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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGI ST A.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 26.
Editor's Correspondence.
Milledgeville, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 1840.
When ray letter of yesterday was closed, the
Senate was engaged in the discussion of the reso
lution to bring on the election of a United States
Senator, pending the motion if Mr. Echols, of
W<ofi, to lay said resolution on the table for tlu
remainder of the session.
As the events of yesterday are likely to form an
important epoch in the history of Georgia legisla
tion, it is no less due to truth, than to the great
principles involved, that a full account of the same
should be laid before the country, which 1 shall
proceed to give.
It is known to the country that the people of
Georgia, on the first Monday in October, expressed |
their unqualified disapprobation of the present ad
ministration party and their principles, by the elec, i
tien of a decided majority of both branches of the
Legislature opposed thereto. This election was
held by the people with a full knowledge on their
part, that this Legislature would be required in the
discharge of their duties, to elect a United States
Senator for the term of six years from the 4th of
March next.
At the proper period both Houses assembled, and
it was ascertained that both branches are opposed
to the present administration bj’ decided ma
jorities, but by providential and other causes, \
which required the absence of Senators, the Van
Buren party were yesterdav- the majority of the
Senate. In this situation the Hon. J. Dunagan,
Senator from flail, yesterday morning moved a
suspension of the rules of the Senate, to call up
certain resolutions which he had previously laid
on the table, instructing our Senators, and requcsl
ing our Representatives in Congress to oppose tire
charter of a National Bank. Pending this motion,
the Hon. 11. M. Echols, Senator from TValton,
moved an amendment, which was to lake up and
dispose of all resolutims on the table, and the
Harrison Senators not anticipating any trick, per- |
nutted the motion to pass, which required the con
currence of two-thirds of the Senators present.
First after the disposition of the anti-bank lesolu- |
lions, which were made the special order of the
day for Wednesday, (to-morrow,) came up the re
solution of the Hun. J. S. Calhoun, of Muscogee, ■
to bring on the election of a United States Senator,
when Mr. Echols, of Walton, moved to lay said i
resolution on the table for the remainder of the *es
•ion. Upon this motion considerable discussion
was had, in which both parties engaged. The
friendi of the motion urging the postponement of
the election, on the ground that if the election of
* Senator was gone into during this session, the
majority would elect to tha* high office a man
who would favor the charter of a United State* i
Bank, with reference to which question they al
leged the people of Georgia did not act in their I
late election of Legislators.
On the other side, the Harrison Senators urged I
that the Legislature had been elected with direct !
reference to the election of a Senator to Congress, j
that the Constitution required the filling of the
seat now occupied by Senator Lumpkin, and that
if the mot von prevailed, the will of the inajoritj - of
the people of Georgia (the great conservative prin
ciple of this Government,) would be thwarted, by
ft mniority of the Senators of Georgia.
This discussion was arrested by a motion to ad
journ, on which motion the yeas and nays were
ordered, and were yeas 37 nays 41. By this vote
the Senate, according to their rules, as decided by j
the chair, could not adjourn until the motion of the
Senator from Walton, to lay the resolution on the
table, was disposed of. In this important crisis,
the Harrison Senators were called upon to take a
decided and important step to arrest this bold move
•n the part of the Van Buren Senators, to defeat
the expressed will of a large majority of the peo
ple of Georgia, in the election of a United States
Senator. That step was taken, at the suggestion
of the Hon. Thomas H. Dawson, Senator from Co- !
lumbia, for which he deserves the highest eulo
fiums of every friend of Harrison in the State. It
was a step prompted by a wish to carry out the
will of the people, as expressed at the baliot-box
and was nothing less than the withdrawal of every
Harrison Senator from the Senate Chamber. And
although there was no previous concei t on tire pari
of Senators, the suggestion of the Senator from
Columbia was adopted with great promptitude, and
the Senators forthwith withdrew, leaving the mi
mority without a quorum, in which situation the
41 Senators who were desirous to defeat the elec- j
lion of a Senator, could not proceed to the transac
tion of any business. In this dilemma, which “came
upon them like a clap of thunder in a clear sk v”
and for which they were evidently unprepared,
they made several efforts to proceed to business,
but the Chair, with a dignity and firmness which i
commanded the admiration of every patriot, refus
ed to permit them to carry out their designs, because
there was no quorum present. They, however, j
finally adopted a resolution requiring the officers
of the Senate to notify the absent Senators to ap- \
pear in their scats at 3 o’clock P. 31. And while !
the officers were running round to the various j
boarding-houses in-the discharge of this duty, the
Senate C hamber was converted into a dining-room,
and the most ludicrous pait of the scene was, to
witness the forty-one self-styled Democrats regal
ing themselves with the repast which had been
sent in to them.
Thus the time passed till the hour of 3 o’clock
came, and finding that the absentees did not obey
their summons, they determined to avail them
selves of that piovision of the constitution which j
authorises either House to adjourn from day to j
day in the absence of a quorum, and they accord
ingly adjourned.
At night the friends of Harrison, both members
of the Legislature and citizens, assembled at Beech
er & Brown’s Hotel, when the following proceed
ings were held, by which you will perceive that j
the course adopted yesterday in the pressing emer
gency, will be maintained until the absent and
ekk Senators can appear iu their scats and carry
•ut the will of the people.
Mn.LEßGEvn.iE,Monday Night,?
November 23d, * 1840. S’
At a meeting of the Hairison party, heid at
Beecher & Brown’s Long Room, to take into con
sideration the secession of Senators from the Senate i
Chamber, compelled to-day by the action of their
opponents, the Hon. A. Reed, Senator from Mon- 1
roe, was called to the Chair, and the Hon. J. A.
Jones, Senator from Paulding, appointed Secretary.
Whereupon the Hon. Robt. Toombs, of Wilkes,
offered .the following preamble and resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted :
Whereas, The people of Georgia, on the first
Monday in October, by a triumphant vote, elected
a majority of both branches of the General Assem
bly, opposed to Mr. Van Buren, his principles,
policy and party.
And whereas, The Van Buren party of the Sen
ate, from accidental causes, growing out of the
sickness and absence from other necessary reasons,
of a considerable number of Senators, had this day
a majority n that body, by aid of which accidental
majority, they sought to postpone indefinitely the
election of a United States Senator, and thereby
defeat the wishes and expectatations of a large
majority of the good people of this State.
And Whereas, The Senators of the State Rights
party, (having no other rightful means of defeating
the consummation of this outrage upon the popular
will,) vacated their seats with the intent to pre
vent the same, by reducing that body bedow a quo
rum;
Be it therefore Resolved , That we cordially ap
i prove the course pursued by our political fiiends
I in the Senate on that occasion, and for ourselves
and our constituents, tender them the thanks of
the country for their bold, decided, independent,
and effective performance of their duty to our
common constituents.
Be it further Resrdved, That in our opinion, a
firm adherence to the course pursued is demanded
bj‘ the exigency, and we trust that they will con
tinue to display a magnanimity as great a« the oc
-1 casion, and as prolonged as the conflict.
On motion of the Hon. Andrew King, of Glynn—
Resolved, That the thanks of dii> meeting be
tendered to the Hon. Thomas Stocks, for his liun
j and independent conduct as President of the Senate,
| on the occasion referred to above.
The Hon. Alexander H. Stephens offered the
following resolution, which was unanimously
adopted, Mr. J. A. Jones only dissenting:
Resolved, Tnat the friends of General Harrison
in the several counties in this Slate, be requested
1 to send delegates, equal iu number to their Senator
j and Representatives in the General Assembly, to
j meet in Milledgeville, on Thursday, the 17th day
of December next, for the purpose of nominating a
: suitable candidate for Governor,
j On motion of Mr. Stephens, the meeting adjourn
| cd. A. REED, Chairman.
i J. A. Jones, Secretary.
*
This morning, Tuesday, the Senate met pursu-
I ant to adjournment, ail the Senators who were
j present yesterday answering to the call of their
; names, on reading that part of the journal ol yes
j terday which suspended the rule of the Senate to
{ take up the resolutions, the Hon. A. J. .Miller mov
; ed a reconsideration; on which motion a protracted
; discussion was had, and the motion was lo*t, 'ny a
I vote of 37 yeas to 43 nays.
The Hon. XV. W. Gordon, then move 1 a recess
1 until 3 o’clock, P. M., for the purpose as he aiiedg- i
| od to have a conference ol his own parly to deter- 1
mine as to what course they will pursue in this
emergency, which motion has just been adopted,
and the recess taken.
The Senate this morning refused to reconsider
j the bill passed yesterday taking away the College
appropriation from and after the first of May next.
The mail is now about to do*?, and 1 have not
I time to add anything as to the action of the House
this morning, though it is ot an unimportant char
acter. For the same reason 1 must defer anp com
ment upon the action of the Senate. J.
I “
XVe jay betore our leaders to-day the Resolu
tions of Mr, Toombs, offered in the House of Re
i piesentatives, as a substitute for those of .Mr. Flour
' noy of Washington.
In tiie Corporal’s letter of the 22d hist, dated at
Milledgeville, we discover that the*o resolutions
are characterised as “slang, slanders, and naked
assertions, and unsupported charges, against Mr.
Van Buren and his friends.’’ For the Corpora! to
attempt to characterize any thing as slam;, slander,
or even false—is to us supremely rediculous, nay.
we might have added, sublimely rediculous,' —for
i if there is one paper in this .-date that has contribu
i ted more than another to the promulgation of slang,
■ slander and falsehoods, that paper is the Condi
! tutionalisl —nay we might safely have expended
‘ the declaration to the union, with the sole excep
tion of the Globe and its filthy offspring, the Extra
Globe,the latter of which the Corporal kept as a kind
, of Prayer Book. But what has been the course of the
| Corporal with regard to these reflations, has lie
brought an array of facts to disprove them '( has
he offered a single argument to (show that they
are incorrect r no, but he has met them with
bare assertion, and what the Coiporal’s bare as
: sertion i< worth, we shall not stop at present
: to answer, but will dose by asking the rea
der’s attention to the preamble and resolutions
below, which to our mind is one of the most gra
phic disruptions of the evils of Martin Van Bo
ren's Administration, that we have met with any
where, and which the People of these United States
! have pronounced true with a unanimity unparal
led in History.
“ Whereas an expression of opinion from this
General Assembly upon some of the leading meas
ures and practices of the administration t f Mr.
Van Buren, is required of us, oy reason of his
Excellency the Governor’s bringing to our consi
deration an argument in favor of that measure of
folly and wickedness, (which has been repudiated
by the people of the United States,) called by its
friends "the Independent Treasury Bill,” we will
avail ourselves of the occasion to re express some
of the opinions of the forty thousand freemen of
Georgia, who differ with his Excellency upon
that point of national policy, and who are unable ,
to bring their minds to the conclusion that, that
measure will find greater favor in their eyes,“when
its practical effects are felt and seen,” and who
altiibule many of the evils under which the good
people of the whole union arc now suffering, to
those wicked and incompetent rulers whom the
people have recently hurled from power.
“Be it therefore resolved, by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the state of Geor
gia, in General Assembly met, That, in the opin- *
ion of this General Assembly, the recent detent '
of Martin Van Buren, for the presidency of the i
United States, is an event which should diffuse jov
and gladness throughout this republic, for the fol
lowing reasons, to wit.
"I. Because, without personal merit or greaL j
services, civil or military, rendered to his country
men Mr. Van Buren was foisted into the presi
dential chair by the power and patronage of the j
Federal Government, and the popularity of his
predecessor, whose favour he secured by means |
upon the character of which our silence i- an act
of forbearance towards him.
“2. Because, having tnus acquired power, in- (
stead of using it for the. benefit of his country, (
he abused it, by bringing the patronage of the
General Government, in almost every conceiva- ,
ole form, in conflict with the freedom of elections, .
and acting upon the avowed principles of some .
ot the leaders of hia party, that "to the victors
belong the spoils,” he used the power anti patron- |
age thus acquired, not as sacred trusts to be exer- <
cised solely for the public good, but as the means
of strengthening the party, and rewarding the j
partisans who supported him, and of securing his 1
own re-election.
••3. Because, he has attempted to usurp the j
just powers of the legislative department of tne |
government, by asserting rights not vested in the ;
Executive by the Constitution, and by using the j
honors of the Repuoiic, the profits of office,
and the power of party, to destroy all iudepen- j
dence of thought and action on the part of the |
representatives of the people, and to make them
his subservient tools, by rewarding such of them j
as the people should reject for betraying their dear
est interests, thus concentrating all power in the
hands of the Executive, and thus attempting to
make our government, in every thing but the
name, an elective monarchy.
“4. Because, he has established and practised
upon the principle of conferring office upon his
partisans, Without reference to their integrity and
competency, but with a sole reference to their
partisan services, and protected them in official
delinquencies, with the view' of subserving party
ends—to the great injury of the public service,
to the encouragement of ( fficial defalcations, rob*
hcry of the public funds, shameless disregard of
public virtue in government officers, where evil
example has greatly lowered the standard ot pub
lic morals.
“5. Because, when he came to the presidential
chair, our public treasury was full to overflow
ing; our public credit, stale and national, unli
mited ; our people prosperous and happy; yet i
with constant professions of rigid economy, he |
and his party, by the most profligate and waste- ;
ful extravagance, have carried up our public ex
penditures to a point before wholly unheard of in
our national annals, and by that means, their gross
incompelency and unfitness to manage our pecu- j
niary affairs, and a series of numerous and reck- !
less experiments upon the currency of the coun- I
try, they have made our treasury bankrupt, great- .
iy impaired our public credit, annihilated private j
capital and credit in thousands of instances, rob
bed wealth of its luxunes, competency of its com
forts, and labour of its bread.
“6. Because, repudiating the principles and
practices of our venerated and patriotic ances
tors, impuning their integrity, aspersing tin ir
motives, and contemning their wisdom, he has
sought out in the antiquated despotisms ot Europe. |
a system for the collection, safe keeping, and uis j
burseraent of our public moneys, foreign to our
habits, unsuited to our condition, expensive and
unsafe in its operation, and wnich will place them
in the palms of the hands of his servile officials,
whose tenure of office i- his will, and which vio
lates that great principle ol civil liberty, lot w hich
the blood of our remote ancestors was shed, which
requires that the purse and the sword shall not
he united in the same lianas, „nd that the money j
of the people shall be under the exclusive con
trol of the people’s representatives and a system '
also which makes one currency for the people, |
and another, and better currency, for the servants i
of the people.
“7. Because, to carry out the last named odious
measure, he. through his partisans in Congress,
trampled under foot the Broad Seal of New Jer
sey’, that emblem of her sovt-mignity and indepen
dence; rousted five citizens sent to Congress by
the people of New Jersey to represent //Wclnter
esf, anti put in their rightful places live others,
without hit er evidence of right than their willing
ness to do the will of the President.
“8. Because, the happiness and prosperity r -i 1
our whole country require a President of the
whole I nion and not ofa patty.
* 'J. Because, our people will thereby be deliv
ered from a m lit i y couscripiion, which sciks to i
drag them from their peaceful homes, and access- j
ary business, to distant and inconvenient places,
under the pretence m training them a measure '
not only unnecessary and vexations,and violative
of the plain letter and obvious spirit of the feeler- I
al constitution, but which would bring in its train j
swarms of federal office holders to harrass our i
people and to eat out their substance.
“10. Because, Mr. \an Buren s opinions, as
indicated by his votes and declarations, as to the I
constitutional power ol Congress over the subject j
of domestic slavery, renders him peculiarly ob- j
noxious to the slave-holding Stales, and danger- j
ous, as its Chief Magistrate, to the peace of the
whole Union.
“And, finally, omitting negative grievances, a
Chief Magistrate, the whole course of whose
administration is thus marked by fbllv, corrup
tion, imbecility, wicked principles, jn d worse
practices, is unfit to be the ruler o, a free peo
ple.
“And be it further tesolved. That, intheonin
mn of this General Assembly, a Bank of the Uni- |
ted States, properly regijiated*and guarded, is the
oest, most proper, an*’, economical means which
can be dcrist-d for the collection, safe-keeping and
disbursement ci the public moneys; and while
many of ns, yielding to the convictions ofour ow n
judgement, and the concurrent authority of the
executi .o, legislative, and judicial departments of \
the government, from its formation, with a slight j
interval up to the time of the second election of |
Gen. Jackson, and to the wisdom and patriotism
of George V, ashington. Janies .Madison, and their
illustrious compeers, believe that Congress does j
possess the constitutional power to charier a bank, i
yet we believe it indispensable to the financial
prosperity of the country and happiness of the,
people, that, that question should be settled bv an |
amendment of the constitution, before such a pow ■
er is exercised by Congress.
“Be it further resolved. That the past life of
Gen. Harrison, both public and private, distin
guished for its unsullied purity, rendered iliustri- j
ous by his public services, both in war and in
peace, gives us an ample assurance that his great
popularity and best abilities, will nc ardently dc- j
j voted to the noble and patriotic p upose of bringing j
nack the administration ot our government to its l
pristine purity, and to the pr omotion ol the pros- |
perity.the happiness, and th e glory of our whole
country. ’’
Eater news fr om Europe,
By the steam ship Caledonia at Boston, will be I
found under lhc«pprop,ritae head. la referring to
the intelligence brought by this arrival, tne New
ioik Express says:—Upon a review of the bin
ropcan markets, it appears, iiiat the heaviue ss has '
considerably increased in the comu icrcini msrhotSj I
and generally very little business i has been done. i
A great deal of reluctance was displayed on ai] 1
siues enter into contracts of it oment at present,
there being much apprehension as to ihe result of
the present disorganized state of the money mar- j
ket. Brice? of merchandize v.-jth one or two tri
fling exceptions have in consec.uence shown a ten- i
dency to decline; but as the merchants have not j
pressed sales no mateviaj red.action lias taken place j
in the value.
.The most important me asure, in relation to the
resumption ol specie pay iomnls by 7 the Banks, is
tne Lrii introduced by Mr, Crawford, and which
has been reported by the Joint Standing Com
mittee on Banks, as the proper means to effect the
desired object. It provides that the Governor do |
issue his proclamation on the Ist January next, j
i squiring that the Bank s resume on the Ist Feb
ruary. On failure the*, eof, upon due proof to His
Excellency, he is then to order Judicial proceed
ings against the dcreli cl Bank or Banks ; and in
case cf the forfeiture of the Charter, a Receiver is
to be appointed to tak echarge of the assets ofthe
Bank for the benefit, of The bill
also piovides for the employment oi Counsel, Arc.
and that notes of the Centra! Bank be received in
payment of dues to the State.
Wo have no doubt, but th it this lull will pass
both Houses, and that wi»h the concurrence ofthe
Governor, it will be a law of the land.— Georgia ,
Journal of fhs 24M,
Important from Europe, | l
i t
Arrival nf the Caledonia al Boston, and the
British Queen at Few York.
Abdication of the Queen of Spain—Re®,
ignation of thn French Ministry—Pro
gress ofthe Allies in Syria—Outrage on j
a New York Packet Shin, c.
The steam ship Caledonia has arrived at Bos*
ton. She left Liverpool at 3 o'clock in the after
noon of the 4th, arrived at Halifax at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon ofthe 17th, and at Boston on
Thursday the 19th, at one o’clock, e. m.. thus
making her passage two hours short of fifteen
days, notwithstanding the weather was very
boisterous almost the whole passage.
The Columbus was expected to bo ready to
leave by the 4th. Bhe had arrived at Liverpool,
but it was deemed the mo-f prudent course to
send ofl'the Caledonia, although she had been in
port but five days. Bhe arrived out after a pas
sage of eleven days frun Halifax, and was three
hours less than thirty-tour days from Boston.
The Caledonia arrived at Liverpool on the af
ternoon of Friday, 30th October, at 2 p. m., ma
king the whole passage, including stoppages, in
i 13 days 13 hou r s.
A letter dated Liverpool,November 4i!i states
that the steamer British Queen had pul back into
Hastings—cause not mentioned.
Our London arm Liverpool papers are to the
•Ith rs November, inclusive.
The Commerce contains (he following :
I “ Some indiscretions of the Camarilla have in
| formed us, that at a family meeting held within
| the last few days at St. Cloud, in consequence oi
| the continual state of mental excitement under
| which the Queen labors since the attack of
| Dames, the eventualities oi an abdication was se
| riously discussed. No stranger was allowed to
: be present at tins meeting, nnd the following day
j Madame Adelaide set out for Brussels. The oo
ject of this journey, it is said, is to request King
Leopold to go to London to ascertain what would
bo the feeling of the English Government in
case of an abdication in favor of the King's cldc, l
son.”
Wc presume ‘lie rumor in this last paragraph
of Louis Puiliippe's purpose to abdicate is pure
I gossip.
I 'orrespondon e of the Courier ,y Enquirer,
Lon don. November 3, I -10.
I send \ ou by tbs Caledonia, which leaves Liv
erpool to-morrow, for Halifax and Boston,a short
communication describing every chaug., in poli
tics or trade which have occurred during the
three days w atch have eiap<ed since the depar
. ure of the British Queen.
j France continues to be the country to which
| Europe is looking with universal interest—and
j the interest is observable in the subject of tno
i meeting of the Chambers which takes place on
! Thursday next. The Great Western, winch
* leaves Bristol on Saturday, will undoubtedly take
out the speech ofthe King—and in toe inter in
it is only possible to inform you of some ot tin
conjectures on the approaching prospect of
French ablins.
Within the last three days there have been ap
pearances Isss favorable to the stability of the new
administration. The journals in the interest of •
M. Thier*. and of t!> ■ex tic-me left on the part ( ,t
Odillon Ba: rot. having commenced a regular sys
j tern of attack upon the now cabinet; an' 1 , ;t is to
lie recollected that the Ministry receoMy ejected
from office possess* I a majority of 23 in th ‘
j Chamber of Deputies—it is not tt’.<ov\n to be cer
tain tii'il tt.is number of DepufU . can bo gained
over to the Court, when t government que •
j lion is that of the “ insulted honor of France;’ in
I whicn great numoers of » f ,e uneducated French
j Deputies hum he supp osed to participate in the
i enthusiasm oi the in? ss ofthe people. In the
j event Iho majority r iay be increased in tavor of
’ 1 biers, and against the Court —should this
prove to be the .aJ ne of the parties in the Cham
: hers, it is prube.ble that a dissolution will imme
i diately take place—the Court and peace partv
} having then the interval of two months, in which
1 to distract the minds of the peopiewvuh the dec-'
j tiens. The arrival of the bones of Bonaparte,
| md other such movements, in the midst of which
the warlike feelings may have become exhausted
and all forgotten about “ the insulted honor of
F ranee.”
In the interim, intelligence h is arrived ofthe
full success of the allied powers in Syria, where
the population nave themselves finished the pow
er oi Mehemel Ali, by insurrectionary move
ments, which prove that, tins tyrant was umvor
! thy ofthe protection of France.
The state oi monetary and mercantile business
• continues in the same stagnation and uncertain y
which prevailed at the time of your iast accounts.
The pressure tor money is reported to be very j
severe in LancasUre and Yorkshire, and in J.on
don. 'i he bankers and bill brokers are generally
unwilling to pir with capita!, until there are bef
i ter views of ‘he progress of political al.airs. All ,
j the foreign lends a r c lower, but the business is t
j extremely snaali, and almost nominal from day
| to day.
In American securities the only change is a
further undine of 10 p f r cent in tne shares ofthe
j Bank of the United •'■flat s, which have been sold
at £ 13 in during yesterday and the present day,
and New Vork o per cents, in which some, but
I not important, investments have to-day been
made at 80.
Although the value of manufactured goods has
declined, a rather firmer market U reported for
Gotten, in London at least. The sales of East,
i India Cotton having been well attended yester
day7, and 600 hales of ordinary to good Surat
j were sol l at Id \ I per lb., while 600 bales of
j Peruvian fair to good fair were bought in at i d
a 10*. At the same time 60 bah :c f Bermudas .
j.xvcrc bought in al 5 1 . per lb.
f Jhe over hind mail from India is expected in
the couse of to-morrow, when important intelh
: gencc is exp ‘ted from Canton. The (Lea.
| Western following rapidly after thn Caledonia
| rhay probably be the bearer of remarkable intoal
] genceircm various parts of the world. jt
IMPORTANT SEWS THOM STTHI.A.
I The following important intelligence from the
East is published in the Moniteur Parisein of
Saturday night.
“ Toultio, Oct. 31, G o’clock P. 31. 7
“ Alexandria, Oct, 17. 5
“ The Consul General to ihe 3 ?mister for
Foreign Affairs. —The events in Syria have
become more grave for Mehernet AIL. Bevrou: j
j has been occupied by the Anglo-Turk.s, who Were
j fortifying Seyde. 'J he Ernir Bechir has surren
dered. He has abandoned the M.ehemet Ali.
The insurrection is making progress in the
mountains.
| “ Ibrahim Pacha is about to concetnrate hD
forces.”
“Toney, Oct. 31.4 past. 7, P, M. }
Malta, Oct. 27. S
“1 he Consul of France io the Preside?it of
t/iC Council. —“ file British war-steamer Cy
clops arrived here this morni :.g from Seyde, |
whence she departed on the 21 st. She has on
board tiie Emir Bechir, with fifteen memoers of
his family and 110 of his suite, on their wav to
England.
i he (’apt. of the Cyclops has confirmed the
rising ot nearly the whole oi the inhabitants of
the mountains.”
It would thus appear that t*ft« Eastern question i
so laras Syria is concerned, is pretty well settled
anu that the only point whic h now remains for
discu-'ifjn, is whether the dechcnncs of Mrhe
rnet Ali from the Pachali* of Egypt shall or
shall not bo enforced.
1 he resignation of Thie rs and his associates i
took place on tne 21st of 3ct., after a sharp dis
cussion in Council, on the King’s speech to the
Chambers, which Thiers wished to mak» war- i
like, and Louis PWUippe refused to submit to. |.
desiring: peace.
vr,W FltiNril Mi XI,'TUT.
7’he MoniU.ur of Friday, which with iheoth- ;
er Paris papers of that day, has arrived by ex
press, contains nine Royal ordinances, appointing
the following M misters in the room of M. Thiers
General Cubieres, M. Viven. Admiral Roussin. '
Count Remusat, M. Gouin, M. Janbert, M.Cous- I
in, and M. Pelet (do la Lozere.) whose rcsigna- I
iions were accepted:—
Marshal Soult, President of the Council and
Minister of War.
M. Guizot, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
M. Marlin (dn .Nora.') Minister of Justice and i
of Public Worship.
Admiral Dupers Minister of Marine and of the ;
Colonies.
M. Duchatel, Minister of the Interior.
M. Cunin Gridaine, Minister of Commerce
and Agriculture.
M. Villemain (Peer of France.) Minister ot
Public Instruction.
M. Ilumann (Peer of France.) Minister ol
Finance.
Our private letters state, that it was not be- ■
fore six o'clock on Thursday evening that M. j
fc-ie was prevailed on to take Ins office. 7’he |
Royal ordinances were immediately signed and
issued.
GTIKAT BRITAIN.
'P!ie Queen was stilt at Windsor on the Ith
inst., but verv anxious for her removal to Rock
ingham Palace, waerc the preparations were;
going on as last as possible.
The packet ship South America, from Now j
Fork for Liverpool, was tired upon on the 2nd |
hist, just as <hc was entering the Channel, by an 1
Engiish yacht full of men. The yatch proved to
on a revenue cruiser, and the conduct of her offi
cer in command is severely censured by the Liver
pool pape
(Fn .!>. the Liverpool Standard.J
Our reporter has been on board the South
America, and was diown one ol the cabin dead
lights, of ihe starboard side, which bears a deep
indenture, or hole, evidently made by a bail, ap
parently considerably larger than a musket ball.
It has perforated a. piece of canvass outside of the
dead-baht, or shutter. The size of the gum or ,
guns fired is not known, but some of those on
board con ucture that the weapon was a swivel;
gun. The first officer of the ship suggests that
.-lie might have been a revenue vessel; but this is *
not very probable, inasmuch as .-.lie d.d nut show a |
panant.. —Resides, it is rather ••sh;vp practice”
for revenue vessels to lire iu : .o ships, unless they
have refused to lie toon being summoned to do ;
so and are m iking sail escape, and thus ailor
ding strong ground or suspicion th it they are en
gaged in iliu ;t traffic. As the matter stands, in
vesligation, on the part of the proper authorities,
becomes i mperative.
COI.LI SiON OF TWO STEAH VESSELS.
Copious details are given of the loss of a splen- ,
did steamer, the Phoenix, a regular trader between
Havre and London, belonging lo a French com
pany. She was lost at sea, off Dimgeness, |>y
coming in collision, at about nine o’clock in the
evening, with the steamer Britannia, a powerful
ship in the ,-ame trade, belonging to the Gencial
Steam Navigation Company.
At the time the vessels came in sight of each
other, the Britannia was keeping her course, and
she saw the Phoeni x approaching and altered her ,
helm. The Britannia at the same time aiered
her helm fir purpose of going clear of the Phoe
nix, which. however, stiii kept coming down upi n
the Britannia. As soon as the Britannia saw
there was no possibility «<f avoiding Hie Pfccenis, !
the engines were stopped and the order given to
back astern, but befo.e the fatter operation conid
be effected the collision tcoK. place, the Britannia
strik’ng the Phamix just before the paddle box
on the starboard side, the weakest point of a
a sti am vessel, and cut her down to the watci’g
edge.
The Phoenix was commanded by (‘apt. Lefort,
a Frenchman, hut with an English crew. The
lu.'S of vessel and cargo is estimated at ,£SO.OU>).
|
Abhicatiov of tiik Queen Regent.—ln
teiligenee of this event was received in London
on the 20th of October. The autograph act of j
abdication was signed on the 12th, having been
preceded by a absolution of the Cortes.
From the E->ston Atlas — Extra.
Boston, Thursday. Nov. 19, d o’eik P. M.
Fifteen UaisL vtkr from Exolanh.—The
steamship C dedunia. which left Liverpool on the
afternoon of the 4th inst arrived nl her moorings
at East Boston at about half past one o'clock P.
M. The Caledonia brings London papers up to
the morning of the 4tli.— i'lic general character
I of the intelligence is runic in all directions.
From China »he brings no additional intelligence,
nothing had been received in England at the
time she left, although hourly especied.
franc r,.
Resignation of Mix,-try—Succession ok a
Peace U.uuvrr.—The linn ness of Louis Phil-j
lippe has saved the peace of Europe. Theirs is
dismissed, and a new Ministry is fanned.
The Ministerial interregnum in France terrain- i
at»’d on the 30th of October. The new Ministry
was then definitely formed. It is* composed of j
the friends of Souk and Guizot, and is styled the i
Souit-Guizot, Ministry. The general opinion j
j respecting it, in Paris us wcil as London, is, (hat.
it will endeavor to allay the war frenzy so artfully >
and so mischicviously raised by the Theirs Minis
i try
\ Nothing from Admiral Sir Robert Stopfard.
The high-sounding bluster of Commodore Napier
has passed away—His last exploit was the capture i
or that poor place, Saila or Sidon, which he did
by mounting the tops of certain adjacent houses
and waving his sword, vvith his bat on its point
to encourage tfie assailants. Ho is a brave man 1
and a modest one I
.Mehemet Ail still smokes his pine in peace. 1
The chasing away of rats and owls from certain
places on the coast by the victorious allies, does ■
|.,not appear to disturb his serenity. Os Ibra- i
jfhim raclia we know nothing authentic. It is j
said he is looking down from the mountains, j
watching a change ot weather. There is now no j
apprehension that his father will be compelled to. j
abdicate Egypt. Lord Palmerston has settled j
this point. The first threat has recalled ; the i
second is modified; so that Mehemet’may be)
considered quite us secure in his posse. ,ion« us I
Louis Phiihppe or Leopold of Belgium.
The Great Western which left New York on I
the 10th ot October arrived at Bristol on the 24th. j
The British Queen departed from Portsmouth ;
on the 2d and had been compelled to put into {
Sterling Scotland.
The London Money .Market was quiet.
I.
Aggregate Vote,
Hurrtfon Ticket. Van Buren Tick;!.
G. K. Gilmer,.. .40,264.. W. B. 8u110ch,31,933 |
J. W. Campbell. 10,259- .7’. Wooten,.. .31 933 (
!C. Dougherty,. ..40,257.. M. Echols, 31,926 !
A. Miller 40,255. .J. R0bin50n,...31,926 :
L>. L. Clinch,.. .40.253. .J. Anderson.. .31,922
S. Grantland,. . .40,253. .8. Groves, 31.920 j
W. W. Ezzard,.40,248. .S. Beall, 31.919
Joe! Crawford,. .40,247. .E. Harden..! .31,914 1
C. B. -Strong,.. .40,245.. W. B. W0ff0rd.31,906 I
J. U hiteiiead, ..40,239. .S. Jones, 31,892 !
E. Wimberley..4o.226. .J. Bates 31,881 j
Aliove we give the aggregate vote of ninety j
t'A o counties, as transmitted by the Governor to ;
tee Legislature, for Electors of President and ;
\ ice Piesidentof the Failed States. The vote i
oi Appling not having been received by the Gov
i ernoi at the time the communication wgs made
at lded in the table. 7'he vote of that conn
ry uas been since received which gives the Har
“®oQ ticket 93 and the 4an Buren Cl votes.
Add the Appling vote to the
be perceived that, the average Harrison 1 * i!l
is 83/ / foe same ghc n in our iJV J - J oril i
week.— Georgia Journal. 11 ' 0! : * :i
S,r. P»„£» h» . P.oclWte, dw ,
ihe genti.mpn on th, HnrrUon ElMtoia!
be f’ jly elected F.leclm of **:*
President of the United States.
Van kef. Thick.—During the R eV ol,»t;
war, two biotliras, from one of p le e ,
were commanders of privateers; thrv r '
I gether, ami were ecidently successful' ,fk
I damage lo the enemy, and making’ JIl B ®*
j themselves. One evening, Lein* in thl f, ' r
l of ,hc shoa? * Nantucket, but many rmlrsTr!?
i eastward ol them, they espied a l ar - e B r i.i s | **
i sol, having the appearance of a
: ami made towards her; but to their as , o ?’
; ment found her lo be a frigate in dri eui J
i vcr - v hi - h bre( ' :e prevailing ihev hauled off in '
| ferent directions. One only eouid bo m
and the frigate gamed rapidly upon him f
| mg he could not run away, the commanding 1'
! c,r na<l to stratagem. (»„ a J"
S hauled down every t-aii, ami ail hands were
| ployed with setting pules as ff shoving |,;< v
a bank. 7'he people on board the f r j ea t I
j amazed at the supposed conger they had ru. I
and to save themselves irom being eiounded
j mediately, clawed off and left, the rnorc
( b »nk s ‘ > m • self sc rce,’ as *
• nignt rendered it prudeni tori ha M) ;, 0 j
| in n sea two hundred fa thorns deep.
COMMKKC IAI..
: JjtUest datt ■ Lherpo •/, (Mritr
Latest dates fram Havre, ((Inker-
AI GUST A MARKET.
W EDNE'IHV Evf.MNc. Xoy. o-
Our Cotton Market yo.onlay and to-day h;,
been still more animated, and prices ashadehigbt
ti>an those reported in our last icvic.v of the f
inst. Extremes u new crop 9 a fUc, chief
9 : t, a 9:j’e, for qualities landing from fair to fm .
fair. We me just in possession of Liverpool ».
counts, per steamer t u!edonia,at Ro«ton, wfeic
onr readers will find below.
£xchnn%* —OnNow York, at sight, —fy
: cent fur cm rent funds; (Charleston at 51 a 6
1 ct; >avanua]i .' 'a Jp- ct; 1 iuiadelpliia 31 «t 4j.
cent; Lexington, Ky. par a i |> cent; Richmond ,
* cent; Specie command- —a 5 o cent prem.
Bank y<de<. —
Savannah Banks, i n- 2’.pet. pro
( olumbus Insurance Bank... .3i a - *•
Commercial Bank, Macon 3.1 a- “ <•
i
; Mechanics’, - ( Augusta,' '4 ,t - “ «
Agency Brunswick, “ ol a
- Mechenics’Bank,
Columbus. I a - dise’e..
Central Bank, 64 a- “ *•
Milieigeville Bank, 4 d - « •• *•
Ocmulgee Bank, 6 \ o - “ "
Monroe Rail Road Bank, 9 $ - “
Mawkinsviiie Bank. - “ “
: Chattahoochie li. R. & B’k Co.. 1 v? -
i Darien Bank, 20 a2d “
Bank of Rowe, 15 (a- “
i Union Bank, “ 50 7i - “
Smithes n 7 rust Co. il 30 r a - “
All other Banks now doing busines®, at par.
Specie Patting Banks. —Mechanics’ flank. Ins 1 -
ranee Bank orColamou?, Commercial flank of Ma
con, and Brunswick Agency in this city.
LivEnPoot, Nov, t.
The *iight improvement in our i etton .Mark-,
of -he 3utli ult. A sustained, ami we have a stea.,
moderate demand. The sales for three days pa
are c-stunateu at about 10,900 bales, of wbirb lit
: is on speculation, said to be on American accost'.
• Theie bis been ratner more doing in goods it
yams at Manchester, b ut at lower prices than eve
before known and the state of the money make
in no degree improved.
November!!.
Month’d hue-ert , Stock and Prices of Colton.-
111” demaud for Cotton daring lire three fir
, week-, ol ia-d month was. with the exception oft:
j first few days when some business was done on sp?
ulation, confined to the immediate wants of th
trade, and at the same time the market being we
i supplied with most descriptions, a gradual deerip
j took place of «d to 4d per :b. in the fair and befit
‘ onaiities, and J to fi per lb. in the middling and sw
er qualities of Amerivan, and j|- to J per id. in Bis
mi. During this week, however, there has bee:
an increased demand, and American desrriptkr
; have generally advanced per ih., whilst .Ms-
I ranhams hav- 1 declined §d per and Hahi'Eto
j lb. 7'he tot 1 sales of the month are 96,2 W baU
of vvnich speculators have taken nat I ' l bales Amc.-
I lean, and exporters 200 bales American, and L
■ Carlb gcaa,and there have beenloiwaided intot'
country, uasoid. .2 V OO bales American, and 1-
I Bahia.'
October 39.
Since on" last of the 20lh ir.st., the money mam
i has undergone no favorable charge, and the H
iof Eng and has increased rather than dimiiiiri'-
j her stringent measures, and this state of thins s '*’-
; probably continue to check active business op wa '|i
| ti-jO' while the apprehensions of war are felt-
We have, however, had rathei more denianc .
• Cotton the j.i-t few days, and a slight improrenif
| in prices, which is at tribal eg to the later arroun
; from tiic United States being considered mere
| cide i as to liic curtailment of the coming crop (
, •-. . an--, s. The sak of the week, >'
the 23d inst. were, IG,-1"*0 bales, hut for that en |
ing this evening liiev amount to hale- I
the latter 45,9 are Upland at 42 ai- J . with 30at F
B,B4oOrleans at 4 a I-'., with ■’ l . I
; 9.91 U Alabama and Mobile at 5a 6 •• an 1
; Island at 13 a 2ld per ib ; about 3,000 of it t> #
iby speculators. The quantity offering is m*'
rate, and in same instances of a 1 per po*
j been realized on the lowest rales reti c r t* ;
days s . Tin* import since *i.e Ulof\ c( . Jv •
!is 1,3 i '■<), against 94>,( U" to sa.i» e per; • f
( «eason : the supply from l‘ e I nil' star s'y
| I 16,900, being an increase of 3V jipb bales. J :
: stock in this port is estiraat</. a \ dbJ.OOIR 3 ’
I against 338,000 bales at the-- sanie period ; ri-
I son ; the scock oi Arne 1 ; cr (11 a hotit 1
, «3,000 more than it th <*u • VIS
lUvre, October i! p .
The demand in our Cotton inarKelconiimie''"
! 1 united ; prices, how over maintain their p«“*
[ The packet si. p liK.one, which left New
1 the 10 inst. arrive*’ vesterdav, performing ,lie >
! sage in 19 j ? V s,
The mat! fror ~ Paris brought no politics. r '
jof interest, the; ininistr-ria! crisri continue •! ,
i securities, iioif ever, experienced a 1 urthei >.
' ment.
r, 1 ! ve . p f r - cents, 10Sf; three per cen,s ‘‘-.V
' Bank ot I Vance 3000 f.; no demand tor V 1 "-
| London.
j _ Tfieas-pect of financial matters in Fran' e ‘
I ulactory every respect. The same r ■
1 said ax regards Lo gland. . .-isl.
I Havre, October
i Business in gez-erai remains cairn, tno'E
CotU'.-n prices were to-day fully mainta 111 d ( .
Louisiana having realized* SO.) to * l
gia 8-4 to 88}, and GO ba«es Tinnevilky l "''
m aim it; intelligence
Savannah, N-jvvh: - ‘
.trriced— ship Celia, 7'hatcher, New Wi
Went to sea —ship Gen. Parkhill,
Orioans; brig Augusta, Sherwood, N. 01
Sterling, RLiey, New York.
Charleston,
Arrived vest er day —brig Lancet, Kruse,
Cleared —>hip Georgians, Bcbm, L a '
Switzerland, Havre: ship H. Allen
Boston.
