Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

i I CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL — H A V GUSTA. j» j 5 WEDNESDAY MORNING, aMrLL 1. * j See /rs/ • | ' 7 J 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 ; j 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; j ; 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., *