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CHRONIC : AND SENTINEL. A JGUSTA. MONDAY M< RNING, DECEMBER 21. FC I CONGRESS. HINES HOLT, Jr. ( ? MUSCOGEE. Election on ?irst Monday in January. •■e* 1 ■--- I F nny Elsler. By reference to t ir advertising columns it will be seen thattbeentei rising manager of the Charles ton Theatre has engaged the services of Mile, j E.sler for a few ights. Those of our citizens j therefore who thi k of spending the Christmas J holidays in Charles on., will have an additional in- I ducement, as it wi probably be the only opportu- j, nity afforded them o witness her unrivalled per- jj formance. Correspondence t ' the Chronicle and Sentinel. M lledoevili.e, December 17. In the Senate th morning nothing of interest occurred, except t e reconsideration of the bill passed yesterday, a relation to the issue of Pott Notes by the Ban* . The motion to reconsider gave rise to an ani lated debate, in which Messrs. Gonder, Gordon, I sencer, Harris of Burke, and Jones participated. A number of local bills were passed or rejected t the afternoon. At 7 o’clock the Haraison and S ite Rights party met in Con vention, in the Re; cestntatiee chamber, and nomi nated by ballot irti out any name being suggested, the Hon. William C. Dawson, as their candidate for Governor. Th votes were, for Mr. Dawson 176, scattering 13. At the same hou the Van Buren party met in Convention, in the enate chamber, and nominated by resolution, the 1 en. Chaet.es J. McDonald, as their candidate for he Executive chair. We have no fear about the result —confidently committing our ca didate to the committee of the whole people of Gee gia, who have so recently re ported against the < aims of Martin Van Buren, and who will no doubt a like manner dispose of those of Gov. McDonald. Q. Mxlledoeville, ? Tursdai 9 o’clock, p. m., Dec. 17.5 The tax bill wa re-considered in the House this morning, and, contr ry to my expectations from the decided >ots again t the measure yesterday, was passed; that is, tin bill from the committee on Fi nance. It revives he tax act of 1804, with some amendments; ami igst others, subjecting Bank stock to a tax of 3 J cents for every hundred dol lars. Nothing else n importance was done in the House to-day. Th bill of Mr. Crawford, of Rich mond, changing t e Constitution in relation to biennial sessions, { .ssed last night after the close of my letter. Thi bill will have to be sanction ed by the next Leg >laturc before it becomes part of the Constitution and if then passed by consti tutional majorities will take effect in 1543. A great many local bi is have passed both Houses to day, but not of eni jgh importance or interest to notice. All that cc fusion and precipitancy which generally precedes m adjournment, and which is so inconsistent will proper legislation, is prevail ing in both houses. The post note bill was re-con sidered this mornic in the Senate, and will, ulti mately, most proba ly be lost. The claim of tt heirs of McCullough, which had been re-consid red in that body, was also re jected to-dai*. The College bill is it is termed, or the one which has passed the Sen. e, withdrawing the annual ap propriation, under ic act of 1830, from the Uni versity, hasfoi sev ral days been superceded in its order in the House by other bills being taken up and acted upon o\ r which it had precedence.— To-morrow, I supp ;e, it will certainly be disposed of. The Convent on as the Harrison party which was to assemble in this city to-day, according to previous call, for tit purpose of nominating a can didate for GovernoJ held its meeting this evening, at half past 6 o’clo k, in the Representative hall. The number of del gates in attendance was large, being one hundrec and eighty-nine, I believe, in all. Counties frorr the seaboard to the mountains were represented. The body was organized by placing the presid. ig officer of the Senate, the Hon. Thomas Sxot :s, in the Chair, and appointing Messrs. Cabinass and Lataste Secretaries. — When, upon motio , the nomination was proceed ed to by ballot wit out the announcement of any name. The resul was, that the Hon. William C. Dawson receive the almost unanimous vote of the Convention, —( ily a few scattering votes being given out of the er ire number. Never before, in any Convention in bs State, was so decided a pre ference uttered wit greater unanimity. With such feelings of partiali , that give Mr. Dawson such singular popularity not only here but throughout the State, we can b t indulge in the most sanguine assurances of atrii nphant success. The o; posite par rat (he same time held a meet ing in the Senate c imber, and have re-nominated, as was expected, te present incumbent. Their meeting, 1 underst ad, was addressed by several gentlemen, for the urpose, doubtless, of keepinir them in “ spirits amongst others, by Col. Wax son, their present candidate for Congress. Bui Holt’s majority ov r him will be another damper to their hopes, and early indicate the triumph of Dawson in October Yours &c. Hamilton. P. S. The selec committee on the late Exe u - tive communication has not yet reported. They can, however, bu- ject any scheme of involving the State in additu al millions of debt. We are bad enough off at \ esent, without increasing our embarrassments. H. Mil LEDCEVILLE, Dec. 18. In the Senate tl s morning, the re-considered bill in relation to >ost notes, was taken up, and passed with two am ndments, —on* prohibiting the issue of such note: for a less sum than SSO, and the other requiring their receipt before maturity, by the banks issuin them, in payment of debts. The bill reporte| by the majority of the com mittee on his Excellency’s Relief Message, whicia provided for the ise|:e of $2,000,000 State bond:, next came up, andl upon motion, was laid on the table for the balalce of the session, (yeas 39 nays 38,) without Jiscussion. This raessige and bill will, no doubt, le used as political capital nex t year; and the belilf is strong with many, that the whole measure fas been concocted for no other : purpose, and that f(|>, at a meeting of some of the head men and ware-ors of the Van Buren party. A portion of the morning and nearly ail the af ternoon was consumed in the discussion of the bill, from the House, if define the liability, kc., of Rail Road Compands for stock killed by their en gines, dec.; which vsas passed. The bill, which fasted the Senate, authorising certain county .officers to advertise in Augusta and Columbus, was amended by the adoption of a sub stitute in the House, which authorises all county officers in this State to advertise in any newspaper of the State having a general circulation in their re spective counties. The Senate concurred in the amendment. At 7 o’clock both branches of the Legislature proceeded to the elections set apart for the even ing. Joel Crawford, David Irwin, and James Lid del were elected Commissioners for the Western and Atlantic Rail Road. Simmons Crawford and Gazaway B. Lamar were elected Directors of the State Bank. Benjamin T. Be’.hune and William Y. Hansell were elected Commissioners under the Free Banking Law. James Wingfield was elected Brigadier General of tha Ist Brigade, 4th Division. Q. j / Correspondence of the Charles'on Courier. Washington, December 14. I In the House to day, Mr. Winthrop of Mass, made his first appearance. He is quite a young looking man, and possesses a clear, shrill voice, that suits the hall. His seat is on the outer circle, and the most remote from the Chair—so it will require some power of lungs to enable him to be heard. It is, however, a bad omen for new mem bers to appear first on a small subject. Mr. W. brought to the notice of the House the omission of his name in the yeas and nays on the motion of Mr. Stanley to reconsider the vote ordering 15,- 000 copies of the President’s message to be prin ted. That motion was lost by a majority of one, the vote being 89 to 90. Os course, Mr. Win throp’s vole would have made a tie. After some discussion of the subject, in which Mr. Petriken, of Pa. contended that lh*e vote of a member could not be changed after it is once recorded, an.l that if a member loses his vote it is his own fault, it was ordered that Mr.|Winlhrop’s vote as also that of Mr. J. R. Williams, be recorded. Thischanged the vote so as to throw a majority in the affirma tive, and Mr. Stanley’s motion was accordingly agreed to. Thus, for the first time in the history of our legislation, has a vote been changed by the recep tion of votes so many days alter the question was taken. The motion of Mr. Stanley to reduce the num ber of the messages of the President ordered to be printed was then carried. Mr. Stanley’s reason for this course was he said, to encourage economy in the expenditures of the government. The death of Mr. William S. Ramsay, of Penn the youngest member of the present Congress, who died by his own hand, was announced in an appropriate manner by his colleague, Mr. Leet. The death of Mr. Anderson, of Ky., was also an nounced by bis colleague, Mr. Thomson. In ihe Senate we had much matter of interest. Mr Clay, Mr. Benton, Mr. Webster, all brought forward in a manner admitting of no doubt of their course, their several views on some subject. Mr. Clay, brought forward a resolution declar ing that the Sub-Treasury ought to be repealed, and instructing the Committee on Finance to re port a bill accordingly. This shows that he and his friends will wage a war of extermination against all the humbugs of the present and late administrations. Mr. Calhoun will have his hands full at thi* session, for at every turn he will be obliged to vindicate some of his favorite theories. Mr. Ciav attacked the bill of his Alabama namesake to reduce and graduate the price otthe public lands. He said it was, however disguised, a bill to reduce the value of the public lands. Mr. Calhoun’s project of cession will come in conflict with Mr. Clay’s plan of distribution. Mr. Web ster strongly intimated a desitc to offer opposition in limene, to the views of the President and the Secretary of the Treasury in regard to the finance, a national bank, &c. At lis instance, the refer ences of these subjects to the Finance Commute was postponed till Wednesday. We have, thus, strong evidence* that the Senators intend, at once, to commence the fight on some of the great sub ject* before the country, and that the present sess ion though so short, will be devoted, mainly, to speech-making. Washington, December 15. This has been a very interesting day in the Senate, owing to the debate, which arose on the consideration of the notice of Mr. Clay, of Ken tucky, to repeal the sub-treasury act. That gen tleman, in calling the attention of the Senate to the subject, made one of his usual strong efforts in opposition to the present administration, and in favor of one which shortly comes into power, and of which be will no doubt be the Ajax in Congress. He staled, in commencing, that it was not his intention to have a re-argument on the matter, for he would as soon think of argu ing with a criminal who had the ropo round his neck, and the cart ready to be drawn from under him, as to attempt at this late day to show the follies of the law which had just been condemned by one of the most astounding reactions which had every taken place in any government. In the year 1800. the contest on the Sedition Law between Adams and Jefferson, was a mere no thing to the one just past, and he now called up on Senators in the name of nineteen States of the nation, to repeal this obnoxious measure. He stated that he had hoped and expected the Presi dent to touch upon this subject in his message in some manner, even if it were but to announce to Congress the expression of the will of the people on this subject; but he was astonished to find that instead of doing this, both the Presi dent and Secretary had not only continued to ad vocate it, but had actually recommended improve ments in the various blanches connected with it. Mr. C. denied having received or seen in either of the documents anything furnishing an expla nation of the success of the bill, and stated that things seemed to him to be carried on-in the old way, and that Mr. Hoyt, the Collector of New York, was in the habit of placing the government money in hank to his own credit, which was even a worse mode than the old pet system. He thank ed God that he lived very far off from every Re- \ ceiver Ge.ieral, and wished the distance greater* but feared much for the safety of the public funds while they were in the hands ofsuch individuals. Mr. C. then expressed a willingness to let Sena tors take time to consider the matter betorg acting upon it. Mr. Silas Wright, of New York, followed Mr. Clay, and expressed his satisfaction at the issue made by that gentleman, but was anxious that a full Senate should be present when the vote was taken, as several members were sick or absent. Mr. W. stated that it was the first time he had learnt, that in the late contest the Sub-treasury was the matter which ihe people of nineteen states had decided against, and was equally sur prised to hear that a U. 8. Bank had been the antagonist measure which the people were in fa vor of. Instead of looking at the result of the contest is even in favor of the pet bank system he had thought that it would only amount to the pulling down of the building in which he spoke, (the Capitol) and erecting in its place a huge Log Cabin, decorated, instead of by crimson cur tains, pictures, &c., only with gourds, coon skins, and things of that kind. Mr. W. conclu ded by asking for the yeas and nays on Mr. Clay’s resolution. Mr. Clav then rose, and in answer to Mr. Wnght’ a want of principle in the whig party, stated that the country was well aware of his principles, and those of the party with whom he acted. He stated them to be econom*. ratr«n*Un»*iu »afe keeping of the pub lic money, reduction of executive patronage and large appropriations, a remedy for ail of which, and the attainment of a fiscal agent, would be accomplished hw of the Sub-treasury law. Until that wv be did not think it necessary to propose any new method of keeping the public money—“ sufficient for the day was the evil thereof.” This brought up Mr. Calhoun, who slated, that if Gen Harrison’s administration was con ducted on the principles set forth by the Ken tucky Senator, be (Mr. Calhoun) would give it his hearty support. He said yes to every thing expressed by Mr. Clay in favor of economy, re trenchment, &c., but would be much better satis fied if he had the words from the next President himself. He (Mr. C.. had never fought for any thing but principles, and would not suffer the character of the men composing the opposition, to deter him from supporting what he consider ed good doctrine. But if. as Mr. Clay said, tne Bub-treasury was a contiuation of the old plan, why repeal it, or why at all bring up this matter at the present session—why not defer it until Gen. Harrison comes in, and propose another plan. We certainly could not fall back on the U. 8. Bank nor the pet bank system. Both has signally failed, and he believed, befi re God, that the establishment of another fifty millioi bank, with its customary privileges, would aseffectu 1- ly, deprive us of our liberties, as if we had a President elected for life. He thought the late contest had little or nothing to do with the bank question—the issue were many and quiti differ ent in their character throughout the country, and even were it the question agitated, the op position had some of the strongest opponents of a bank in our own ranks. But with these, their numerical majority in th i nineteen states was comparatively small—only 110 or 115,000 out of nearly two million of votes. He felt satisfied that the present financial plan was the only cor rect one, and that the whigs themselves would finally have to adopt it. It was surely constitu tional, and Mr. Webster had lately came out pretty freely a friend of constitutional matters and the doctrines of’9B. Mr. Ca houn conclu ded by repeating his determination of giving Gen. Harrison a fair hearing, and hoping that the resolution would be defeated. Mr. Hubbard, of New Hampshire, and Mr. Anderson, of Tennessee, followed Mr. C., and Mr. Allen, of Ohio, proposed striking out of the resolution all after the word “Resolved,” and in serting a clause relative to the constitutionality of the Sub-treasury, &c.; pending action on which the Senate adjourned. An appropriation bill, for contingent expenses, amounting to $150,000, passed the Heuseatan early hour, and was sent to the Senate, and after electing a Mr. Braxton Chaplain, that body also adjourned, Two days Later from England. The packet ship Columbus, at New York sail ed from Livepool on the 9th November. The New York Sun and Era furnish the follow ing items: There is no important news. The papers are filled with comments upon the speech of the King of France, then just published. It was consider ed satisfactory in all quarters. The tone of the public journals is extremely mild and concilatory and evinces a disposition to make every honor able concession for the purpose of preserving the peace of Europe. The Times, in its leading article, says “the speech of the King of the F rench which we gave yesterday in a second edition, has real.zed all our hopes and predictions of the be coming spirit in which that discourse would be fra med and of the just and upright intentions both towards France and towards neighboring Powers which would be manitesled therein by Louis Philippe. The king proclaims his love of peace, and appeals to the representatives ol the French nation to assist him in the maintenance ofa bless ing so essential “ to the common interest of Europe, to its people, and to the progress oi civilization.” The Times concludes its pacific remarks as fol lows ; “It must now be the business of both governments to obliterate as much as possible these unhappy traces of the past, or to recollect them only as lessons of future wisdom. We have no doubt that the signal successes obtained by the joint arms of Britain and Tuikey furthering the cause of a just and moral policy w it have remo ved from the shoulders of King Louis PJiillipe and of his Minister a load of embarrassment not less perplexing than that which the British govern ment itself must have suffered under, had their enterprises fallen instead of triumphed.” • The effect of the speech upon the money mar ket was beneficial, consols, as welt as other securi ties immediately advanced. The cotton market at Liverpool was less anima ted, though prices were firm. Liverpool, Nov 9, 1840. On the 6lh inst. the supplies in the London corn market were very large, but trade was dull even at previous rates 12.000 quarters of Irish oats were received during the present week, and of a better quality than usual. Flour was dull—there has been a large- arrival •f American Bond. Our own corn market (Liverpool) although the supplies have been moderate, aad we have recei ved no grain or flour within the last three days from abroad, there has been little business done. No want of confidence however was evinced. In our cotton market there has been less activity than usual. Liverpool Cotton Market, Friday, Nov. 6 —There has been lessaclivdy in the demand this week, and the market has not been so buoyant as we la t noted it, but we are unable to reduce our quotations for any description. There has been more difficulty in obtaining extreme prices for short staple American, Surat and Brazils, whilst Egyptian and Sea Island are rather higher. 1250 bales have been taken on speculation ; the rest of the sales are to the trade. —The transac tions on the whole being very modern to, the pres ent report (owing to its being given out rather earlier than usual) will not embrace the entire of to-day’s transactions, which will probably reach 4000 baies of all kinds. The import this week is 7296 bags, and the sales are 17.790. Resumption. —The New York American says:—The arrangement with the Philadelphia Banks is, as our readers have been told, perfected. The subscription by Banks was to .the amount of $550,000, and by five individuals or firms, the balance of $250,000 w,2S made up. The resump tion in Philadelphia will, we presume, he slid into gradually, without naming any particular day, without perceptible difficulty. The New York Express says that the follow ing are the particulars as far as known of the Loan made in that city to the Philadelphia Banks:- Certain New York 8ank5.......... $605,000 Prime, Ward & King, , f . 50,000 Geo. Griswold 50.000 J. Brown, (for Brown, Brothers & Co.) 60,000 Nevins & Townsed 25,000 John Ward & Co 25,000 $805,000 The New York Journal of Commerce states that the Boston Committee kaye notified the Pro vidence Committee that the arrangements for the loan to the Banks of Philadelphia are completed This notice was accompanied with a request that the Providence Committee would comply with such directions as the Philadelphia Committee might give in regard to the disposition of the funds. Mr. M. 8. Lincoln, of this city, who was se verely injured, sometime since, on the Schenec tady and Saratoga Railroad, and who recovered S9OOO damages, has since made a compromise with the Directors, and consented to receive SSOOO in compensation for the injuries sustained —the Railroad Co. having signified their inten tion to carry it up to the Court of Errors.-—£o«- t?n Transcript. From the New Orleans Bee of the 14 th. Steamboat Explosion. By the arrival of the steamer Maid of Arkan sas we learn that the steamboat Cherokee was blown up a few days ago, by which accident many lives were lost. Her boilers burst just as she was putting off from the shore at Louisburg; several of the cabin passengers snd some of the crew were killed oy the explosion. Some of the peo ple on the banks of tue river were severely woun ded by fragments of the boat, and one or two, it is said, were killed. It is reported that sixteen persons were killed or missing by this dreadful calamity. FURTHER PARTICULARS. We have since learned, that among the pas sengers were Capt. Armstrong, the disbursing agent at Arkansas, his daughter, the daughter of Gen. Armst ong, of Tennessee, and Major Rec tor s daughter. The three ladies were in the ca bin,and Capt. Armstrong was on the boiler deck at the time the accident occurred. Strange to say, they all escaped, the boilers bursting through the sides, instead of upwards as usual. The pilot house was thrown on ihe bank of the river, and the pilot hurled into the stream, from which he escaped by swimming. Capt. Harris’s back is broken, and his life is despaired of. The passen gers had barely time to get ashore, when the wreck of the boat sunk in 15 feet water. A Mr. Ste vens, who was on the bank of the river, was im mediately killed by a piece of the connection pipe, wnich passed through his neck. One hundred and thirty thousand dollars of specie, belonging to the Government, was recove red. The engineer and several of the deck hands were killed. LIST OF KILLED AMI WOUNDED. By the explosion of steamer Cherokee at Louis bwg. Killed —Mr. Osgood, ol New Orleans. Mr. Pitman, of Louisburg. “ Capt. Wyman, of steamer Lady Mor gan. “ Mr. Smith, es Louisville. “ Senior Forsyth, of Louisiana. “ Mr. Miles, of Van I’uren. “ Mr. Cook, or Arkansas. “ Thomas Fanning, (boy,) of Arkansas. “ Budd. watchman. “ S. Gibson, hand. “ Mr. Hobson,(f Steubenville, Ohio. “ R. L. Hubbard, of Connecticut. “ Mr. Kensy. And two others, names unknown. Dangerously wonndtd —Captain C. Harris. “ “ Louis Clanton, engin’r. “ “ Martin Williams, mate. “ “ Mr. Clide, passenger. “ “ Pery, do. “ “ Frederic. German, deck. “ “ Campbell, fireman. “ ( “ William, cabin boy. Fire —At 6 o’clock on Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in the basement of the 4 story building owned and occupied by Mr. Jacob Van derpool, Jr., and used for the storage of mahogany in the rear of his dwelling No. 20 and 30 Cherry street. Before it was finally subdued, damage to the extent of SIO,OOO was incurred. There is no doubt this fire was the work of incendiary. Three times during the last fortnight, attempts have been made to fire the premises. Large rewards are offered for the detection of the incendiaries. Mr. Vanderpool was fully covered by insurance.— New York Courier <!j- Enquirer. By the Alakapas papers, received this morn ing. we are happy to learn, that the sugar plan ters in that quarter had not, as late as the sth in stant, any great reason for complaining of the unpropitiousness of the season, although the su gar cane in some places did not yield as much this Feison as the last. E>* Passant, we will remark that editors are often puzzled as to the degree of faith to be put in the reports which reach them of crops in the country. — J\'ew Orleans Courier of the 1 \th | Found Guiltt.— Robert White, ex-Cas! ier of the Manhattan Bank, in New York, has been 1 found guilty, in the Court of Sessions, of an as- I saull upon the person of Mr. Jonathan Thomp- 1 son, committed during the troubles in the bank, consequent upon the absquatulation of one of the officers. Large Artificial Lake. —The Cleveland Herald says that the grand Canal Reservoir in Mercer county, Ohio, covers 13 000 acres of land, the water from 4 to 27 feet deep. It is said to be the largest artificial lake in the world. The New Orleans Picayune, speaking of the | weather there a few days since, styles it “South- j ern weather with Northern principles.” Mourning. —The Painsville, Ohio, Republi can having died off a few days since, the editor of the Conneat Gazette says, as an outward evi ; dence of grief at its demise, he has caused to be 1 hung up in his office a blacking blottle and a pair of broken snuffers for sixty days. * Illinois. —The State debt of Illinois, includ ing the internal improvement debt, bank debt, school fund debt, and the liability on account of surplus revenue, appears, according to the Go vernor's message, to he $13,633,001 83. We find in Dicken’s last work, the “ Old Cu riosity Shop,” the following sly hit at the law yers: “As (JocL?rs seldom take their own pre scriptions, and divines do not ajjjrays practice what they preach, so lawyers are shy of med dling with the law on tbeir-ovVn account, know ing it to be an edged tool of uncertain applica tion, very expensive in the working and rather remarkable fur its properties of close shaving, than fur its always shaving the right person.” The Alpaca.— An attempt is making to na turalize in Great Britain, an animal of the Lama tribe, called the Alpaca, a native of the Cordclle ras or mountain districts of Peru. Its wool is of extreme fineness and is exceedingly valuable. Importations of it have already taken place to the amount of three millions of pounds, and manu factured. The fabric is said to be equally fine with silk. An English print says of this animal. “It is used as deer in the parks of the Span ish grandees in Peru, and its flesh is eqal to any veoh>°n. Some are white, others brown and mot tled. The alpaca does not perspire as sheep do, and therefore requires no smearing, which will be an immense saving to thescotch farmer; and the heavy coat of wool on its body (fine as silk) is sufficient protection in the Peruvian mountains. where deluges of rain fall four months in the summer season. The alpaca lives under the line of perpetual snow, which proves that a cold cli mate is congenial to them even in wintei. It feeds on “zeho,” a kind of withered grass which grows cm all mountains above a certain allitud , —proving that they will exist where sheep will not.—Supplies of the animal were at Gla.sgow for sale, and we believe Lord Breadalbane bought some to try on his estate at Taymouth where the cappercailzle already flourishes. There were, also, samples of the raw alpaca silky wool, assor ted black, (without dye) white, red, brown, foxy, gray, mottled, &c. No animal grease in this, wool—illustrative that the animal requires no washing before shearing, and the wool can at pre sent be sold at 20d, per lb. During the panic ot 1837, when Highland wool sold at 3£d. per lb., upwards of 1,000,000 lbs, of alpaca realised 2s. and 2«. fid. per lb. Different kinds of jaanufac ture from alpaca, in imitation of silk, —some black as jet, (without dye) others white, coloured, dyed, and wove in grear variety of figures—can be manufactured at one-third the price of silk, and is said by the manufacturer to be three limes more valuable than Scotch wool. From the Evening Journal. Martin Van Enters Adieu to the White House. Tune —■“ The Campbell's arc coming.'" Adieu to the White House, the East-room adieu, Ye beautiful gardens I hasten from you. So more shall my eyes with your beauty be blest, No more shall ye >ootne my I o*om to res . \ e lights that upon me so brilliantly shine, Ye sofas so splendid on which I re dine, (), much I would giv" to remain wheie you are, And rest all ray days on my tabouietls rare. CHORUS. 0 Benton what made you keep rolling that ball, Why Benton what madeyou keep rolling that ball, 'lhe Whigs have long told us we ere long should fail, If you, dear Tom Benton, kept rolling your ball Ye carpets, ye curtains, ye ottomans too. Silk tas.-cls and gimp, I must bin you adieu, No more can 1 bask in the pleasures you gave, Nor lake fiom the people what li l tie they have. Ye green finger cup* whit h old Harrison hates, Ye wine con.eis too, and ye bright silver plates, () soon, very soon, must 1 take leave of you. And give you ail ever to Tippecanoe. O Benton,&c. Dear rosewood piano—your notes are so sweet, 1 hoped that thy music my ears long would greet, Hut the people have taien their fourth so ier tho't, And now 1 regret ’hat by me you were bought. Became I suppo>ed eight veais would elipsc, Peihaps many more, but i was all perhaps. For little 1 thought tvhai the people could do, To bleed such a storm for Tippecanoe. 0 Benton, &.c. ’Tis useless to mention all that I hold dear. Which has cost my puorpeople some millions ayear ■ And if you are anxious to know the amount. Please read Ogle’s speech and you have tne account, ! Towards Amos’ babies I feel very kind. To know they must suller much troubles my mind For in Sa t River country no milk is in stoic, And soon they must land on that desolate shore. O Benton, &c. Now pack up m - baggage, I soon must embark, On boaid the black schooner, that horrible ark. And steer up Salt River, the people say go. And cleanse my gay palace for Tippy you know, i Flow on biiny river my passage is long, Your waters are salt and your current is strong, ; But puli away Kendall and all my brave crew, I For we aie expunged by old Tippecanoe. O Benton, what madeyou keep ro ling that ball, ! Why Benton whatmade you keep rolling that ball, ! The Whigs have long told us we ere Ling should fall, ' j If you. Tommy Benton, kept rol ing your ball. Oneida Castle, Nov. 26th, 1840. COMMERCIAL. Latest dates from Liverpool , November 6 Latest dates from Havre, November 4 CeUUROS, Dec. 10. Cotton —We have had quite a spirited demand throughout the week just closed, for all qualities of Upland, in which both the purchasei for foreign i account and the operator Tor the home markets have j participated ; and the sales far exceed thu>e oi any i previous week this season—amounting in ail to 5426 baUs. r i hroughout Satuiaay last mere was a I st nd off between the buyer and seller, and the market was consequently quiet, at the prevailing ] rates given in our review of tiic Lth lust; but a general attendance of dealers on Monday, who be- : came purchasers to some extent, material y chang ed the aspect of affairs ; and at the opening of the mantel on Tuesday, holders refused to sell unless at an advance of g to g. which before the < lose of operations on that day was obtained —a still fur ther advance, however, has been effected on the business of the last thiee days, and ttie market closed yesterday at the following quotations—in- : feiior and ordinary 8$ Q 9g ; mid ding to middling fair 9; (a) fair to fully fair .0 (a) 10$; and good 1 and line cent' Id. The saies of the week are 4 at 8; 40 at 125 at 9g; 351 at 9|; 1944 at and 267 bags at cents if lb. A little business ! nas been done in long Cotton, but not sufficient to establish prices—it is impossible therefuie to affix prices ro our quotations until a more active busi ness engage dealeis. 'lhe transactions in white ! Sea Is.and amount to about 161 bales as follows: j 68 bales between 28 (a) 33; 5 at 25 ; 15 at 35 ; 10 at cents and upwards; and about 10 bags stained do. from 12£ to 20; and 52 bags Santee from 25 to 28 cents & lb. ✓ Eice —A heavy business has also engaged dealers ; in this article since our last—out pr.ces have a downward tendency. The sales comprise about ! 3380 tieic. s at the following rates, viz:—96 at 2|; 120 at 2 l-!6; 101 at 3j; 380 at 3 3-16; at 05; and 283 tierces at $3 5-16 49- 100 Orain —The receipts of Corn for the week have been about 6000 bushels from Maryland and North Carolina, which have been taken within the range of our quotations. 55 (Si 57 rents bushel. 'lhe rece pts ts Hay have been veiy light —a! out 10c bund es biought 90 cents 100 Ls. More lets are held at something above this ra c. No Uacs 01 Pens bav e been received. Quotations for these ar ticles are therefore nominal. Flour —The business of t e week in this article has been very light—the sales having been con fined to small lots for home use, at about former prices. iiacon —ln this article there is very lit'le doing. Salt —Received this week coastwise, 4500 bush els'Burks Island, and 1555 sacks Liveipool—and from Liveipool 2336 sacks, and 152 bushels from Nassau, 'ihe market is well supplied with aB descriptions of the aiticle —and theie is no demand whatever for the country trade. Sales have be 11 very limited, and at a decline on the rates of last week. We quote Liveipool 130 (a 140 sack, and l inks Island 28 a 3o cents 44 bushel; a sale of this description was made at something below the for ■ er pi ice. Sugars —Received this week from New ( rleans 268 hh is and 13 lihds from St. Sale have been made of old Porto Rico at auction, at prices ranging tiom to S.f— and New ( rleans, ol the new crop, from 7 to Iff, this desciiplLn ol Siigar has also been taken at [ rivate sale at 7, 7a and lb. Molasses —Received this week from New Orleans 218 bids. This descript on has been selling at 29 (3> 31, the bulk of the operations, however, have been at SO cents gallon. A lot of a about 52 hhds old Cuba, brought 21* cts. gallon. Coffee —Received coastwise this week 36 bags— and trora the West Indies 1 CO bags of the new crop, which is held at 12 cts. A lot of Cuba, fair quali ty, sold at IT| cents lb. Exchange —Our quotations of last week are still the current rates for Foreign Exchange. Bills on New York having COdays to run, have been taken at ct. discount; 3i) days do. par (a) £ premiun ; and Bight Drafts have been selling at 1 <xt> li et. premium. Freights —To Liverpool and Havre see quota tions, To Boston transient vessels nave been taken at l£ 4? bale, while the packets are asking ct. £> lb. To New 8 ork we quote Cotton in square bags $1; and bbl. for Ripe. Savannah, Dec. IS. Cotton —Arrived since the 11th December, 5639 bales Upland, and 166 bals 8.1. Cotton and cleared at the same time 3652 bales Upland and 27 bales S. I. Cotton ; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on ship board not cleaied on the ISlhinst., of 9152 ba!es Upland and 38S bales ■•?. I. Cotton. The business in Uplands this week has been at foil prices of last, and stiii continues to be chiefly for northern account. The receipts are still moderate for this period of the season, arising from deficient growth and a general disposition among the plant ers, to keep back their crops in expectation of high er prices. The sales aie 2672 tales, viz:—2l at 9; 9at 9a; 42 at 9*; ]9 at ; 185 at ; 1092 at 9J ; 15 at 9 13-16; 195 at 9|; 48! at 19; 18 at U Sea Island is in fair request at full rates, the sales are 1 bag at 19; 21 at 25; 12 at 27; 9 at 28; wjth 20 stained at 12 a 14. oc!& ofCo,wns ' Georgia, Dec. IS 2 SJ! S South Carolina, Dec. 14.. Mobile, Dec. 5 * 303 New Orleans. Dec. 9 ’* “ , ft “ 9340 Florida, Dec. 5 208342 Nonh Carolina, Nov. 21. Viigmia, Nov. 10 j'*' 564 lbw 25(0 309256 Ihe fol’owing is a statement of the Cotton on hand at the respective nl res m Savannah, Dec. 18 : South Carolina, Dec. 11 mw-n Mobile, Dec. 5 --. 169iH 'o 6 ' 5 New Orleans, Dec. 9, 98(96 u?! 4 * V irgmia, Nov. 10. North Carolina, ISov. 21, Augusta 6t Hambu g, Sept. 31,. -1 ’. !3730 Macon, Dec. 1, -.q (t7 ,? iy 3 Florida, Dec. 5,. Fluladolphia, Dec. 5, ' *1135 New York, Dec. 2,;, 90oS 3 g Tota: 16i994 Rice—' There has been/a fair business dme • Rice since our la't, the sales amountin'* m of 1300 casks, at the currenis r.ite> of last wJu* vzi :-]4l at 1151 at $%56 at $3 3-ffi;^ 1 ■s’- 4 • Hour —This article continues extremely dull and we have no improvement to notice. k s a ] es Howard sUeet in smail parcels at 86. Canal i 2UO half bbls Mniadelph.a at SQ • Corn —There ha been no airivais this week, retail from store at 60 a 65 cents, with a moderati demand. * Groceries —ln Coffee, Sugar, and, Molise: the demand is still confined to limited lots to sudd'v the ti de—sales of SO bags Rio C f? t -e at li/. Porto Rico and t. Croix Sugar at SSA a IDA. lasses at a 24 cents. Sat —Since our last about 20,('C0 bushels loose have been sold at 25 a26 cents 1000 sacks Liver, poo', from shipboard at 130 C sacks from s J r * a: sl*. bacon —The market for this aiticle continues { dull. j Spirits—ln dome-tic Liquors we have no charge j to notice, either in demand or pri e. ° Exchange— On England 11 p ct. prem. D ra ft, lat Mght on New York, 4- ct. (>rem. ■ Freights —To Liv\ ri 00l dull. To New York 175 cents square, and $1 iound bale. STATEMENT OF COTTON, Upl’ds. s. I. ! Stock on hand Ist Oct 1953 28 j Received since llthinst 5639 jgg Do previously 19511 288 27133 482 | Exported this week 3652 27 Do previously 17981 94 | Stock on hand, including all on ship board not cleared on the ISlh inst, 9152 338 Macon, December 17. Cotton. — dir ing the week, have been prin cipally from to 9£. —These prices were paid yesterday, and stricty piime was sold at 9£. market will probably vary very little from its pie sent state without an account of a change in For eign Markeis, which is not likely to take place. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. 1 1 Savannah, December 18. Cleared —shin John Dunlap, Choate, N. Orleans; r barque Oazelle, Allen, Por'smouth ; brig L. Bald- ) win, Pas-ett, New Y one; brig New Hanover, tarty, Philadeh hia. j Sailed —brig Augusta, Sawyer, West Indies. Went to sea barque Gazelle, Allen, Ports ! mouth; brig L. Baldwin, Bassett, New York; sebr j Daty Chase, Thomas, Havana. December 19, 1 Cle red —ship Susan Drew, Babbage, Liver,oo!. j Arrived —hiig Atlantic, Wheeler, New Orleans. Went to sea —biig New Hanover, Caity, P. ila- . delplna. D purled steamboat Hamburg, Gould, Augusta; steamboat Chatham, Wood, Augusta. Charleston. December IS. Arrived y sterd.iy —line skip Catharine, Deny, New York. Cleared —Br. schr. Ariel, Kirkpatrick, B:. West Indies. H Alt li IS O N N Off I\A Ti ONS. JtrnGES OF THE INFERIOR COURT. Judge B. li. WARREN, Jud e VALENTINE WALKER, ROBERT ALU N, Esq. • I JAMES HARPER, Esq. WILLIAM P. BEALE. ’ I TAX COLLECTOR. Rev. WM. KENNEDY. TAX RECEIVER. COSBY DICKINsON. (Xj 3 D. P. RUSSELL, Esq., will be supported f>r the office of Colonel cf the ICth PegimcntG M , oy many friends. dec 21 (Xj* We are authori-ed to announce ENOCHft- C ARSW Ei.L, as a candidate for the offic of D* Collec'or of Buike county,at the emumg electioa. dec 17 ( fj' W T e are authorized to announce JAMES A. FULCHER as a candidate fur Tax Collector fur ■ Burke county, at the ensuing election, dec 13-2 t J Xj’W’e are authorised 0 snnouocc LF.OX P. DUGAS as a candidate for the office of Receiver of Tax Returns. dec 15^ QXr I he friends of Captain M. P. STOV ALL wil support him for the office of Colonel of the Ktb H Regiment, at the ensuing election. dec 12 1 Q3 3 Ue are authorised to announce ROBI-R ( A. a WATKINS as a canriida’e for the office ol F Collector of luchmond county. dec 14-td I {Jr? - We are autliorised to announce GEOR'-’t- M. WALKER as a candidate fur the office of Re ceiver of Tax Returns. ded- .I (U'f We are requested to announce BURCH as a candidate for the office of Kcfei«' of Tax Returns. dec9-h (r>We are authorized to announce MACLEAN as a candidate for the office o( E e * f-civerol .ax Returns decl ;l<^ I) V V H) a. V AS ON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, J I Palmyra, Lee county, Ga- Will practice in the adjoining counties of the Cb if ' lahoochee and Southern Circuits. references: Col Zadock Jackson, ? n , „ ra itev. Jonathan Uavis.3 Ualmyra, (.a. Col. H. 1 ope, / ... Hon. C. Dougherty,s Athcns ’ Ga * Col. A. iieese, /.. Johnston & Robson,3 ac^lson ’ J. VV. Jones, Augusta. . ANDREW J. BAJtTKLb, A TTORNE YATLA W, , M nov 25-ts | W. 11. CUNNINGHAM, A Co., GENERAL COMMISSION oct 31 Savannah, Ga. JOHN it. STANFORD, attorney at laic, [ jy 17J \ ifTl| -, VKK«V» A TTOIH * * A ’ 1 ’ LA VC, feb 25 Jefierson. Jackson count}, J o*ll N . J • i* VKD, NUT A lO I>LII UC. . hi f Will be thankful to j smess in the abov* • 11 , t 04 with rectitude, dfc