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CHRONICLE ‘ J> SENTINEL. A U « I S T A . MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 28. FOR CuNGRt>S, HI N E.S HOLT, Jr. OF MiHiCOGEE. Election on First Monday in January. Correspondence of the ( hn/nicle Sr Sentinel. Miuledgeville, Wednesday, } December, 23, 1840. 3 From my letter of la’it night, I presume you are now prepared to receive the news of the adjourn ment of the Legislature. The proceedings of that body, as I then expected,, were brought to a final close lor the present session, to-day, at about the hour of 10 o’clock, in the morning. Nothing of interest maiked the ceremonies of th; occasion, or the procetdings of the morning, except the very chaste, beautiful, and appropriate farewell ad dress ”of Mr. speaker Jenkins. This was called for by a resolution emanating from an opponent in politics, complimenting Im very able, pro opt, and impartial discharge of th< :duties of his office, dur ing the session, which was unanimous f y passed. And the iep!y was one of the happiest eHurts of that most accomplished o utor, scholar, and gentle man. Without ary disparagement tovvaids the several able predecessors of Mr. Jenkins, 1 think 1 hazard nothing in say.ng’, that no Speaker of the House of Representatives, of Georgia, evei was more deserving of su:h a compliment, and none in a response ever acquitted himself with note credit. j The bill for the repeaj of the charter of the Bank of Darien, &c., as I Expected. last night was defeated by a disagreement between the two Houses. So that institution remains as the Legis lature found it, and will nave to weather the pro vision of the genera] resumption law the best way possible. In consequence of the failure of the bill, the two House? had this corning by joint ballot to elect seven Directors to represent the State’s stock in the Bank for the next, Hear, and which resulted , i * in the choice of Messis. Hopkins, O’Neal, Holmes. Hardeman, Lifels, McDonald, and Street. The Bank cannot possibly Jesuf/ie at the time now re quired, and it seems that i| would have been much better for its concerns to fjave been wound up b\ commission appointed by Legislature, ban to subject it and the State ! interest therein to the cost, and of the legal proceedings growing out of the Sciara Facias process, kc. The resolutions which ’peie yesterday adopted in the House, in relation ito the University, &c., were, 1 understand, passed!over in the Senate, last night in the contusion, without being acted upon. So that entire subject also {remains as the Legisla ture found it. | ' 1 nave not the time, or iwouid procure and send you a lull list of all the j|cts wh.th have passed that your readers might b'Ji immediately informed of all that has been done, i Dut o r the great num ber of bills, however, whbfh have passed into acts, only a few form the promi|ieut and leading meas ures of the session. Thcsijj are principally the Re sumption Bill, the Cent *1 Bank Bill, and the Maine Bill. the*Governor w ill veto the Lst mentioned measure, isinot yet certainly ascer tained. |: The act which has passed in rela ion to the Central Bank, I believe isaiotgenerally understood by a certain class oi peoune abroad. An impres sion seems to have gone forth, that it is a repeal of the charter 01 the Bank, was intended to pre vent the Bank from making any moredista .u i,ns or lending any more monel) —such is not the fact; it only repeals the act of ;|ist session, which autho rized the Directors to isstjr bills or notes, w ithout regard to the amount of /ailable means an hand necessary to meet them ; b nd provides a fund for the redemption of the biliji which were so issued, so as to save the liolder?j of them from a heavy loss, which otherwise wjield have been certai The Bank charter standsLiow now just as it has s'ood for years past, until the act of la>t session, which was directly in conflict w.th anJ in opposi tion to the original charter—under whi h the in stitution nad ever before i en enabled to maintain its credit. It can hereai.ser, as heretofore, when it was sound and good, cpalinue to lend or make distribution*, when it has. any thing to lend or dis tribute. The act of last year, permitted it to lend or issue its notes when if did not have one dollar to redeem them with ; tbit consequence was lhai nearly a million of its noses were put in cucuia tion without 303’ basis, ai;- ? ! which would, as soon as resumption goes into oi&ct, not be wortn 50 cts in the dollar to the holdcf if the State nad not I y the pre'ent bill authorize a loan of a million of dollars to lake them up. j The provisions of toe act are therefore to mi&it good the present bills, and to save innocent holders from loss, as well as to prevent the leturn to a Lke reckless advcnluip. The object is to prevent! injury’from past evils, and to guard against a repetition of the same kind Ypiurs, &c. IJ. Steamer Vermont.— This boat on her way to St. Louis, on Monday nig! uhe 7th inst., stiuck a snag and sunk in at out twelve feel water, 20 mile* above the mouth of the Oido She had a caigo. ®f drjv goods w’ortb $200,0(0, which it !s suppiscri WiL boa totai loss. The ergino of the boat may be saved, lut her hull will be a total Joss. The steamer Reliance, Capt. Cobb, came to the re ief ol the passengers and crew ia about ten af ter the accident. Census.—The census sf the Distric t cf Colum bia, just completed, shows a population of 43,712. • < ng an increase s;n f e 1830 of 3,878. State Debt. —The amount of interest falling due on the Slate debt of Pennsylvania, ou the Ist of February next is staled to be SBOO,OOO. A Cashier Dead. — The Nor'oik Hera’d an nounces the dtath of IJenry'Woodis, Esq., Cashiei of the Farmers’ Bamc of Virginia, in Norfolk, in tnc 49tn year of his age. Mr. VV. was for several years President of the Common Council of Norfolk, ano was highly esteemed by the citizens oi that placd. Great Sacrifice. — The Elizabeth City, N. C. Intelligencer states that since 1524. there ban been Jl2 vessels wiecked for the want of an inlet at Nag’s Head, which averaging hfty tons each, would make, altogether w ith the cargoes, a loss not ehort of $350,000, and with these vessels 224 *ouls have foun I! a watery grave. The <ostof opening an inlet is estimated by Major Gwyn at *937,770. _ The Plymouth Memorial &ays; ‘*J<hn VV Kingman, of North Bridgewater, infor red u? that he had forty-three brothers and sisters, and that thirty-/line of them are now living. Few persons we presume can b rast of so numerous a iretltsr-and sitter-hood as Mr. JL % From the New York Courier Sf Enquirer cf tne 22 ad., jLnlesl from HZngluml. AHRIVAE OF Til E STEAM EU AC AD IA. This morning we receiver from Boston, Eng lish papers to the evening of the 3rd inst. The following letter from n«r London correspondent gives a summary of ail tne news, Correspondence of Ihe Courier end Enquirer. London, Dec. 3d, JBIO. The Acadia steam ship bi i g announced to de part from Liverpool tomonow,must give an account of even s ratiier unusually irnpoitant and numerous, which havelak.n place since your lasi accounts from this qu liter of the wuild. The President steam-ship arrived in a passage of sixteen days; all tfye interne and universal in j teiesl having been excited 'lnoughoul the king \ do.-n—respecting the fa:e of the vessel—whirli was anlicipa’ed in the New Yoik Cornier & En i quirer of the day in which she letun.ed to port. The President is now to be taken into dock, and da"s not agdn depart for slew York until the 3d of February next. The Virginia has since arrived with accounts later by two days than those of the Pres;dcnl; but although the Patrick Henry which sailed with j the Preslde.lt, on the 1 111) nil., las been aLu rmiie days in port, there is yet no int Uigence of the Ox.'ord packet ship of the 3d of the same month. The intelligence from the United States has given the highest satisfaction 111 this country ; the i certainty oi the election of (uncial Harriot 11 l* the Presidency being considered an event of ex ire ne importance in political monetary, and mei- j eantiie joints of view.—As General Harrison has; not been so prominent in political ..tl.ms as some of the better known transatlantic statesmen, there is rather mote ut.certainty as to the hue prospects of the foreign policy of the Union uu dei the new administration; i-ullhe lew who are aware of the views of the new Piesident,or those who have perused the enlighled,eiegant. and Du ly admirable speech, which was made by Inis gen tleman at Cincinnati on the subject oi the adoj led citizens, know perkily well lhat the nrrnl of Genera! Harrison will be saii.-ftMtoiy to wards all foreign nations—wniUl tho e who do not. hajipen to be sufficiently aware ei' the thar acter ol the n w President, known 'dial he is sup posed by Messrs. Webster and Clay, and there fore arl parties have at least a opinion dial .hi* great change in the poliVu s of America, U destmed to he favorable to tire relations between England and the United Stales. The general appcaianee of European affairs ha* been perfectly tranquil since your last ac counts from England and France. '1 he Ea - •ern question Si is been friendly settled—for the for ress of S’. Jean D’Acre tell into the hands of thealhed Powers afera bomoardmerit ol on ly alew 7 hours: and intelligence has since been received of the formal intercession or Mehemet Ali to the affairs of tire majority of Egypt alone. In the French Chamber of Deputies, the de bate on the address to ihe Throne has lasted up wards of nine days; all the j lincipal speakeis ex hausting their eloquence 01 the recent < vents— 'tic summary of which however is, that Mods. Thiers has Mink into the most parser 1 contemj t. and lhat an ove whelming majoiity is firmly ui ached to the adnVinistra ion. Soult and Guizot, I’hiers, Odillon 13a reland Burger hive rpved m vain about the insulted honor of Fran a, for the Chamber applau icd with when once me ex pressions of Guizot—"that the time of violent e j and con jurst was gone by— France wealthy pros prrous and free, should endeaver to pre»erv» the, olessings of power and adopt for her motto— j peace forever —oeaee every where.’’ This conclusion oft ie diificu iy of the Eastern question, has caused no "xtsn-ive iinpr.rvemfni in Enghsh rn melary an i mercantile affairs. 'Fire Continental exchanged having become at length fivauraule. and the exportation of bul im havirg . almost entirely ceased v;ithin the last ten ocy s In consequence of the improving ppsi’ion ol he ; Hank of England, the Directors have gi ennoiic that lulls of exchange can be now discounted o; j the dale of six months, a measure of relaxation from their recent praedee of only discounting bills of 1 inety duy*; and although the iate« fdiscount has not been ytl reduced yet the merchants &nd bankers appear very get.erallyMo be of opin on. ; tha the general ddliculiies ol trade have now been overcome —and 1 iiat the imnrovfd condition oi | foreign political affairs, and ofthe foreign es- i changes, with the continued decline in the value of irrnin and advancing duties in foreign coin; aii | leads to tite prospects of a rapid improvement i in general uffairs. 'i’he accounts from Liverpool and Manchester are better during yesterday and ; to-day than for montiis past, if not for yeais ; and though the close ofthe year is usually the dullest j of all pursuits in monetary uffiirs—there is in the | present montn of December, a revival ol specula tive business, and generally improving prices of the Fieneh propeily in bharcs, and in several of 1 ihe foreign funds. r S>ince the arrival of the President steamship the business in American securities lias been rather more animated, bul the improvement in the quantity has not yel bceff mater ml, the market 1 having been prevented from as.-uming a more . jrofperous appearance by recent circumstances, particular I y the sfopjiage ofthe great banking [ house of Wight & Go , Henriclt j street, which Arm has been recently largely spiculating in American securities, jiarlicuiaily with reference 1 to siockof the state of Illinois 'i’he failure of this ’ house was announced on 24th u!t. and a doc • ket of l»ankruptcy was made on the 38ili, but no informtion has yet been obtained respecting the state of the offsets of the house,or what amount of American stocks they may have been in possess ion of at the time of the failure of the Bank. The principal business in American securites has be»n in tnesimks ofthe States of Ohio, Pennsylvannia and New \ ork, which have been :ii sold more Ireeiy since the arrival of the Piesi dent. TnelargCbt transaction is 20.000 shaies >f Pennsylvania 5 per cents. The shares of the Bank ofthe United Stars have not advanced beyond the former quotations of the 14;h u!t. —a ! statement of the assets and liabilities of the mstitu- lion, which was received by live Pre sident, appearing to be not sufficiently by ihe holders ofthe stock. The debentures, are . however, about half per cent higher, and all ths si cu'ities can be sold at the quotations of the list enclosed. T ie Corn markets have declined since our last iccounts, and the duty on foreign wheat has > idvanced ibis afternoon to 25s Bd. per quarter, ind 35js. on the bar.el of foreign fl ur of 196 :bs. The damp quality of the Englisn wheat is, . however, ihe principal cause of the lower pricer ! >f the last few weens, and after the fir?t of Jan uary. The London corn factors very generally mlieipate considi rable advances in the value of wheel and flour. The stocks in Umd are almost 1 nothing of 'any description of foreign grain. The Cotton markets are higher, the improve ment in business at .Manchester having advanced ■ die value of Cotton at Liverpool—tne leport ol 1 yesterday being that an animated business had t taken place, and lhat 50(i0 bngs had been sold at an advance of In London the same ippe::.rance of improving prices has been noticed in East India Cottons, the latest sales being 2000 bales of Surat, middling to good fine, at 4d a 4|ii i per lb., and SOD bales of Peruvian at 7jd per lb The important event of the arcomT.nient of ! Her Majesty has taken place. A Princess being the result. The Queen has recovered with re narkdde rapidity, and the bulletins have ceased 10 be issued for some days past. The recognition of the independence of the Republic of Texas by the Government of Eng land ! aa taken place, by a treaty concluded be tween Lord Palmerston and General .dam. Ron, | and which is received wiih satisfaction by the i people here. i The restless question of the Boundary Line j is reported to have hern retarded by the unpop* j clarity and want of mangerrent and trust of Cd ; Fox. The death of his father, Lord Holland. ! is expected to cause h a retuu to England, when : Sir Charles Vaughn may be expected to tie sent ! out. The popularity aud great experience o! | this gentleman being tinned in the Lundor. Jour ! nal within the iast lew days. ” j’iimonthly overbold mail from India has j r.oi arrived up to the latest hour of timer 1 Sir Moses Mont .fiore. ’ the English Jewi-h 1 gfntieman who went to the East on the subject ! of the oppression of the Jews of Damascus, has j sucreedeu admirably in nis mission and been re- j I ceived by the Sultan in the most flattering man- j uer. From the London Gazette, Tuesday Dec. 1. Eon LIGS-OFTICK. N»,V. CO. A dcspalrlv. ot which ihe following is a copy, has be- n received at tins office, add.e-s. d 1 1 Vis count Palmerston, G. (’. 8., Her Mai -sly’s Ptin j cipal Secret ry of State for Foreign Affairs, by | Col. Sir Charles Ftlix Smith, C. 8., command ing the forces in Syria: Sr. Jkax D’Acije, Nov. 5. My Lon!—On thc2nt.h ult. it wa- linally de termined between Sir Hoboit ehoplbid a; d rny ! seif that the siege of Acre should lie undertaken. | I accordingly d. Inched Omar Bey for the purpose o! advancing irom Si.lon with 2000 Pinks upon Tyre, and thence to occupy the Pass of me W hit e Mountain, to li;e northward of this p a«; and on the 3lsl the Admiral made sail Irom Bey- j root Roads, having previously cmbaiked in the sqc adroit 3 LOO nu n. under the immediate com m md of the Pasna Selim, and -mall <!■ tarlmwii’s of Raya! Aridity amt Sappers under Mrj >r Hig gins, of the former corps,and Lieutenant Aldrich, R. yal Engineers, i O.nar Bey reached the position assigned to him at the same hour on the second instant that f the fleet appeared off At re. Owing to lite light winds the ships did not get into action till 2 P. M. on the 3d, when an , animated Cie commenced and maintained, wiio out intermission, until darkness closed theoper- , I ations of the day. About three hours later the I Governor, with a portion of the garrison, quilt) d the town, which was taken possession ol by al lied troops at daylight the following morning, j The moral iidluenre on the cau-e in which we 1 are engaged that w ill result f.otn its surrender is | incalculable. Dm ing the bombardment the principal maga- I zine and the whole arst rial blew up. By lilt- ex | plosion two entire regiments formed in position | on the ramparts, were annihilated, ar ;! < very liv j ing creature within t;.e aria of fin.Or 0 square ! yards < eased to ixist. the loss ot Me being van ; on-Iv computed at fro n 1203 l*» 2000 persons. Those who may have been inclined to douol the | fighting qualities of lire Egyptian troops might j acquire n lesson front the ) xarnple of their endu j ranee, sf they couhl hut contemplate the uevas- I j ration amt seme of horror by which this once i i formidable fortress is enshrmuh ri. To ihe R yal Navy I should be guilty of great ; injustice were i loalttinpl to rccoid s nins that i will be so much more ably delailerl by t; at g:d ; lint and re) ec ed Coi-nm nidi r-in Chief. Whilst tlte early departure ot the despatch vessel for i vfalta, and the labor that lias devolved on me : within the wills, alike deprive me ol ;lre means | of tn n-niiUirgr ret, r s of oniinam e, iimmuni j lion, treasure, &<. ! hi,l have fallen into the hands 1 of the cantors and of giv ng your Lord-nip an j aporoximition even to the am u .1 of prisoners I (over 3 (U’O.) as many are s;id corning i.r, ai d i others are dragged n numbers from their plu.es 1 of refu e m I concealment. To Her Maje ty’s Ambassador at Canstanti no ile I have u porter! the measuns I have adopt* ed for the temporary administration of tire Pa- j shaiic of Acre, pr m.ing the pha.-Uie of the Sul tan. i have the honor to be. rfcc., C. F. >Mi I II Colonel, Command rig ine Forces in ."viia. The Mon.trnr contains the following nolire in its official columns : Paris, November 28. “The King’s Government has Received from | that of the Queen of Great Britain, through the medium of Dir* .Majesty’s Charge d’AHat snr London the following notice : “ Tn.* Right Hon. V i-count Palmerston. Her I M oesty’s Principal Secretary of .Stale for For eign Allurs. has received Her *M; je.-ly’s torn mancis to notify to the Ministersot ihe'fViendlv an ! neutral Powers who reside at her Court, that nr necessary measures hare been taken by Her Majesty’s orders to «licet the blockade ol the j iv« r and of the port ot Car.ton at its mouths, | and from the dale hereof all the measures auth j rizeti by the laws of nations will lie adopted anti pu» into execution, with regard to all vessels { which may attempt to violate the said blot ktitle, i Little Miss Maywood ran away from Paris v illi a fiddb-r anti t ot married. The remains of Napoleon had arrived in i France, hut hud not been landed at the latent ad i • : | vices. Parliament has been further prorogued till the !oih December. Orders have been sent tn Chatham to have all j the men belonging to the regiments in the East i Indies, got ready to cmbaik fur their respective j regiments at once. 'J’he French ship Aslrolohe. commanded bv * Cap ain Dunm/i D'Urville, and the Zdee, l a e | arrived safe at Toulon, from their voyage of d.s covery of circumnavigation. T.ere bad been several Heavy gales on the Bri tish coast Jming the month ol November, and a | number of vessels hart been lost. The London Standard of December 3d. says : ! The greatest excitement prevail*d in Bucking ham Palace shortly after 12 o’clock last night. ; in constquenre of a stranger being discovered | under the sofa in her Majesty’s dressing-room.— ; The police were instantly called in. and inimedi | aiely secured the daring inituticr, who turimi | out to be the identical boy who was discovered in ! the Palace about two years since. Hi- name is | Edwerd Jones; hers seventeen years of age. ami | the son of a poor tailor in Derby -street, West j minster. On ihe 28 h ult. there was a thick fog in Lon i don winch great ! y retarded the progress of | business in the metropolis ami on the 'J’hames. Several sever..! serious acetdr nis, alii mad with ; loss of life, look place. Many carried lighlid flambeaus to find their way, so dense was the fog. There hud not been such an one known in London for nearly 20 years. Advices from Sydney, New South Wales, mention the death of Captain Cruki r, of her Ma jesty’s ship Favorite, in a contest wit!) the in habitants of I ongataboo, by whom a party fruin the ship were utterly routed. Marcus Cicero Stanley, said to be a nro her of the member of Congress from North Carolina, has been accused of committing several robberies in London, and was tried on a charge made by- Mr. Ca’.lin, of stealing from him, and was found guilty and sentenced to six months hard labor in the House of Correction, six wet ks or the time solitary confinement. He was shortly to have been married to a rich heiress. At the solicita tion ot Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, he was ably defended by the celebrated Charles Philips. BittsTor.. November 20. Wreck of the city rs Bristol Steamer , aud upwards if thirty lives lost J Intelligence of the loss of this fine steamer reached this port this morning, and instantly spreau over the city, producing a degree of mel ancholy whirl has not been fr ft since the loss ol the Kiliarney. two or three years since. I have mads all possible inquiry, but all the information , Wiwag.aiiMc-in...7 i 7 ! y» "'ttV'- I can gather, or that has vet reached the office r '.he owners, ihe Bristol Steam Navigation Com party, is brought by the Tenby Steamer, arrived ‘-his morning. Captain Jerrard picked up tin •nlv person, according to his representation, win •as escaped the dreadin' wreck,-out of thirty-six The City of Bristol was commanded by Gaptair -Stacey, and was on her passage from Cork I* Bristol, and in the gale of Wednesday night sin was wre» ked efif Worms Head, between Bwanse on) Tenby on the Welch coast. The in n wl.< lias so p ovidcnlially escaped, is an Irish pit hover, and he is the only person who can giv* »ny account ol this melancholy disaster; a. d hi »s still in so weak a slate that he cannot ansvv;. j many questions. A Siiockixo Accident.— Fotu Pi;n?oxr Killed and fSi-.v r i:nvL Injuiikd.—Mr. Adams of the Adams Express front New York to Boston has furnished ?he editors of Ihe Courier with lire j following particulars of a most serious arcldei!' ■ “On Friday a!;err our. as a new and |»oweifiil ; locomotive, to which heavy freight cars were at tached. was approaching ti c d« p<>t at Sprinefn hi. Mass., the engineer found it impossible to stop . her, and sin? was driven with full steam into tbc depot.. Anotlnr locomotive vws ini the Irar kin side, and lire com nssion was so gie.rt. llrat both engines and a considerable poiiion of tire build ings we e i cstroyed ; lour incn were k.lit <l. arm some others much hurt ; two nn n »inploved in the depot were killed hy the falling of tirn befS upon them besides the engii e -r ami fi e*m n I of the loccmolivo whir b caused the mischuf.” From ti e Tallahassee Star <f the 22 d. Late Indian i\p«s. The steamer St. Mathews. Capt, Van Voch ten arrival at St. Ma ks, on F idjy last, altir a short passage from 'l’ainpa Bav. (’apt. Van Vechlen brings letters of a recent dale, from the IJ. 8, offic. rs in that m igliln rhood | which, together, with ihe verbal in orn.aiinn iirougbt. are of a very graji ymg character. i< is die prevail r g impnssion of nil at 'J’amp.i | Bay. that the Indians are anxious for peace amt although they are crafty ami trea herons ihem i selvt s, and suspicious of craft ami treacle rv irorn others, yel that liny are heartily find nftl e vva . ami linil n.esns vsiii |>e four.d to produce an a-- raiigemcnt satisfactory to them and the wlriu-s. W e hope it may turn out so. After the disappea-ance of the Indians from the neignl o: hood of Fort King on the Idih ult.. | J’yger-’f'ail. with serveral warriors, li.ul returned to Fort No. 4. Taey had a ta.k with tvvoohh- Arkansas ddegnut i, reitera.’crl their former | ro ii stations of peaceable ir,t« Mums, sod stated that between Tampa and lire Wrlblaeoo fie were several bands, ait anxious to mine in. General Arrnislead with several ot the Arkansas Delega tion, had gone to ( harlotte harbor, expecting to meet several ol the Indian chiefs, and g ve them I a tala at tliM piace. I vger-Tail, vviflti his warriors, was stiM at Fori No. 4 and lively hopes were entertained by officers and men. that our Indian difficulties 1 might soon tie dosed. Meamhcmi Lxploxiun. Ihe man boat V\ aiker. Cant. Otway, vaster- I day burst one of her boilers near Dog River bar. on her pas-age from New O.leo-is to tins city, i be boat, we understand trn*n a passengt r. was I proceeding under her usual head of steam when the boiler exploded. We regret to state that a number •>» persons vvete seveidy injured, some ot whom a;eno expected tosurvive. Fne, who ara severely scaldi d h ve Iteen taken to (he Hos pital. Ou ft l)ow-c ihzen. J. 8. ILqqicr. altiiMigb seveioly, is not we understand dangeron-l v seabi rd. J. H. ( nldwell. E-rp of New t)r!e ms. was on b.iaid. and veiy fortunately cscapidwith a v:- • v si g it injury, while a genilem m sianding be side him at the time of the explosion was scal d« d. i lie Capiain and Cleik were unable to give us any d» finite intonnaiion of inekiiltd and i wounded. We have heard ot only one killed, but it is probable that some who were severe,v ; scalded will die. —Mobile Advertiser < f 21s/. Fi om the 1 hitadelphia Chronicle <f the '2id. Tremendous ajit [ l euioie i.xpk.sio ! An nit. re hui/ding a /ucex of ruins—three per sons dangerously woumud cod non <J the number dreodfu. ly scalded—steam bailer L/oirn through a h use, and miraculous 11cupt of u whole family. About halt past six o’clock yesterday morning, a steam boiler in the p per matiulaeto y ot (ialutt l Moore in West Kensington,cxpluiicd vvillijbud and avvii.l repml de imlisbing Hie entiie building, a three slmy 'ratite, wiih snick in trout and rear laving, it in one complete mass ol ruins, ai.ti iu y ing bt tie.silt t| e same all the machinery . a laige quuti ity ot paper, rags.&e. and tw o men—Euoelt Garsides, engineer, and John Grant, tenner, hot it ot whom bad just commenced liie rhiy’s wnit-,. They vvt ip taken from i nder the i unis dreadfully scalded and wounded Grant bad ea li ul ins legs I and one ol Ins thighs broken, and his anus Ir.ei i ally Hayed. Mr. Moore at the time of the accident was sfan j ding outside of the building, and wu-t seveitiy j injured by one ot the falli: g Jiagmcnls, vvinc.i ! struck him on the head and knocked him down, ; causing a shghl liaeiuie es the sbuil ami a violent j concussion of the btain. His iccovery was con i sidered doubtful, at.o Garsi-acs and Giant pmucu j iaily, il was believed, could not possihie sur vive. The scene of the terrible disashr is such a one as has,been rarely witnessed. r i he dcmoiislitd Factory ts situ t!i J belvvecn EJvva.d, Bchooi VVjiharri and Lydia streets, tVimintg on i.y-dia street near the conn r of School. Tunic wuc two other boilers in addtli.ai to the one tiial tiur sted all in the basement stmy. 'Flu l»oi!»r which r-xplod) d was throw n into lire air about 100 feel, and in its descent changing its direction, w as sent nm foremost against the ha. k wait of a double { hick liou.-e adjoining, making a lull passage through the wall, one or two feet above lire line of the second story , being ton ed seine distance across the floor ol a bed room, knocking away a staircase, and scattering pica s ol bitii.i g, j-.s --ler’iig and bii. ks upon a Ud. The family, whose names art* Pori) i, that oecnpud this wing ol the house were eating tin ir bn aKfusl in a lower aparl j nu nl when the explosion occur ed. Tlneeehild ten had hut a moment prev.nus left the room which the boiler rntcrec. or iln ir death must nave neen inevitable. 3no escape of the whole fami ly, in fact, is one Ituly mi a< üb>us. 'File expin s:oii did a good deal of damage to the window .- of a chureh near by, and ail the dwellings in me immedia e vicinity sullcreu in glass and croc eiy. The connission a! in all, was ain momd u m e, and was felt tm squares around the'neighhoi hood. Mr. Moore, who was an industrious and enlei pri sing man will, slu u d he recover, e* I his loss, which Cannot be It ss [hail $lO.(Md). heavily. 'J < e aecident, »■» far as we have I'een able toaseetlain was taused by the feeding p pc tilling iij> with a hard sla y deposite, which prevented (be w ater bom fl iwing into tlie butlers and *ho engineer neglecting to lowa r the fires after ne discove » d ihai the I toilers were becoming diy, ami that then was difficulty in getting the water into them. A Murder has been committed in the northern sunurbs ot Phita. Samuel Jolmson, a., -oh man of C 2. living with his wile at a place knowi as the Spring Hou-e, was f und, muidered, or. Saturday morning in a shed a- joining ’.he house, about 18 inch's under the sur acc of the ground, -he head was *?ry much cut. and was in a lioiri hie stale. 11c had recently sold the Sprnt House Hole! (on the old York Road.) for S3UCO aud left home ou Muuduy of last wtca. ta iuveat it, and had not since been heard from until the' tody was found. Michael IhlTton. who liven n the same house, lias also been missing since VlomJay, and is supposed to bo the murderer. His wile has been arrested, as well as toe other ! mna'es ol the lioiise.-r-The clothes of lleflron i were foutu! in his apartmen’. covered v\ iti s blood. \ Two children were shot k'ugly muulered in Broome Co. >i. Y.. on M<*t day !a-t, by their m >- her—the wile h E, H. Locke —;h a pamx sin if insanity, 'i lair throats were tut with a ta z.ir. i i F om the .-Idea User end Chronicle. Ci ;;v: of i Haulers. On Moral y the 71s Inst., agreeably to pnltlh notice, a Hireling was laid at (Ceenshoio’, by a number, o( ll e pi..liters ot (.item, Marengo aid nut f*< rry e« ui tics, for the purpose of usceitain mg the ixu nt of the piiaent cotton crop in Greene and t lie adj iin ng rountits. Toe mee ting was organizeti by cali.ng i 01. Win. Arm islead to the chair, and appointing Isaac Croom. Esq., secrelaiy. On moia.ii o; L)r. H, C. Ilan dulpii, i That the Chairman appoint a com mute ot Uvt my-1 ur. I»» rep nt to an adjourned nu cling to i<e held at Greensboro’on .Monday lu i I4’.h inst. G«kka'shoho,’ Ala. D ’c. 14, 18*0. Tiie C onvtn'ioM nii t aeccofding to adjourn-; merit, 'i’tie commit re of • wciily-four uppoir,- teo at the previous inerting through (heir chair i man Dr. iv. C. Kaniboph pr senicd the 101.0 v.-- | mg re port and resolution, which were unanimous 1 !y adopted : The ' ninmittec appointed bv a former meeting to i nqoirc into she n j tiled «i« liv ii in yof lie pie sent coin ti cp p, as etmiia.-ud uhli lint; ol 1809 would stale in tlic p/esent meeting, that ll.ey 1 have given the subji cl. due consit.e auou. Tliai i : t oy have visited neighborhoods, and me’de in qniiir of p!6nteis in 1 rry, Ma e, go ate , hii no ronton s, and submit the follow.ng facts and n flections ; The*summer and autumn of 1839, were highly j favorable for harvesting, notwithstanding which. | I lie,cotton crop in the three counties above mrn i liened, was not gener liy -ja bered until the monii, ; o{ March, !BIU. Tiie summer and suitimn oi 1 ISIU. has not been -o ivvoraido To* r<- has bed more su.kue.-s : s!io coibm which sutl • eil bv the \ I invasion ol in-eels, did not iiaitneas in the pre-| 1 virus year. lla us have been much more Ire- | 1 quent : lid \( I (lie crop is iuuv i eailv a.! i>ath- | t i ed, and Wiii. ii is lu lie'cd. be entiie y so, by Ihe : fits) ol .lauuaiy. The aggregate pr.u!ni t;on u !8390t seventy-six pj.intalioiis. was 17.0(18 hales, j while the yield botn I he, same plant.uiuus, in D < pre>ent year, has not, aitd cannot exceed 8,26 i hales. The plantations from which these facts hr.vr 1 Iwen deriv* d. include every variety of soil fi.uud m ilic.-e ( o uiii s. troiii the rich lime lauds to ilu poor sand lui!-. '! iie tali ug <ff in tiie produciiot •s greater tip* n the lime lands than the saiuK udges. I pon I lie torm rii isholuxod to begem CM.Hy more than half, ai d upon the latter our- ! tin d. ihe ia gc bulk of cotton produced ii ; ttie.-o counties, is usually utnvid lioni the lime i lanes From thr.se confide ations, ti e rommittee an i of ihe opinion, that the aggregate picductieu ol j the present year, in Ihe counties id Perry, Ma- ! rengo and Greet c. boa not umouiited t<) m >*r ! t han halt nt the yield ul the previous year. In I conclusion thry akhave’o submit the accent-I paining resolution: U ,-l/v (I That * nleilalning I lie belie f. from she best information we have b« t n able to collect I j that the relative d« li ieucy ol the present cotton I i crop Ihroiighnul ibe whole eoiton grow ug re- I j gion is ‘ti iy »qn »l to that in h e Motion tepre | senicd by this meeting, we earnestly invite tin ! "hole body ol jSmlhetn P! mi ers lo hold sin ilar i mre.ings that an eaily opinion apj r xmating v t - ! i ry nearly lo accuracy m. y be loniied sis to the en tire crop id 1840, and ioildied in such manner as lo leave the matter beyond doubt or cavil. From the Huntingdon (Term ) Adve (her of Dec 9. D rr.vnn l Diskask! —We understand ilia a j most fatal disease h <s made iis appealanec. with in a few days past, m onr si-t*-r county 11« nrv. about 10 miles Wes! ot Pmis. J{ is said to be eo* ta'-i' iis, ut in its symptoms unlike a< v othei d sense known n> ti *> iinin in family ; aid in its lalal ty far more dreadful ill mi he Ctudeia .Sever nl deaths live ocrumd in alt w families On Saturday night 4 deaths occurred in one family. lis victims live from 1 to 4 hours, alter bring at- j ’a ked. Ihe cinzt us o! Par swe learn, arc great- J ly alarmed. Many talk of’lcavmg the town. We j have heard no name by which lo call this mys- ! tciious and awful d.seasc. The C Li* ii i i n i cape—This extraordinary case still occnj iis ibe t ourt of fM iural ScEsiuns uiiti wii! prob;iidy n quire srvi ral ilays ilm «*. Aca l\ a hundred witnesses have been cx ?uii ed. moslix I wi ll ehdtoraie m nutnirss; m ii at ivcty step tin | examiiuitibn has been • bstiuitcd bv que-titms o. evid; nee. li v eo! the most powerful mrmbeis ot the I’iiiladi iplna bar rtpnscni the Common j weal h. whi:e Mr. Hirst struggles, unaided and ' alone, for the d f< ndant. The (eslHnuny in the i prepcnl case ditfers inatcrially from that given in 1 | the former trial, and, wha is most cxira udinury. !b« been wonderfully improved all round. ()?-» the part of I lie Cimiue iiwealiii the positi\ ( trsti nmnv Iras !*<-« n increased in aiin ur t. while a nmid'er of addoinnai cireu>nsiaiices, some of tiie most wondeilul eharacU r, and accidentally de- I vi loped since the burner tiial. arc given in cor- i rot ur .tion. Additional u siimonv .»f impoi lance i : ha- been given also by the defence. The is- • ■ sues involved Mi theca- r are singula: iy multiplied ; j and v\ m vry circnmsiair c coum eieo with the frauds : mo-i mii n elv examined, it is d luhtful wtuihi r I this may not be considered one i f the most ox- | I traordi: aty and interesting investigations, con- I j sid-ring tiie ra'ure arid amount of testimony, and the nuud er ol issues ar sing out of it, that his ; j bikeu place in litis country. 'l'lte number ot I forgeries mi a i is more than five liundod; nl ! course he is indicted upon but a few of these; lull were he Iri-. d coir-icled and senft need on all. the aggregate nl his impi(snniti'’ut. suppo siug .him pen'enceil in tiy> extent ot the law. would t>e tone thnnmnd five hundred years / .* It is presumed tiuil.|lhis tii d wdl be final and that. ?f now a>quitted, he will be disenarged.— Philudtlph a Ledger. • “ An action was tried lately at Portland, the Bank oi t mid eiland vs. Iligbce, «-t . als ,on a i bond tiiveti by lie Cashier ot the batik, lor the j nth Jut p ilo mmue of life duties of ilmi ofili e —it appearing that he bad in several instances ! i (liscnniiird paper without the knowledge of the! Du eel.us, and permittm cvrr <h ijAs to a n.iisidc- ; labie r x ent. w I ill weie never made goed and by v* hi. Ii the liauk nas lost from ten to (If. en , llmusai ii dollars', i'lte bond contained h \ names I as p ii eipal and sun i;t s. I tit thr re were only fiv, i seals ahixe >. i I'.eJury this t»of go;i)to an exam in.ition of the rvii’. nef. but being satis-thd that 1 im iKuui was not legally cxycuud gave ih< ir ver | diet for lue delen iiiiit Cj 1 The ft lends, relatives, and acquaintances of j apt. llf.nja vin I<. [ vons, are respectful v r r q’io , ‘t eJ to attci d ! i- Funeral Tins afternoon, at half nst -o oU, lion his late residence, lower c; d of •teynobi street, v iihoat further invitation. DIED, Pied, in this city, on the 24{!i inst.. of Con'tirrp t'on Mr. I'm arles ii. Tikniswoou, of Aew York; aged 23 years. Tie Import of .h. I 3 0 Itttrn the I TPed Slab s , , r,;i“ r '* e- ■ |4004 t;om i'oru.-v. Ihe salt V' ?, 2lI » ''H I ! lb* §t 0 bags, of whcKther , , clVe -ba, I \ tion 500 Atner.can. and fur I Ibices •'cnerallv arc lowered U , u I Sinai f i >to 1:>. Yesterday 1 , l . a i„'’g ! (i lli0 'f of I wrin >o dl y ancii nos M o-c 170 balosTv?. 1 ’ ot *b « to -,d po 1 ; 3«■ ; airs -«}•.; •> t, - *»; •> |b I"* 1 .".' !> ail av I whole ol 4 d fo* good lair qu ,'jiy ” I ••ab sef the w.e .en ting 0 v 2T m I as follows : 70 "ca Island 11to} M. *o , n 7«, I ed It. io 9 ; 32>0 Pplai.'d oto }>| - i '" '■ ud Alabama oto.py ; 4ti I‘er a’mbuto I 4.0 Maratihi.m 7to ; 0.1) It.d.ii,- ;* ,0 »; I • •40 L;yptiai_>9o 'o i .f ; 10 Dem:irnia9. I ind.a, v,c. jto fc'4 ; 207 J Ejjk ;j a ; *'eg I , r , , . r , ~ Pc a m:,cr a I The sa.es stnee fit lav aie 26 59 p a „ ffi low<-—'Bll ... lo£ sb W : . - ;> lr ? d -t) bowed, b- *, 9GO Ahb;.nn .)'* * fA H 186 ' t rle ms, 04 to - 82*» Poruani!,ileoA'l t 6 i s I 7d It dll I, 7f to 8A; ;:> > Marmba n, 7t >V ■ I Kgyptian, to 1 j-; 9 > f’arthag £; ;» . 8-0 sn at, 3f to 5 ( f tim-c, 3>.M \,p , H j isavc been t-ken ou s icc. la’lon. and ‘o ' :1 I poil. Pipes arc advanced |d (b Tie a’ 1 /' I r<* six American vessels, two brazil ail '!'' a: ' I Ho nbay. : 0;i « I T-veep.:cl. Docptni er 4;], I 'I he sppiebension of a war with Kim &: ■ I in :> gieal n c suit passed away an I t;, c lu ! B Exch egos sonru-wru.t inipa.ved the ; I •n * viu.ev Y.aiket is (aitiaily - u..1 1 , tic nt t,v theie is (ss gloom su.d <p < s-i , tl uiaiilhactmi ig d.st.irt- Hi n pivvailetla \ \\ v . ? t.'o. The amt n lien) in m-actan aliaiis i iS . iioii r vi i iti< oi.si e.able. Suite mu i ist Citcii or, of Pit ult til «he| a *t i w il. ys. we Imp find an tx-e. ditg’., mil: | Co’.ton inarktt, and t;> ugh 'the t ttiip i i: or Ity sj ca' in*, did iot cxciel |,j .> p, j would iot rave been \ os-il.le to -t ! I i l-( ‘ v w ’,, u j on* "tibriii ting to a leductiun. !or the in Uo,i lo ' ve dux s, howl *. er. we have bad a an ste maud fix.m dealers an Ir o is'.nn* is, gUj a j n j,j tiiirniss to the maikcl, and the aboie has bet n rear yor quilt* recovered ; with u, e , x ‘ .-option of tiie better qualities, which ctuiuu" vei l heavy ; indet dit s almost in pjs-iij! t . - 0 , i feet sa.C' alove bg ! for any tlfscriptLii. K.,»r Dn -1 i mkl may bo quoted 5| hv and ~, j Mobile 6fa G|d—w .do the lovve-t quota iua to: ■ j any nie.chantaLle Ameiiini! Cot'on i-7d 4> j ;) I jI be et.ii t t u-ire-s is fn ni to s}. 'i la- f ur I j the wee. tided 20lii nit. were i7 7GJ bales. f| I ■ that end* d e7i!i nil they we e 19 3-3» bul s,j hi , I Co five day- ended last evening tin s arm uiiiig y, I 1 25.7 90 bales, * i the lai’iv-b u I s r n • 4 ; -10,859 ( i cans, at 5 (et 7J :(( CO Ala > I rna *nd Mobile, at 5 Q ()t ; ami 170 St a inland u j 4 Q -t) ;t>. About .>.((/ bal. s bav been *nk(i t ■ n -pi n alion ti e i.i-t few day . p:ev ious in which ■ I re sjeculi ive o maud h d ten suspended ; it lia- now ag .in ce std, rnd theie t- nime t'o.lo; :ff. ring than tor some days past, the market a> •eaiing less buoyant, 'i be i.npott into Liverpool <inre the I-t Jar nary is ..37s>0() I ales, against 983.01 0 in the same peiiol last season ; the supply ) out the I n ted St tn*s is i.l fi ot/M, being an in’, cicai-c of 376,C. 0 bates. Ti e sink in Ini-port extrao dn sii y iieav> for the* >e.;so<>, i eiu>a u ui 430.0(0 b..i v, agi in-* 240,000 at I became ve.'ud la t > eat : the 'to- k of American i- about 3;b,>At). 112 mute t rn it then was. Havre, November 23. The bn i ess in Colton w s rat! er bit-ker thn the p*eci d.ng wi eh, but *»;ices lernained the ‘nine !as !>■ fore, i ur sales fiom the 21-t to die 27th, ( | imo inte 1t037 6 * ti-a r y divi :ed ;i- r -I!".vs : i-y’] M Iv/ iv ord. to o do.tl Loni imaaiGo to 9l a man' I wliioh weie 20 of a supcuo quality, winch rcarlu ed IOC f ; S-19 inferior tog: od o d. Mubib* a; 67f to 84; 791 iii do (leor-'t,i at GSJo 8s ; 178 do do I Fioiidas at 73 to s 2; G govd or i. Peinambucii at j 1277 ;8* ord to good oid. ifabii at ICS; iodo i Guay qtiil at 1105 i7 oul. Pat,a at 9: •an i 2 Mlo I i innive ly at6> fr. Piescnt -to kt f all de-crip lions may be .•.'lim ited ala oui lO'J.cOO ba.vS. BAV\ NAM, Drcrmbcr 21. fl l Colton —\nived since tiie l'ih inst 3)27 biles \| j LT plan 1, and 81 tales S. I. rot tut; and cleared at I j the same time 2719 bal s Up! ml, ai .1114 bales S. I. Cotton; leaving a s*ock in l*.a: d. in Jusivo of-Ml I on sbipooard no’ eleirtd o i the 24th iu-t.. of 99J 0 I i>ales Upland and 365 ba-FS S. 1. CoMon. During [ •he | re-ent week the o< m.v d for Upland h-'.s i ron I rail rr limited, lu! the quotations of the la-l week I aie fully supported ; the advices from Liverpool to I the nth u t te eived yest«*rd *y,str- ngfieningthe i robab iry of Hu* m iinh n nee of j ia- c in Kurajp, hav aiven ii 1h rs addiii mai tirmne s. 'l’he salts I ■t 1982 bah s d. vz; ■• 997 at 9$ 47*>t L 9p. iS7 at 9A, 3.2 at 9j, 4at 9 1 i-lli, 365 at 92, B !65 *1 9j 7 lat 10 Sea Island lias been in gel fl icquest without materiaS cha go in value, ihe I sale - are 1.3 I ags white viz : 4 at 20. 3at 23, !at I 23i. 14 at 25, 17 at 25 M 2at 26, sal 27. 3: at 28, I 26 at 29, ’5 it 30. and o7 si n ! -ed at |0 (d) 17. I i Receipts us Lotion al ihe follow,n; placessnee H October Ft. 184 ( 78’ ; 9 Georgia. Pec. 76 29512 4 206 Souti Carolina, Dec. 18...... .57812 G2>77 Mo ie. Dec. 15, 28G 6 1 i 952 New Oilcans, Doc 15. 234472 244535 Fio ida, Dec 5 36 4 2l v 3 North t arolina, Aoy. 2s, 870 1*96 \ i Liu a, Nov. lU, 18 H) 25.0 3566 si 3iS 135 The foMotving is a stat men* oi tiie sh e oi cot ton on baud at the re p dive pi i<*e& u untd.* Savann h.Dtc 25 1*315 14577 8i ulb t a o!ma. f ee. 18 18732 117.05 Mobile, Dec. '5 17766 !!5-0 New Orleans, Dec. 15 1 4 *9- 12G3J8 Virginia. Nov. 10 Gi) ii l) fl No.ih Carolina. Nov. -S - 0 50) Augusta ck. aniburg,Bept 31.37JU 019 > Macon; Dec. 1 5 07 15 si ‘Florid?.. Dec. 5, ).;00 C9O 1 i il.’dvlpl.ii. Dee. 12 ... Mb 410 New Veik, Djj, 9, 35 0 8900 16797 i 1939.8 Rice —Hut a moderate business h s been d >nc * n , t-.'i's artivSe 'ince < ur !:s«t, the sales aiuoi ut.ng 6 ci-k-.at from .8 jj- (d> S3}; being a decline lui)’ lof 12} cents on p.i us * uir* nt last week. The prim i, al sales have been at s2] (a) }3. Ho r. — Ihei e n n.J c r tinuc' ext e vrly linrii - cO, and the trai s cl o.i' arc < on ii d losmab parcels to upp \ the i * m i i m>- wants c tel aie. lia w * arl sheet at $5 75 d> S~; Canal sj. l orn — : ev..nl < argues, amounting t about ,!S,(HU bushels, an i vei in lb* we; k. Wclteai’ol no cargo sal***; ; t* tails at 00 $65 c uts. ort.ee/ ies — n( • il’c, Sugai .rnd Midassc 5 , ' rc cave no * njitvtmoiii to notice, the d .miiiii.i UT S up iid ij.imud p i e.s t • supply Hi t a c sacs oi 2U) bags ■ üba Coflee ar 12 cetd'j hiiils N 9 w * ileans Sugar, at p.i e- not Iruirs,iie!- Dy — aksoi 2.jj oui.dles «.a>tciu, iiotu + atsL , f Halt. — A'e re pa :t sales ol 5 0 sacks LiVfi? 03i from store at j 1-} (d) 51 3 16. liac m —Tui-a tc If* cumtiaurs dull. Sj.i> its —in aonn Stic Liq o.s we have no fa c to uoti e, further than a small iet..d business t° supply store k e 01 K.ch mgp. \ 11 England, 11 $ li } per cent pr?* mium Drafts at sight on New Voik, 4pw iei !: pietuium. t'i J e> a hts. —To Livopoal c ntinuc very dad at jd ; to ..eiv \ ork !j jer !al ■. Statement of Cotton. „ . Lpi’.a. *-J: Bto<kon band Ist October. *9 " 1 Ueteivel since lilt in t 6a-p ■ i o pm \ iously 85 >1 3 63-1 sti3 Exported t’-is week C 719 114 n n Do p.cvio sly 17 JJ I 9 4 -b7O > Slock on ban including all on ship bo.ud cicand on ibe 24 !* lust, 9-60 Cii.Akli sro.v, D cemhrr -o- Cotton —There ha- bem ago d demand 10. (p‘ land, but the sales hive tut ami to the ext‘ ! which cnar.u terizc.i tiie optaaiions ot tiie previoif’ week. Bin ce toe d.feoi our last, we ha eto r*°|" a stiil fuiflier improveme: t on all qualifies ot li - article, which may be . ttri ulidlolh com, a.- ( live y ligb' teteipis i f lie week, and the li: " lie ' , upply on sac*, for it is the gene, a! cam-tDed op}' «- .0:1. mat of the Id -3.6 bags on haul on the * sl ‘ I inst., fully s,t,Ui.< weie lu id over or lin i ed. cu >■ Saturday last, au advance was asked on the quo'-*' I