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CHRONICLE AND SE STINEL. AUGUSTA. FRIDAY MORNING, Al v .IL 3. From a series of articles now i i the course of publication in the National Intellii encer, we ex ited the following sketch of a voti given in the Senate of the United States, on a question of vi tal interest, at that time, to the < tizens of this city, and of very considerable im >ortance to a great portion of Georgia. Among the acts which passed d iring General Harrison’s terra ot service was on. which seems almost to have been contrived for t %e purpose of defining the extent to which Cong ess has right ful authority in regard to public w rks which are within the jurisdiction of a State, a id not beyond the means of the State itself. Th * obvious rule is, that tire improvement proposed be necessary and proper for the regulation of c mmerce with foreign powers or among the sevc fai States, for the transportation of the mail, for t ie uses ot the Army and Navy, or foi the execut >n of any oth er of the substantive powers of ' the case before us, being the act to removing ob structions te the navigation of the River Savan nah. in Georgia, the power was cons ti ered by some Senators as incidental to the war power, the obstructions in question consisting of old hulks sunk during the Revo utionary war, round which the sand had accui lulatcd. Ihe hill was supported, however, by th i Chairman of the Committee on Commerce (Mr. .Lloyd, of Mas sachusetts) on its true ground; tint of the ad vantages which would result to tli ‘ commerce ot the United States at large by the r. moval of these obstructions, aud upon thejustice i t granting to Georgia that assistance, in this ca •?, which had been granted to so many other Sta .es on similar or analogous-occasions. This bill passed the Senate by 36 yeas to 3 navs. And the yeas, along with the name ot General Harrison, we find the i arae of every friend of the administration ot ? Ir. Adams, in company with the names of Mi Benton, Mr. Berrien, Mr. Branch, Mr. Chandl r, Mr. Cobb, Mr. Dickerson, Mr, Findlay, Mr Harper, Mr. Hayue, Mr. Johnson, (of Ky.) Hr. Kane, Mr. King, Mr. Rowan, Mr. Sanford, B r. Woodbury, &c. Tire nays were Mr. Macon, Mr. Tazewell, and Mr. Van Buren. For the information of that ] ortion of the Van Buren press in Georgia, who insist so per tenaciouly that the Abolitionists a: e confined ex clusively to the ranks of the v\ hi ; party at the North, we copy the following leit ;r, which we obtained from the New York Tin ?s. It is true we hove generally reg irded this at tempt of the Van Buren uress to gull the peo ple, as too contemptible to deserve serious notice. This opinion we yet entertain, and ieel confident that the intelligent portion of tlujir own party have always looked upon such effects, rather with feelings of regret, for the disrcgaijl ot truth so boldly exhibited by the conductors!of their party presses, than with pride even whep anticipating the results of a victory obtained t> r such misre presentation. There arc, howevei those whose means of information are confined to a more nar row sphere, and who might cons quenlly be led astray by such misreprentation i it were not corrected. Vau Buren Aliolitiot ists. The Globe, Richm md Enquire - , Albany Ar gus, and the various locofoco paj srs throughout the country that adopt and circr ate the state ments manufactured for them in those prints, have for a long period been eudeivoiing to fix the taint of abolitionism upon lie Democratic W’hig party. ‘How far they h&ve Succeeded, the recantation of hundreds of Vaj Burcn’s old suppo.ters in Virginia and other parts of the South will best show, ‘if farther . vidence of the falsehood of these allegations is rc julred, it will be found in the foliowing letter fr nu a leading abolitionist to the editor of the En aucipator, the ■the grand central organ of ahohti. nisrn. It will be seen that the letter contains a d struct and pos itive declaration, that if seven Wl ig r its could be obtained in the Assembly of his Sta.e, (a thing which the writer acknowlcd ;es to be im possible,) Mr. Tal madge could be lefeated at the then pending election for United dates Senator, end Gerrit Smith, the abolition ca: didate for that office, elected by the Van Burea party! Com ment would be superfluous- From the Emancipate . LETTER FROM ALVA X. STI WART. Vo the Editor ■ Sr n. —An independent abolitiih political par ty is the only hope, for the red*. ■option of the SLA VE ! ! i If we had only seven abolition Whigs in the Assembly ot this State, the othc ■ party would enable those seven abolition me ibers to elect Gerrit Smith, James G. Burney, o any other tal ented cbolitionist to the Senate >f the United States for six years, to defeat Mr. ’allmadge, the Whig candidate. But we have rot those seven men, and how can you expect we should, as long as the ties of .parly are str ag enough to make leading abolitionists, yea, 1 gh officers of Anti-Slavery societies, consent t - act in whig meetings, commend the doings of ihe Harrisburg Convention, nominating Uarrisot and Tyler ? I beg aud implore our brethren o take hold and make and independent party of a lolitionists, and unite Whig aud Van Buren cb< litionists heart and hand. It can be demonstrate I, that the very first year, we should elect, at lea;i, one-third of the Congress men. Senators and Assembly men from this Slate. Unless we adopt the course :.»f independent nomination - , the absurdity of a olitionisU will be so prominent in woting for Mai ison and slave holding Tyler, on one side, and 1 an Buren and some »lavcho!ding Vice Preside t on the other, that we shall never be able to he I up our heads again. We must nominate a Pr« adeatand ice Presided of our own, to present our for consistency, as well as a mattlr of principle, and when the nation sees that ae votes which we have cast for President aad l ice President have changed the apparent deoti y of one ot the two great parties; it will astomsl all men, and make the enemies of the slave tr« nble. Easily, by placing our catuli ales before the world two or three months, we ;ivc the old par ties an opportunity to select fu>i i our ticket, in stead es onrs selecting from thei •„ nominated on the eve of an eleation, when it i too late tor the abolitionists to compare opinion , and nominate for themselves. Yours, At Alva L Stewaet. Utica, January, 1846. The New-Yorker of Saturda;; says :—A great meetings of the friends of the Registry Bill in this City was held at Masonic Kail last evening. (Friday) and was disturbed by t riotous irrup tion of the opponeauof the bil!,j Much injury was done to persons and proper v. - : The W.vh Question'. —The Charleston Cour ier of v.pfcr'ay —“ A gen lotnan of high in telligence jus: from Wu-h ng’ > i miorms us that there is less uik and less apprel -msion of war, in Washington, than in Charleston. For the Chronicle 8f Sentinel. The Operas. Last night we attended the second representa tion of “Cinderella,” in order, not only to enjoy the beautiful music so exquisitely given, hut if possible, to settle our senses from the vortex of enthusiasm we were thrown into on Tuesday j evening, and thus endeavor, by the lapse of time intervening, and a renewal of the delight, to give a more sober account of the effect produced than we could by possibility, in the first instance.— From the intoxicating delusion of delight, we ex perienced on the first representation, and if your readers have not encountered (or do not en counter) some such sensations, on witnessing Rossini’s Cinderella for the first time , we fear we must say in the words of the bard of Avon, “ The man that has not music in his soul,” &c. But such (we fearlessly say) cannot be the case. Mrs. Seguin as Cinderella, captivated and aston ished us; first, by the veiy simple and affecting manner in which she performed the part of the harshly treated sister. It was remarked by a gentleman near rs, that he had never seen the pait performed before, although he had wit nessed its representation in New Vork and the other Eastern cities. For, as he observed, I never before observed any feelings of virtuous endurance and patient resignation to the brutal treatment of her proud sister, and overbearing pomposity and scorn of her father, that I now behold pourtrayed so exquisitely by Mrs. S. I have mostly seen it played with an utter disre gard either to the meaning of the words uttered or to the relative situation of the scene. If such was the effect of her acting upon one, in every way competent to judge, what must have been that of her singing] We endeavored to obtain an opinion from the same source upon the sing ing, but were disappointed- —for we could obtain nothing but exclamations of delightful! exqui site !! beautiful!!! and so in truth it was. For never did soaring lark at early dawn warble more edchantingly, than did Cinderella on Tuesday and Thursday. We consider Mrs. Seguin’s ef forts the most perfect specimen of Vocacaliza tion we have ever listened to. It held us breath less with delight. Where so many beauties ex ist, we cannot distinguish, nor do we wish to in terrupt the harmony of the whole. Li t those who think differently, go the Theatre and cull for themselves. Mr. Seguin, with his magnificent voice, surprised and delighted all, by his rare qualities as a singer and actor. Mr. Horncaslle and Mr. Latham equally divided the enthusiastic approbation of a delighted auditory, by the ex cellence of their vocal efforts, and the filling out that important advice, “To hold as ’twere the mirror up to nature,” in their recitation of the “Courteous Prince and Pompous Baron.” This Evening, The Barber of Seville, an Opera cele brated throughout the civilized world. Crowded audiences each evening must repay our Mana ger’s effort, or we shall have our taste impugned. Bat that shall never be. Amateurs. Av Impbouable Rumor.—The Philadelphia Inquirer of Monday says:—We heard a rumour on Saturday night that the President had deter mined to issue a proclamation for 25,000 volun teers, as a measure of precaution in relation to apprehended trouble with Great Britain. The Albany Evening Journal says :—“The Pension Agency in this city is without funds. Payments to Revolutionary Soldiers, therefore, are suspinbeh ! The General Government is squandering Millions in the Swamps of Florida, while the venerable Patriots of’76 are denied the small instalments which the Government is pled' ged to pay on the heavy debt due to them. Ax Armt.—lt is stated that the number of Clergymen in the established church of England, amounts to sixteen thousand. From the New Orleans Picayune, of the 21th. Late Irom Texas. The steam packet Columbia. Capt. Windle, arrived yesterday morning from Galveston, bring ing Houston dates to the 21st inst. and Galves ton to the 23d. The Columbia had a large num ber of passengers. The papers do not say a word about the long threatened invasion by the forces of Mexico, and the much talked of expedition has probably been given up. Matagorda is described to be an unusually healthy place. For the last five months, out of a population of upwards of 1,000, there had been hut four deaths. The Galvestonian now comes out every day— the first daily ever started at Galveston. The steamer Correo has ascended the Trinity as high up as Cincinnati, 500 miles. The cap tain, Clark, says that the country all along is iu a thriving condition. Corn was selling in Austin at sl4 per bushel ; beef at 25 cents, and pork at 75 cents peril).; and flour at the moderate price of sllO per hbl. Gro ceries would have commanded any price had there been any in the market. The steamboat Brighton was snagged near Houston on the 20lh inst. and sunk immediate ly- There had been a great excitement at Austin in consequence of the murder of two men, Wm. Ward and James Headley, by the Indians. It was uncertain to what tribe the Indians belong ed. but Col. .Burleson had set oft’ in pursuit of them. Ttie inhabitants of Austin were highly exasperated, and threatened to kill every Indian they could find. Madame Thielman is giving Musical Soirees at Houston. Crevassf,.—The steamer Robert Fulton, ar rived yeiterday, reports that about two miles above the Red Church, in the neighborhood of Mr. McCutcheon, the levee has given way and that the adjoining plantations are inundated. The breach is from 15 to 20 feet wide. A number of hands were engaged in driving and filling the opening with brushwood ; but little progress had been made in arresting the flood. The breach is in one of the bends, against which the cunent of the Mississippi beats with great force. The storm last Friday, is repotted to have been very violent in the neighborhood of Baton Rogue; tearing down in its course the largest trees.— New Orleans Bee, of the 23 d. Be xt wife. —The following native lover’s proposal was offered as an irresistible temptation to a filially given inamorata: “I like you,” sigh ed the girl to her suitor, • but I can’t leave home. I’m a widow’s only darling; no husband can ever equal a mother iu kindness ” “She is kind,”re plied the wooer, “but be my wife, we will live to- j getticr, and see if I don’t beat your mother.” * | Letter from the Hon. Edward J. Black to (>or. McDonald. Washington, February 17, 1840.7 House of Representatives. 5 f To hit Exc'y. Charles J. McDonald, Governor of ihe State of Georgia. Sir—l have been for some time in receipt of r your communication, covering the preamble and ' resolutions relative to ourcontroversy with Maine, ! introduced into the last Legislature by Mr. Jen , kins, and ultimately passed by that body; in lieu of the more decided and appropriate measures proposed to the Senate by the Hon. A. J. Law ■ son, of Burke, and to the House of Representa ■ lives, by George W. Crawford, Esq., of Rich mond. I should not have suffered so much lime to ' elapse before I addressed your Excellency upon the grave and important subject, submitted by these Resolutions to my consideration, but that I hopeu something might transpire from the au thorities of Maine, which would relieve me from the necessity of speaking plainly on a subject on which it was evident, my views and opinions would come in direct collision with those of oth ers, who have heretofore been recognized as ad vocates of State Rights, at least, as they were connected with this absorbing question. My ex pectation has not been realized; Maine still is erect in her adverse position, and I am forced to perform what I conceive to be a duty imperative upon me in my representative capacity, to return to your Excellency the resolutions you enclosed, anil with them, my reasons for declining to pre sent them to Congress. How then stands the easel Sometime in May, 1837, Daniel Philbrook and Edward Kelleran, citizens of Maine, the former master, and the latter mate of the schooner Boston, trading to Savannah, while in that port feloniously inveigled from James Sagurs and Henry Sagurs, citizens of Georgia, their negro slave, Atticus, whom they clandestinely conveyed into the State of Maine, and thus illegally deprived the owners of their property. On the 16th day of May following, Philbrook and Kelleran were charged by James Sagurs, on his oath, in the county of Chatham, with having, “on or about the 4th of May last, feloniously inveigled, stolen, taken and carried away without the limits of the State of Georgia,” the slave Atticus ; “that the said Daniel Phil brook and Edward Kelleran, have been guilty as deponent is informed, and believes of a felony under the laws of this State,” and “that since die commission of said felony, the said Philbrook and Kelleran have fled from the Slate, and are, as he believes, at this time, within the limits of the State of Maine in the United States.” On the same day, the magistrate, before whom this oath was made, issued his warrant to arrest these men. and the officer charged with the execution thereof returned that they were not to he found in the county of Chatham, A correspondence then took place between His Excellency, William Schley, at that time Governor of Georgia, and His Excellency, Robert J. Dunlap, Governor of Maine, in which the latter demanded of the for mer that the said Philbrook and Kelleran should he delivered up to Georgia as fugitives from jus tice, being charged of feloniously inveigling, stealing, taking and carrying away the slave, At ticus; and with the demand a duly authenticated copy of the affidavit, warrant, and the return thereon was forwarded to the Executive of Maine. On the 16th of August thereafter. Governor Dun lap, in a forma! communication to the Executive of Georgia, declined to comply with the demand made on him. Matters rested in this position until December, 1837, when the Legislature of Georgia prompted by that high feeling of patriotism, which had ever characterized the Slate when the rights of her humblest citizen were infringed, adopted reso lutions declaring the refusal of the Executive of Maine, to surrender Philbrook and Kelleran, dan gerous to the rights of the people of Georgia, and directly and clearly in violation of the plain let ter of the Constitution of the United States; that the State of Georgia became a party to the fede ral compact, no less for the hotter protection of her own, than the common rights and interests of all—that when these ends are defeated, she is released from the obligations of that compact, and it becomes her right and her duty to provide pro tection for her people in her own way—that when an indictment should he found against Philbrook. and Kelleran, the Executive he requested to re new the demand for their arrest, &c. Accord ingly, on the 7th of February, 1838, an indict ment was found by a grand jury of Chatham county, charging Philbrook and Kelleran with larceny in feloniously inveigling, stealing, taking and carrying away the slave Atticus. On the 27th of April following, Governor Gilmer, then in the Executive chair of Georgia, made a final demand in pursuance of instructions from the Legislature upon Governor Kent, the successor of Governor Dunlap, accompanying the same with an authenticated copy of the indictment found, and the facts and circumstances on which it was based. Governor Kent refused on the 25th June, 1838, to comply with this reiterated demand, and declined to arrest these fugitives from justice. The resolutions of the Georgia Legislature referred to, had been laid before the Legisla ture of Maine, doubtless with the pacific and pa triotic purpose of presenting to that State, anoth er and last opportunity of retrieving her character by retracing her steps; that opportunity was not accepted, and the Legislature of Maine, aware of all the circumstances, dec lined to legislate on the subject, referring it exclusively to the action of the Executive. This then is substantially the state of the case down to the period of the adoption of the resolu tion you enclosed, and plainly staled, reads thus: 1 wo citizens ot Maine go to Georgia, feloniously steal the property of two of the citizens of the latter Stale, and with the stolen property in their possession, fly from Justice, and take refuge with in the limits of their own Slate. The Executive of Georgia demands them from the State of Maine, and the Executive of that State hacked by the Legislature, reluses to deliver them up. To remedy these grievances, the Legislature resolve that the act of Congress of 1793, is inadequate to effect the purpose for which it was enacted, that it ought, to he amended so as to authorize tire de mand to he made on the Circuit Judge having ju risdiction in the Stale wherein such fugitive may be found, and to require said Judge, upon de mand, to issue his warrant to the United States Marshal, requiring him to arrest and deliver up the fugitive, named in the warrant, to the person authorized to receive him; and I am requested, as one of the Representatives in Congress of the State of Georgia, to endeavour to procure such an amendment of the Statute in question, as in my judgment, will be best calculated to effect the desired object. If the 2d Sec. of the 4th Art. of the Constitution of the Lnited States was entire ly stricken out of that Instrument—if the whole frame and policy of our political structure could be radically changed from a confederation of So vereign Slates for specific purposes, to a great consolidated Government, the splendour and du rability of which depended upon the unlimited submission of all its parts to one central power : —and if with this radical change of our Institu - tions, I and the political principles I have cher ished from my youth upwards, could be thorough ly, totally and miraculously changed also, then, and not until then, might I be free to make it a question of expediency, whether I would submit a mailer involving the vital question of s.avery, to the ultimate and absolute jurisdiction of Con gress ; —to a body wheiein never until lately, even the meagre majority of 6 could he found un willing to disturb the rela'iun of master and slave, ; not because that majority favoured the domestic j Institutions of the fcuuth, out because they le j that their hands were tied up by the atron chords of the Constitution. Sir, even if the Con stitution warranted this legislation, could we hope to succeed in appealing to such men as John Quinry Adams Francis Granger, Levi Lincoln, and William Slade? Judging of the future from the past, could we rationally expect even for a moment, that these men who are powerful and influential leaders of their party in the House of Representatives, would omit the opportunity, so aptly presented by our submission of the rights and interests of slave-holders to their decision, to strike a deadly blow at our domestic Institutions, which would result in legalizing theft, in protec ting fugitive thieves, in liberating the slave, in destroying this Union, and in desolating our fair and happy country ! What fond hallucina tion could have influenced the author of these Resolutions to hope, or to ask, at the hands of Abolitionists justice by the enrolment ot a law to the penalties of which Philbrook and Kelleran vvodld he submitted, when these individuals were hut engaged in accomplishing the very object to which the law makers themselves have been so long and so entirely devoted ? Could we hope that they would aid us in requiring u federal judge to cause these practical emancipationists to he delivered up when they themselves are hound to the same cause as a part of lheir religion ?To my mind, these questions contain their own an swers, and the hare probability of defeat on such a question, should, in my judgment, restrain us from voluntarily submitting our l ights to the de cision of those, who declare slavery to l»« u hein ous sin in the sight of God and man. But suppose we could carry a majority of Con gress to the passage of such a law, what would we have accomplished?—Nothing, more or less, than the enactment of another Force Bill, where with. we in our short-sightedness, might please ourselves in the fatal hope of cocrc.ng the Sover eign State of Maine through the instrumentality of the Federal Government, to recognize our rights of domestic slavery. This done—the sub mission and depredation of Maine accomplished, the same potent leveller is in reserve for our selves, “when it shall please our country to need our death,” and the same dagger we sharpen for the Slate of Maine, is still clutched in the federal grasp, ready to he used for our humiliation. It is a well known fact, that Sagurs pursued these fugitives and recap.ured his property within the jurisdiction of Maine—if wc pass this law, the Abolitionists of that Slate, as they have threat ened, would indict Sagurs in then Court for kid napping, a true Bill would he found, a demand made on the “Circuit Judge, having jurisdiction in the State,” and Georgia, the Sovereign and In dependent State of Georgia—one of the old Thirteen, whose blood flowed like water in the Revolution, would be coerced into a vile and hu miliating submission to the Federal Authorities, and that too, by virtue of a law which she her self had proposed to her confederates, and against which, therefore, she could raise neither her arm, nor her vo.ee. The I'resident might believe that he was “ hound by higher obligations Ilian the Constitution,” to “lake care that the law he exe cuted, and the same scenes which were enacted before Charleston in 1534, would be re-enacted with variations, in the port of Savannah. Caught in her own trap, the State of Georgia would he powerless for offence or defence. Heloiore, our strength nnd power have resulted from the evi dent truth and consistency of our principles and pos.tion; sweep these away from us, and you strip us of all those moral fortifications which alone cive life and energy to physical matter. — We shall cease to he right, and although, for a while we might make a show of resistance, it would he hut the vain and infuriated efforts of brute force unai led, unchastened, and uncon trolled by the voice of reason, or the virtue of principle. All that would be left to us to do, would be to gather up the shattered parts of our Constitution, which, scattered around us by out own act, would he like the fragments of a broken mirror, present to ns in multiplied reflections, the revolting spectacle of sclf-humdiaticn produ ced by our own unprincipled folly. But, Sir, there are other considerations than those of policy, which altogether pr» eludes me from moving these unfortunate Resolutions. I allude to the obligations I owe to the Constitu tion of the United Slates, which I swore to sup port when I took my seat in the House of Rep resentatives. I will not refer your Excellency to the 10th Art. of the amendments of that Instru ment wherein it is declared “the powers not del egated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the Slates, a*e reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,” because the power of the State of Georgia to act in this matter so far from being “prohibited,” is express ly reserved to, and enjoined on her by the 2d Sec. of the 4th Art. of the Constitution. That section is in these words:—“A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and to he found in another State, shall, on demand of the Executhe authority of the State from which he fled, he de livered up, to he removed to the State, having ju risdiction of the crime. Here then is positive written proof, that the right to demand a fugitive from justice, has not been granted to the General Government, hut has been reserved to “the State from which he fled ;” which State is clearly recognized in the same sec tion as “ having jurisdiction of the crime.” If, then, the Constitution which spoke into existence the Federal Government, clearly yields up and reserves to the State this important right not only to “ demand,” but to try the “ tugitives from jus t.ce,” I ask by what process of reasoning do you arrive at the contusion, that Congress has the < 'onstitulional power “to describe the fur ms which would give authenticity to the demand.” The form is contended for when the substance is denied ! Sir, the language of the preamble to these Resolutions, “ the past legislation on this has been predicated upon” a “ presumption ” which although it might find “ its warrant in the mutual fidelity which promptly responded to all executive demands,” finds no warrant in the Constitution, either by express grant or implica tion. Any act of the General Government on this subject, must be unconstitutional, because there is “no grant of power” in that Instrument to our federal agent, to interfere cither substan tially, or in the preserpition of fo.ms. If any thing is yet wanting to convince your Excellen cy of the rectitude of my position, turn with me to the Statute of 1793 ; there you will find that Congress, while acting upon the “ presumption ” of prescribing forms in a matter wholly foreign to its jurisdiction attached no sanction, affixed no penalty upon those who should refuse to abide by the forms prescribed. Aware tha- : this legis lation was founded on a “ presumption ” that body set no punishment on those who should dis regard it, hut left it to find “ its guarantee” in the “pledged faith” of those whom it might con cern. Besides the penalty, if declared, would necessarily have been inflicted on a “ State ” to effect which other and more violent, but necessa rily consequent “ presumptions ” must have been resorted to, in order to sustain the General Government in her Quixotic attempt to casti gate a Sovere gn State. To the State of Geor gia then, and not to the United States, we must look for the protection of her citizens in their persons and properly. It is her “reserved” nay her inalienable rights, and solemn duty, to protect her own people, and when the compact of the Constitution is violated and broken, it is then high time she should take care that her citizens receive no detriment. The mode and manner of redress lies within the depths of her legislative wisdom. Let Georgia now do what her Leffs- ■ lature in 1837. resolved she ought to do. if Maine should neglect to redress the grievance complain ed ot —lot a convention of the people lie called ' jby Executive Proclamation “to take into consid- ; cration, the state of tho commonwealth of Geor- gia, to devise the course of her future policy, and to provide all necessary safeguaids for the pro tection of tbe righis of her people.” To such a Convention, I am willing to submit all the deep interest, which I, in common with my feliow cilizens. feel in this most important and vital question. With considerations of high esteem, I have the honor, to be your Excellency's Obedient Servant, EDWARD J. BLACK. From the N-w York Herald of the 2S th. Three days later from Canton. By the ship Albion Lovett, 112 days from Canton, we have accounts to 3d of December last. Rumours. —From Canton it is reported that the Port will be closed against all foreign trade on tbe Gth inst. The American merchants have petitioned that their trade be continued. Again, : the transhipping trade to Toonkos is only to be j stopped, and the hong merchants have petitioned that they be continued. We were misinformed last week when we sta ted that 11. E. the governor of Macao had depri ved some of the passage boats of their licences, and forbidden any more English to land in Ma cao ; we correct our mistatement from the high est authority. News. —Two thousand Fokeen soldiers have arrived at Chaoulchoo, in order to relieve the garrison there. These warriors have received orders to march to Canton, very likely to defend the provincial city. It is also rumored that near ly the whole fleet of that province is to be con -1 centrated in these waters to awe the Barbarian ships from attempting any thing out of the way. A studious silence has been maintained up to this date, respecting the affair of the Bogue, but there was a report immediately forwarded to the Emperor, no doubt in order to give an account of the glorious battle won by the invincibles of the Bocca Tigris. The visits of the military officers to Macao have lately become very frequent. We do not know the reason why they so very much court to walk along the rough streets of this good town. Their retinue is however very small, and their stay docs not extend above a day. Important Decision. —The constitution of Mississippi declares that from and after the fust day of May 1833, the introduction of slaves into the State as an article of merchandise, or for sale, shall be prohibited. A case involving this princi ple was recently decided by the Chancellor, in which an opinion is expressed contrary to the general idea—which was that sales of negroes brought into Mississippi since May 1833, were null and void. The opinion of the Chancellor goes to confirm such sales, provided the purchases were made for the use of citizens residing in the State. The following extract in the words of the Chancellor will serve to give some view of the po sition assumed as the basis of his opinion: From the facts shown by the pleadings, it ap pears that the purchase of the negroes was a sub stantive independent transaction, totally distinct from the act of introducing them, and must, there fore, stand unaffected by any ofils consequences. I know of no rule of construction by which the language of the constitution can be tortured into a prohibition of the sale of negroes. The words i '(is merchandise or fur sale ,” certainly do not sustain such construction ; they are merely de scriptive of the intent and purpose which must accom mny the act of introduction in order to bring it within the meaning of the prohibition ot the Constitution. This part of the sentence fol lows and stands in immediate connection with the words, ‘ the introduction of slaves into this Slate.” and serves simply to qualify and restrict the sense in which such introduction is prohibited. It merely points out and defines what should constitute the evil or offence which the constitu tion intended to guard against and prohibit. The framers of the constitution were but employing the language which they deemed apt in the ex pression of their meaning. Thus, we intend to prohibit (he introduction of slaves into this State, but we do not intend to extend il so far as to pro hibit our citizens from bringing them into the State for their own use; in order to render the in troduction ihegal it must appear as a part of the act that the intention existed, to use the s!a«fsso introduced as an article of merchandise or for sale. If the framers of the constitution intended any thing beyond this construction, instead of the language employed, we would expect to find I them declaring that the “sale of negroes in this I State, which were introduced as merchandise or for sale, shall he prohibited from and after the Ist day of May, 1833.” A small steamer called the Argylc, left Liver pool on the Ist ult. for New Orleans. The Liver pool Albion says she is intended to ply as a mail boat between New Orleans and Vera Cruz. The new steamer President, which is to pBP between Liverpool and New York, is rigged as a three masted schooner. Her stern is orna mented with heraldic designs, which present a combination of the Arms of England and the United States. Her figure head will be a bust of Washington. It is calculated that she will carry 1000 tons of goods, besides her compliment of coal, luggage, &c. Marriage between Mother and Son.— The following extraordinary story is related by the Paris Messenger:—“About twenty years ago a girl in one of the departments, although not fifteen years of age, was delivered of a male child, which she placed in the Foundling Hospital of the place, after having first made an indelible mark on its arm. She then came to Paris, and entered into service. Having, after some years, accumulated about 4.000 f, her thoughts were turned towards her child, but, when she inquired for him, he had left the hospital, and no tidings could he obtained of him. A young soldier,attrac ted probably, by her little fortune, recently paid his addresses to her. and a few days ago they were married. On retiring to the nuptial chamber, she discovered on the arm of her husband the mark which she had made upon the arm of her child twenty years ago. The discovery led to an immediate dt facto divorce, and a demand of nullity of marriage between mother and son has been presented to the tribunals. The Baure (Mass.) Gazette— one of the pleasantest papers we exchange with—contains the following good natured hit:— “ Ruck and White. —The law prohibiting the intermarriage of whites with Indians and blac-.s in this State, has been repealed. It is not supposed however that half of the petitioners for the repeal will take advantage of the freedom which it gives.” dTedT “ On the 24th instant, with an attack of Pneumo nia, Mrs. D. Tompkins, late consort of Partin lompkias, Esq., of Jefferson county. COMMERCIAL. Latent dates from Liverpool , March S Latest dates from Havre..,,, Feb 25 Macon, March 31. Cotton —During the past week the trade of the city appeared to be a little more animated. Pri ces, however, vary a little from our quotations say 4a 7 The river has fa len considerably, but still c mtinues in fine beatable order. With the exception of the injury sustained by the Central Rail Load, we have hoard of no fu.ther damage by the'ate freshet. Freights, to Darien $1 50; to 8a- i vannah $2. Comignecs. per South Carolina;Rail Hours, Hamburg, April 2, ISIO. Stovall, Simmons & Co; T Dacvson; S KneelanJ & Son; Clarke, McTeir & Co; Baird & Rowland; T J Parrnelec; C Hall; Russell & Hutchinson; W St j Nelson; B Piquet; S J Uark; JTorny; Hoke& A- J & W Dothard; Collins & L; E 8 Hunter; W c Way; J M Pledge; J F Benson; Jeffers St Boul ware; G Parrott. MARINE INTELLIGENCeT Savannah, March 3i. Cleared —Ships Amazon, Stanson, EP’erpool- Co iia. Porter, New York; brigs Planet, Knowlton* Portsmouth; Wilson Fuller, Thatcher, New Y 0 V Arrived Brigs Catharine. Gardiner, Grenada’ Pavilion, Atwe 1, Baltimore; steamboats Lamar Creswcll, Augusta; Georgia. Norris, do. ’ Sailed Brig Wilson Fuller, Thatcher, N Yorl- Wenttosea— Ships Aewai k, Sou]lard,N e w York-'. a.ouis Looke, Liverpool; Br bark Clarance do’ brigs Eleanor, Sanners, Baltimore ; CVlctlm,™ Jones, Havana; Planet, Knowlton, Portsmouth-b?’ dependence, Lvans, Boston; Utizcn Thin* ‘vl Vorki sthr Kagle, Wylly, Havana. S ' ‘ Vw Charleston, April 2 Arrived yes'erday— Ship Francohu, Jones Porte mouth; lino ship Lucas Eldridge, Boston; barque* Kr ** Wheeler, St Ja,-o de fuha ; John AH,” Matanzas; Martha Elizabeth, Rush, Baltimore ’ Went to sea yesterday— Ships Ganges Jones Liverpool; 'lremont, Gray, Liverpool Br barn-jV Pompt, .Morton, do; brig Lancet, Kruse, Havana. C L brig Dimon. Matthews, New York;sclir Ann’ Hall, do; U b Mail schr Thames, Axworthy Lev West. * } Editors—Seeing in your paper of yesterday, that the lion. A. Cu.mming declines a re- electian for Mayor of tbe city, at the approach ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of su e . gesting the name of JOHN PHIMZV, Esq . M person well calculated to fill the office,and be’ will he supported by (mar 13) Many \ oteks. 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 tbe name of’ Dr DANIEL HOOK, as one well qualified to filj that office and who will be supported by March 18 ts Many Voters. Mr Editor—The following named gentlemen are recommended as suitable persons for Aldermen of Ward No 4. for tbe ensuing year; JAMES HARPER. ROBERT PHILIP mar 21 EDWARD THOMAS. OT We are authorized to announce the follow up gentlemen as candidate* for men bers of Coun cil in Ward No. 2: B. H. WARREN, JOHN BONES, mar 31 JOHN G. DUNLAP. Mr. Editor—Please announce the fol’owing gentlemen as suitable persons to represent Waul No. 2 in tiie next Council; B. H. WARREN, A. READ, mar 31 S’. M. THOMPSON. Mr. Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen as 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. JACKSON mar IS PHILIP CRUMP. :"T We are authorised to announce JXMES B. BISHOP, T. :OM 4S’ RICHARDS, and Dr. F. M. ROBERTSON, as candidates for Members of Coun cil in Ward No. 3. mar 21 Mr. Editor —You will please announce Dr. F M ROBERTSON, JAMES B. BISHOP and F. 11. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council, at tbe approaching election, in Ward No. 3. m 23 Mr. Editors —The following named gentlemen are recommended as suitable persons for members of Council, for the Cppev Ward;- JAMES HARPER , C. B. HITT. They will be supported by Many Voters. mar 20 Messrs. Editors ;—The following gentlemen | will be supported for Members of Council in Ward No. 1, at the approaching election: G. F. PARISH, W. E. JACKSON, mar 18 Mr. F.ditor ; —Sir, I see a notice in your paper of the 12th instant, stating that our worthy Mayor declines being a candidate for re-election to the of fice lie has so wort ily filled, and as it is time the [ citizens should fix 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 suitable person, and who will serve if elected. Many Voters. 11. 11. OVERBY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, feb 25 Jefferson, Jackson county, Ga. Doctor J. J. WILSON offers his proses- f sional services tT) the citizens of Augusta and its I vicinity. He will be found at bis residence, the I first brick building above Guedron’s stable on Ellis f street, recently occupied by John L. Adams, aug 17 ts rff PUBLIC NOTICE. —Dr. Munroc, Surged: > Dent’ht, has returned to Augusta, and has removed | his operating rooms to one door below Martin Fred- I ciid’s Confectionary, and opposite the Brdge 1 Bank Building. feb 10 Q:rW. G. NIMMO, General < ommission Met chant, office on Mclntosh street, next door to the |i Constitutionalist. nov 7 j OCT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.— For the bene-11 fit of the sick poor of Augusta and its vicinity. || The visiting committees for the ensuing month, || are as follows ; Division No. 1. —James Godby, J. W. Meredith, | Mrs. Crump, Mrs N, Jones. Division No. 2.—W. H. Crane, W. F. Pember- |i ton, Mrs. Tal iafarro, Mrs. M. A. Holt. Division No. 3. —C. E. Latimer, James Panton, i Mrs. B. McKinnie, Mrs. Julia Snead. J. W. WIGHTMAX, Secretary. H Dr. W. FLINT offers his services to the ci- 8 tizens of Augusta in the different branches of hh a profession. He may be found at all hours attl* m late residence of Mr. A. M. Egerton, second d°oi from the corner of Mclntosh and Beynold street r.c v 29 ly | J. W. JONES, is my authorised Agent for th* adjustment of my unfinished business, mar 3 W ILLIAM E, JOXE?- | CUf NOTICE. —The Rail Road Passenger 'D a ' 1 |;s between Charleston and Hamburg, will leave a* ■ follows: UPWARD. Not to leave Charleston before 7 00 a m- I “ “ Summerville, “ - -8 30 “ Georges’, - “ - 10 00 “ “ Braachville, “ - 11 00 “ “ Midway, - “ - 11 30 M ‘ “ Blackville, - “ - 100 .Ml “ “ Aiken, - - “ - 300 Arrive at Hamburg not before - 400 DOWNWARD. Not to leave Hamburg before 600 a. Ji. I “ “ Aiken, - “ - 730 „ “ “ Blackville, “ - . 930 “ “ Midway, “ - - 10 30 “ “ Branchvill “ - - 11 00 “ “ Georges’, “ - - 12 00 m. * “ Summerville,“ - - 2 00p. m- | Arrive at Charleston not before 300 Distance —130 miles. Fare Through — Speed not over 20 miles an hour. To remain minutes each, for breakfast and dinner, an longer than 5 minutes for wo * and watci at Station. white dug- H r lo stop for passengers, when* and aiso a t f hoisted, at either of the abovesta 4 j' mile T. 0., [ Sincalhs, Woodstock, Diabmc •• Johnsons,* Rives’, Grahams, Willeston, and Marsh’s T. O. ■ f t W oodstock 'm il Passengers*® will bre rpaK , as t at vucul dineat Black vine; aou-n, will oreaiua. R and diue at s>urntn crv tle. Conugnees per South Carolina;Rail Roars.