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From the Savannah Georgian, Dec 26.
A fire broke out yesterday abiut 20
minutes before 12 o'clock, in the (urge
wooden teoeme.it extending from Bay
sane to Bryan street, and fronting Whita
ker street, ibe upper story of which was
occupied as boarding houses by M>s. Ann
Stibbs aud Mrs. Hopkins, and the lower
story by Me sr«. G. and C. Bonney as a
Store, and Mr. Calvin Baker as a L Htery
Office, and the whole owned by Mr. Ellis,
of Glynn county and insured for S2OOO,
in the Charleston Marine and Fire Insu
rance Company. The roof of the build
ing was soon enveloped in (limes, which,
©wing to a high wind from the west, bid
defiance to alt exertions to save it, and
threatened with destruction all the build
rugs east of it.
It was soon perceived that an adjoin,
ing building occupied by Mr. John A.
Germa, a shoemaker, and the stable and
outbuildings of the City Hotel, south of
the lane, must share the same fate. All
efforts were therefore directed to save the
City Hotel and the large building owned
by the Estate of Mr. Scott and occupied
_ by Mrs. Batty as a boarding It.-use. The
rear of the City Hotel was on fi<o sever
al times, and a back shed . attached to
Mrs. Batty's was consumed,—but the fire
was, by great exertions, arrested at those
buildings. It however, after burning the
stable, <Scc. crossed Bryan street and con
sumed he large wooden building on John,
son's Square,occupied by Messrs. V-alleau
and Oates, Justices of the Peace: Mr.
Thomas Le Cerf, gau-smith; James
Dunn, (coloured man) tailor; and Isaac
Bourquin, (coloured man) barber. Three
small buildings on Bryan street, occupied
by Mr. Crates McDonald, shoe-maker;
Ragis, (colored man) barber; and
Ross Jackson (colored mau) fruiterer,
<Scc. were also burnt to the ground, and
another small tenement occupied by Mrs.
R. T. Shearer, and Mr.——, jeweller, on
St. Jalian st., very much injured, though
by the oxer.ions of the firemen and citi-
Bpns, the litter, with the building occupi
ed by Messrs. Hamilton, Houston <s• Co.
as a clothing storo, which was on fiie se
veral times, were saved from destruction.
All the buildings on the trust lot between
Bryan and St. Julian streets were, wi h
the stable of the Hotel, we understand,
insured in the London Phoenix Office.—
Very little property was burnt, but much
injured by removal, particularly that of
Mrs Duville. The loss of the two last
ladies is considerable, having bad most of
their furni’nre mutilated,. They well de
serve a large potion of the sympathy of a
generous community, v hich wo are satis
fied will not be withheld from them and
tfieir fellow sufferers.—They are all in
dustrious and worthy individuals.—Had
the fire occurred at night, ell the brick
building east <.f it, forming an imposing
portion of the city would have been in
great peril. TheEpicospaiChurch was io
some danger from a Hike having set the
the steeple in ft blaze, but it was seon ex
tinguished. Other buildings in danger
were preserved by active measures.
Every body remembers the Duke of
Saxe Weimar, who a few years since vis
ited Nev Orleans—made the tour of the
United States, and wrote a book concern
tog the same.— By the following extract
from foreign papers; it appears possible
he will change bis coronet and strawberry
leaves for a kingly ciown. *
N. O. Bulletin.
"The Bohemian Congress.— -The Na
remburgCorrespondent gives thefollo wing
as to the territorial arrangements agreed
upon at Munchengratz, but at the same
time declares that ’.hay resemble the fa
bulous.—Russia. Austria and Prussia,
Came to an agreement that Poland should
be again ereced into an independent
kingdom, and that the sceptre should be
conferred upon the Duke of Saxe Wei
mar. Prussia is to receive as an indemn
ity, the Duchy of Saxe Weimar; and
Russia and Austria, Moldavia and Wai
lachia. But in order that by this incor
poration Weimar may not become a
mere provincal town, some person of
ingenuity has conceived the following
arranegment: —After Russia and Austria
shall have been indemnified, all Poland
will pass under the dominion of Prussia,
and a Prussian Prince will be placed on
the throne of Poland. Prussia will then
cede to Weimar her Thuringian provin
ces, and the Grand Duke, assuming the
title es King of That ngia, will establish
his residence at Weimar. Thus he
kingdom of Thuringia, destroyed in 534,
would be revived after ap extinction of
13 centuries?' x,
More Geid in Virginia.—lt is stated in
the Richmond Whig of the 12th, that a
gold Mine had been discovered in the
County of Louisa, which with only two
washers, yielded in one day, recently,
four thousand penuy w eights of gold, be
sides a good deal laid aside imbedded in
quarts to be pounded.
DECLARATIONS.
Neatly printed and for talcaf this Office.
Fron the Federal Union, Dec. 25.
THE LEGISLATURE.
The general Assembly adj uiaed at a
[ate hour of iho night, on Saturday, the
21st iost, after a session of seven weeks,
•n which the sittings were unusually long
md arduous. They have passed several
very impo.taut bills. Among the most
interesting, are those for thtee rail roads,
one from Savannah to Macon, one from
Macon to Forsyth, and one from Augus
ta, westwardly, branch ng to Athens, M id
son in M< rgau county, and Eatonton.—
The State takes no part of the stock, but
leaves the several schemes to be conduct
ed by individual enterprise and capital;
s ablishcs regulations which secure to
the several corporations t c power of
procuring the land which they msj need,
at a fair valuation; gives to them an ex
clusive light to corstiuc: and keep up rail
roads,on theii respective routes for thirty
six years, leaving them at the end of that
term, full owners of ilieir several roads,
with the land over which th> y pass, and
ail of iheir appurtenances; subject to this
limitation, that at the expiration of fifty
years, the State may purchase the whole,
or any pait of the stock, at a fair price.
The charters require that the roads shall
be commenced within two years after the
passage of ihe act, and shall be completed
within six years thereafter.
The public slaves employed in improv
ing the roads and rivers, are all to be sold.
A tenth judicial circuit has been formed,
called “the Coweta Circuit.’*
Many vary important alterations have
been made in the penal code. Numerous
classes of breaches of trust, by factors,
bank-officers, and others, for which the
laws have heretofore only provided inad
equate civil remedies, are now declared
to be penal offences, and subject to peni
tentiary puuishmen l . The unjust legal
maxim, ttmpus ncc occurrit regi, (time
does not run against the (King) State,) is
abandoned; and the principle of limita
tions is applied to the prosecution of all
crimes, exccpt'murder. Where a convic
tion for a capital offence has been indue
ed by circumstantial evidence alone, and
there is no positive evidence of the guilt
of the prisoner, the judge may commote
the punishment of death, tn perpetual im
prisonment in the penitentiary. In pros
ecutions, the iStatc will have half as ma
ny peremptory challenges as the prison
er. Attempts to perpetrate crimes, where
the criminal design, is fully evinced by
s )me overt act, but fails in execution, in
many cases not heretofore • noticed by
penal laws, are made punishable. The
shortest time of penitentiary imprison
ment, is brought from four years, down to
one year. There are many other, chan
ges in the system, and we do not hesitate
to say, that the penal code is essentially
improved.
We will hereafter give a synopsis of I
all the important laws which have been
passed, except those which we shall pub
lish io full.
THE DEPOSITE QUESTION.
Mr, Clayton, of Georgia, who rose fur
the purpose, of vindicating himself from
what he conceived a misrepreseivatiou on
the part of Mr. Beardsley, of New Yoik.
That gentleman had charged him.hu said,
with inconsistency in consequence of his
taking his position, that altti >ug«ti he was
opposed to the Bank ofthuUnited States,
and did not view the public moneys as
safe in that Znstiiution, he disapproved of
their removal to Staie Banks, of which
he knew nothing,but which he held to be
still more unsafe than the Bink from
which the Deposits had been taken Mr
C. denied that there were the leasi incon
sistency m holding and avowing such an
opinion. He did out believe the public
money perfectly safe while in the keep
ing of any corporation, whether for bank,
ing, for roads, canals, or any other pur
pose: yet he might veiy co sisten ly be*
Leve i more unsafe in the bands f some
o these corpo aliens than of others. As
to the Slate Banks, they might read their
fate in the treatmen. which the Bank of
the United States had received.
The morueut then directors should con
clude it due to the interests of their stock
holders to make anypublications illustrate
oryofthe condition otiheir affairs,especialy
if the tendency of such pu lications should
be suspected of having the remotest bear
ing on any pending election, they might
calculate on having die public money im
mediately taken from them,aud every at
tempt made to ruin them; as iheir cap
itals were sm Iler, thoy could not stand
the same pressure. Besides, the Govern
mem had a partial coiniol over the Bank
of (he United States, having given its
charier, and retaining, a share in its di
rection; but over the State Banks it had
no such control. They were therefore
obviously a less sale place of deposite
for the public funds.
Mr. C, Insisted that a Committee of
the Whole was the place where this ques«
tion would receive the speediest decision
and, therefore, be should be in favor of
giving the Secretary’s Report that direc
tion. He need not advert to the effect
of documents thrown into this House in
relation to the subject of the Bank and
the deposites, or the speculations which
were constantly going on in United States
Bank Stock; and would, eot the same
thing happen,a.id to a still greater extent,
in relation to the stock of State or local
Banks, where the public funds might be
deposited! Was it not plan that a wider
door to fraudulent speculation could not
by possibility have been devised! All
that was necessary was for the Secretary
te communicate to a few favored individ
uals, that he was about to r miove the pub
lie money from one of these Banks into
another, and immediately an opportunity
would be given to speculate in the stock
' of both.
The Secretary had professed to give in
hi* reports, aii.he reasons on which his
removal of the Deposites was founded.
Now he had either removed them on
'hese reasons or not. If he had, then
from the nature of these roasoqi,the
mitteo of the Whole on tho State of the
Union, was the appropriate place to con
sider and discuss them; but, if other reas
ons were tu be fished op for ihe act. from
facts io be brought before a private Com
mince,then the reasons he had ffictally
given to that House, were not the true
reasons on winch the deposites bad been
removed. Mr C. said,he maintained now.
as ha ever had that the United States
Bink was not a safe or proper place in
which to keep the public fund-; but he
held them equally unsafe in the hands of
corporate bodies of any description. He
had never been actuated by any feelings <»f
personal hostility against the Bank, or
against any of its Directors or Siwckhol
ders; and he had too great a regaid to
what must be the consequences of its sud •
den prostration, to desire any such thing.
Ho too well knew what great suffering
such a course mus? inevitably inflict on
the whole community, The Government
had besides, the seven millions of stock
in this institution, more than twelve mil
lions in deposites. Could he join in any
purpose of prostrating at a blow such an
institution? Far be it from ais mind. No;
be wished to see the Bank eased down
by a safe, and gradual,and timely process,
and not to see it broken up and destroy
ed.
fie asked gentlemen whether it could
possibly be the intention of Government
to destroy the Bank? Could they be ac
tuated by a design whose uccess must
spread ruin throughout this wide commu
nity? He had no hesitation in saying,
that, should this bo done, a greater evil
could not be inflicted on the country.
Who can fix the wind—or strip the
comet <>f its eccentricity? Then, he may
attempt to calculate the movements of
Judge Clayton.—This eccentric politi
cian was as violently opposed as any man
to the United States Bank—Now what
is lie? He must hnow, that the public
revenue most be deposited either in that
Bank, er in the Stale Banks. No rea
sonable man pretends to see eny other
alternative. As you take out of the one
scale, you add to the other. As you mul.
tiply objections to the State Depositories,
you strengthen the argument in favor of
the U. S. Bank.—This consistent states,
man, however, objects more strongly to
the State Banks as a safe depository of
the public monies, than to the U. S.
Bank,—The Judge confesses, “that al
though he was opposed to the B ink of the
U. States, and did n>t view the public
monies as safe in that Institution, he dis
approved of their removal to State Banks,
[of which he knew nothing, but which he
held t<> be still more unsafe than the Bank
from which the Deposites had been ta
ken. Mr. C, denied that there was the
least inconsistency in holding and avow
ing such an opinion. He did not believe
the public money perfectly safe while in
the keeping of any corporation, whether
for banking, for roads, canals, or any <>-
ther purpose; yet he might very consis
tently believe it more unsafe in the hands
of some of these corporations than of o.
(hers." And then he goes on, raising
phantoms and objecting to the Sta e In- j
stltu ions—declining withall, that "he ,
wished to see the U. S. Bank eased
down by a safe* aad gradual and timely
process, and not to soe it broken up and
des'royed.” By tho winter, perhaps, we
shall see die Judge going one step farther,'
recanting all he has ever said against its
dissolution altogether. Il is time for the
Judge to retire to private life. Let him
depend upon it, that he was not cut out
for a politician; or, as Monsieur W., the
tailor, said of a gentlemen whose neither
garments could not be gracefully adjusted
t<> his taper limbs,“Ob,Sare you were nut
made for de paataloons.”
Richmond inquirer
The following arc the prominent pro
visions of such of ihe moat important Acts
of tho late Legislature, as could be ob
tained for examination, up to the lime of
preparing utir paper for the press.
The act for the amendment of the pen
al laws of the Stato, provides an entire
new organization of the Penal Code.
Toe act ‘•more effectually to provide
for the government and protection of the
Cherokee Indit.us,” &c. confines tho In
dian occupancy to 160 acres; forfeits that
right for the employment of a white man
as a tenant or laborer on heir farm; takes
from white men with Indian families, all
rights as such, but those of occupancy, to
which each must entitle hirasel , by re
cording hts intention io Court, by the
first of March next ; provides for the
punishmen. of such as obstruct enrolling,
and fotbids the prosecution of claims a
gainst such as have enrolled so as to pre
vent their emigrating at tho appointed
time t authorizes the granting of such lots
as ate occupied by Indians who have had
reservations in former treaties, or who
have enrolled for emigration, and failed
to rem >ve; and appoints an agen ; with a
salary of SIOOO, to carry into effect cer
tain provisions of the act,and to put draw
ers into possession of such parts of (her
lots as are nut within the improvements or
in the actual occupancy of the ludians.
The act for the distribution, by Lotte
ry, of the Fractions, has already been car
ried into effect.
The act to reduce the price of Grants,
fixes that es Land Lots, at $lO, and that
of the Gold at $5.
The act for the formation of the Cow
eta Circuit, includes within the new Cir
cuit, the counties of Meriwether, Troup,
Heard, Coweta, DeKalb, Campbell and
Car ml, of the Chattahoochee; ihe coun
ty of Fayette ; ofihe Flint, and tho coun
ties of Cobb und Paulding of tho Chero
kee Circui'; attaches tho counties us Ba
kerrand Eaily to the Chattahoochee Cir
cuit; and changes the rimes of holding said
Courts.—[Alteration hereafter.]
The act'for the sale of the public hands,
provides for their disposal at public sale,
by the Superintendents, in Savannah,
Augusta, Milledgeville, Macon and Col
umbus—one fifth cflsA, the balance in
notbs to bo approveihby, and pieced in
the Central Bank.
The act for the compensation <>f the
Reduction Convention, provides for theii ,
payment at the same rates as members of
the Legislature.
The act for »he incorporation of the
Georgia Rail R >ad C- mpanv, give# ex
clusive privileges fur a Road from Augus
ta to the interior, with branches t-» Eaton
ton, Madison, Athens &c., with exclusive
rights for 20 miles on either si e.
The act to inco porate the Central Ca
oal and Rail R »ad Company gives sfmi
lar priviledges for a Road or Canal from
Savannah to Macon.
An act has been passed to divide Mur
ray County, and “Walker” made the
name of the new county.
The act for the alteration of the Coti.
stitu ion in regard to divorces, passsed the
first time last session, is now finally pas.
sed; and makes the verdicts cf two suc
cessive Special Juries final.
Art act has been passed the first time,
to alter the Constitution so as to make the
sessions of the Legislature biennial in
stead of annual; and to make the Judges
and Solicitors eligible for four instead of
three years.
The act for the suppre sion <»f Lotte
ries, makes the sale or advert izing of any
ticket in a lottery ur any device in the
nature of a lottery, a misdemeanor sub
ject to a fine not less than ssoo—one
half to the informer—or on failure o f pay
ment, to imprisonment in Jail at the dis.
cretion of the Court, not exceeding six
months.
The bill to make the judges of.the Su
perior Courts, and the General Officers
of the mililia, eligible by the people, us
well as the bill and resolutions in refet
ence to Reduction of the Legislature,
failed. So also, the Resolutions, mak
ing the Academic and Poor School fund,
and ihe loans of the Central Bank, distrib
utable according to white population.
Recorder.
LIST OF ACTS
Passed by the Legislature of South Caro'ina
in 1833.
An Act to provide for the Military Organiza
tion of the State.
An Act ta re charter the Bank of the State of
South Carolina.
An Act to repeal “ an Act entitled an Act to
exempt the members of the Vigilant Phiotiix
and Charleston Fire Engine Companies
of Charleston troin jury duty.”
An Act to repeal •• an act entitlod an act to
open and improve the navigation of Ihe Dwck .w
and VVhapp tho >lla creeks and to establish a
public lamtint* at the head of the navigable wit
ters thereof.”
An Act concerning the Walsworth Free
School.
An Act concerning the South Carolina Canal
aud Rail Road Company.
An Act for the further regulation of Magis
trates and Constables in the Parishes of Saint
Phillip and Saini Michael.
An Act to renew the charter of the State
Bank.
An Act to incorporate a Bank in the town of
Cheraw.
An Act to vest in the Trustees of the Medical
College of the State of South Caiolina, power
to grant licenses to practice Medicine and SUr
g*ry, aud to vend Drugs.
Au Act to incorporate the village o And er
gon.
Au Act tn alter the tenure of the Ordinary’s
offices, and tu pro vide for his giving security.
Au Act to incorp rate tlie Dockow and Whap
poholla Rail Road Company.
An Act concerning Some of the public works.
Au Act abolishing certain punishments, and
amending the law for the trial of staves and free
perrons of color.
An Act to make appropriations for the year
one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three,
and for other purposes.
An Act Concerning the town of Winnsborongh.
An Act to amend the act of 1788, commonly
called the Prison Bounds act
An Act to alter and prolong Ihe terms of the
Court of Equity for certain districts.
An Act more effectually to provide for the de
fence of the state.—
An Act to raise supplies for the year one thou
sandeight hundred and thirty three.
Acttocorpoiate certain societies.
Act to establish certain Roads, Bridges,
and Ferries.
An Act concerning Peijury.
An Act to vest certain squares and lots of wood
land in the town of Columbia, in the Trustees of
the South Carolina College.
A Bill to alter and amend the fourth Article of
ihe Constitution of South Cai olina.
Salt at Key West.— A pumplet has
just been published, the object of which
it to call the public attention to the unusu
al facilities afforded at Key West for the
manufacture <>f Salt. It contains a mass
of documents of unquestionable respecta
bility, going to shew the important fact,
that the water of the salt pond ou that I.
sland, is at all times at least 100 per cent
stronger than sea water,of which salt is pro
fitably manufactured in the Eastern Stales,
and in dry seasons it has been known to
reach the point of saturation. In Massa
chusetts, the process of salt making by
solar evaporation,can only be<arried on du
ring the summer months; —Whereas at
Key West it can be continued wi.hout
interruption through the entire year.
It has been ascertained by exper
iments, that while the temperature of the
atmosphere is not lower than 48 degrees
of Fahrenheit, salt can be made by so
lar evaporation; and a series of observa
(ions for a number of years, show that
the average range of mercu.y at Key
West is 76 degrees,&that only once since
the settlement of the Island, has the
thermometer indicated so low a tempeia
ture as 48 degrees. The pond that is to
supply the water measures 340 acres,
which is an extent of surface greater than
is furnished in any of theßahama ponds,
with but one exception. With concur
ring advantages,a company has been in
corporated, by the Legislative Council of
Florida, having for its object the manu
facture of salt at this place; and from
the examination we have made of cal
culations furnished by' gen lemon with
whom we are acquainted, and hi whose
judgment (he public would place much
confidence, we arrive at the conclusion,
that an opportunity is aff'rded for an un
usually profitable investment of capital.—
The enterprize is certainly worthy of at
tention, and we would recommend the
painplet to all who may be desirous of
more detailed information on the subject.
Mobile Com. Ad.
AUGUSTA© >
MONDAY DEC. 30,1533.'
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We mistook our informant on Friday about
the arrival of the David Brown, at Charleston.
The passenger came in the Northern stage from
New York, after the David Brown, in Which he
was during the storm, returned to that city. It
now appears, that this vessel will not leave New
York again immediately. The Wm. Gibbons,
Capt. Pennoycr, is expected at Charleston in a
few days.
AUGUSTA RACES.
We think the time appointed for the Augusta
Races so often changed, may nowjprobably re
main unaltered. It will be noticed that the pe
riod now fixed, is the 2d Tuesday in March.
We notice the subject that the alteration, we
believe for the f >uith time, may be ma iked.—
We would also observe that great preparations
are making for the occasion. The Turf has
been ditched and levelled, and will probably be
drier than it lias ever been under any circum
stances. The old buildings are improved, a
Ladies Booth about to be erected, and the whole
inclosed . y a ten-feet-high fence of plank.—
When the whole is finished,it will be unequalled
by an> establishment of the same kind we Rave
ever seen.
The Superior Court of Huston Countv has
been altered by the Legislature to ihe 4lh Mon
day in July and December.
The Rev. Philip Liudsley, at present
President of the University of Tennessee,
at Nashville, has been elected President
of the University of Pennsylvania.
It is currently reported, that the Hen.
Joel B. Southerland will receive tho ap
pointment of Minister to Russia, as suc
cessor to Mr. Buchanan—So savs the
Philadelphia U. S. Gazette of the 19<h
inst.
The Intelligencer of Dec. 18, in speaking of
the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Trea
sury says:
“ The estimate for 1834 is, that after the en
tire.extinction of the Public Debt, during the
year, there will be in the Treasury r>n the Ist
day of July, 1835, a balance of $2,981,796
(Including of course, though the Report does
not say so, the old sum of $1,400,000 of una
vailable funds, produced by the derangement of
the currency of the country, anterior to the es
tablishment of the Bank of the United State#.]”
The Report estimates that there will be in the
Treasury on the 31sl December, 1834 (.nothing
is said in it about rhe “ Ist day of July, 1835”]
a balance of $2,981,796 05, after deducting
unavailable funds ” — Glnbe.
One hundred and fifty casks of bronzed sta
tues, arrived at New York from Liverpool,
faithful likenesses of Bonaparte, Jarkson, Wel
lington, Van Buren, Swa.twout, Hamilton, Bid
dle, and other distinguished personages, which
turned out, on inspection, to be lead, some
weighing 50 lbs. The bronzed figures are free
of duty—lead pays 3 cents per lb. The whole
will be seized, confiscated, and melted down.—-
Wliat an amalgamation—let’s have no fighting
in the crucible.— S(ar.
At December lerm of the Supreme Court of
Thomas county, the Grand Jury made format
presentment of George Hamlin, of the Territo
ry of Florida, for the offen-e of Murder, in
having killed in a duel, within the juiisdtction
of that county John K. Campbell, Esq. on the
29th August last. Upon the application of the
Solicitor General of the Southern Circuit (Ste
phen F. Milter, Esq ) the Governor of Georgia
has demanded Mr Hamlin, of ttie Executive of
Florida, pursuant to the Act of Congress passed
in 1793, respecting fugitives from justice, in or
der that he may be regularly tried by the proper
authorities of the Stale of Georgia.
Recorder,
ALABUII,
ELECTIONS BV THE LEGISLATURE.
Directors of the Branch Bank at Montgomery. I
—On Tuesday evening last ihe two Hou-es went
into the election of President and Din ctors of
this Institution, and resulted a« folloivs:
John Giudrat, Piesident, Charles Pollard,
Thomas W. Cowles, Bushrod IV. Bell, Samuel
D. Holt, Thomas James, Charles S. Lucas,
Thomas S. M<ys, George Wragg, Joseph N.
Bradford, George Whitman, William D. Pickett.
iVilliam Falconer.
Trustees of the University —On Thursday
last the following gentlemen were elected, by
the Legislature, Trustees of the University of
Alabama.
John Elliot*. > r ~ _.
James Delle*, J for lhe * ,rst Circuit.
Henry C. Lea, ? r c .
Thomas CrawfdVd J for tlie eC °” d “
Thoma. Kiddle J for ,br Tb,rd °
Win. Richardson, J r .. c ....
David Hubbard, JforO’e Fourth •«
Jesse W. Garth, { the Fifth •<
John W. Womack, ) , ......
Thomas 3. Mays, {fw the Sixth “
sJmue| R S n E R a O rle, | Seventh '•
Judges of the Circuit Courts.— On Thursday
last the two Houses went into an election for
Judges of the Second, Sixth, nnd Seventh Judi
cial Circuits. On the fourth ballot John S. Hun
ter was elected Judge of the Second Circuit; on
the first ballot Anderi.on Crenshaw was elected
Judge of the Sixth Circuit; and on the eighth
ballot Samuel Chapman was elected Judge of
tiie Seventh Circuit.
The Penitentiary Bill —This bill Las been
postponed till the first day of February, that is
to say, rejected, by a vote of 38 to 34.
UNITED STATES BANK.
Tn the House of Representatives. M r « Porter
introduced a resolution, proposing t» nppeint a
select committee to inquire into t te expediency
of drafting a memorial to Cong' ess ' praying lhe
re charter of the Bank of tbs United States un
der certain modifications; which was adopted.
Late from I*or lAu Prince.
In a short interview with Capt. Rathbone, of
theschr Angelin*. I*®™ Port Prince, we learn
that the French -Commissioner had made a for
ma! irquisitio” upon President Boyer for the in
demnity which had been stipulated, but no an
swer returned at the time of the A’s
sailing’- ’ He also informs us that <he coffee crops
had kever promise.! so abundant a harvest, but
owing to the wet weather, planters had not com
menced gathering. The market therefore, was
entirely bare of the ariicle. Every tiling was
quiet upon the island, and there appeared to be
no apprehension from the French government
in regard to the claims —.V 0. Bulletin.
From the N. Y. Jour of Com. 21st inst,
11 Days Later From Liverpool
By the packet ship Europe, Captain
Maxwell, we have received English pa
pers to Nov. 16tb inclusive.
The Ettrope will not come into port no
til the Ist of January, that her cargo
be entitled to the reduction of duties
goes into effect on that day. jfl
The civil contest in Spain rerfll
volved in obscurity. '
London Nov, 13. TVe/fffl .?, 1 J;
No news of the slightest politicfl
has transpiied (bis morning,
from Paris monday's date not cmitaiffl
any accounts from Spain, allhougbfl/
usual, numerous reports were
the Bouse, one of which was, that tldl
French Government intended to interfere
in behalf of the Queen, but such a
was not considered likely to be
parties who are generally wclHofurmfl
on Spanish Affairs.
MARKETS.
Havre, Nov. 10.— Cotton. —We havl
received 1042 bales from New- York* 88|
from N. Oilcans, 379 from Virginia, anl
328 Brazils, together 2731 bales. Thl
sales of the week amount to 2263 bale]
as follows 807 bales Louisiana ordl
nary and middling up tu fine, 105 f. ]
135 f.; 119 Georgia do. share staple (CB
S.) mid. to go. d, 105 to 12If. ; 829 Mil
bile, go. d ord. to mid. 100 to 11 Of.]
478 Alabama and Tenn. 100 to 108 f.
The sales have been made with difl]
cuhy, aud rhe want from the U, Statfl
seem to have determined some holders ]
realize. e The prices have receded fro]
the point they had attained, and il]
markets are heavy to-day. The parce]
sold te-day have been done at a fall ]
10 cents from the last week’s prices.-]
We have received about 1000 bales ]
new Georgia from N. York, fine qualitfl
Two or three cargoes from Charlcs-fl
and Savannah are daily expected.
have also just had an arrival from NeiH
Orleans wi h 400 bales new crop, tl|
quality not yet known. Brazils are]
be had at a reduction from last weeltl
prices. The stock is about 40,000 ball
of all sorts.
Liverpool, N .v-, 11.— Colton TIJ
maiket declined rapidly during the weel
and quotations generally weieideuccd fl
per lb.— 1 he sales of the wcf;k,includifl
9514 maraubms which went off at a dfl
cline of£.| per lb and 40 Pernams by pfl
lie sale, amount to 13,850 bag«» Jtnptfl
17,359 bags. 1 1
Theie lias seen a batter feeling in tfl
maiket today,which is unusually firm. Tfl
sales are eitimaled at 3000 bags, at pt iefl
which could net have been obtained fl
recently as yesterday and Thursday.
Liverpool, Nov/16.— Saturday 1 fl
clock, Nothing new in the Cotton Mtfl
kei;tl)edemand confined to a few spinnefl
ordeis, which may probably amount frefl
800 to 1000 bags, at prices quite as hfl
as yesterday. 30 Bowed# of the n<fl
crop, fetched 9J I, others in the tnarifl
will not command 9d.
F i om Hie No fork Herald Dec. 23. S
POSTSCRIP T.— By Last night's Maili
Lieut Randolph—A friend in tfl
Legislature writes trs tfiit Lieut. Refl
dolph was discharged on Saturday. Tfl
opinion of tho Court was delivered at
o'clock. Om correspondent undersjtoml
from a gentleman who was present,
tho venerable Chief Justice in giving fl
opinion remarked, “That as the courfl
tntionality <>f the lawof 1820, under
ibe distress warrant was issued,' had befl
made a poinl in tho case, Ire felt Irmsfl
bound to say. that he Ihoughtthe law
constitutional; but that tho case wmfl]
go off mi three points not connected wit j
the consrrtutional question.’*
Ist. 'l'hat Randolph was not an
with in the meaning and intention oi fl
law of 1820, being only an acting pu' ffl
d. That an account which has been
tied by <>tte Auditor cannot bu opened
his successor.R mdolpir had a final set;H|
ment wi h Watkins, and Keudali
wardshad opened the account.
3d. 'l'hat a distress warrant should tfl
be issued upon a dispu'ed case in the sfll
dement of account®, but only when a isl
ante doe was withheld.
Tho subj >ined is an extract fror
gentleman of the highest character a
respectability in Philadelphia—one i
personally engaged in Commercial bu
nes’, but vs ho has every opportunity
viewing things as a calm spectator, t
competent observer of the money mark
—-Nat. Intel.
The very best paper is at to
per cent per month discount, out
doors. All iho Southern Bank Stocl
of which immense sums are saved hi
and in New-York, have greatly fall
and loans on them cannot now be effect
Bills on London are nearly nnsaloaf
and the ordinary moans of our Northi
capitalists •>? paying for their ptircha
of Southern produce in Charlesfon, I
vannaA, and New-Orleans, ar© paraly;
and rendered unavailable by the diffic
ry of disposing of drafts in those pla
on the Northern cities. Under such c
c<~uragenients remittances are embarra
ed, produce must fall, all commercial c»|
rations are cramped. The State Bat
are all afraid of discounting freely, kno
ing that the suspension of commerc
confidence may strip them at any motni
of the slender supplies ol specie in th
vaul s ; while the Bank of (he Uni
States is not only at ease, and secure,
holds the impregnable position which
President fancied he could give and h
for the Pet Banks. Girard Bank st<
is fallen within a short time from S7O
SSB, and the period is fast approach!
when a suspension of specie payments v
be the only means of preventing the st<
page of many of the State Ins’itutio
who have boon imprudently extend
themselves without specie to rest upon
One of these Banks had the other da)
ask for a delay of some days to enabli
to pay over S2O 000 placed there on
terost, subject to repayment at any n
ment, and the notes of another, oeighb
ing one, are scarcely signed and dry t
paid out, before they are returned Os
them for specie.”