton; P Benncck; J F Benson; G Parrott- \
deison & Young; H R Cook & Co.
COM M E riCIAL.
Latest dates from Liverpool, 7! F~b*
Latest dates from Havre r ,V
__ Feb 25
Coltoji Arrived since hist ‘'looS? 0,
Upland and 81 i bales S I Cotton,and rlJff >a!es
same time 13618 bales Upland and , dat:he
Cotton; leaving a stock on hand inchi.- , Sl
on shipboard not cleared on the 20th , ali
bales Upland and 2645 baies S I Cotton ‘ S -r? f
Western’s advices just received at the l?* Gleat
last report, caused nearly a cessation n fl ° f our
lions in Uplands until Tuesday 0 n u-i tlans ac-
Wednesday considerable sales were / f a - v an< *
ct. decline on last week’s rates -in fe ‘ at $ a
6849 bales, viz: 15 a5; ig r V le •’'ales are
6J; 50 at 64; 14 at 6j ; 192 at ?! * ®} l2 at
at 7f ; 145 at 7$ ; 305 at 11. 94 ’ at ; 194
at U ; 1579 at 8 ; 967 at J* ; 1023 at M A,l° 2
Sf ; 437 at 8j ; 122 at 81; 213 at 85 at
Holders of Sea Island bein ' imwi.'inVt Ut
prices offered, the transactions only reach Too?
viz: 7at 18; 10 at 19 ;7 at
22; 20 at 24. » » «47 at
Rice The market for this article remains win,
out any material variation The sales of the will’
amount to upwards of 900 casks, viz - 4() a t eoi
ST 2 ,?-'*’ 200 300 at 2} iM aVtSV
Stock light. v-J.
Flour— The demand for all descriptions of Fin ~
continues limited to small parcels for city consuZ
tion at our quotations. ‘ ' ra P*
♦ S r "-° ne * mall ca, »° in the week sold
at 06 a 62 cents. UJa
Groceries- In Coffee, Sugar, and Molas.es f !IP
demand continues as before reported. Sales of ano
baj, Cuba . oiree at] lall j ,100 ba„ S liio 2*
20 hllds St Croix Ku S l, at $10; 50 ittirls Han'
Molasses at 22 cts. ana
Hay— Sates, on the wharf of upwards of
bundles at 75 a Bl£.
Bacon — 1 \ e have no improvement to notice ci
ther in price or demand. Sales'of 200 ke.'s r
at 11 cts. • ° La ‘ a
Spirits —ln domestic liquors we report sma 1 !
sales of Gin at 38 a 50; N. E. Rum at 34 a 35.
Vv h.skey at 31 cents.
Exchange— On England, 10£ per ct. premium.
Diafts on aew Aork, at sight, 54 per ct. pi'cmium
-5 days sight,s percent premium.
Freights To Liverpool, Ia 11-16 J; N. y or k
the packets are asking 1 cent—a transient hm was
taken up at | ct.; to Boston ct.—dull. °
Charleston, March 21
Cotton—The business done in Up,and sine* our
last has been comparatively light. Throughout
Saturday last the market continued in the unsettled
state which characterized t ie operations of the two
previous days, as noticed in our review of the 14th
inst, with this difference, however, that holders
were unwilling to sell at the decline then quoted,
viz: per lb, and the market was consequently
quiet at the close of the week On Monday confi
dence was in a measure restored, or rather dealers
had recovered from the shock of the recent unfa
vorable accounts,prices rallied a little; and a mod
erate business has been done at per lb. decline
on all sorts, on the prices current previous to the
advices per the Great Western at New Vork. The
sales are 5724 bales at the following prices—lGl
at si; 99 at s£; 92 at
at 6±; 3)9 at 65; 73 at 6s; 539 at 7; 370 at
415 at 7231 at 7§; 575 at
8£; 7SB at
at per lb. The fol,owing quotations may be
considered a fair criterion of the market at its close
yesterday —Liverpool classification—viz: inferior
and ordinary d} a 6J; middling and n idd.ing fair 7
a 7s; fair to fully fair 8 a 8£; good fair a Sj;
j and choice, which is very scarce, 9 cts per lb.—
i About 85 bags Sea Island sold'at 24; 28 at 25;'80
from 20 to 35; and a small Jot stained do at 8 cents
per lb. We quote inferior to good 17 a 24; mid
dling fine and hue 25 a 35; and extra fine 37 j a 55
and upwards.
Rice —Tlie operations in Rice since our last have
been lo a fair extent. The quotations of the pre
vious week have been freely obtained. The stock
on sale is small and receipts light. About 2272
tierces have changed hands at the following prices,
viz: 160 at
2£; 644 at 2 9-16; 54 ) at % 210 at 2 11-16; and
32 tierces at s2| pier 100.
Grain — the receipts ot the week of Com have
been but 2500 bushels from North Carolina, and
sold at about 53 cts per bushel. About 7000 bush
Maryland and Virginia Oats have been received,
and sold to dealers at prices ranging from 36 to 38
cts per bush. A lot North Carolina Peas sold with
in the vicinity of 70 cts per bush. About 1400
bundles Hay have come to hand The bulk brought
70 a 75, and one parcel seld at SO cts per 100 lbs.
I-lour—l here is very Fttle doing in any descrip
tion of f lour. Ihe bakers have taken a few small
lots Baltimore and North Carolina— the former at 6
a 6y, and tiie latter a£6 per bbl according to
qua'ity.
Sugars— A small lot Muscovado, good to m ime
sold at prices ranging from to 9; several parcels
Louisiana brought 5, 5| and 51,c per lb. Received
this week 103 hhds from Matanzas, and 40 bbis
coastwise.
Molasses —The business of the week in this ar
ticle has been to some extent. About 250 buls
Louisiana, 200 of which have come to hand since
our last, were taken within the range of quotations
—2/5 a 28J. About 113 hhds Matanzas, also re
ceived this week, has been sold at prices within
our rates, 21 f a per gallon.
Coffee —About 256 bags good to fair green Cuba,
sold at prices ranging from to U)jc per lb.
Bacon No new Bacon lias been received since
our last. 4he balance of the old stock on sale is
light, and the market firm at our qu dations, viz:
Hams 8 a 10; shoulders 6, and Sides 8 a per lb.
Lard— \\ e quote old Lard 8 a 10, nominal. A
lot Baltimore new has been sold, to arrive, at 10c
per lb.
Salt —We have no cargo sales to report. Liver
pool sacks is selling/rom store at $1 a $1 50
per sack,according to quality.
Exchange —W e have no change to notice in ster
ling Exchange. The quotations of Jas‘ week, viz:
9 a 9^,are a fair criteiion of the market. 0a
France we quote 5f 15 ass 20. There has neen a
good demand throughout the week for Exchange on
New York. Short sight checks have been readily
taken a 3; 30 day bills, la 11; 60 day do’l
per ct prem.
Freights— To Liverpool, 1 a l£c per lb for Cot
ton, in round and square bags. To Havre 2c per
lb for square bags, and 2$ for Sea Island, and
per 600 lbs for Bice. To New York, the rates
have declined. We quote per lb for Cotton in
square bags and per tierce for Rice. There
is no vessel up at present for Boston.
Liverpool, February 2S.
Cotton \\ e have had a tolerable attendance of
the trade this weel*, and they have been met free*
ly by holders, without making any concession iu
prices, the market remaining as at the close of last
week, dull and cheerless. The sales to-day are
about 3000 bales of all kinds. There is no altera
tion in Brazils, though in the absence of import
they may perhaps be a little dearer. Speculators
have taken 1350 bales of American, and 100 Surat;
and exporters 1300 American, 200 Surat and
Bengal. 2040 American, 160 Egvtian. 300Caitha
gena, 100 Bahia, 40 Pernam, and 20 Maranhain,
have been forwarded into the country this mouth
unsold; The importation tins week is 7509 bag s *
and the sales are 24,690 bags; among which are
280 Sea Island a
5140 Upland 5| a 6s; 12,930 New Orleans oi a Sj,
1260 Alabama, &c. a 6|.
Havre, February 22.
Generally speaking Cotton has pretty wol
tained its ground during the whole of the •
save that in the beginning the transactions weu)
rather more animated than towards its c;ose.
Those from the United States, of a good qual i \ ,
realized 1 to 2, and ordinary to good ordinary , i
higher prices, at which 6416 bales Louisiana, Geoi
gia, Wot He, Virginia and a small lot of 37 ba.e
Tinncvily were disposed of.