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WEDNESDAY MORNING, aMrLL 1.
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Cj* No Mail North, of Kichixoi'i? last night.
The Boaadarv Qaestiicja.
In this morning’s paper will be t is| ncl the cor
respondence between the E Minister. Mr.
Pox. am! the Secretary of State, to we al
luded v<?-teriav. and winch ias C" >wi nae to so
many rumours »f of war between tin; two coun
tries. For ou"selves, however, we'Joterraia no
fears of a war. between England a ijl Amera,
for this contemptable atrip of poor forest and.
There is too great a community*ot iu nrests exist
ing between the people of the nation ado counten
ance a recort to arms on the part or*'heir rulers
Her Majesty's Go*eminent has r::te >oo much to
attend to at home, in the protection U her India
possess.*ns. >.a watching the mcw.oertsuf the
Em per >r of all the Rossi us, and in hm| present re
latioas with the Celestial Empire, b* -htuk for a
moment of jeopardising her possessions in North.
Americi.by an open rapture w.th t.t.a government.
Although we are quite satisfied thii; the admin
istration would not be it ad .iispieaeril » get :p
a difficulty, which w'uid serve to diraijt the atten*
tion of the people, now being so genisially arous
ed, from its corruptions and intriguev i
The following very sensible article, on thm
subject, is from Bed's Loudon Messenger:
The aifair of the American BoaiUfary ques
tioa. appears to us * very iosignmiiaji? alEiir; a
mere-case tor corMoaissioßorm who. lib j- ike sake
of keeping therr respective salaries. Mbf from that
amucky quality which always chjwntterises ail
business to be settled by paper referi'nces, will
possibly keep the matter a u.suate for another
twenty y* ars. The mmn peurt iau jthat both
comunes are alke aawdiing to qaacrbl for this
most worthless object; tne whole |t*rftv-incc of
New Brunswick not being work vfaj* cost of a
single British far as it bt i isis any thing
into tne Engiisk exchequ ?r. No onelwill accuse
us of belonging to the utilitarian j|cjil>sooy of
the dav ; nut things ,f this kind ai»e h?aily cases
of protit and loss, and are best: resided by
the plain question put to earner? ris—what
is this boundary really -worth, and at would
it cost us in the event of an American war
to maintain it? The boundary is nearly worth
less, and the average ost of a was of three
years would be at least ten mi lisas a year,
or thirty millions in the whole. Cpoij his point,
therefore, we think the apprehension! of war to
he utterly chimerical. I ;
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Franking Privilege. \
The Van Buren prases are quite i.H ecstacies
at one or two communications whici; have re
cently appeared in tne Gioue. from citizens who
have received circulars and news p; jeers from
members of Congress, who were unknown to
them bearing their franks. These E Auers have
forgotten that the practice of franking jhe Globe,
was adopted iy Gen. Jackson, during jus admin
istration, and in the excess of his aaxiqt/, to give
currency to its depraved sentiments, ’in franked
ene to the Hon. John W. Womact, <f the Ala
bama Legislature, for which he received !n return
one of the most scorching and iadign<ir:t letters
we ever recollect to hare read. ?
The following account of the recent Whig
victory in Mobile, we copy r; >ua the .Id vert user
of that city :
Charter Election—Official Hei-xtras.
Fon x vroa.
E. Hail, Whig] J. B. Hoca i. (Loco)
North Ward -57 167
Middle “144 33 i
South “ 2tiß 285 ;
West - 343 217 j
912 722 '
Whig maj. 198
ton itUEayry.
North Ward. \
W hisrs. Locofocere.
John EL Blacker, 2? [ R. L. W M)M . 182
Janus 3utile, 256 Jeremiah Au-ytiJl, 161
Middle W ard.
J.F. Me Bride, 139 Charles Cullen, 71
Lewis Gueringer. 135
West Ward.
Jthn Fowler. 263 Joeph Carr. 219
Dabney
Seath Ward.
Oorge Wmgg, 257 /fugri Wwms, 290
Thomas Lobe, 240 J. W. Ashton* 286
Those in italics are elected.
The entire VV big ticket for Common Council
was elected ;ia riven yesterday, hv an average
majority of 144 votes. i
A 1 that tne locotoc.is have saved out At* seven
teen municipal officers, are. the nr# .. Her men
in tie South Ward’ Is not this a Waterloo de
feat ! And when we compare it with l:jw result
last year, it seems almost iacre«it he. <pne vear
ago the Locofocos carried their Mayor If/ a ma
jority ot 352—five out of eight A!cerr|» n, and
their entire ticket for Common Counri. The
average M hig majority in the North Ward for
Aldermen, was then raaits; this yew' average
majority 97 ? fn the Middle W aril. !a-t
year, ascrage W hig majority 43—this y ear 63.
la ike West Wan], i>tyear.'ht Lncofo-foselect-
Aldermen, by an average or.atj mty of
iG. this year the the ; t ies are tumia!. a;nd the
W mgs a.!ve 'joia A.tEer.ae/i. bv an rrenre ma
jority of 38 votes ! And in the South Waal,
the Loco oco majority of last vear was 212,
which was reduced on Monday last to 40 !
Showing a edea- VV.ug ga in in the city; during
the last twelve m r is. of fit* hc >nnlib m
TvriVTi-nvs TOTF3 ! It we take the Mayor's
election a* a test, th • vVh;g gun will iie. five
ICXDSSS AID fortt-thrse ! ! I;
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New Vagi, Marj!’- 26.
Base BraLiiruTojr Bcsxt at SU.—On
the 17th iiwt. in !at- 40|, lon. 2 4 44, tM ‘packet
ship St. James. CapL Ser-or. which arrived here
yesterdav from London, descried asaii U:| t;he W.
8. W. distant 6or 8 miles. The wearier was
moderate and hazy. At I o’clock. P. .Y made
her out to be a bark, with signals of dirt 'ess.—
Stu«d foi her immediate!'.’, and at 3 30 sprite her.
She proved to be ‘he Barrington. Cape lit-ilet. of
Boston. *2 days from New odeans. :’o* Havre,
then on fire, having ueen struck by li gitamg on
the 10th mst. Got all hands, 15 ia ain»i w:r, and
some provisions, on board, and made s»t,r from
her with all p-’ss’ble despatch. In 15 nkktM if
ter, the fire burst out, and she was ail in f-Gmes.
At 8 P. M. the mam and ;n zm ousts C!?, and
at 10 she suddenly disappeared. The bjuit had
1553 bales of cotton on board. j
Cha*&*.—When the poet, »r pfikowgigr, or
moralist, or w atever be was. wrote tins existence
**Thi« is a world of eAange,” the banks !|ad not
raspended. — Pie.
i 7# the Senate of the United States.
I transm it to the Senate, herewith, copies of
official notes which have p«ssed between lh«
Secret arr of State and British Minister - , since my
; last message, on the =ubj -ct of r »iiuuoos of the
i 17th of January. M. A AN BC RiuN.
WiMiS'iraJ, 26ih March. 1840.
'Jr. F.x tn Mr. Forsyth.
VVismisrov. March 13, IS4O-8P!
The andersigaed, her Briltaunic Majesty's
i Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten
| tiary. tias been instructed by his Government to
make the following coiamuaicadoa to the Secre
tary of State of United States, in nieren- c to the
; boundary negotiation, and lue aJam of th •
! disputed territory.
Her Majesty's Government have had uader
1 their consid*. ration the official note addressed to
I rhe undersigned by the Secretary of Stale, on the
i 24th of last December, in reply to a note from the
undersigned of the 2d of November preceding, in
! which the undersigned protested, in the name ot
i his Government, against the system of aggression
i pursued :ay the people of the Slate of Manic within
’ the disputed territory, lathe prejudice of the rights
j of Great Britain, and in siaaife.-t violation as the
I provisional agreement entered into between the
! authorities of the two countries at the beginning
• of the last year.
Her Majesty’s Government have also bad their
i attention directed to the public message traamkted
1 bv the Governor of Maine to the Legislature of
! the State, on the 3d of January of the present
I year.
Upon a consideration «t the statements con
tained m these two official documents, ker Ma
j jesty'sGovernment regret to find that the priocipai
j acta of encroachment which were denounced and
complained of on the part o. Great Bntan, so for
j from being either disproved, or discontinued, or
I -atisfactorily explained by the authorities of the
State of Maine, are. on the contrary, persisted in,
| and publicly avowed.
| Her Majesty's Government have consequently
instructed the un<Wsigned once more formMly to
j protest against those acts of encroachment and
i aggression.
Her Majesty's Govern meet claim and expert
! from the good faith of the Government of the
! Untied States, the people of Maine shall re
! place themseives ia the situalian in which they
stood before me agreement of last year was 4gn
( ed—diat they siiail therefore retire from the val
ley of St. John, and co hlae themselves to the val
ley of the Aroostook ; that they shall occupy that
; valley in a temporary manner only, for the pur
pose. as agreed upon, of preventing depredations;
and they shad not construct f rtilicatMna, nor
make roads or permanent settlements.
U'ntii this be done by the people of the State
| of vlame, and jo long as that people shall persist
in the present system of aggression, her Majesty’s
; Government will feel it their duly to make such
| military arrangements as may be required lor the
protection of her Majesty's rights. And her Ma
jesty’s Government deem it right to declare that
if the result of the unjustifiable proceedings of
the State of Maine should be collision between
her Majesty's troops and :he people of that State,
the responsibility of all the consequences that
may ensue therefrom, be they what taey may,
well rest with the people and Government of the
United States.
‘The undersigned has been instructed to add to
this communication, that her Majesty's Govern
ment are only waiting tor the detailed report of
the British commissioners recently employed to
survey the disputed territory, which report, it was
believed, would be completed and delivered to her
Majesty's Government by the end of the present
month, in order to transmit ta the Government of
the United States a reply to their last proposal
upon the subject of the boundary negotiation."
The undersigned avails himself of this occa
sion to renew to the Secretary of State of the
the United States the assurance of his distin
guished consideration- H. S. FOX.
Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Fox.
D-?ihths.lt or State.
Washington, March 25. IS4O.
The undersigned. Secretary of Stare of the ,
United States, acknowledges Ui have received Mr. |
Fox’s com nanacatuMi of the 13th instant, ia re
ference to the boundary negotiation and the at- ;
fairs of rhe disputed territory. The information |
given in the closing part of it. that a reply to the
first proposition of the U. States up on nhe sab- ;
ject of the boundary may .e expected in a snort i
time, is highly gratifying to the President, who
has. however, given directions to the undersign >
ed in making this acknowledgment, to accompa- |
ny it with the expression of his profound regret j
shat Mr. Fox's note mno other respect saus- j
factory.
Aiter the arrangements which- in the begin
ning of last year, wore entered Into on the part
of the two Governments auk regard to the or- !
cupation of the disputed termory. the President j
had indulged the hope tnat the causes of irnta- j
tion which had grown out of this bianch of the
subject could have been removed. Relying on I
the disposition of Maine to co-ope.ate with the i
Federal Government in all that could lead to a ,
pac-fic adjustment ot the principal question, the
President telt confident that his determination to I
maintain order and peace on the border would he i
fully carried out. He looked upon all appreaeu
sions of designs by the people of Maiue to taae j
possession of the territory, as without adequate
foundation; deeming it improbable than on the
eve of an amicable adjustment of the question. J
any portion of the American people would, with
out cause and without object, jeopard the success j
of tine negotiation and endanger the peace of' the ,
country. A troublesome, irritating, ami compar
atively unimportant, because subordinate. sui>-
ject. being thus disposed of, the President hoped
that the parties would be left free at ance to dis
cuss and finally adjust the principal question. In
this he has been disappointed. While the pro
ceedings ot* her Majesty’s Government at home,
have been attended with unlocked for delays, its
attention has been diverted from the great sub
ject in controversy by repeated complaints, impu
ting to a portion of the people of the United
States designs to violate the engagements of their
Government; designs which have never been
entertained and which Mr. Fox knows would re
ceive no countenance from this Government.
It is to be regretted, that at this late hour, so
i much misapprehension still exists on the side of
the British Government, as to the object ami ob
vious meaning. wf the existing arrangements res
pecting the disputed territory. The ih success
which appears to have attended the efforts made
by the undersigned to convey, through Mr. Fox
to her Majesty's Government, more correct im
j pressions inspecting them, calls for a recurrence
to the subject, and a brief review of the correa
| pondence which has grown out of it, may tend
, to remove the erroneous views which prevail, as
to the manner which the terras of the arrange
t meats referred to have been observed.
As Mr. Fax had no authority to make any
I agreement respecting the exercise of jurisdiction
over the disputed territory, that between him and
the undersigned, of the 27th of February, 1839.
had for its object some provisional arrangement
for the restoration and preservation of peace in
the Territory. To accomplish this object, it pro
vided that her Majesty’s officers should not seek
to expel, by mthtare force, the armed party which
had been sent by Maine in the district bordering
on the Restook river; and that, on the other
hand, the Government of Maine would volunta
rily, and without needless delay. withdraw beyond i
the bounds of the disputed territory any armed j
force then within them- B esides this, the ar- s
rangement had other objects—the dispersion of;
notorious trespassers, and the protection ot public
property from depredation. In case future neces
sity should arise for ibis, the operation was to be ‘
conducted by concert, jointly or separately, ac- |
>f cording to agreement Ireiweea the Government of j
e Maine ami New Brunswick
y In this last mentioned respect, the agreement ,
e looked to some further arrangement between
Maine and -\ew Brunswick- Through the agen
cy of Gen. Scott. one w** agreed to, on the 33d
and Cota of March following-, by which Sir John
i Harvey bound himself not to seek, without re
* newed instructions to that effect from his Govern
» ment, to take mtiitary possession of the Tent to- ,
i- ry. or to repel from it by military force the armed :
a civil po«se. or the troops of Maine. On the part
-of Maine, it was agreed by her Governor that no
e attempt should be made without renewed instruc
ts tioas front the Legislature, to disturb by arms the j
province of New Brunswick in the possession
r of the Mac aw ask. a settlements, or interrupt the
t usual comxanaicatioas between that and the up
e per px«viaces. As to possession and jurisdiction,
e they were to remain unchangeu. each party hold
-1 mg. in fact., possession ot pact oi the dispu'ed
t Terrdwy, but each denying the right of the oth
i er so d» so.. H iih that aoderstanding. Maine
i was, without unnecessary delay, tojwifhdraw her j
s (ailihtry force, leaving only, under a land agent, a
t small civ# posse, armed or unarmed, to project
* the timber recently cat, and to prevent farther
r dep r e atioos.
In the complaints of infractions of the agree
r ments of tire state of Maine, addressed to the
1 undersigned, Mr, Fojtkas assumed two positions
f which are cut authorized by the terms of those
t agreements: Ist. ad m*ti«g the right of Maine to
maintain a civil posse in tbe dispu'ed territory
. for the purposes stated in toe agreement, he does
- so with the restriction that tbe action of the pos
i se was to be confined within certain limits; and
j , 3d, by making the advance of the Maine posse
r mto the valley of the Upper St. John, the ground
r of his complaint of encroachment upon the Mad
> awaska settlement, he issumes to extend the Imi
. ; its of that settlement beyond those u occupied at
! the date -of tile agreement,
r The United States cannot acquiesce in either
> , of these positions.
i i la tne first place, nothingis found in the agree
ment subscribed to by Governor Fai'&eld and
t I Sir J,»hn Harvey, defining any limits in the lis
; ; puted territory within which tne operations of the
. civil posse of Maine were to be circamsc. >i>edL
Tbe task of preserving the Umber recently cut,
. and of preventing farther d predations riihm the
disputed cerrrtoru. was assigned to th«- State of
Maine after her military force should have been
withdrawn from it; and it was to be arcom
. pushed by a civil posse, armed or anarmec, whi'h
; was to continue in the territory, and to operate in
* every part of it wiiere irs agency might be re
quired to protect the umber already cut. an«. pre
vent further depredations, without aav limitation
whatever, or any restrictions, except such as might
be construed into an attempt to d.sturb by arms
the Province of New Brunswick in her posses
sion of the MaJawaska settlement, or interrupt
the usual communication between the Piovinces.
ft is thus in the exercise of a legitimate rigtu,
aad in tne conscientious discharge of an obliga
tion imposed upon her by a solemn compact, that
the State of Maine has done tivise acts which
have given rise to comp-hunts no ade- i
i quate cause is perceived. Tbe undersigned feels f
1 confident that when those acts shoa ha'e been
t considered by her Majesty s Gnv«,riiment at home
as explained in his note to Mr, Fax, of the 24th
of December last, and in coranectioa with the i
foregoing remarks, they will no iowger be viewed
as calculated to excite the apprehensiona of he”
Maj sty’s Government that the feith of existing |
arrangements is to be broken on the part of the
United States'.
W ith regard to the second p.>eitio« assumed |
"by Mr. Fox. 'mat the advance ot the Maine posse J
along the val ey of the Resteok to the mouth of *
Fish River, and mto the vaifey of’ the Upper St.
John, is at variance with the terms and spirit of
the agreements—the madersigned most observe
that it at variance with any of their provisions, it
could only be with those which seen e her Mi- |
jesty's Province of New Brunswick agum>t anv
attempt to disturb the possession of the Mada
waska settlement, and to interrupt the usual com
munications between N. Brunswick and tae Up
j per Provinces. The agreement ctm-kl ooly have
reference to the Madawaska settlements as con
fined within their actual limits at the time it was
subscribed. The and 'ranged, in his note of the
24th of December hwt, -tated the reasons whv
the month of Fish River and the vaifev of the
St. John through which it passes, could in no
proper sense be considered as eailjraced in the
Midawaska settlements. Were the U.-States to ad
mit the pretension set up on the part of Great
Britain, to give to the Midawaska settlements
a degree of constructive extension that might,
at this time, suit the purposes of Irer Majesty’s
colonial a«sh or Kies, those settlements soon might
be made, with like justice, to embrace any por
-1 tions of the disposed territory ; and the right giv
en to the Province of New Braiwwi k to occupy
them temporarily and # a special purpose might, by
j inference quite as plausible, give the jurisdiction
exercised by her Majesty’s authorities an extent
which would reader the present state of the ques
tio i. so long as K could be mraintained.equivafent
to a decis on an the merits of the whole ct ntro
veisy fn favor of Great Britain.
I If the small settlements at Ma-iawaska on the
north side of the St, Joluis means the whole val-
I fey <*r that river—if a boom across tbe Fish riv
er, and a stat*>n of a small posse on the south
side of the Br. Johns at the mouth of Fish river
is a disturbance of that settlement, which is twen
ty-five miles below, within the meaning of the
agreenment, it is difficult to conceive that there
| are any limitations to ihe pretensions of her Ma
jesty's Government under it, or bow the Jitate of
Maine could exercise the preventive power with
regard to trespassers, which was, on her part, the
great object of the temporary arrangements.—
The movemen s ot British troops, lately witness’
eti in the disputed territory, and the erection of
military works for their protection and accommo
dation. ot which authentic information, recently
received at the Department of State, his been
communicated to Mr. Fox. impart a still graver
aspect to the matter immediately under consider
ation, The fact of those military operations es
tablished beyond a doubt. left u rexp lined, or
unsatisfactorily accounted for, by Mr. Fox's note
of the 7lh instant, continues an abiding cause of
complaint oo tile part of the United States against
her Majesty s colonia agents, as inconsistent wi h.
arrangements whose main object was to divest a
question, already sufficiently perplexed and com
plicated. from such cm’ arrassraents as those with
which the proceedings of the British authorities
fail to surround it.
If. as Mr. Fox must admit, the objects of the
late agreements were the rem val of ail military
f »rcc and the preservation of the property from
further spoliations, leaving the possession and ju
risdiction as they stood before the State of Maine
found itself compelled to act against the trespas
sers. the President cannot bat consider that the
conduct of tae American local authon tics strong
ly and most favorably contrasts with that of the
colonial authorities of her Majesty's Govern ment.
While the one. promptly withdrawing its milita- ‘
ry force, has confined itself to the use of the
small posse, armed as agreed upon, and has
done no act not necessary to the accomplishment
of the conventional object, every measure takc.i
or indicated by the other party, is essentially mii- i
itary in its character, and can be justified only by j ]
! a well founded apprehension that hostilities must i
ensue. ! 1
With such feelings and convictions, the Presi- 1
j dsnt could not see. without painful surprise, the i
attempt of Mr. Fox. under instructions from his 1
Government, to grve to the existing state of things
a character not warrantee by the friendly dfepo- 1
sition of the United States or the conduct of the | <
; authorities and people of Maine; much more is he I
surprised to find it alleged as a ground for
; strengthening a military force and preparing for j
. a hostile collision with the unarmed inhabitants
' of a frendly State, pursuing, within their own '
borders, their peaceful occupations, or exerting
themselves m compliance witu their agreements
to protect the property ia dispute from unauthor- I
; Ized spoliation.
The President wishes that he could dispel the
, fear that these dark forebodings caa be realized. !
: Unless her Majesty's Government shall forthwith '
arrest all military interference in the question — i
unless it shall apply to the subject m -re deter- !
j mined elf fits than have hit her to been made to
I bring the dispute to a certain and pacific adjust
ment, the misfortunes predicted by Mr. Fox in
: the name of his Government, may most unfortu
nately happen. But no apprehension of the con
sequences -loaded to by Mr. Fox can be permit-
I ted to divert the Government and people of the i
| United States from the performance of their duly i
to the State of Maine. That duty is as simple
as it is imperative. The construction which is
I given by her to the treaty of 1783 has been, again j
and aga n. and in the most solemn manner, as- |
serted also bv the Federal G ivernment. and must j
I he maintained, unless Maine freely consents to a
j new boundary, or unless that construction of the
| treaty is found to be erroneous by the decision of
a disinterested and independent tribunal, selected
i bv the parties for its dual adjustment. The
President, on assuming the duties of his station,
avows! his determination, ail other means of ne- i
gotiation tailing, to submit a proposition to the
Government of Great Britain to refer the decis
ion ot’ the question once more to a third party.
In all the subsequent steps which have been ta
ken upon the subject by his direction, he has been
actuated by the same spirit. Neither Ids dispo
sition in the matter, nor his opinion as to the pro !
pnety of that course, has undergoneany change. ;
Should the lulSiment of his wishes be defeated
either by an unwillingness on the part of her .Ma- j
justy’s Government to meet the otfer of the Uni
ted Slates in the spirit in which it is made, or ■
from adverse circumstan es of any description. ■
the President will, in any event, derive great sat- ,
inaction from tne consciousness that no etf >rt on j
his part has been spared to bring the questien to
an amicable conciu.->ion. and that there has been
nothing in the conduct either of Ihe Governments
and people of the Untied States, or of the S ate I
! of Maine, to ju-tify the employment of her Mi
jesty’s forces as indicated by Mr. Fox's fetter, i
, The President cannot under such circumstances,
apprehend that the respon-ihmry for any conse
quences which may unhappily ensue, will by the
: just judgment of an impart.ai world, be imputed j
to the United S ; ates.
The undersigned avails himself, <&c.
To the Hon. H. S. Fox.
}f\ Fox to Mr. F rrsyfh.
Wash! xgt'ix. March 26, 1840.
The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty’s En
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
has had the honor to receive the official no'e of
j yesterday's date, addressed to him by Mr. For
, syth. Secretary of "tate of the United States, in
! reply to a note dated the 13th inst. wherein the
undersigned, in conformity with instructions re
j ceived from his Government, had anew formally I
I protested against the acts of encroachment and j
| aggression which are still persisted in by armed
| bands in the employment of the State of Maine
within certain portions of the disputed territory. !
It will ire the duty of the undersigned imme
-1 diateiy to transmit V! r. Forsyth’s note to her Ma
jesty's Government in England; and until the
statements and propositions which, it contains
snail have received the due consideration of her ;
Majesty's Government, the undersigned will not
deem it right o add any further reply t.iereto,
exc- pting to re.er to, and to repeat, as he now
formally and distinctly does, the several declara
tions which it has from time to time been his duty
to make to the Government of the United States
with reference to the ex sling posture of affairs
in the disputed territory, and to record his opinion
that an inflexible adherence to the resolutions
that have been announced by her Majesty's Gev
emment, for the defence of her Majesty’s Govern
ment the only means of protecting those rights
from being in a continually aggravated manner
encroached up>n and violated.
The undersigned avails him«eif of this occa
sion to renew to the Secretary of State of tbe
L niter! States, the assurance of his distinguished
consideration- H: S. FOX.
The Hon. Johtv Forsyth, &c. &c. i..
After some discussion the correspondence was
referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
and i 0,000 copies ordered to ba printed.
Mr. \ix Beats axd the utswib.—A
paragraph is going the rounds, stating that at a
public meeting in Hudson, New York, in 191*2,
Mr. Van Barea otfjred the following resolution : I
“ Resolved. That the war is impolitic and disas
trous; and to employ the militia in an odensive
war is unconstitutional V*
Mississippi Legislature.—The Grand Gulf
Advertiser (Locofoco) speaks of the late L cofo
co Legislature of Mississippi in the following
term-c
-W e were present at the ’dosing scene’ of the
labors of our *w se’ and ‘anergetic’ members of
the legislature of this Slate, and we must sav
that a more disorderly, undignified, ignorant and
inefficient collection, with some few exceptions, it
was never our tale to witness congregated in
such a body, claiming to be of a deliberative char
acter.”
A passenger in the packet ship Cambridge, ar
rived at New York from Liverpool, has been
arrested by an order fr. m the Chancellor, charged
with having absconded from England with a large
amount of property belonging to las creditors.
His name is Thomas Cartwright,
F rom the last number of the ‘‘London Quarter! v”
we extract the following particulars of the illustri
ous Hungarian house ot the Esterhazvs:
Magnificence of the Estkiihazys.—The
house of Estei hazy is probably the rno»t magni
ficent of non regnant houses in the world. That
jacket o'jackets, which is said to cost the Prince
a hundread pounds in wear and tear every time
it is put on. has already impressed the English
public with the extent of his pos-essions, but the
impression falls far short of the reality. His estate
contains 130 villages, 40 towns, and 34 cattles.
He has four country houses, as big as Chatsworth, i
within an hours ride of one another. One of
them. Esterhaz, contains 360 rooms for visitors,
and a theatre. The well-known story of the
Prince's reply to the lord of Holkham, who, after
exhibiting a flock of 20<>0 sheep, inquired if he
could show as many—’My shepherds are more nu
merous than your sheep”—turns out to ire literally |
true—there are 25.000 shepherd:? on his estate.—
They have a regular grenadier guard in their i
pay, and the right of life and death on their I
estates.
The ruling passion strong in death. Mr.
Watson unde to the late Marquis of Rockingham,
a man of immense fortune, finding himself at the
|K>int of death, desired a friend who was present
to open a drawer, in which was an old shirt, that
he n.ight put it on. Being asked wuy he wished
to change his linen when he was so ill, -Because
I'm told the shirt I die in must be the nurse’s
perquisite, and that is good enough for her I”
This was as bad as the woman, who with her
last breath blew out an mh of candle Be
cause,” said she, “l can see to die in the dark.”
| Bsautt it a Wmu—A young man married
i a wife, whose only claim upon his regard was her
■ personal beauty. She said to him, at the end of
one of their quarrels. “You don’t iove me —you
* cannot look me in the face, and sav that you love.”
“You mistake, my dear.” he cried ; “for it is only
1 when I look you in the face that I can say I Love
i you.”
liish HosrmuTr. —“WillJyou dine wuh
me to morrow. Mr.
“Faith, and I will, with all my heart.”
“ Remember, ’tis only a family dinner I'm ask
in’ you to.”
“ And what for not; a family dinner’s a migh
ty pleasant tiling. What have ye got !’*
" Och. nothing uncommon ! J ist an illegant
paece of comcd beafand petaties.
44 Bv the powers that bates the world I Jist
mv own dinner to a hair —barrin the beafl”
i
•*Go it while you’re young,” as the old bache
lor said to the squalling child.
The Boston Post, speaking of our description
I of a petticoat, says we “ruists>)k the garment.”
Are not such garments generally mt’js-taken !
.V. 0 Sun.
Locufoco Binkino.—The Grand Gulf Ad
vertiser. a loco foco paper, says, that the locofoco
Legislature of Alabama, has conferred Banking
privilege- upon the Penitentiary about to be erec
j led in that State.
■- . -
Sm.i wb k ames.—The fruit season has com
menced. and we are ready to receive our share of
Pomona’s gifts. An anonymous f iend has set
; agood example by sending us a few fine and nohle
i sized strawberries (our favorite fruit),raised in an
open garden, in Meeting-street, near South Bav.
The verdant leives. which enclosed them, exhib
it a beautifully indented or escaloped outline,
and are of a size which shew the great luxuri
ance of the parent plant.— Charleston Courier ts
1 yesterday.
’ — ' ‘ ■ -■ ■ - ■
COMMERCIAL.
j :
Latest dates from Liverpool, March 2.
Latest dates from Havre Feb. 25
New (Jr lea .ns, Vfarcn 25.
Cotton —Arrived since the 20th instant, of Loui
siana and Mis si d, pi 17921 ba.es, Tennessee and
North Alabama 727, Arkansas 627, Mobile 1601,
Florida .do; together 21122 bales. Cleared in the
j same lime; for Liverpool 12201. Havre 9.30. lior
i deaux 1 65, Marseilles 418, Genoa 59b, New York
I"21, Philadelphia .39, Baltimore 43; together 15450
j bale-—ma ring an addition to stock of 5672 .ales,
j and leaving on iiand. inclusive of a.i on shipboard,
not cleared on toe 24th instant, a stock of 156,484
j ba.es
The Cotton market, which declined a little in
consequence of the news brought by the Great
Western, has. <ince our review of Saturday mom
j ing last, become considerab y more arm, and abet
ter feeling seems generally to prevail. The de
mand on Saturday was pretty fair, and the sales,
which amounted to nearly 5000 bales, wtre gene
ra iy at fuller rites than before prevailed. On
Monday there was al o a fair business doing, and
! some of the sales, which reached in all to 4500
i bales, were at rates exhibiting a slight upward ten
dency in the market Yesterday the sales amount- i
ed to fully 4500 bales, and the maiket seemed to
have acquired additional firmness as holders, in
almost every instance, were able to obtain fail
prices. This more buoyant state of the market
arises from a belief, which appears to oe pretty
■ general among denie s in Cotton, that the rates of
freight will, ere long, come down a little, and that,
as a conseq.ion> e. prices for cotton will in all pro
bability be better sustained. We retain our for
mer quotations, observing that most of the sales
have been at the highest figures. The business of
the three days amounts to 14,000 bales.
Since making up the above report we have heard
of a sure of 3 00 ba.es, which will make the sales
for the three lays amount to 17,000 bales.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATIONS.
Louisiana and Mississippi —Ordinary, 5 a 5j ;
Middling, 6 a ; Pair, 7t a If, Good fair, *ja 9 ;
Good and fine, 9j a—. Tennessee and .V. Alaba
ma —‘ Ordinary, 5 a 54; Middling 5j a 8; Fair, 6j a
Good fair, 7 a 7 : ; Good and Fine, 8.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
1839. Oct. l,«tock on hand, 15824
Receipts last three days 21122
“ previously, 665805 689727
70555-1
Exports last three days, 15450
do. previously. 533617 549067
Stock on hand 158481
Sugars — Louisiana —The Levee continues to be
well suppl.ed with orainary to fair qualities, which
still meet with but limited demand at a cts.
Strictly prime sugars come in very sparingly, and
readily command 4y cents in sma 1 lots, some verv
choice parcels bringing as high as 44 cents. The
rate on plantation is still 4 cents fur fare crons, but
we have heard of no transaction of importance.
Havana Sugars —Trere have been some sale? of
white within cue range of our quotations, bat in
brown there is nothing domg.
Molasses —The supply of carrels on the Levee is
fully adequate retire demand, which has been ra It
er moderate during the last few days at 19 a 20
cents per gallon, our last qutatioas. The rates on
plantation continue at 15 a ; 6 cents pergal.on, but
the transactions are few’ and limited
flour — it the time of closing our rest report the
market was dull at $4 for superfine Since then
there has been no improvement in the demand, the
transactions being confined, almost excus vely to
the consumption of the city and the supply of p a
ces in our immediate neighborhood. fLe receipts,
in the mean time, have been rather large, amount
ing to about 14,060 barrels; aad though several par
cels were originally destined for the north, the im
possibility of effecting their shipment at reasonable
rates of freight has caused them, in many instan
ces to be thrown upon the market for sale. Thus
the scarcity of vessels operates with a twofold pow
er in the depression of the article, preventing ship
pers from purchasing and owners from shipping on
their owu account. The consequences are an ex
tremely dud market, an accumulating st ick and a
further 'light decline. Most of the transactions,
during the last three days, have been at $4. but
yesterday large parcels could be bought at a fraction
ie><. and. iudeeu, we are advised of some few sales
at p 3 .>7 B. We therefore quote 43 87- and $4 for
superfine.
Exchange —Bills on New York are rather dull.
We quote 8J days sight 2 a 3 per ct prem; 30 do
do 3 7 a 4 do; 5 to 15 do do 4 a5; Boston, at 60
days, 2 a 3 do; Philadelphia, do I a 2 perct dis.
Freights —We still quote
rates to Liven 00l and Havre tor cotton, in .meri
can ships. We understand that a large British
bark has been taken at 1 l-16d—others are filling
up at Igd.
Mobile, March 2S.
i Cotton —Since our last report we have received
bales; and shipped to riverpool 10,575 bales,
to Greenock 12U5, to Havre 3291, to Anrirerp 553'
to New fork 891, to Boston 420, to Providence 370!
to Baltimore 105, to Thomaston 226, to Portland
I 590. and to New Orleans (including some not hcre
j tofore reported) 3,215; making in all 21 ,J 53 bare*,
and leaving a stork not cleared of 185,987 bales!
i At the corresponding period last season, the total
receipts were 222.401 ba.es, the Exports 146,6u1,
j and the stock 75,859.
j The past week nas been marked with consider
able activity, perhaps more so than any previous
week daring the season—Our last report was issued
on the morning after receipts from Liverpool per
creeat Western—and we observe that on the dav
previous purchasers had withdrawn from the mar
xet in consequence of these advices. On Wednes
day buyers and sel er* having well considered their
bearing, were prepared to act; according y, a lively
and spirited business took place, and about 10,060
bales chang' d hands with a very little variation in
rates, inclining however to a slight reduction.
On Thursday there was a little more firmness cn
the part of holders, induced by the continued de
mand. Friday and Saturday, the weather bein»
unfavorable for out door business, transactions
were limited. * n Monday and Tuesday, a verv
respectable business was transacted, unmarked by
! any excitement We estimate the sale* 0 [ t v
I week about 20,000 bales. Wc make a slight alte t .
j ation in our quotations, basing them upon cae tran
sactions of yesterday.
LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION.
I Good and fine - - - 9 a—
! Good Fair, - - - . a *i
i Fair-- - - 7 ; a7 J
: Middling - _ „ . 2
■ Interior and Ordinary, - - 5 a *
| Exchange— Since our last record of transaction)
in this department, negotiations us an imposin'.-
character .ave been eifeected. In Eastern exchange
I an immense business has been done. Should we
estimate the amour.t negotiated since our la-t re
sort, we wju.u not thin a hail’ a miilum do! a;-. ■ ,*
large a sum. A brisk business has been done also
in New 1 Leans tunds. Specie is in much request
The figures in the table exhibit the ruling rates
i since our last issue. Sterling bills, 10 al l per-g
prem; 60 days sight bills on New Vo k, 2 a 28 j-v
30 do do do 3 a 3,j do; 5 do do do 4- a j 1
Specie (dollars) 5 do.
Money —Com plaints of a contracted curve* hv are
j still heard. The bangs are discounting l -r P
nothing ' ' e
Freights— The arrival of several vessel, nn.l
j the expectation of more, has caused the firmness of
: masters to relax some; and since our last re- or e .
gagements have been made for Liverpool at I fit
MARINE INTELLIGENCE™
„ T , ... v . Savannah, March 29.
Cleared—hip Newark, Souilard, Ne W York
-1 bar * s K >a aI V K '- nn «y. Liverpool; Clarance!
Betts, do; brigs Injepen eiv e. Evans, Boston; K -
eanor,Banners, Baltimore; schr Eagle, Wyliy’ ti t
' vana.
Arrived —Brig Poland, Gardner, Havana
Sailed—Brigs Citizen, Thing, New York; Elea
nor, banners, Baltimore; Oglethorpe, Junes Ha
vana.
Departed —Steamboat John Randolph, Lvon, Au
; gusra.
Chablesttn, March 31.
Arrived yesterday —Sw brig Pieciosco, Asander
; Boston; schrs Ajax, Wheeler, St Jago de Cuba;’
Helen Mar, Munroe, Camden. Me.
Cleared —Br barque Prompt, Morton, Liverpool.
Went to sea yesterday —Schr Emma, Bancroft, N
i York,
At Quarantine —Brig Baltimore,Janes. Boston;
; line ship Lucas, Eldridge, do; brig Action, Hunt’,
do.
'fy We are authorized to announce the folic-v
--ug gentleman as candidates tor merr Lets of Coun
cil in Ward No. 2;
B. 11. WARREN. JOHN BONES ,
mar 31 JOHN G. DLWL.iF.
Mr. Editor—Please announce the fol owing
gentlemen as suita..lc persons to represent Ward
No. 2 in tire next Couneilr
B. H. WARREN, A. READ,
mar 31 S. M. THOMPSON.
Ma Editor, please announce the following
named gentrernea is candidates for election as
members of the city council fro n ward no 1 at the
approrching election in April next.
GAREY PARISH, WM. E. JACK SON
mar 18 PHILIP CRUMP. *
1 Mr. Editor—You will please announce Dr. F.
: M ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISHOP and F.
H. COOKE , as candid;, tes for members of Council,
at tne approaching election, in \\ ard No. 3. m 23
Mr. Editor —PETER BENNOCH, Esq , is re
: commended as a >uita e person for Mayor, for tiie
1 ensuing year, and tue following named gentlemen
for Aldermen of Ward No 4: JAMES HARPER,
EDWARD THOMAS and ROE EBP PHiLIP ,
who will be supported by
mar 21 ALL LP TOWN.
7- We are authorised to announce JAMES B.
BISHOP, THOM AS RICHARDS, and Dr F. I/.
ROBERTSON, as candidates for Members of ( >un
i cil in Vv ard No. 3. mar 21
Mr. Edit: as—The follow ing named gentlemen
are recommended as suitable persons far members
of Council, for the Upper Wardr-
JAMES HARPER , C. B. HITT.
They will be supported by Mast Voters.
mar -0
.Messrs. 1: di-toss ; —The fol owing gentlemen
will be supported for Members of Council La Ward
No. I, at tne approaching election;
G. F. PARISH , ' W. E. JACKSON ,
mar 18
ESSH3 Editors —seeing in your paper
of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Ccmmuno- declines
a re- e.ectian for Mayor ol the city,at the approach
ing election, we. therefore, rare the liberty of sug
gesting tiie name of JOHN PHINIZY , Esq., as a
person well calculated to nil the ods.ee, and he wul
be supported by (mar 13) Many Voters'.
Messrs. Editors: —Observing in your paper the
names of several gentlemen suggested as candi
dates for Mayor at the approaching election, we
take the liberty of proposing the name of Lr
DANIEL HOOK, as one wtil qualified to till that
office and woo will be supported by
March Is ts .Many Voters.
Mr. Editor :—Sir, I see a notice in your paper
of the J 2th instant, stating that our worthy Mayor
declines being a candidate lUr re-e’ection to the of
fice he has so wort'iiy filled- and as it is tune the
citizens should tix on a suitable person, to repre
sent them as Mayor for the next year Allow me
to recommend the name of MARTIN M. DYE , as
a suitaole person, and who wi.l erve if elected.
.Many Voters.
dj > Dr. J. H. MURRAY oilers his professional
sei-vißes to the citizens of Hamburg and the viem
ivy. Utfice at ti it. Cooke’s Drug Store,
mar 17 1 -n
iFT - W. G. NIMMO, Genera! • ommission Mer
chant, office on .Mclntosh street, rext door to t c
Constitutionalist. n ov 7
92?" BENEV OLE NT SOCIETY. —For the bene
fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity.
The visiting committees for the ensuing month,
are as fallows :
Division No. I. —James Godby, J. W. Meredith,
Mrs. Crump,Mrs N. Jones.
Divsion No. 2.—W. H. Crane, W. F. Peir.oer
j ton, Mrs. Taliiafarro, Mrs. .VI. A. Holt,
j Division No. 3.—C. E. Latimer, James Panton,
Mrs. B. McKinnie,Mr*. Julia >nead.
J. \V. W IGHTMAN, Secretarv.
~fP Dr. W. FLINT oilers ULs services to the
tizens of Augusta in the different branches of nis
profession. He may be found at all hours at the
ate residence of Mr. A. VI. Egerton, second doot
from the corner of -Mclntosh and Reynold streets,
nc v 29 Iy
J. W. JONES , is my authorised Agent for the
adjustment of my unfinished business.
mar 3 WILLIAM E. JONES.
‘Uff NOTICE. — The Rail Road Passenger Train
between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave as
follows: —
UPWARD.
Not to leave Charleston before 700 is.
“ Summerville, ‘ 4 - -8 30
“ “ Georges’ - “ - 10 00
“ “ Branchville, “ - n (jj
“ “ Midway, - “ - II 30 m
* “ Blackville, - « _ 100 .R
“ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300
Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400
do .vs WARD,
j Not to leave Hamburg before 6004. R.
“ “ Aiken, - 44 - 730
“ “ - . 9 30
i “ “ Midway, ** _ - 10 30
u ** Branchvill “ - - 11 00
44 “ Georges’, ** - - 12 lX> a.
‘ “ Summerville. 44 - - 2 OGf. m-
Arrivc at Charleston not before 300
Distance —138 miles. Fare Through— —pi ■ 50.
Speed not over 20 mile? an hour. T# ca»wa -8
minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, and not
I longer than 5 minutes for wo * water a* X ‘ J *
i station. - ,
To stop for passengers, wbea * wL.e
hoisteil,at either of the above ; 38at ;
Smeaths, Wooiistock, 4 - r aai^ e *;
Rives’, Grahams, Wlllesw*a r *°^ wr » ’
and Marsh’s T. O. .
Passengers uo will Batroh.t3.st at V\ oous
dmeat Biackrul*; wra, will oc«»kUSt at Ai
and dine at aumnaerYsixe., *