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f \ i m ggyi 1 'H-BWe CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTjk. i-4. FRIDAY MORNING.; jiPRIL 10. pt When “ J. M. E.” learns l|o* write a communi cation worthy a place in ourjpiper, he shall have a place. Till then, we canned consent to render ourself and paper the subject,elf ridicule to flatter his vanity to see himself in ph’jit. Franking Prnjuege. Much has been recently sai|l|on the abuses of this privilege by members otillyongress, and the administration presses have turned with abuse of the Whig members, for fr|u|king newspapers and other documents not stripljly Congressional documents. One would supp o|;e from the tirade which has been got up, that so :(je monstrous fraud had been practised upon the c Wintry, which these Argus-eyed sentinels had jusjiow. for the first time discovered, when in tn ith the custom of franking newspapers, &c. hit; been the constant practice of the Government o liters to whom the privilege is extended, since ll & formation of the Government. That it is fie p.iently abused, no one has ever pretended wit i\n our knvwledge to deny, and that it is so ft abused is really to he regretted, but tha . jthe abuses of the privilege is confined exclusiv* It to the opposition members of Congress we hav i jio idea. But we suppose that it is perfectly ri£ hit on the part of the Administration party, tc Jo that which, if done by the opposition bee xjnes an abuse, a monstrous fraud. This impi Lesion is made up on our minds, from the extr; Ordinary efforts of the Globe to attach odium come of the oppo, shion who have franked the 1 ladisonian, a paper published in Washington city so their friends.— Really this has grown in the estimation of these veritable and very honest eJ|tors to be a most stupendous fraud, but if the| unfortunate mem bers who have fallen undir; their denunciations had taken upon themselves the labor of franking the Globe, it would no doubii \vyre been perfectly right, indeed a praiseworthy ret, and they would have been lauded for their hit .Tigencc and noble bearing in the House. That this is the true state Ojfthings no man can doubt, who has been observant, for, it is an every day occurrence that members! sot Congress frank newspapers to their acquaintances, simply be cause the paper contains sc| ; ething which the member desires his friend to |ci;. And we have no doubt the Globe is as offer.; franked by the .14 . members as any other paper Washington. If, therefore, it is an abuse to frank! the Madisonian, is it not equally so to frank ih« Globe ? Most assuredly it is. But we do not regard it \ rliore an abuse to frank a newspaper, or any pamphlet, whether Congressional or not,, than it [a to frank the pri vate letters of the members, unless the document franked should exceed the weight which the law stipulates ; and we presume tL fastidious edit tors of the Globe would not pike exceptions to their franking private letters, are expressly included in the law. Wherp flien is the differ ence to the department, whether the member frank a newspaper-or a pamphlet, containing his vie ws on any particular subjedj,! or whether he frank his letter to his friendj t\ There is none, and should be none. The effort, therefore, to create any sensation upon thjj subject, is only another attempt to draw the a.|t-fe;rjtion of the peo i • • I. ■ pis, from the raal-administrsjlabn of those in power, and to avert, if possible,; ?heir indignation, which they fear is about to be; visited upon them with unsparing vengeance. j» | Bank of Kentiijcrky. The N. York American ol f’jriday afternoon, says that about 5,000 out of t shares of Kentucky Bank t> <|njk, issued by the Ca4iier of the Schuylkill Bank, jin Philadelphia, have been traced, principally, ilr that city. It is believed that these will not by the Bank of Kentucky. h Pennsylvaniiis, Governor Porter has signed Jtjtje Bank resump tion bill. The National Gazi]l;tfj says that “the m J other Bank bill had passed the IMuse, being shorn of most of its objectionable sea- lij es.” The bill authorising the Blfii'ks to issue four millions of dollars in small noi|<js% has passed the Senate. | j; The Flour Triple. There were 254,458 barrtls|,i and 7,821 half barrels of wheat Flour, iuspectjqU in the city of Baltimore, during the quarter 'jibing on the 31st ult. The editor of the Price! |<|’urrent, having made an examination, reports 41bis as the largest quantity of flour that was eveij suspected in Bal timore, for the same period, llllii largest quanti ty previously inspected, in ajp | given quarter, was in 1812, when the inspeejibns of the quar ter, ending December 31, amuijqted to 227,331 bbls. and 14,196 hf. bbls. flhk; »;ext largest, of the corresponding quarter of the ydar, was in 1826, when the inspections of the qcuij -er ending 31st of March, amounted to 175,574! hbls. The Alexandria Gazette staUs that in the quarter ending the S Ist March. |(4O, there were shipped from Alexandria to FoJign Ports, (ex clusive of coastwise shipments, ]; W. 511 barrels of Flour. The navigation was c r|ly open since February 11, so that the expons &ave been since that period, or within six weeks;, \ i From the New York American. British Navt.—The following recapitula tion is formed from the statement; given in the United Service Journal for Marcij: The Royal Navy in commission on Ist of March is stated as follows: j j 2 ships of 120 guns; 1 of id)’; 3 of 104; 1 of 92 ; 40f84 ; 3of 80 ; 2 of n\ ; 2 of 76 ;9 of 74 ; 2of 52; 3 of 46 ; lof 3 of 36 ; 12 ° f . ° oT° V 2 ° f24 ; 3 SO. Hos 18; ’ 3of 2 ~ 141 f" l ,s * mopp|ing4lß4 guns. Besides 27 steamers, force not lilted The following is from the of the Commissioners of the Navy £;,,| 1840. The United States, second o:nU to Great Brit ain as a commercial nation, c:>iio template keep ing in commission during the bn <>nt year I ship of 90 guns; 4of 52':;;! of 46; 12 of 24 ; 2of 20; 5 of 16; 7of b(|; 1 steamer— -3i vessels, mounting S6S gunij. j | ; \i Mr. Forbes, Our indefatigable manager takes his benefit to night. Who will, or rather who wixx iror so , to aid in making his benefit a bumper! The evening’s entertainment will present a combina tion of talent rarely if ever equalled to an audience in this city. Uet the response prove our appre ciation of merit. The Albany Journal of the 4th instant says:— We understand that the National Anti-Slavery Convention which met in tl is city on Wednes day and Thursday last, nominate., the Hon. Jas. G. Birney of New York for President, and Hon. Thomas Earl of Philadelphia for Vice President. There were 121 Delegates representing six dis ferent States. The Indians at work. The Tallahassee Star of the 28th ult, says : Our latest intelligence is, that a train of govern ment wagons, consisting of six, was captured by 12 Indians, between Forts Macomb and Barker a few days ago, and one sergeant mortally wound ed. A sergeant was fired on near Fort Pleasant, in the neighborhood of Col. Davenport’s camp, and escaped barely with his life; and also, that an Indian camp had been discovered within about fotfr miles of Colonel Robert Gamble’s residence, where they had left their fires burning, and ap pearances which indicated that some four or five cattle had been slaughtered.—These depredations have all been committed in the immediate vicini ty of where the troops are most thickly stationed —in that portion of country which is considered as most securely guarde 1! How are these vaga. bonds to be whipped and subdued ? We ask for information. Cheviot Speech. As much has been said by the Administration press throughout the country, in relation to this Speech of Gen. Harrison, and many garbled ex tracts taken therefrom, found their way into every section of the Union, we regard it but an act of justice to publish the following extract, which we find in the Virginia Yeoman, together with the remarks of the Editor. We are gratified in being able to lay before our readers that part of Gen. Harrison’s Cheviot speech, in 1833, which relates to Abolition. The reader will see how grossly this eminent patriot hus been wronged, by the publication of the gar bled extract which the Administration presses have given, and which the Van Buren Conven tion have also detached from its context. Every impartial mind will be struck with the soundness of Gen. Harrison’s views, and the forcible and eloquent style in which he expressed them. Let it be remembered, too, that this speech was deliv ered the year subsequent to the memorable agita tion in Virginia, when so many of the present supporters of the Administration were clamorous for Abolition. Extract? from his Speech at Cheviot, Ohio, Ju ly \th, 1833. “ There is, however, a subject now beginning to agitate them (the Southern States,) in relation to which, if their alarm has any foundation, the relative situation in which they may stand to some of the Slates, will be the very reverse to what it now is. I allude to a supposed disposition in some individuals in the non-slave holding States to interfere with the slave population of the other Stales, for the purpose of forcing their emancipa tion. Ido not call your attention to this subject, fellow-citizens, from the apprehension that there is a man amongstyou who will lend this aid to a project so pregnant with mischief; and still less that there is a State in the Union which could be brought to give it countenance. But such are the feelings of our Southern brethren upon this subject—such their views, and their just views, of the evils which an interference of this kind would bring upon them, that long before it would reach the point of receiving the sanction of a State, the evil of the attempt would be consum mated, as far as we are concerned, by a dissolu tion of the Union. If there is any principle of the Constitution of the United States less dispu table than any other, it is, that the slave popula tion is under the exclusive control of the States which possess them. If there is any measure likely to rivet the chains, and blast the prospects of the negroes for emancipation, it is the interfer ence of unauthorized persons. Can any one who is acquainted with the operations of the human mind doubt this? We have seen how restive our Southern brethren have been from a suppo sed violation of their political rights. What must be the consequence of an acknowledged violation of these rights, (for every man of sense must ad mit it to be so,) conjoined with an insulting in terference with their domestic concerns 1 “ Shall I be accused of want of feeling for the slaves, by these remarks ? A further examina tion will elucidate the matter. I take it for gran ted that no one will say, that either the Govern ment of the United States, or those of the non slave holding Slates, can interfere in any way with the right of property in the slaves. Upon whom, then, are the efforts of the misguided and pretended friends of the slaves to operate ? It must be either on the government of the slave holding States, the individuals who hold them, or ( upon the slaves themselves. And what are to be the arguments, what the means by which they are to influence the two first of these ! Is there I a man vain enough to go to the land of Madison 1 of Macon, and of Crawford, and tell them that < they do not understand the principles of the j moral and political rights of man; or that un- ‘ derstanding, they disregard them? Can they i address an argument to the interest or fears of ( the enlightened population of the slave States, that has not occured to themselves a thousand 1 and a thousand times? To whom, then, are ( they to address themselves, but to slaves? And ’ what can be said to them, that will not lead to an indiscriminate slaughter of every age and sex, ' and ultimately tc their own destruction ? Should 1 there be an incarnate devil, who has imagined, . with approbation, such a catastrophe to his fellow- ■ citizens as I have described, let him look to the result to those for whose benefit he would pro duce it. Particular sections of the country may be laid waste, all the crimes that infuriated man, under the influence of all the black passions of . his nature, can commit, may be perpetrated for a season ; the tides of the ocean, however, will not more certainly change than that the flood of hor rors will be arrested, and turned upon those who may get it in motion. “ I wi ll not stop to inquire into the motives of those who are engaged in this fatal and unconsti tutional project. There may be some who have embarked in it without properly considering its consequences, and who are actuated by benevo lent and vinuous principles. But, if such there are, I am very certain that, should they continue their present course, their fellow-citizezs will ere long, “curse the virtues which have undone their country, “Should I be asked if there is noway by which the General Government can aid the cause of Emancipation ; I answer, that it has long l»een an object near my heart to see the whole of its surplus revenue appropriated to that object.— With the sanction of the States holding the I slaves, there appears to me to be no unconstitu tional objection to its being thus applied ; embra cing not only the colonization of those that may be otherwise freed, but the purchase of the free dom of others. By a zealous prosecution of a plan formed upon that basis, we might look for ward to a day. not very distant, when a North American sun would not look down upon a-slave. To those who have rejected the plan of coloni zation, I would ask, if they have well weighed the consequences of emancipation without it? How long would the emancipated negroes re main satisfied with that 1 Would any of the Southern Slates then (the negroes armed and or ganized) be able to resist their claims to a parti cipation in all their polical rights! Would it even stop there'? Would they not claim admit tance to all the social rights and privileges of a community in which, in some instances, they would compose the majority 1 Let those who take pleasure in the contemplation of such scenes as must inevitably follow, finish out the picture. “If I am correct in the principles here advanced, I support my assertion, that the discussion on the subject of emancipation in the non-slavehol ing States, is equally injurious to the slaves and their masters, and that it has no sanction in the principles of the Constitution. I must not be understood to say, that there is any thing in that instrument which prohibits such discussion. I know there is not. But the man who believes that the claims which his fellow-citizens have upon him, are satisfied by adhering to the letter of the political contract that connect them, must have a verv imperfect knowledge of the princi ples upon which our glorious Union was formed, and by which alone it can be maintained. I mean those feelings of regard and affection which were manifested in the first dawn of the Revolu tion, which induced every American to think that an injury inflicted upon his fellow-citizen, how ever distant his location, was an injury to him self; which made us, in effect, one people, before we had any paper contract; which induced the venerable Shelby, in the second war for indepen dence, to leave the comforts which his age requir ed, to encounter the dangers and privations inci dent to a wilderness war; which drew from the same quarter the innumerable battalions of vol unteers which preceded and followed him; and from the banks of the distant Appomattox, that band of youthful heroes, which has immortalised the appellation by which it was distinguished.— Those worthy sons of immortal sires did not stop to enquire into the alleged i njustice and immo rality of the Indian war. It was sufficient for them to learn their fellow-citizens were in danger, that the tomahawk and scalping-ki ife were sus pended over the heads of the women and chil dren of Ohio, to induce them to abandon the ease, and, in many instances, the luxury and splendor which, from infancy, they had been sur rounded, to encounter the fatigues and dangers of war, amidst the horrors of a Canadian winter.” There is a whole text-book of true republican ism, as applied to the politics of the day, in the following passage from the Boston Mercantile Journal ; “ We acknowledge no aristocracy but the aris tocracy of intelligence and virtue, and, least of all, the aristocaracy of weath. But we despise, from the bottom of our heart, the levelling doc trines of the moden Agrarians, who wish to put all men on an equal fooling by levelling down wards; by degrading'the highest instead of eleva ting the lowest, & inculcating sentiments, which are at war with all the dictates of reason, morali ty, or religion. And we still more heartily despise those men, who, knowing the dangerous tenden cy, lake their propagators by the hand, and im pelled by a morbid thirst for popularity, urge them forward in their degraded work.” Masiuttan Bank. —ln reviewing the late expose of the operations of this Bank, much is set down to the loose conduct and favoritism of the officers, yet we apprehend that one of the true causes had not its full weight. When Gen. Jackson withdrew the deposites from the United States Bank and placed them in State Institu tions with a recommendation to discount freely, he gave to those Banks additional facilities which could not be advantageously used in business operations;_and hence every wild visionary specu lation was encouraged—loans made on town lots and Bank stock in the far West; the nature of the security was never closely examined, and the result was that the Deposites ruined the Banks while their withdrawal ruined the country. The present administration see and admit all these difficulties without being able to affmi relief. The tinkering of the currency by Gen. Jackson, should be forever held up by historians to the world as a warning to avoid such folly and mis rule hereafter.— N. V. Star. The Louisville Fire — The Advertiser, two days after the fire, and after time had been given to look about, gives the following as a fair esti mate of the losses : F urniture, fixtures, and mis cellaneous moveables, $20,000; buildings destroy ed $150,000; merchants goods s2Bo,ooo—total $450,000. Upon this there was an insurance of $330,000. The Advertiser adds; “Under a ca lamity of such magnitude, it is consoling to be able to state that the energies of our city are by no means paralised. The most active prepara tions are already in progress for re-building the business stores, and it is confidently believed that, in less than two months, Pearl and Main streets will present a considerably improved appear ance.” Tub Three Friends. —Trust no friend wherein thou hast not proved him. At the ban queting-table how many more are found than at the door of the prison ! A man had three friends, two of them he dearly loved, the third to him was indifferent, although he was the most true-hearted of the three. On a certain occasion he was summoned before a Judge, and was, although innocent, cruelly accused. “Who among you,” said he, “will go with me and be a witness in my behalf] For I have been cruelly accused and the king is angry,” The first of his friends immediately excused himself, saying he could not go with him on ac count of other business. The second accompa nied him to the door of the Judgement-hall, then turned away and went back, fearing the anger of the Judge. The third, upon whom he had re ckoned the least, went in, spoke for him, and so joyfully bore testimony to his innocence, that the Judge released him and sent him away. Three friends has man in this world, and how do they bear themselves toward him in the hour of death, when God summons him before his judgement seat 1 Wealth, his most cherished friend, first forsakes him and goes not with him. His relatives and friends accompany him to the portals of the grave, and turn back again to their dwellings. The third that which in life was most frequently forgotten, is his good works. They alone accompany him to the throne of the Judge; they go before, speak in his behalf, and find mer cy. A Fire Engine for Steamboats has been made in Boston by Mr. Creed. It can be worked by the steam engine at the rate of 400 gallons per minute, or 200 gallons by sixteen men. It may be put in operation five minutes alter the discov ery ot a fire. Should a boat strike a snag and leak, the engine will also pump out the water at the same rate. A tavern keeper in Illinois advertises a young lawyer who has left his house without paying his bill, under the following expressive caption : *• Absqualulando damnum et Swartwoutandi bus in transitu, non est inventus ad libitum scape gootum, non comealilms in swampo. Proceedings of Connell, i Council Chamber,? • April 8, 1840. > 1 Council met pursuant to adjournment. Present—Aldermen Hitt, D’Antignac, Harper, [ Jackson, Thomas, Dye and Dortic. The Mayor being absent, on motion, M. M. Dye, Esq. was called to the chair. The minutes of the last macting were read and confirmed. The following Report was received from the Committee on the purchase of the Water-works. The undersigned Committee on the Water > works, respectfully > report. That on Tuesday last the equity of redemp [ tion in the Waterworks, was sold at Sheriff’s sale, to perfect titles, and was purchased for the ' City Council of Augusta. The Deed of the Sheriff to the City Council of Augusta, dated the 7th inst. will accompany this repoat. as well as the bond of Samuel Hale and EJward Tho mas, dated the 261 h day of March last, condi tioned for keeping the waterworks and their ap purtenances in good order and repair until the first day of October next, under the pena’ty ■ ten thousand dollars. Also, a Deed from Sam t uel Hale to the City Council of Augusta, dated the 26th March last, for the Waterworks and their appurtenances, with about two acres of land, in fee simple, around the spring and along i both sides of the spring branch, as far down said branch as the first road below the spring. Also, a circular lot of land around the reservoir below the spring, containing one acre 59-100 , both which parcels of land arc fully 'and clearly de fined on a plan and section of the waterworks, made by Wm* Phillips, dated 29th February last, which plan and section your committee re commend should be recorded with the other pa pers appertaining to the purchase. A Deed of relinquishment from W. H. Jones> for that portion of the two acres near the spring’ which may belong to the lot recently purshased by him, dated this day, will also accompany this report, also a release from the Bank of the State of Georgia, from a moitgage which that Bank formerly held on the Water-works, dated 291 h February last. The mortgage which the Bank of Augusta has on the same property will be released as soon as that Bank shall receive the scrip which the City Council is to give, and which Mi- Hale desires that institution to receive. The titles to the Water-works and their appurtenances being thus cemplcte with the exception of the claim of I Dr. Turpin, to cover which the City Council have resolved to reserve the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, the undersigned recommend the adoption of the following resolution : Resolved. That his Honor the Mayor be au thorised and requested to p epare and execute bonds of the City to the amount in all of sixteen thousand five hundred dollars, of such description as is provided for in the resolution of the 20th day of April, 1839, in favor of Samuel Hale’ Esq. or Bearer, and in such sums as the said Samuel Hale may designate, and deliver the same to the Cashier of the Bank of Augusta on receiving from that Bank a release from the mortgage which that corporation holds on the Water-works and their appurtenances, and the deeds, releases an J bond referred to in the prece ding report. James Harper, G. T. Dortic, M.M. Dre. Committee. Augusta, April Blh, 1840. Which on motion was received and the reso lution adopted. Council adjourned to meet on Saturday even ing at 7 o’clock. S. H. Oliver, c. c. The Great St. Bernard. A few yards from the Hospice itself stands the charnel-house, a low square building, distinguish ed only as to its exle.-ior by a ma)-sy grated win dow. Here repose and have reposed for centuries, the bodies of all those who have met their fate on this mountain from frost or accident. Decompo sition goes on, of course, verv slowly here, and though the floor of this apartment is covered to some depth with confused bones, the bodies which still stand against the walls, or lie. reclined in great numbers, are in a state of preservation; the flesh still remaining upon the bones, has the appearance of shrivelled parchment, and notwith standing the nicest sense of smelling could delect nothing offensive. But the eye is the organ that is offended in entering this dead house; the teeth, and the hair and even eyes, still remain upon all that have not actually fallen to pieces, and the expression of the countenance, yet more horrible than death, is still there which it had at the mo ment of dissolution. The more general expres- j sion is that of grinning, (the effect of the extreme j cold upon the jaws:) but there are some faces ( among them not to be overlooked, which give horrible evidence of the acutest suffering. There . is one corpse, in particular, a woman enfolding in her arms her infant child ; she is in a kneeling { altitude, and the expression in the face of the ( dead betrays the most extreme mental anguish that could be conceived. Even in death the , child is folded to the breast with a mother’s last , grasp, and it never was attempted to loosen it.— ( In the centre of the room, upon a shelf, a little , elvated, lies the last victim of death, in his wind ing-sheet. The body at present there is that of a | servant, wha died some yea's ago—there being no other burial place even for the domestics of the Hospice. The monks themselves are, of ! course, buried in the vaults of their chapel. ' The fraternity consists of fifteen persons in- ! eluding a principal; their ranks are supplied, in case of death, from the priesthood of the canton below, and though it would seem to be a change for the worse, yet it is looked upon as promotion to become a brother of the convent. The brelh- j ren are obliged to go down at intervals to recruit themselves at the valley, either at St. Pierre or Martigny, for otherwise it has been found that | the human frame is incapable of standing such a continued siege of frost. Certainly, the ex is- ( tencc of such an institution as this, and the fact that men can be found to live under it, speaks for ! humanity ; for in fact what higher effort of phi- 1 lanthropy can be carried ] The monks seem to ' spend the greater part of their day in prayer, and 1 service appeared to be constantly going forward * in their chapel. Their profession if faith is Catholic; but be their creed what it may, these ec- ‘ clesiastics seem to comprehend the true spirit, the best part of religion “loves towards one anoth- | er.” For the entertainment of their guests no charge whatever is made by these hospitable men, , from the poorer or larger class no remuneration 1 of any kind is expected. There is indeed, fitted up in the vestibule of the chapel, a box (having | in its lid a small aperture) “for the benefit of the , unfortunate,” and it is usual for the richer visit- \ ors to testify their gratitude in this way; but , even if the proceeds of this collection were ap plied towards supporting tho expenses of the es tablishment, they would supply a very inadequate fund indeed. Provisions and even fire-wood are forwarded from Martigny, of course with great labor and at considerable expense ; and for such purposes the mules and servants of the society are under the necessity of descending the moun tain every day. There is always an average nu her of guests to entertain, for even if the weather be too unfavorable for travellers (o make the pass, then the persons already there are snowed up, and must of course be fed and cater ed for daring ther stay. The truth is such an establishment is not, and never could be main tained by the chance contributions of any passing strangers; a tax is laid in the first place upon the inhabitants of the Valais, perhaps in the shape of provisions; and secondly, it is support eel by bequests and the liberal donations ot patri otic individuals. From the Phila ielphi i North American. The Disputed Boundary. As all who are desirous of “keeping up with the news,” should have the leading facts in rela tion to the history of the Noith Eastern bounda ry fresh in their memories, and as some of our readers may not yet have had an opportunity to gain such information, we present a concise state ment, gathered from public documents. The treaty of 1793, in defining the boundary of the United States, thus defines the North East ern boundary ; “from the North West angle of Nova Scotia, viz: that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands; along the said high lands which divide those rivers that empty them selves into the river State Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north westernmost head ot Connecticut river.” It is well ascertained that the commissioners who formed the treaty of 1783, made use of a map called Mitchell’s map, published in 1755. When this map was published, the British did not own any territory north of the St. Lawrence. Nova Scotia then included the lerrit >ry now call ed New Brunswick, and extended to the St. Lawrence on the north, and to the line drawn due north from the source of the St. Croix, on the west. This line is distinctly marked on the map above mentioned; and on the west side of the line is printed, in large letters “ New England,” and on the east side, “Nova Scotia.” Accord ing to this map (1755) the North-Western angle of Nova Scotia would be on the banks of the ri ver St. Lawrence. Butin 1763, Great Britain acquired Canada from France by treaty. Cana da, Nova Scotia and New England being all sub ject to the British Crown, that power could di vide the provinces as it pleased; and for conve nience, the southern boundary of the province of Quebec was carried south of the St. Lawrence, so as to include the valley of that river. The King by Proclamation dated Oct. 7, 1763, de clared that the province of Quebec should be bounded, south ot the St. Lawrence, by a line crossing that river and Lake Champlain in forty five degrees of north latitude, and passing “along the highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea, and also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs and the coa.'-t of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, to Cape Ho siers.” Let any one take a map of this part of America, and see if there can be any doubt where the North-Western angle of Nova Scotia would fail, according to this proclamation. In 1774. an act of Parliament was passed, in which the Southern boundary of the province of Quebec is stated. The following language is employed, viz: “bounded on the south .»y a line Pom the Bay o: Chaleurs along the highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the sea, to a point in forty-five degrees of nothern latitude on the eastern bank of the river Connecticut.” Here the ends of the boundary are fixed with great definiteness. The commissons of the governors of the pro vince of Quebec, from 1673 to 1783, described the southern boundary of that province in the same manner. In various ways the interpretation which we give to the treaty has been impliedly given by Great Britain. In 1797, an agent of the British government endeavored to show that the point intended by the source of the St. Croix was far ther west than we claimed. In sustaining his position he argued in such away as to acknow ledge that if the source of the St. Croix were placed where Great Biitain vow places it, the boundary, according to the treaty, would “ cross the river St. John within about fifty miles from Frederick!on, &c.” and, in short, would run just as we now claim that it does. When it is asked on what grounds Great Bri tain now claims a different boundary, it is almost impossible to give an answer. Her claim is ri diculous. As a specimen, however, we may mention her pretence, that the River St. John cannot be cons dered as emptying into the Atlan tic Ocean, because it discharges its waters through the Bay of Fundy ! The truth is, the boundary is fixed beyond the possibility of rational dispute, by the treaty of 1783. That Great Britain should wish for territory is not strange ; because the direct communication between Quebec and New Brunswick i* interrupted. But she should not attempt :o procure it unfairly. To us it is of little value, and we could undoubtedly make an exchange in such away as to benefit both parties. Axis, Poor PotAxn!—The cruelty of the Go vernment of Russia towards unhappy Poland, is an historical sact —and this feeling is still cher ished, and is exhibited whenever an opportunity offers. An English paper, the London Sun, gives the following account from an unquestion able source of a barbarous transaction. “The son of Count Miontzynffski (a retired officer of distinction) was lately returning from college, in Germany, to his farther’s house at Warsa.v. His luggage was searched at the fron tier with the usual strictness; unfortunately there was found in one of his trunks printed por traits of Kosciuszko, Poniatowski, and Skrzy necki. The poor lad was instantly taken into custody, and sent to Warsaw under a guard. On his arrival there his farther wa arrested, by order of Marshal Paskiewitsch, who after a brief in quiry into the affair, sentenced Count Mont zynffski to be imprisoned in a fortress, and his son, a youth of sixteen or seventeen years of age, to be transported to Siberia for twenty years.” Produce axd Wages.— The Sub-Treasury orators in the Senate say, ‘‘reduce the prices of produce and the wages of labor to the standard throughout the world.” If we may judge from what we hear and see as to the price of produce, and the wages of labor, that “standard” will soon be attained. The people will ther*be enabled to appreciate its “blessings and benefits.” The Cincinnati Gazette of Tuesday says : “In all sec tions of the West from which we receive direct information, the prices of her staples are still ten ding downward. There was a sale of good flour in this city yesterday, at two dollars and fifty cents per barrel! Pass that word along. We wish it to reach the Hermitage and the While House.”— Baltimore Patriot. The Legislature of Ohio have passed a severe law against the issue and circulation ot Post Notes, and of bills under the denomination of $5. Fact.— When a feller is 100 lazy to work (says Sam Slick,) he paints his name over his door, and calls it a tavern, and like as not he makes the whole neighborhood as lazv as him self.” r StfXDAT TRAVKXt.tSG.--A judicial decitt of some interest to those who furnish means * appliances for Sunda> travelling, was lately M at Philadelphia. “In a case before the Di t • Court, to recover damages for injury doneV"* pair of horses by several young men who had I * gaged them on the sabbath. Judge Stroud nu] 1 ed a non suit to be entered, on the ground contracts made for the performance of work the Sabbath was not legal, and therefore V’ plaintiff could not sustain his case.” Centenary of Printing — The German are making great preparations to celebrate th fourth centenary of the discovery of p nnt Leipsic, the central point of the literary woH?’ will celebrate this glorious event on the 24 h 25th, and 261 h, of next June, with great s'l ’ dor, and Felix Meudlessohn Barthol.lv en ' writing a new oration tor the occasion. Moke Indian Removals.— The Senecas *1 reside near Buffalo have concluded a treaty 'l the U. States, by which they are to remove . ward, and receive as a compensation a au " eSl * of land, equal to 320 ac res for each sous^ 11 ' 1 ! about $400,000 in money. an “ The Ccsakii Steam Packets.—Tj )e t> ton Courier says, the following is stated pA arrangement of Mr. Canard’s steam pactJT * The Unicorn to sail 25th of April for H the Britannia was launched at Greenock \n pV ruary, to sail about the 15th of May : the A v Columbia, and Caledonia to follow. ° a U ’ The Loco Focos now build all their hopes un on the idea that the enthusiasm of the VVh will by and by subside. Did they ever hear of the fool who stood patiently upon the bank wait mg for the water to run out.— Louisville Jour.' A Veto in Mississippi. -Governor McNutt recently transmitted a veto message to the Levis lature of Mississippi, which, fur ns brevity. /Z lor the order or arrangement of its reasons, micht serve as a model lor all similar slate papers, is in the following words. To the House of Represent at iv s : Veto Message.—l return to the House for further action a bill entitled “an act to amend an act to confer the power of justices and notaries oa the president of the board of police and for other purposes, with the following objections • First. It is unconstitutional. Second. It is inexpedient. Third. It is McNutt Executive Department, 0 f J dckson Feb ruary 22. * “ My dear Julia,” said one pretty girl to anoth er, “can you make up your mind to marrv that odious Mr. Snuff?” “ Why, my dear Mary,” replied Julia, “I be lieve I could lake him at a pinch." COMMERCIAL. Latest dates front Liverpool,.......,.March 4 Latest dates from Havre March 3 Macon, April 7. Cotton. —The receipts to Ist April amounted to 92,896 bales —stock on hand, 10,526. For the same time last year receipts 62,215 —stock 6874. There has been a regular and rapid increase in the receipts from the first organization of Macon up to the present period. We quote for yesterday, 4a 7 more corning in than at any previous period for the season. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, April 7. Cleared . —Br Barque London, Scot! Liverpool; Brig Morea, Clapm.m, New York; Schr North St u - . Smith, Bath. Arrive —Br. ship Frances, Brown, London; Brig L. Baldwin, Basset, New York; Schr. Belle, Howes, Baltimore. Went to Sea. —Br. ship Washington, McLay; Br. Barque London, Scott Liverpool; Schr. North Star Smith, Bath. Charleston, April 9. Arrived yesterday —Schr Virginia Antoinette, Place, Havana. Cleared —Ship Anson, O’N’eill, Havre; schre John Estelle, Mobile; Ceylon, Merrill, Apa lachicola- Went to sea yesterday —Fr brig Grenouille, Ha mouiny, New Orleans. At Quarantine —Ship Corea, Jackson, from Ha vre The ship Switzerland, Hnnt, from Boston, re ported in the offing, yesterday, has proceeded to j New Orleans. The Brship Robert A. Park, from Liverpool,for Savannah, touched off the bar of the latter place, 6th instant; and was ordered to this port Mr. Editor —The following named gentlemen are recommended as suitable persons for members i of Council, for Ward No 4:- JAMES HARPER, P. FLEMING, PLE ASA NT STO VAL L , Jr. j They will be supported by Many Voters. j ap 10 We authorised to say that C. B. HITT is not a candidate for Council in Ward No. 4. ap 10 (£7’ We are requested to announce THOMAS W. MILLER as a candidate for Council in Ward No. 4. aprii 7 Messrs. Editors —Seeing in your paper of yesterday, that the Hon. A. Oumming declines a re electian for Mayor of the city, at the approach ing election, we. therefore, take the liberty of sug gesting the name of JOHN PHINIZY, Esq., a* a person well calculated to fill the office,and he will he 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 Dr DANIEL HOOK, as one well qualified to fill 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 the ensuing year; JAMES HARPER, ROBERT PHILIP , mar 21 EDWARD THOMAS. U j = We are authorized to announce the followi ng gentlemen as candidates for men hers of Coun cil in Ward No. 2: B. H. WARREN, JOHN BONES, mar 31 JOHN G. DUNLAP. Mr. Editor —Please announce the following gentlemen as suitable persons to represent Ward No. 2 in the next Council: B. H. WARREN, A. READ, mar 31 S. M. THOMPSON. VVe are authorised to announce JAMES B BISHOP, THOMAS 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. H. COOKE, as candidates for members of Council) at the approaching election, in Ward No. 3. tn'H Mr. Editor, please announce the following named gentlemen as candidates for election a3 members of the city council fro n ward no I at the approrching election in April next. GAREYPARISH. WM. E. JACKSON. mar 18 PHILIP CRUMP. Mr. Editor .-—Sir, I see a notice in . v ( °^ r of the 12th instant, stating that our wort 0 > - 3 , declines being a candidate for re-election * th ficc he ha. so wort .!>• tilled, and as .1 citizens should fix on a suitable petson, 0 P sent them as Mayor for the next year L nV ., . to recommend the name of MARI t A M H*** a suitable person, and who will serve tl e[ cc • y Many \oters-