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From the Savannah Republican.
Chattanooga, Sept. 2, 3847.
Messrs. Locke & Winter.— Gentlemen. —
The Democratic candidate for Governor, Col.
Towns, is canvassing the Northern counties of
Georgia, upon the stump, “ eating, drinking
and making merry.” I learn that on Friday
last he gave the good people of Walker county
a harangue at LaFayette, were a goodly num
ber were congregated. The Colonel has, it
seems, determined to take the State by storm.
He is accompanied by the redoubtable “ Coon-
Killer,” who occasionally renders the “Artful
Dodger” “a little aid and comfort.” This is
very much needed, and I have no doubt but
Colonel Towns, from the bottom of his heart,
feels some gratitude to his would-be rival. —
Since the W hig triumph in Tennessee the at
mosphere in this northern latitude has been
too chilly for the Democratic candidate —hence
he is active, energetic, and enterprising, in or
der to keep up a regular arterial circulation.—
He partook ofa barbacue the day he address
ed the citizens of Walker. lam credibly in
formed he met his match—match did Isay?—
Over-match —in the person of Mr. Black of
Walker and some other member of the bar of
La Fayette, whose name has escaped my memo
ry. Col, Towns said not a word about the
extension of the Western & Atlantic Rail Road
to this place in his speech. He was afterwards
called upon to come up upon this question.—
He rose, tried very hard to “dodge” again—
and finally said he believed he entertained the
same views upon the Railroad question that
the Democratic candidate for Walker did. Mr.
Black is then said to have risen and charged
Col. Towns to his face with being opposed to
the Road. Baid Col. Hardin had repeatedly
declared himself against it Hardin is the Demo
cratic candidate for the House, in Walker.—
Hardin denied having said he was opposed to
the Road. Black called one Col. Farris, a
Democratic candidate for Senator, to prove his
statement. Hardin had avowed himself against
the Road. Farris refused to answer. Black
said Hardin had repeatedly said he was opposed
to the Road —and continued to charge Hardin
and Col. Towns with being opposed to the
State Road. The above is the avowal, all the
avowal Col. Towns made, as I am told by a
gentleman, who was at La Fayette in the even
ing, after the discussion was over. Much ex
citement prevailed ; and the impression of the
Wings is. that Col. Towns neither did himself
nor his cause any good, but rather an injury.—
i tell you. gentlemen, I greatly fear Towns is
riding double, on this Railroad question.—
There is a man in the Cherokee country, whom
I heard, from his own lips, asseverate that he
never would vote for any man for Governor who
would sanction any bill appropriating money to
extend the State Road IVestof Cross Plains, now
Dalton. This man has, since Towns has been
up iiere, taken the field boldly for him, and has
accompanied him on one occasion, to a large
gathering of the people. Bewa eof the “little
(Georgia) Magician,” the “ Artful Dodger,” ye
men of the coast.
I cannot foretell the result of this campaign
—but one thing Ido know, that if the people
of Georgia, my native State. Know their own
interest, regard the honor, welfare and dignity
of their State, they will yield their hearty, ready,
and cordial support to Gen. Clinch, who is an
honest man, a soldier, a patriot, possessing
quadruple the ability and sound practical sense
of his more artful, intriguing, electioneering,
demagoguical opponent. Gentlemen, it is the
first time the people of Georgia have had a
candidate for the Chief Alagistracy of the State
to take the stump, openly canvassing, practis
ing both suggcstiofalsi and suppressio veri, in
order to obtain ofiice —and this too in the midst
of banquets, public dinners, and all sorts of lit
tle tricks to catch votes —especially of the uu
suspectingportionof our people. “Oh shame,
where is thy blush ?”
People of Georgia, has it come to this, that
the man who asks your sutfrage for Governor,
entertains so poor an opinion of your intelli
gence, your honor, your regard for the purity
and dignity of the Chief Magistracy of the Stale,
as to expect to obtain your votes, and attain so
that high otfice—by eating, and drinking, and
political slang-whang. Such a man seeks noth
ing less than office! office!! office!!?—the
highest office within your gift, even though he
may have prostituted its dignity and your hon
or in the attainment of it.
A Voter of Georgia.
A New Mail Agent.— Much has been sung
and said of the sagacity of the cauine species,
and of the many useful servicesthey have been
made to perform for man; but until lately we
had never heard of any of them being pressed
into tbeservice of the mail, and made to act as
a sort of despatch post. This has been accom
plished however, by a very respectable gentle
man and farmer living on one of the many ri
vers which empty into the Chesapeake Bay.
This gentleman resittessome distance from any
post town, and is fond of having the current
news of the day, but for a long time he foumi
it difficult to gratify his inclination in this r« .
sped. He has, however, hit upon the foitrn v .
ing expedient, by which he obtains his. desj?- es .
A steamboat, which leaves our city several
times during each week, passes along.th* river
within about a mile of the shore on wfe ic h his
residence is situated. As the boat p asses up
the river he may be seen on, the Ua'jk with a
noble Newfoundland dog at his, s ld e . At a
given signal tho dog plunges into the water
and makes his way rapidly to the, boat; as lie
nears it a bladder, containing tb e daily papers
of our city, is thrown out, whic' n the dog imme
diately seizes, and with a faithfulness and dis
patch which would serve as an example to
many of the Government, niail agents, makes
his way back to the shore and deposites hi s
mail hag at his master’s f ee t. So well accus
tomed has the dog become to this service that
when the mail fails, and no bag is thrown to
him Irom the boat, he shows ati evident disap
pointment and unwillingness to return without
it.— Baltimore American.
A Phenomenon.— -An extract of a letter frona
Vivonchoux, in one of the Departments of
L ranee, which is published in a Paris Journal!,
says:
“A singular, not to say marvellous, phenom
enon has attracted considerable attention in our
community. A female about thirty years of
age, who was, some time ago, attacked with
epilepsy, suudenly fell into a state of insensi
bility resembling a constant lethargy. It is nov/
three years since this took place, and during al I
this time she has not made a. motion or mani
fested a single desire. Sitting upon her bed
with her mouth and eyes half open, and with -a
livid countenance, she presents the appearance
of a corpse to those who see her, yet her respir
ation is continued. This singular state of ex
istence, which has put a default on all the se
crets of art, is sustained by a taste of syrup and
water hourly.”
It is estimated that there are iu Boston, orot
ofa population of 120,000, at least 9000 chil
dren, between the ages of 4 and 16, who do not
attend Sabbath Schools. In New York the
number of children thus situated is about
30,000. An effort is now being made by the
Sunday School Association of New York to
have every family in that city visited this
month, with a view' of gathering into the
various Sabbath Schools many of the children
who are now deprived of their advantages.
tfljronicle null Sentinel.
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AUGUSTA, G-A;
MONDAY MORNING, SEPT. SO, 1847.
FOR GOVERNOR;
DUNCAN L. CLINCH,
Os Camden.
FOR SENATOR FROM RICHMOND AND COLUMBIA CO’S. ;
ANDREW J. MILLER.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM RICHMOND COUNTY :
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
ALEXANDER C. WALKER.
Opinions of Mr. JertV-rson and General
Jackson.
We have heretofore shown conclusively, that
both of these distinguished men recommended,
advocated and sustained protective tariffs.
The Constitutionalist said a few days since,
that they had leaned too generously to incidental
protection. We showed that General Jackson
was unqualifiedly for a downright protective
tariff, for protection for itself. We showed that
Mr. Jefferson was for the same thing, that he
declared, that Congress should “keep in all
things within the pale of our constitutional pow
ers, in the same sentence in which he said that
it was the duty of that body to ' protect l the man
ufactures adapted to our circumstances,” and,
that this protection was one of the “ land-marks ”
to guide us. Iu the sentence immediately fol
loiving, he said :
“By continuing to make these cur rule of action,
we shall endear to our countrymen the true princi
ples of their constitution, and promote a union of senti
ment and of action, equally auspicious to their happi
ness and safety.”
Our neighbor undertook to justify Mr. Jes
person. He said :
“In another, he (Mr. Jefferson,) discloses the real
motive, which all admit will justify a temporary de
parture from it, as a retaliatory measure.”
To this we replied, that the high duties of
‘ foreign nations would not excuse Mr. J. for vi
olating the constitution. Our neighbor answers
us in bis paper of Friday as follows :
“We have a short answer for this, and a few mere
comments ‘of the same sort.’
“We have neverconsidered that the non intercourse
laws , and the embargo laws of Mr. Jelferson’sadmin
istration were either anti-deraooratic, or violameof
the constitution. Those were retaliatory measures in
self-defence. They were measures of protection. —
But they were not designed for the especial benefit of
salt, iron, calico or homespun manufacturers in this
country. They were to protect the commercial rights
of our country in which all classes were interested. —
They were to protect our national flag from outrage,
our commerce from depredations, and from unreason
able restrictions, such as were imposed by the cele
brated orders in Council, and the Berlin and Milan
decrees. They were in short measures of defence,
Free 'Prude and Sailor’s Rights.
Admit all this to be true, and it does not
touch the question at issue. The message to
which we refer above, was sent to Congress in
1802. In that he proclaims the protection of
domestic manufactures to he constitutional, and
one of the land-marks to guide us. He recom
mended their protection by placing duties (tax
es) upon foreign goods brought into this conn
try.
We are perfectly aware that he urged Con
gress to prohibit th» introduction of some
British goods into this country in 1805, in con
sequence of serious interruptions to American
commerce by Great Britain.
This recommendation was carried out by
Congress. A bill was pasaod in the House
prohibiting certain articles of British growth or
manufacture on the 17th of M arch, 1805, and in
the Senate, on the 15th of April thereafter.—
But mark, this does not touch the question be
tween the Constitutionalist and ourselves.—
This law did not impose high duties upon those
articles, it did not undertake to prohibit them in
that way. It was simply an absolute prohibit’on
to their introduction at all, and consequently
did not come under the question of the power
of Congress to impose high duties or not! —
Again the Embargo Law, which was passed by
both Houses of Congress during the month of
December, 1807, was not a law to imp ose duties
upon foreign goods. It was a law to p rohibit all
American vessels from sailing to any foreign
ports whatever. It prohibited the vessels of
foreign powers from taking out cargoes from our
ports. The object was to annoy Brutish com
merce. We observe here, that tlie non-inter
course law Was this embargo law. Our neigh
bor appears to speak of them, as if they were
separate and distinct laws. The effect of the
emhmrgo law, was to prevent com raercial inter
course with other nations, and he nice, was gen
erally called the non-intercourse I aw.
Our neighbor says they were* measures for
protection. If they were, they were not tariff
laws imposing duties of any k ini ior amount. —
They did not raise a dollar of rct'enue. On the
contrary, they destroyed revenue- It would be
a very easy matter, if it were necessary to do
so, to prove that they protected no interest in
this country but that of the manufacturers, and
were decidedly injurious to the great mass of
the people. But that is foreign lo the issue in
volved.
Now note the dates of these several acts! —
Mr. Jefferson recommended the protection of
domestic manufactures by a tariff of duties in
1802. The prohibitory law', which had noth
ing to do with the tariff, was recommended and
passed in 1805, and the embargo law, which had
nothing to do icith it also, was passed in 1807.
It is clear, then, that Mr. Jefferson went for
protection for its own sake.
Our neighbor refers to the British Orders in
Council and the Berlin and Milan Decrees.
Napoleon having defeated the Prussians in
November 1806, entered Berlin, their capital,
in triumph. He issued the Berlin decree on the
21st of that month from the royal palace. The
object was to injure Great Britain. That de
cree declared the British Isles to be in a state ol
blockade, and all neutral vessels going to oi
l coming from them to be liable to capture.
The British Government, byway of retalia
tion. issued their Orders in Council, Nov. 11th,
1807. These prohibited all American trade to
1 any nation in Europe at war with England, oi
whiich denied access to the British flag.
Napoleon retorted, by issuing the Milan de
crce on the 17lh of December, 1807. This de
cree declared that any vessel which should sub
mit lo be searched by a British man-of-war, oi
'• visit British ports, or pay any impost to tin
British Government, should be denationalized
and liable to capture and confiscation. In con
sequence of these acts, Mr. Jefferson recom
mended, not the imposition of high duties under a
tariff, but the Embargo law, the object of which
we have already explained. We ask, then, if
the answer of the Constitutionalist touches the
point at issue 1 Does not the above exposition
clearly show that it does not I Our neighbor
must take another tack and seek relief in some
thing else, than those memorable decrees, orders
and Laws . They were great affairs in their day.
But a Democratic Editor can’t find in them a
refuge against the charge that Mr. Jefferson
was a tariff protectionist!
Our neighbor’s “few more comments of the
same sort,” he must clearly perceive, can do
him no good. He must find a few more of a
different sort, or he’s a gone retailer of Jeffer
sonian principles!
Elections*
Vermont. —The Whigs have carried both
branches of the Legislature, which secures a
Whig Governor, as there is no election by the
people.
Wisconsin. —The Whigs have elected their
delegates to Congress by a majority of 800.
Maine, as usual, has gone for the Demo
crats.
The official list of Interments in the City of
New Orleans from 9, A. M. of Sunday 12lh, to
Monday, the 13th of September, at the same
hour, shows 51 iu all, of Tvhich 29 were of Yel
low Fever.
In the Lafayette cemetery, for the 48 hours
ending Monday, the 13th, the interments from
Yellow Fever, were 11.
For the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Contingent Fund.
‘A portion of the Whig press, by a comparison of
the expenditures from this fund by Governor Mc-
Donald and by Governor Crawford, has endeavored
to prove that the latter was more economical than the
former, and have thence deduced an argument in
favor of a Whig successor to the present Executive.
Their premises are fallacious, and consequently their
conclusions are of the same character. It would be a
sufficient answer to all this empty boasting to call up
on the Whig press to designate a single item that Gov.
McDonald expended from the contingent fund that
was not unavoidable , and that has not met the ap
probation of the Argus eyes of all men of all parties
who have critically scrutinized his expenditures.
We challenge the Whig press to adduce any such
item.”
The above is taken from the last Federal Union.
There are, also, other editorials in the same
number which serve but to display the editor's
habitual recklessness. Why, he even presumes
to deplore the unscrupulousness of the Whig
press, and prate about its respectability! —
Now, it is as natural for a vain man to stultify
himself with false conceptions, as for a pea
cock to suppose that people see nothing but
his tail; because, when he sets up a false stand
ard for himself, he destroys the focus of his
judgment, and, consequently, views all things
around him, through an improper medium.
Why, has the editor forgotten that he is the same
person who opened the present gubernatorial
canvass, by comparing Gen. Clinch to the
“oysters, lobsters, and other shell-fish of the
sea-board ?” Lest his memory should be
treacherous, I will venture to remind him, that
such is the fact, and take the liberty of recom
mending to his especial notice, the following
appropriate invocation of Robert Burns:
“O wad some power the giftie gie us,
To see oursels as ithers see ns —
It wad fra mony a blunder free us,
And sad mishap.”
But let us return to the above extract: The
editor, in thus boldly touching the “ Contingent
Fund,” places himself in a position, similar to
that of the Bull, that attacked the Locomotive —
he has shown more pluck than judgment; and
his puny attempt to make folks believe that
Gov. McDonald’s administration of the fi
nances of the State, was governed by those rig
id rules of economy and accountability, which
have eminently distinguished Gov. Crawford’s
administration, will be just about as successful
as the attack of the foolish Bull upon the afore
said Locomotive !
It were somewhat an ungracious task to dis
play before the public eye, all the minute and
incontrovertible evidences on record, to prove
that the principles on which the affairs of the
Executive Department have been conducted
under Gov. Crawford, are totally different from
those which seem to have governed Gov. Mc-
Donald; yet there is no doubt, that a com
parison might heinslituted in this respect which
would compel even the stultified editor him
self to be satisfied.
I will recur to one fact, to show the incon
sistency of the Federal Union point,
and to show that the only object the editor ever
seems to study is party effect. But like all am
. bilious men without ability, he generally falls
short of his mark, or entirely overshoots it.
He rarely hits that “hair-drawn line” which se
parates “ too early” from “too late.”
Among its incessant endeavors to misrepre
sent Gov. Crawford, the Union, some two
years ago, opprobriously termed Gov. Craw
ford, “the dime-saver.” The people of
Georgia, evidently delighted with the epithet,
very good naturedly answered, “better had it
been for us, had we been blessed with more
such “dime-savers.” Now the Union, I fancy,
with all its habitual audacity, will hardly ven
ture to accuse Gov. McDonald, with having
been a “ dime-saver?” The experience of the
people has given them to understand his char-
acter in a very different light; they have been
taught by their teachers of the Democratic
1 press, (and among them the Union.) that Gov.
McDonald was the munificent lender of dollars
1 tothe people, with the Central Bank to back
his liberality, and not a paltry “ dime-saver !”
1 But the editor challenges the Whig press to
’ adduce an item spent by Gov. McDonald from
B the “ contingent fund that was not unavoidable ,”
8 j &c. Now it is not safe to dare a fellow when
he’s half mad beforehand, and more for the
purpose of stumping the editor than any other
* r object, I will furnish him with just one item
which, it seems to me, was not altogether “ un
•" avoidable
I now assert that Gov. McDonald, when he
0 was Governor, built him a “ pigeon roost” —
r or, more politely, a “ dove-cote”—for which
he paid out of the contingent fund, by Execu
five warrant, some one hundred and fifty dollars
>. of .the people’s money—and I dare the editor to
)- deny it.
, r Perhaps other items might be found which
ie would not 14 meet the approbation of the Argui
eyes of all men of all parties!” —although they
might he glossed over by Democratic aristocracy.
Baldwin.'
Georgia Mounted Battalion. —Monday
last the Georgia Mounted Battalion passed
through our city on their way to the seat of war.
The Battalion consists of 6 companies, about
500 men in all, likely to prove rough customers
in a campaign. They were under command
of Jas. S. Calhoun, who ranks as Colonel
There is also a Battalion of Infantry now being
completed at Columbus, four companies are
already enrolled, and the fifth nearly filled up.
The Georgia boys seem determined to have
some share in the fighting. We liaye no doubt
that they will not be found wanting when the
hour of trial comes, and we hope they will
come out of every fight with success, as we
know they will with honor. —Montgomery Flag,
1 6th inst.
Lusus Naturae. —We are indebted to Mr.
Troup Maxwell, of this County, for a singular
whim of Nature, a rain’s ear, from the tip of
which portrudesa perfectly formed horn about
one inch and a half in length. Its mate grew
from the head, as a ram’s horn should : but poor
Aries could show on t’other side, nothing but
the diminutive cornicle we have mentioned —a
minature copy of its fellow, and shooting, not
from the head, but from the very extremity ol
the ear. —Florida Sentinel, 14 th inst.
Yankee Industry and Thrift. —The fol
lowing facts are stated in the Bunker Hill
Aurora:
We were somewhat surprised the other day
to learn that the children in the interior towns,
who occupy their time in picking berries du
ring the season of them, earn on an average,
about one dollar per day, and the largest part of
the money finds its way into the Saving Banks
of the State. The women also frequently
engage in this buisness, and we have heard of
two cases of female industry and profit, in the
town of Lincoln, which appeared to us to be
worth mentioning, one woman did all the
home-work for her family, and earned eight
dollars per week in picking berries; and in the
other case a woman and her daughter did all
the work for the family, having several men to
work upon the farm, took care of the dairy ol
eightcows, and earned fifty dollars in one month j
iu picking berries. We imagine these instances
are not singular, and probably similar cases of
industry and thrift may be found in almost
every country town in the State, and they are
illustrative of the people.
Endowment of New York Colleges.—Ac
cording to the report of the Comptroller of
the State of New York, made to the Senate last
February, Union College has received from the
State $374,000 besides 5,500 acres ol land ; Co
lumbia College $54,755, besides the botanic
garden iu the city of New York, valued thirty
years ago at $74,000 ; and Hamilton College
$106,000. In 1838 an act was passed grant
ing to the University of the City of New York
and to Geneva College each an annuity of $6,-
000, and to Hamilton College, $3,000, all for
five years and ‘until otherwise directed by law,’
which annuities have been paid until interrupt
ed by the provsions of the new constitution. —
Such appropriations show that the opponents
of colleges, if any there are, have not controll
ed the legislation of the State of New York.—
Nat. hit.
Ho ! the Cotton. —The steamer Magnolia
arrived yesterday from Vicksburg with a car
go of 1608 bales of cotton. This is a large cargo
for so early a period of the season.— Picayune,
Uth.
The Legislature of Rhode Island having
pledged a certain sum for the erection of a State
lunatic Asylum, on condition that $70,000 be
raised by private subscriptions. Miss Dix, the
philanthropist, has setabout ; to raise the amount,
and a few days ago procured the handsome do
nation of $40,000 from an old and wealthy citi
zen of Providence.
M uviFicENT Liberality. —The New York j
Herald says that as soon as the sufferings of
the emigrants in the California mountains be
came known to the officers and crew of the
United States ship Savannah, then on the
northwest coast, a subscription was entered in
to for their relief, and the handsome sum of
five hundred dollars contributed cheerfully.—
Our tars are noble fellows, and deserve well
of their country. More was subscribed, but the
sailors could raise no more cash in that remote
section of the world.
Murder of Miss McCrea. —A correspon
dent of the New York Evening Post, whom
we take to be James Fennimore Cooper, writ
ing from Fort Edwards, N. Y., gives some de
tails relative to tiie murder ofthis lady, obtain
ed from Mr. Nelson, new to us, and which go
to destroy much of the romance which has al
ways surrounded this episode in Revolutiona
ry story :
M iss McCrea was affianced to a Mr. Jones,
with whom she had become acquainted in New
Jersey, whence both families had emigrated
and settled on the banks of the Hudson, a few
miles below the point occupied by Fort Edward
several years antecedent to the breaking out of
the Revolution ; that on the occurrence of
that event, the Jones’ espoused the royal cause
and retired to Canada, and where the lover of
Miss McCrea raised a company, and joined the
army of Burgoyne. Upon the approach of
the enemy, many of the inhabitants sought the
shelter ofthe fort, and Miss McCrea was at
the time an inmate at the house of a relative
near the walls. Mr. Nelson, who had the sto
ry from an eye-witness, says that on tiie morn
ing of the murder, Miss McCrea was riding
on horseoack upon the elevated plain, about
eighty rods north of the fort, where she was
shot from her horse by lurking savages, and
that her body was found the next day in a ra
vine near the spot, together with that of an A
merican officer, who had headed a scouting par
ty from the fort on the morning of the murder,
and which was almost entirely cut off by the
savages. Whether the unfortunate young la
dy was riding out to join her intended husband,
who was then attached to Frazer’s company,
constituting Burgoyne’s advance, and which
had penetrated almost to the fort, or for some
other purpose, is purely conjectural. Her bo
dy. however, together, with lhat of the young
officer, was conveyed by the retreating Ameri
cans—who were compelled by the vastly supe
rior force of Burgoyne to evacuate the fort—to
a spot about three miles below, and there inter
red upon the banks of a small stream near the
Hudson; so that it is not true, as itis common
ly reported, she was slain in a dispute between
the Indians appointed by her youthful lover
to escort her to the British camp—nor that she
was killed and buried beneath the old tree so
often pointed out —although it is true that her
body was found there, and the scene ofthe tra
gedy was very near.
The Magnetic Telegraph. —Mr. Shaw,
the superintendent of the line between Charles
ton and Petersburg, Va., states that the posts
are all erected between the two points with the
exception of about thirty miles ; that he has a
strong force engaged, and will commence put
ting on the wire the ensuing week ; and that
1 the line will be iu operation, and Charleston
. placed in magnetic communication with New
York, by the first of December next. — Sav.
Rep., 18 th.
Extra-line Teas, Sultana Raisins,
1 ALMONDS. N UTS, &c.
5 CHESTS CHOICE BLACK TEA,
10 half chests Young Hyson “
10 “ best Gunpowder and Imperial do.,
* 5 boxes Sultana RAISINS,
2 bales soft-shell ALMONDS,
5 bags FILBERTS, BRAZIL, PECAN am
1 MADEIRA NUTS, for sale by
B si I JOHN R. DOW.
LATEST FROM EUROPE. ■
ARRIVAL ° F ™ E
STEAMSHIP UNION.
Eleven Days Later.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser, \6thinst.
The French steamship Union, Capt. Herbert,
arrived at the quarantine this morning at about
half-past 11 o’clock, and was there detained on
account of some s'ckness on board, which our
marine news collector understood to be cases
of small pox.
The Union left Cherbourg on the 31st of
August, and brings 70 cabin and 150 second
cabin passengers.
By this arrival we have Paris papers to the
30th of August, London letters from our cor- f
respondent to the 28th and Liverpool to the ■
27th of August.
The London papers mention the failure of
Castellain, Sons & Co., and Messrs. Woodley,
of London; Lyon &. Finney, of Liverpool;
A. Dickson & Co. of Belfast, and a house of
old standing, whose liabilities are estimated at
£40,000.
Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser.
London, August 27, 1847.
It is somewhat doubtful whether the Britannia,
which is to leave Liverpool on the afternoon of the
4th, will arrive out as soon as the Union, which is to
leave Havre on the morning of the 31st inst. Be that
as it may, a few lines by the latter may not be amiss. ,
More Failures. —There have been several mer
cantile failures in the corn trade, since the departure
of the steamer of the 19th, but none that h?s caused
so much excitement as that of the Governor of the
Bank of England. You will see by the papers which
you receive by the Union that there is great displea
sure manifested at the present constitutional arrange -
meat of the Bank, which permits merchantsin active
business to be at the head of such an institution.
It is said that a man who cannot govern his own
affairs rightly should not be placed in the control of
others. It is agreed on all sides that the Governor
should be a man Jwho well understands mercantile
affairs, but that he should be one not given to specula
tion of any kind. It is required that a Governor of
the Bank of England must own shares to the amount
of X 30.000 to qualify him for the office. A new Go
vernor has been chosen.
On Monday the house of H. Castellian & Co. sus
pended payment.
To-day there has been another stoppage of a house
of great respectability in the corn trade, for j£iso,ooo.
The Standard of this evening says: —
The accounts from Mark-lane this morning are of a
most unfavorable description. Another house of re
spectability in the corn trade has been obliged to sus
pend payment. The liabilities are stated to be about j
£ 150,000. The effect of this ure, in connection [
with the extreme pressure for money, has been to re- j
duce the prices in Mark-lane from ss. to 10s. under ;
last Monday’s quotations. The lower figure repre- ;
sentsthe nominal quotation, but it is confidently stated
that corn can be purchased for cash at 10s. under last
Monday’s prices.
The effect of this awful depression in the corn mar
ket must be most serious. In addition to the numerous
failures which have already occurred, others will al
most certainly follow ; for it is hardly possible for the
most prudent factor to escape from the consequences
of the bankruptcy of those with whom he has been
dealing. Little commiseration is felt by the general
public for the disasters in Mark-lane ; but it v aid
not be very difficult to show that the speculations which
have turned out so unfortunately for the corn dealers
were as legitimate as many which are considered per
fectly regular, and which do not subject those whoen
ter into them to any obloquy.
It is currently reported that the directors ofthe Bank
of England are about to make a reduction in their rates ,
of interest, and to make advaubes on Exchequer bills ;
and other securities at five per cent. This would af
ford immediate relief to almost every branch of trade ;
for it must be remembered that the existit scarcity
of money and want of banking accommodation arises
in a great measure from want of confidence, which a
reduction of the Bank’s rates would do much tore. ore.
No alteration, however, was announced after tha meet
ing of the court yesterday, and the rates for the pre
sent remain unaltered.
The harvest fe nearly gathered in almost
every direction, and the accounts continue
most cheering. I have no recollection of a sea
son of such universal crops, and of such excel
lent quality of grain.
London, Monday morning, August 28th,
1847. —The packet ship Hibernia, which left
Boston on the l(3th in the afternoon, arrived at
Liverpool some time last night, and I have now
before me the London Herald of this morning,
containing two columns of extracts from the
New York papers. The Hibernia had a run
of only nine days from Halifax.
I enclose you the latest Liverpool advices of
cotton, &c.
The Corn Trade —I have just left the count- {
ing room of a large corn dealer. I was there
informed that the times “ are awful.” Flour
may be quoted at from 21s. to 255. and some
very superior for immediate use will bring in
small parcels26s. The very bestDantzic wheat,
that ten days ago brought 60s. is now held at
50s. On Thursday 1500 barrels of prime Bal
timore flour were offered for £ISOO, with
charges that brought it to about 21s. Gd. It
was relused at that price. Y esterday it was
purchased at 245. exclusive of the charges on
it, and retailed out in small parcels to the ba- 1
kers.
By the return of the Gazette this evening, j
Aug.27,the movement of the Bank of England
for the week ending on the 21 si instant gives
the following changes compared with the week I
ending on the 14th inst: —
In the department of issue the notes in cir- '
dilation had decreased £33,510., which had
been produced by the decrease of £31,573, of
gold coin or gold bullion, and of £1937, of sil
ver bullion.
On the debit side of the banking department
the rest had increased £16,995, the public de
posites had increased £472,538, the private or
other deposites had decreased £582,855. and
the seven-day and other bills had increased
£10,334, making the total of the liabilities
£32,865.383.
On the credit side the Government securities
exhibited no alteration; the other securities bad
decreased £565,064, dhc notes bad increased
£495,775, and the gold and silver coin had de
creased £13,699, which squared the account.
The bullion in both departments of the Bank
had decreased from £9,286,827, to £9.239,618,
being a difference of £47,°09.
The paper in tetuai circulation, including
the seven-day and other post bills, had decreas
ed from £19,462,030, to £18,943,079, be'ng a
difference of £518,951.
Postage. —lt appears that the United States
have increased the postage on papers passing
’ from the Boston steamers to Canada, in conse
-1 quence ofwhich orders have been issued from
the General Post Office here to add one hall
penny in prepaying the papers from this coun
-1 try to Canada.
Steamboat Explosion. —This city was thrown '
5 into a state of alarm about ten o’clock is mor
ning by a report that one of the river earners
J had blown up and that 150 persons were ei .er
killed or wounded. As with all such reports,
: it was soon ascertained that, although a dread
* ful explosion had taken place, the injury done
r was far less than first repor‘
Up to my present writing, the number dead
is given at six and the wounded twelve. The
boat iS named the Cricket, built of iron, with a
. high pressure engine, or what is cailed “Oc
tavius Smith’s patent.”
s The boat was at the wharf near the Adelphi,
e in the Strand, and had on board some 150 pa
a sengers. The alter part of the boat was blown
up, and most of the passengers who were on
it that part of the boat were either blown into the
n river or upon the wharf. The tide was fortu
v nately well out, and many escaped by being
’. thrown upon the mud bottom, while o ers
we e picked up by the numerous boats in the
■ vicinity.
Ireland.
I do not find much of general interest from
Ireland. There have been several recent pi
racies on the coast in attempting to rob corn
laden vessels. A few days ago, one hundred
and fi. y men in boats attempted to board a ves
sel, but were driven off, with some killed and
j others wounded.
A trader was boarded off Achill-head, and
while in the act of plundering, the Bteamer
1
Dasher came up, fired, killed one man and took
five prisoners.
France.
Murder and Suicide. —Paris, for several davs
past, has been m a state of great excitement,
caused by the murder of the Duchess of Praslin,
by her husband, an. the subsequent suicide of
the Duke. I will give the details as briefly as
possible.
T e Duchess was a daughter of Marshal Se
bas. ani, beautiful woman, mother of nine
children, e eldest being the only one married,
to a rich Piedmontese gentleman residing at Tu
rin. The second daughter left Paris the day
before the murder to join her grandfather, who
was on a visit to Geneva. The others were at
Paris. It appears that the governess, a very ac
complished woman, had recently been dismis
sed by the Duchess for sufficient cause, and
had gone to reside in a large boarding school
in Paris, as a teacher.
The Duke and Duchess had been for some
time at Havre, and returned the day previous
to the murder. It is said that the Duke on his
arrival at Paris called to see their late governess
before he went to his own residence. This
was known to the Duchess, and nigh words
were the consequence in the evening.
On the morning of the 18th inst., between 5
and 6 o’clock, the waiting maid was awakened
by her lady’s bell, and inrtantly proceeded to
her apartment, the door of which was locked
from within.
After calling, and receiving no answer, but
hearing groans, she called other servants and
broke open the door, and found the Duchess
in the agonies of death, having received seven
wounds, some from a poignard and some from
other instruments. The alarm in the house
soon brought the Duke into his wife’s apart
ment (they had had separate apartments for
some time,) and he threw himself on the dead
body; but from his manner and other circum
stances he was soon suspected by the officers
of justice who had come in, and was not per
mitted to depart, nor was any one allowed to
leave the premises until the chief of the police
had arrived. The Duke beinga peer of France
and a member of the King’s household, it was
a matter of doubt whether he could be sent to
prison, but two police officers were kept in his
chamber.
On Saturday morning he was removed to a
prison in the palace of Luxembourg, in sucha
state of prostration that it was found necessary
to carry him from his room to the carriage.
This removal of the Duke to prison was order
ed by the Chamber of Peers, which had been
summoned immediately after the act of murder
became known to the King. It is said that
when it was announced at the Palace the Queen
fainted, and was afterwards in hysterics for
some time. Nothwithstanding it was generally
supposed the Duke would make an attempt on
his own life, he got possession of some drug
which he swallowed; the fact was soon discov
ered and methods were adopted to counteract
the effects of the poison. These had the dash
ed effect for a time, but the unfortunate man
died on Tuesday the 24th.
The death of the Duke relieves the Chamber
of Peers of the painful trial that was to be
brought before it; but the manner of his death
has produced many severe remarks against
those in authority. Indeed the Paris corres
pondent. of the London Times says that it was
the wish of some “high in authority” that the
tragedy should thus end.
Both the Duke and Duchess had large for
tunes. The latter was a friend to the poor and
distressed of every kind. Among the entries
in her memorandum book are these —“One
hundred francs given to Mrs. T. to assist in ob
taining a substitute for her son ; 50f. sent to R.,
whose wife was recently confined.” The clergy
men with whom she was acquainted were her
almoners.
The governess has been arrested ; a large
correspondence with this woman has been
found in a cabinet in the Duke’s partment.
Four of the Paris journals, the Reforme, Ga
zette de France, Union Monarchique and Cha
rivari have been seized for having published
some strong remarks upon the murder of the
Duchess, and connected that event with the
general corruption in France.
In reference to the call for assistance by ring
ing the bell, it must have been done after the
murderer bad left the room. There must have
been a great struggle between the Duchess and
j the assassin, as she retained some hair in her
i hand when first found by the servants. One
I account says that the bell must have been rung
vvh’le the Duke was completing his horrid pur
pose and that the servant, perceiving that it was
daylight, put on her clothes before answering
the summons, thus enabling the murderer to es
cape.
Spain.
The country is in a deplorable condition,
with very little prospect of improvement. The
King and Queen are still at variance, and|it is
not fikely he will change his determination —
Our last advices are to the 21st. Narvaez
had been summoned to Madrid with a view ol
i forming a new Cabinet.
Italy.
The latest accounts, up to the 17th, say that
j the Austrians were pouring troops into the Pa
i pal states. On the 15th a large corps passed I
the Po.
The occupation of Ferrara has produced a I
strong sensation in Rome and other cities in
Italy. Crowds assemble in the streets, and in
the cases. Some were for proceeding to the res
idence of the Austrian Minister and pulling I
down the arms, but this was prevented by die I
majority. In one evening more than six thou
sand young men enrolled their names to start
at a moment’s notice to oppose the Aus
trians. I
The following is thesecond protest ot the
Cardinal Legate of Ferrara, alluded to in the I
ast accounts from Bologna :
“ Notwithstanding the protest which I addressed on
the Bth inst. to Lieut. Marshall Count Auesperg, com
i manding in the name of the emperor of Austria, the
fortress and imperial troops, relative to Austrian pa- I
trols going through the town, a protest which I consi- I
dered it my duty to communicate to the superior go
vernment, by whom it was approved of, as appears
from a despatch received from the secretary of state, a
military deputation came before me to-day at noon, .
with an almost menacing aspect, and handed me a no
tice written by the hand of the said Lieut. Marshall,
declaring that a ‘ despatch from Milan of his Excel
lency the general-in-chief Count Radetski, dated
August 11, 1847, gave him a positive order to occupy
the principal j >-t of that place, as well as the gates of i
the city of Ferrara ; that being decided on in conform- L
ity with the principles of military service, and in per
fect accord with our undoubted right.” That occupy* h
lion has been carried into execution this day at 1o- y
clock, and as 1 consider this act to be a manifest vio
! lation of the sacred rights which his Holiness and ihe
See possess over the city and province ol Ferrara, and
I not being willing by my silence to in any way pre- U
| judice those rights, I, in my quality of representative
of the Holy See in the said city and province, do L
hereby protest formally against the occupation which
has just been effected.
“ I declare it to be altogether illegal and arbitrary,
and causing prejudice to the dominion and sovereign!)
of the Holy See over its States. I protest with
1 much the more reason against this act, that it has been
executed without any conduct, either upon the parte. |
the government or of the inhabitants, laving serv p I
as a motive for it, and because it took place in > ■
open day, when there were most persons abroad, Wll I
public offence to the political government and to I, ‘-
troops which were peaceably occupying the differen
posts, and in fine in the mo-t menacing and abrup
manner, so that there was scarcely time to give none
of the said intention to the pontifical officers in culJl
mand of these posts.” _
“ This is what his Eminence paotested in iiie 11U ’* H
formal manner, ordering that the original of this P
test be preserved in my registers, and that copies
sent to the Secretary of State, to the Austrian ini i . |jj
commander, and to this apostolic legation, in ptrp>-
memorv of the fact. , n a
“Ex - -le-’ read, and made public uy me,
clear ‘ i intelligible vo’ e, at the chateau of ■||
in the presence erf the following creditabe wi I
[Signed] “ Louis Cardinal-Ciaccib.
Apostolic Legatee of the city and province of Ferrar
It is reported that the French and Austria
1 ambassadors have manifested displeasure
publication of the foregoing. . . or o- I
P It is said that the King of feardmia b**' P*
tested against the occupation of Ferrara oy
