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'• Be justnn.l fear not, let all tlie end* thou thn’*t,be
tby Country’*, (by God’s, and Truth a."
TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER M. 1840.
FOB CONGRESS.
Col. HI IVES HOLT, ofMnscoffcc.
Election on Pint Monday in January.
LATE FROM THE NORTH.
Tfmro tva*no Mail ftom the North yesterday,
but wo fortunately received by lit© arrival of lh«
ablp Liverpool, Capt Lrnit, ami brig Ettd, Capt,
Capl. Lsimku, ftom New-York, paper* from
that city ofTticsdny, ]5th and Wed new lay, 16ih
inst., twn day* Inter than our Inst advices by the
Mail. The paper*, with the exception of ship
and commercial now*, are almost barren—such
extracts, however, aa we observed of interest, are
given in another part ofthe paper.
not enhance tlio value nfaitcli wcuritlei. or facili
tate the operation of melting thorn into coin.
. Tito want of system odd order in tbo manage
ment of our finance*? the indifference, at least,
manifested towards, if n«Wi«*|*td of. (be light*
of our creditors} the injudicious use to an It
provident extent ofthe publio credit, in the sha|
of Central Bank notes, have impaired tho pu
lie credit, that ha would bo n very unsafe bt
rower fbr thn 8lnte to trust, who could not m
raise money to the extent that Ills circumstance*
in life would warrant ns cheaply upon hi* private
credit ns wo can upon tho credit ofthe State.
We are not femiliar with llm minute operation
of a Similar system adopted in n neighboring sla
ter Stato, alluded to by bis Excellency, but from
tho deranged and depreciated condition of tire
currency ofthnt State, the financial embarrass
ment* of nearly all classes of her people Ibr sev
eral years past, and which still exist to an extent
for greater than those of our own State which wo
are catted on Vo relieve, wo are well convinced
that the rood to financial prosperity must lie in n
far different direction from any »Ae has yet tak-
ID* Wo refer our readers to the advertise
ment of Messrs. AIkbx and Wellington. To
write a fair hand lias always been, and will alway
be considered an indispensibfe part ofthe educa*
tion of all those who wish to make a good appear,
■nee in the world. Good penmanship is not
confined solely to manual practice; the habit of
writing well, induces one to think and to seek
subjects for the exercise of the art of writing.
We need hardly observe that Messrs. A. and
W. hnve deservedly a high reputation for their
anccea* in teaching writing. They are anxious
to make themselves known in this city, and will
accommodate their prices to die state of the
time*. Specimen* of improved writing under
their tuition can be seen at our ofBce.
on.
We deem it proper further to report upon that
portion of his Exceflency’scoumuinicntion, which
Invites us,in tho event of our disapproval ofthe
system suggested by him, to devise "someower,
more fuultfe**,” for the attainment ofthe end
R ised. That from the foregoing brief notice
e financial condition of the Stale, it seems
that she cannot supply popular want* with mo
ney, because she has none; that she ought not,
with her credit, for the rpa«ou herein assigned;
that wo know of no other mode of legislative re
lief, except the interposition of uncon.tilutional,
unwise, unjust and oppressive legislation be
tween debtor and creditor, which we presume
needs not our condemnation.
Wo, therefore, beg leave to be discharged
from the further consideration of this subject.
KOBT. TOOMBS.
WILLIAM H. STILES,
A. II. CHAPPELL.
GEO. W. CRAWFORD.
dT The Phanix Riflemen, Capt. Skour, were
out yesterday. Their appearance was as usual,
neat and extremely soldier-like. The new black
plumes of this Company set off their cap* admi
rably, and give them a hold and dashing aspect.
It stirs the blood in these doll times to see these
troops moving abont.
The pavement was covered by negro girls,
whose military spirit and love of idleness prompt
ed them to turn out, and make a display of very
bad marching to the music ofthe Riflemen.
They formed an irregular, floating column, more
dark than dense—and upon the whole cut quite
a figure. Pity they could not be keptatbome.
•• Tke BUckt” turn out much oflener than “ the
Wnee."
More Recruits for Florida.—A detach
ment of one hundred and ten Recruits belonging
to the 3d ‘Regiment U. 8. Infantry, arrived in
town yesterday, in the ship Liverpool from New
York, on their way to Florida. The following
officer* accompany the detachment:
Capt Dimmick, 1st Art'y commanding.
Capt McKenzie. 3d do.
Lient Penrose. 2d Inf., lady and two children.
Lient. Foote, 7th Infantry.
Modkrk Ordnance.—A gun has been lately
cqst at the West Point foundery, having a calibre
of 12 inches. The weight or the round shot
which it carries is 225 pounds. The ordinary
service charge being one-fourth of the weight of
the shot, it wonld require the moderate charge
of some 50 lbs. of powder to throw its projectile
the point blank distance. The largestsizcd mor
tars in ordinary use havea diameter of only 13
inches, and the length of bore is only 2£ diame.
tew of the shot, while the length of bore or this
tin is probably from 16 to 17 diameters of a
b round shot.
Central Bank—We hope that hereof,
one will be elected to the Legislature of
, tybo will not pledge himself to put
Central Bank. We expect to see this
sstion. Those who read the Repubti-
t with fllention, will all be of one mind on
this matter. - We shall drum upon this subject
until it will be dangerous fora candidate to de-
dare himself in favor of Uie Central Bank where
the Republican circulates. Let us all he of good
cheer then. For our part we shall give the mon
ster a sounder kicking than was ever dreamed
of in the-philosophy of Georgia finances. Eve-
• ty editor in this State should keep his lance in
rest, and be ready to do battle in this cause.
The Central Bank.—We shall regret it if
tlie Legislature does not order the names of all
the borrowers from the Central.Bank, ;o be pub
lished. As soon as this is done and circulated
(100,000 copies of it) in every part of the State,
the mars of the people will fo nt a proper esti-
mate of the Central Bank System—not before.
GOV. MCDONALD’S BAG PIPES.
. The report of the Special Committee of the
House, composed of Messrs. Toombs, Stiles,
. Chappell, and Crawford on the subject of Gov.
McDonald's Relief Message, is worthy of all
Committee regret the pecuniary embtr-
__Jht which pervndes the Slate, but consider
it unjust, nowise andjmpolitic to pledge the la
bour and property of the whole people, in order
to raise inopey to supply the wants of a portion
op the people. They very properly regard the
public credit as a very delicate trust which should
not he directed to any .one class of the communi
ty bt the exclusion ofthe other.
The Committee consider that as the improvi
dent use of private credit has brought upon the
citizens of this State the calamity which is now
so warmly deprecntftd.it would be radically wrong
to substitute a public calamity (i. e. a publiedebt)
for this private misfortune, or in other word* to
-tax the many for the benefit ofthe few.
All fra© governments derive their power from
the people, and the people should be taxed by
their Legislator* for the public benefit, and
for public uses not for private benefit. Tlie
nso of the power then as contemplated in the
menage of Gor. McDonald is an abuse of pow-
J0r, en invasion ofthe rights of the whole for foe
accommodation of a small part.
Aftershowing the inexpediency ami improprie-
a course recommended by the Governor,
t goes on to discuss foe question ofprac*
a the following clear and coinprehen-
if nag©:
J hare been upon foe stock markets
two yours, to foe amount of two mil-
liars. They have been carried across
8 in search of a enurket; no advantage-
lude there, where
'{they have heeu
is© among our
We enunot praise too highly the tone and tem
per and substance of thisreport. Such views as
it contain* we are proud to see expressed on tho
floor of thn Legislature of Georgiu. We are
happy to observe too, that they coincide ex
actly with tho views which we have taken of the
metiu of this imporlantquestiou.
This looks like an earnest of the desertion of
the policy which has disgraced our legislation for
year* past. We ihlnk we can foresee iuthevotea
taken in the Senate on this subject, foe germ of
anew formation of parties in this State. We
are disposed to think that the Central Bank, and
no Central Bank parties, will agitate this Stato
to some extent hereafter, particularly if no ob
stinate questions of national policy should arise
of sufficient importance to throw our own do
mestic affairs into the shade.
We beg our reader* to refer to the yeas and
nays, published yesterday, on the question of re
consideration of Mr- Echols’ bill. It will be
perceived that it was nearly a strict party vote-
only five or six of foe Van Buren members, a-
mong whom was Mr. Gordon, of Chatham, vot
ing with the Harrison party, against reconsider
ation, and only the same number of Harrison
members voting with the Van Bnren party for it.
We desire font our party may have justice and
that our principles, on which so much illiberal
invective has been cast during the late canvass
may be understood. Let us therefoie pause a
moment at this time to " define the position” of
foe two parties as exhibited by their voles on this
question—end before doing so, we call the atten
tion of erery reader of the Republican to foe
fact, that until the action of tlie Senate was as
certained, we have not even alluded to the ques
tion of tlie Central Bank politically, for we have
no doubt that both parties are censurable, (equal
ly so for aught we know) for this nnwise legisla
tion.
But behold the singnlar example now submit
ted f A Loco Foco Governor—one of those who
have abhored a paper currency as foe devil abhors
holy water—one of those who has worshipped
the hard currency system as the Peruvians wor
ship the son, in the very face of multiplied and
crashing evils induced by foe adoption of a strict
ly irredeemable paper system, proposes in his
message, what 1 No remedy for the evil. Oh
no! but an aggravation of it. lie would send a
new swarm of locusts over foe land to devour its
prosperity infoe shape of $2,000,000 State bonds,
for foe redemption of which foe productive in
dustry of the whole State must be taxed. Again,
the Union Party of foe Senate is par excellence
that party which ostensibly goes the whole figure
against Banks, Banking Monopolies, British
Whigs, British Gold, Balloon Expansions, Paper
Currency, and which has follbwed Mr. Van Bu
ren with disciplined march through all his Sab-
Treasury windings. This party, the arch enemy
of the credit system, a party which has spent so
modi preciou* breath, and wasted so much pa
triotism and words in crying down corporations
and in crying up the cash system, now votes en
masse for a paper system of foe most vicious de
scription. Not for a new system to which a fair
trial is to tie given, but for an old system, foe
trial of which has plunged the Sta'e finances into
rain. We ask our readers to pause for a moment
and to compare professions with practice, and
see whether under all the outcry which has been
made they do not discover something singularly
wrong and inconsistent in the course of tlie Van
Bnren party in the Legislature. The Harrison
parly, denounced as the credit system party, on
tlie contrary, have sternly opposed tlie pernicious
measure. Friends to a proper system of credits,
they have shown themselves almost to a man op
posed to this system of discredit which Governor
McDonald, Mr. Echois and their coadjutors have
attempted to fasten upon foe State. Thn Report
ofthe Committee has like foe touch of Ifonriel’s
spear, pricked tlie wind bag started by the Gover
nor, and shown it* emptiness.
ioltl pedagogue in tho coitnUy who would hot
flog ono oiliis urchins 'till nil was bluo again,
ho present such n specimen of composi
tion U this, tvud yet this foggy headed old gentle*
man, withhis ideas all at a gnmo of leap frog, was
appointed by Martlit.Vati Buren to manage the
finances of thn nation. Could ha expect nny
thing oUe than tho disasters which followed. H is
friends may say howovor that ho mokos a good
figure, ifho cannot writ© t ,lmt wc demur to this
idea of a man’s being a good mathematician
wlto I* not clear headed upon other subject*.
Tho fact is, that our youth are usually put early
at mathematical studies, for tho express purpose
of producing exactitude Bnd system hi their fit-
ture mental .training. But if conlWton of ideas
and muddy brains, and puerile rhetoric and
worse logic, aio evidences of a talent for statis
tical studies, then our schools ure all wrong, and
the pupil* should first h© put nt English compo
sition, to fiud out who could writo the most ox-
ecrable nonsense', and they should ho put forth
with to featn mathematic* of Levi Woodbury.
Ha, ha, ha!
Asto his twaddloabont Stato Rights, nnd bol
stering up the ©xistiug State Bunks, and the
Geueral Government assuming the debts of tho
States, and free Banking, and foe Sub-Treasury,
&c. &c. &c.—all wo have to say is, that Mr.
Secretary Woodbury lias mistaken tlie century
\n which he Vtve% nnd we would therefore re
spectfully inform Jiim, that wo are getting wed
on to foe middle ofthe nineteeth, while about tho
time of our present writing, we suppouo lie lias
got abont os fur backwards in tlie Inst. Wo hope
he will give our complimeiits to old father Noah
when ho geUto foe time of the deluge.
We have uo objections to urge at present a*
gainst Mr. Poinsett’s report, and few remarks to
make upon it. Wo notice, among other things,
that in his department, the discretion which was
confided to Air. Van Burkn. of transferring ap
propriations, baa been used to the withholding
of large sum* appropriated to tins important arm
of national defence. We were utterly opposed
to any such anti-republican expedient at the time,
and are still mor© opposed to it now, when we
have seen how Mr. Van Buren used that dis
cretion. We should have thought that any
brauchoftiiQ public service could have better
suffered than that of war, nt the present time;
but these patent right democrats have a way ol
their own for managing financial mattors. We
do not see a word about tlie Standing A rmy, nor
about that long debated question, the time of its
birth, and baptism (and we may now add, its
death.) The people have decreed thorn both
ample time to settle this matter, between them,
and should they have any difficulty, we recom
mend them to tlie tender mercies ofthe Hon. Mr.
Phelps. We shall Prefer tu tlie repoit ofthe
Secretary of War more particularly hereafter.
The report ofthe Secretary of the Navy will
be found at length in our columns this morning-
ffT Tho Banger (Main©) Courier »
bird's cyo iunp)u boards and timber nre sit
ftom that port for tho London market, where
much admired for tbo nmiutOtcturo of furuitu
Although wo hare good materials in this countr
fbr thn inannfiicturoof furniture, wo import
hngnny Instead of relying upon our own
sources. So much for the publio taste being c
rnpted by fashion.
A LiTKum City.—The Boston Tnnuflffl
states there are in tho various libraries in Salem
about 24,000 volume*. By tho recent census,
tho city enntaios 15,083 inhabitants, The hooks
in tho public libraries, therefore, average nearly
a volume and a half to each inhabitant. If they
qre not it literary people, it is not from a want of
book*.
Rai.bioH and Gaston Kail Road.—From a
state me nt of the receipts and disbursement* of
the Raleigh and Gaston Rail Rond, submitted to
the Legislature, it appears tirnt tho total amount
of receipts from iliecoinmenctMnunt ofopcratiifos
on tlie road to tho let ultimo, was $113,607 53
Expenses 4-1,038 00
Nett profits applied to pnymnnt of
interest nn tho loans guaranteed
by tlie State and other debts, $09,238 93
B3* Accord inf to a recent statement, there are
in Massachusetts—309 cotton factories, with 012-
270 spindles; 20.'l woollen factories, witli 112,930
spindles? 83 iron works; 7-19 slitting mills atul
nail machines;£3card factories; 99 paper mills; 5
glass factories,
(//a.—Wo have tho Roynl Gczctto
H. M. Steamer Columbia reach-
it Halifax in 19 days, having hnd
r. The Deo. Htonmor, which
r * hnd ntft arrived. There teems
news.—AT, Y. Express, lVRh inst.
the Neto York JItrald x Dee. 10.
MONEY MARKET.
. Tuesday, Dec. 15—0 P. M.
Thn stock market was heavy this morning in
price*, although sales of some descriptions wore
made to nn unusual extent. N. A. Trust and
Banking Co. declined I per cent, Patnrsonli
nor cent, U. 8. Bank |, Delaware and Hudson
4- Thn sales of Vicksburg were very large at a
rise of 4 per cent since yesterday. One lot of
1100 shares was taken by Alio individual, who
offered to take nny part of 10,000 shares at the
sumnrnto, 10 percent. It is stated that on the
recent investigation, thn assets ofthe hank, inde
pendent of thn railroad, turn out much belter
than wnstiiippposod. Bills on Philadelphia wore
worse today. Sales at 14 dis. Bnvnnnah SJdi*.
Mobile 41 ui*.
There is more disposition to make permnnont
investments ©prang capitalists; and favorable op
portunities nre much sought nfter. This feeling
was apparent nt two lurge sales mado by W. II.
Franklin to-day.
Tho following is a tnhlo ofthe imports and ex
ports from 1815 to 1840, inclusive.
Imports and Exports of the Untied States, shotting the
Yearly Exerts of each,
tstn
.10 any usotut purpose*,
apented and persevering effort* to np
io const and effect n landing, Lt. Wilkes
rs, nnd men, having suffered severe!)
- hoti.vcd lh»V4urfnglKn llv .:W-,
It will Ira irareoivod Ural lira Bmrt „
luuimuoif.
To lira Priiidxnt nfllio UnitnJ HI‘ra > l . N0 '
Highly Intmug-Napolwn;
ETTJio J$ifor of the Boston Pootnppcnr* to
he working through his election troubles, if we
may judge from tho subjoined notice which re
cently-appeared in that paper:
“Allour large bets hnke been paid, and those
who have won hats, stockings, shoes, hoots, jack
ets, shirts, trowsent, dickeys, penknives, scissors,
razors, pomatum, and Kesar soap of us, ure re*
nested to call immediately and receive their
ues."
O* The following is given ns a sample ofthe
malignity nnd h^lnl'ity of parly rage. It is from
a late Massachusetts Loco foco print:
It will ho U us a source ofthe most exquisite
gratification to have it in our power to write Gen.
Harrison's Presidential history in olio emphatic
sentence, viz I that he obtained newer like a
knave, u-scdit/likoa fool, and died like a dog.”
815,
Imports.
Exports. Ex. of Imp. Ex, of Exp
113041274
M507751
60483521
1816.
147103000
81820452
65182518
1817,
01(250000
87071569
11570431
1818,
10178000(1
n -.8im
48408907
18)9,
87135000
70142521
16992179
1820,
74450000
69691609
4758421
1821,
62585720
64974383
2388602
1822,
68241M1
72100887
110P1144
1823,
■ 77579287
74699080
2680287
1824.
80549007
75880057
4552850
1805,
90840875
99585785
3405410
1820,
84074477
77595322
737915G
1827,
79484008
82324827
£840759
1828,
'88500824
72200686
16845138
1829,
74492527
72358071
2133856
1830,
70873930
73849508
2970578
1831,
103191124
81310583
21880541
1832,
1010Q92Q0
87170943
13852283
1833,
108118311
70140443
27977878
1834,
120521333
104336972
22184359
1835,
149895743
121693577
28002165
1830,
189960035
128003540
61316995
1637,
140363417
wumio
43560841
1839,
113717405
108480616
5230788
1839,
157609560
118359004
39250550
1840,
104805891
131571950
20766009
It is described its pi
»nn\Y ami ice, npptmmi
culnrly from ‘the son,
baffle the efforts of nil.. „ 4
convert U to any useful purpose*.
Alter repented and m
nroachtho '
his officers, .
fVom intense cold nnd tho exposures incidental
this hazardous emerprize, returned to Sydney on
the 1 lilt of Alait'li, 1840, whore Ira was joined by
the Peacock nnd Porpoise, lira former t,( which
had been in minimum danger from doming in
contact with an island of Sea. Moot. Wilkes far ut.y diminutionluYnture' ‘ u uo,,avo
speaks 1n the highest terms ofthe houduct of tho RcsportfttiW submitted
otfieers nnd craw* of the expedition. At tho Inst 1 y
dates the Olh of April, ho was at tho bay of isl
ands, Now Zealand, whottoj he was shortly to
curry out hlu initrdotinns.
Tho steam frigate Fulton lias boon employed
during tho post senson in experimenting with
Piuxtum gum M\d start, umter tite direction of
Cnpt. Perry; und with n view to afford ns many
officer* as possible nn oportunity of becoming ac
quainted with the practice of gunnery, a* large n
number of supernumeraries have been attucliod
to her a* she could accommodate. Tho reports
of Cnpt. Perry, present very interesting results,
and tt is contemplated to continue tho experi
ments for the purnoM ^demonstrating the rein- -Favorite,’’{sailed fbr Fruticetira next dnv Sit 0,0
tivo advtintiigDii ofllra Pnlllug|mi« nml Item in they, no Joint, fflvo n,rived. Franco " ,er "
ordinary urn, a* well affording ti useful practice - * * ra,,co "*■ “■—
to our naval officers, by attaching them iu suc
cession to this vessel.
Tho survey* on tho Southern coa»t of tho Uni
ted Stntcs, directed hy tlie act of 3d of March,
1637, have boon commenced under the suporin-
tetidoiicn of Lieut. Glynn, and iti* expected that
tit© Department will bo enabled to lay before
Congress,either nt or shortly alter the commence
ment of tlio session, complete chart* of all the
port* nnd place* which hnve been surveyed.
Thn brig Consort, under the command of Lt.
Powell, is now occupied in surveying the coast
... I L ... Niipoioon' pTififfl'te
IStii orOctoberiast, with great pomp and mLj
under the direction ofthe Prince do j 0 Kn e ’
It was n most interesting sight! . v *•
■ MMI »n, omijnlined i,„
French chemists ot thn tlm© of hi* death iu*
5,1821, was found In ustnlo of complete m« ' y
valion und tho feature*perfect.
on liourd lira "Kollo knlo,” wliich,
"FnvoriraMg lb, Pr« 1 rao',lra nox.V, ™
they, no doubt, have arrived. Franco has2?
fore been oncomoro in a perfect delirium or2*
oltemant.—iVrto York Herald, 10th inst,
Commercial Journal,
• LATEST DATES,
From Liverpool, Nov. 11.-From Havre,..
2(5 ys. 2737219103 2200153777 403224514 38103178
Tend excess of imports, $427061030
THE SECRETARIES’ REPORTS.
One ofthe duties of an Editor is to read for
other people, as well as write.- Knowing that
no body else would do so,we have have perform
ed the tusk of tugging through the long and
dreary reports ofMeuira. Woodburt, Poinsett
nnd Paoi.dino, mid tint we ahull briefly «llu<J w to
that of tlie Treasury.
Leaving uutofviow foe dull details of figures
through which no one would follow us, we shall
notice one or two tilings in this paper. First
then as to its literary merits. Mr. Woodburt
undoubtedly received in his early days tlie bene
fits of a collegiate education, but it seems all to
have been thrown away npou him, for he sets at
defiance ail the rules of composition and often
common sense itself.
Take for instance the following sentence as a
sample of tlie whole:
“The increased dependence which the change
of habits, in selling nnd buying so much more of
what is consumed, has occasioned between dif
ferent countries, and those engaged in different
avocations, as well as the increased credit thus
demanded through many new ramifications nnd
the greater subjection thus produced of almost
every pursuit to the evils attendant on fluctua
tions in prices, on hank expansions; and revul-
sions in commerce, have probably exercised an
influence on foe events ofthe last four years not
inconsiderable nof salutary.”
Whew! Didanyhodyeverhearsuohashpw-
er of words before—ell sound and fury—mean
ing nothing. Half on idea or rather tlie shadow
of a shado of one, diluted with about ten pages
of Webster's Dictionary drawn nt random. Such
specimens of cabinet literature era really dis
graceful to the country. In Europe they will bo
takun as foe test of our advancement in the arts
of civilized life and refinement: Heaven save
should! There is not on old
SAYINGS AND DOINGS.
Mine Host, entering—’Who spilt this punch on
foe table?
1st Guest—" Thou canst nntsny I diJ it.”
2d Guest—I can say so however, for I saw him
do It.
Host—It is a sad business. The cloth looks
badly.
1st Guest—I should have feit brighter no doubt
if tlie accident hnd not occurred. I regret it ex
ceedingly.
Host—It is an accident which works against
yourself, you have lost the punch—foe table
cloth is of no conseqneuce.
1st Guest—Ah! That is exactly my view ofthe
case. The loss of foe punch afflicts me.
2d Guest—An occasional overflow of spirits
will happen.
O* The Collector al Albany states that the
amount of flour received there through foe sea
son of Canal navigation is 1.355,603 barrels.
KT The following lines have been kindly fur
nished us for publication by a lady. Their chief
merit lies in their touching simplicity and natu
ralness. The thoughts are such os ore common
ly attributed to that period oflife when the youug
mind is not engrossed by the cures and pursuits
ofbusy life, when sunshine and flowers and green
fields, are haded as new and ugreeable friends,
whose presence is to cheer us forever—when
every object that surrounds us is a herald of com
ing happiness, which is never to arrive in this
world.
THE CHILD JESUS.
translated rnoM the gxrmak.
Among green pleasant meadows,
All in a grove so wild,
Was placed a marble image,
Of ibe Virgin and her child.
There oft in summer evenings,
A lovely boy would rove,
To play beside the image,
That sanctified the grove.
And (here his tender mother
Among the shadows dim,
Said how the blessed Jcsua
Was once a child like him r
And how from highest Heaven
21c di.lh luuk down each day,
And tees whal’eer thou doest,
And hears what thou doat any.
Thus tpake that tender mother,
And on an evening bright
When the red round sun deacended,
lu clouds of crimson light;
Again that boy was playing
And earneitly said be—
“ Oh beautiful child Jeiua
Come down and play with me,
I will find thee flowers the faireat,
1 will weave for thee a crown,
I will cull thee ripe red strawberries
If thou will but come down.
Oh, holy! holy mother,
Put him from off thy knee,
For in these lovely meadows
Theie are none to ploy with uie."
Thus spake that bay so lovely.
The while his mother heard,
And on hitjprayer she pondered
Though she spake to him no word.
That very night she dreamed
A lovely dream of joy,
She thought ahe saw young Jesus
Playing with her boy -.
“And for those fruits and flowers
Which thca hast brought to me,
Rich blessings shall be given
An hundred fold to thee;
For in foe fields of Heaven*,
Thou shslt roam with mo at will
And of bright flowers celestial.
Thou shalt have dear child thy fill.”
Thus tenderly and kindly
The fair child Jesua spoke,
And full of careful routings
The anxious mother woke.
And thus it was accomplished,
In a short month and a day
That lovely boy so gentle
Upon his death bed lay.
And thus bn spoke when dying
“ Oh mother dear! I see
The beautiful child Jesua
Descending unto me t
And in bis hand he beareth
Bright flowera white aa sn-w,
And ripe and dewy atawberrie*
Dear mother I let me go.”
He died and that fowl mother
Her sorrow did restrain,
For she knew he wta with Jesus
And shu asked him cot again.
Hear Him}—"It affords me, however, grant
pleasure to bfc able to say, that from tho com
mencement of this period {my entrance upon the
discharge of ny oftickd flntiea in March, 1837,)
to the present day, every demand upon the Gov
ernment at Irtmo or abroad, has been promptly
met." Mmrorablo epoch! Answer! ye con
tractors,' creditors of Government; ye whose
time has beetj so much taken up in seeking pay
ment of yottrclairas—answer! ye court records;
answer! yo who have bad their dues doted out
in instalments—is this so ?—N. Y. Star.
ATROCIOUS MURDER.
The mistery oftlie sudden disappearance of
Mr. Abraham Suydam. the Banker of New
Brunswick, is at last disclosed. Ilia body has
been found iu tlie cellar of a Peter Robinson,
house carpenter, in New Brunswick, and from
marks of violence, it appears be has been inhu
man!)’ murdered. The following particulars are
given in the New-York Democratic Press of tlie
loth inst:
It nnpenra font some suspicious circumstnnces
attending the conduct and behaviour ofa house
carpenter in New Brunswick, named Peter
Robinson, excited the. attention of tlie authorities
of that place. He was seen to have in his pos
session u gold watch, and was unusually flush
of money; nnd he was beard to say that he had
paid hack the sum of money which he had bor
rowed from Mr. Suydam, in order to raise tho
mortgage which was on his property, hut he did
not dare take thn mortgage to the clerk’s office
for fear of being charged with the murder of
Mr. S.
Yesterday, Robinson was arrested and examin
ed before the Mayor of New Brunswick, and
from his confused manner nnd contradictory
statements, it was determined that Ins house
should be searched. Accordingly the Mayor, ac
companied by several constables,, end a number
of citizens, proceeded to Robinson’s house for
tie purpose of seuchiiig it. Every room, nook
nnd corner in the upper stories of tho house were
searched, but without success. At Inst one of
the constables proposed to adjourn to the cel
lar nnd see what could be discovered there. This
proposition caused the greatest trepidation on
the part of Robinson, who strongly remonstrated
against it.
He stated that if tho floor of his cellar was re
moved, it would endanger the safety ofthe build-
itig,and there was no telling what would he the
consequences. This only made the pnrty feel
more convinced of Robinson’s guilt, and they im
mediately coumieuced operations by removing
lira plank ol the cellar. A few boards nnd the
earth underneath-only had been removed, when
the dead body of the unfortunate Mr. Suydam,
to tho artuim-hiuent of all present, was found,
llis skull was found dreadfully fractured,and his
head wasborribly disfigured by tho marks of blows
which had heeu inflicted oil it. From the stale
of his body, it is supposed that he was murdered
eight or ten days ago. Robinson was fully com
mitted.
Since the rbove was iu type, wc lenrn that
when lira tram ut cars left New-Brutmvick lust
evening, tlie coroner was holding nn inquest over
the body ofthe murdered gentleman; and also
that foe wile nnd brother of Rohiuson have been
unested and imprisoned, on suspicion of their be
ing concerned in the: diabolical deed. The great
est excitementprevaiU in New-Urunswick, nnd
there is no telling where it will end.
Robinson, it is said, has been in the city since
the murder, raid purchased lumber. The watch
found upon b.rudid not belong to Mr. Suydum;
nnd tlie inference was tiiut he might hnve chang
ed it in New York. But while preparing the
present article, a gentleman has called to say tirnt
Mr. Snydum’s watch has been found iu Newark,
where it had been pledged by Robinson.
NEW-YORK. Dec. 15.
The nmount of business done in Stocks to-day
was rather light, and there was but slight varia
tion in rates. U. S. Bank declined 1-4: Dela
ware & Hudson 3-4; Vicksburg improved 16-8;
Canton improved 1-4; IIarlotn declined 1-2; in
other descriptions no change. Nothing done iu
State Stock.
A small amount was done in Sterling Exchang
es at 8 tt 4, nnd In Francs nth,17 1-4 n5,)01-4.
Domestic Exchanges are rather dull, but there is
no material alteration in rates. $14,000 on Sa
vannah were Rold at the Bonrdat 9614, and$38,-
000 on philapelphia at 98 7-8.
A few sales of Western Flour were made for
home conRumptiun at $4,95 n $5. nnd of Ohio nt
the same price. No sales of Southern worth re
pot ting. 2700 bushel* .Southern Corn were sold
nt50 cent* per bushel for yellow, nnd 48 cents
for white, by measure. 600 bushels old Jersey
Com brought 56c., nnd 2000 now do 48 a 50.
Rye is in moderate demand at 57 n58 nnd 60 eta.
, DECEMBER, 16.
A small amount of business was transacted
nt the board to-day. United States Bank down
4; Stonington up 4: Vicksburg do 1.
From the N. Y. Com. Adc. of Tuesday Evening,
Dec. 15.
The Boundary Question.—We learn that
Mr. H. B. Renwick, one of tho engineers em
ployed by thn commission for exploring nnd sur
veying the disputed boundary lino between the
Suited State* und the British provinces, returned
to foe city yesterday, having continued his opera
tions in tlie fielej until tlie weather ralidorod furth
er observations impracticable. This closes the
out door work ofthe party under die direction of
Professor Renwick. ter tho present season. We
arc informed that the work which ha* been per
formed by this party, although fur from being
completed, has already given most important re
sults. A range of mountains lias been traced ftom
the North shore oftlie Bay nfChaleurs, around
the heads ofthe sources of tho St. John’s, as far
asTemiscoilta portage, the lowest gaps in which
exceed the average height ofthe pretended high-
lands of Messrs. Featherstnnhaugh and Mudgo.
Considering foe lateness of the season nt which
this party set out from Portland, the difficulty of
collecting proper instruments at a short notice,
the distance snd unknown character of the
country, the extent of ground reconnoitered by
it is very great. It may however, rather be con
sidered ns n preparation for future operations
than a finished work, even within the space
which lias been explored. This extends from
tide-water on foe Bay of Chnleurs to St. Audro
on the St. Lawrence.
From the Uoston Transcript 14M, inrt.
POSTSCRIPT.
Mare War Macs—A gen tie mat# who loft Ban
gor yesterday morning, at one A. M., informs
Messrs. Topliff, that o regiment of British troops
from Quebec had arrived nnd encamped upon
tho disputed territory; that Gov. Fairfield had re
ceived from Gov. Harvey, of New Bruswiek. of
ficial informatipnof tho fuel, and that ho (Gov.
F.) wn* preparing a despatch to send on to the
General Government, by a special meirengcr, by
the Eastern mnjl to arrive this evening.
Fiddle-do-dee. Doctor! Part ofa regiment that
marched, some ti/no ago., from Quebec, fo occu
py tho new brurucks in the Mndawoska country;
that is all. Governor FJrfield need not hon-
Jarmed, nor you either.—N, Y- Com. Ada. loth.
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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.
Navt Df.bartment, Dec. 5,1840.
Sir: In the performance of a duty onmmlly
devolving on this Department, I respectfully sub
mit the following report:
The squadron in tlie Mediterranean remains
the same as it was at the date of tny Inst report,
and consists of the Ohio 74, the Brandywine,
first class frigate, and tlio Cyane sloop of war,
the whole under the command of Commodore
Isaac Hull. This force lias been found fully ad
equate to the protection of nur commerce, which
has remained unmolested in that quarter.
The Kqttudron on tho Pacific station is com
posed of the frigate CouRtilution, the alaap of
war Bt. Louis, and the schooner Shark, under
Commodore Claxtnn. Since the dnte of tny
last report, the schooner Enterprise, then on her
way home, and tho sloops of war Lexington and
Falmouth, which had been directed to return,
haxe nrrived iu the United StntCB, and have been
replaced by the sloop* Yorktown and Dale, now
on the eve of sailing for tile Pacific. Tho squad
ron, when joined by these vessels, will consist of
n frignte of the first cluss, three sloops of war, and
a schooner. Commodore Claxton has been di
rected in despatch the Yorktown on a cruize to
the Sandwich and Society Islands, Now Zeal
and, the const of Japan, the Gulf of California,
and the Lndrones und Marquesas, for the geuor-
ul protection of our whaling interests, and other
commercial purpose*.
The squadron on the conts of Brazil under
Commodore J. B. Nicholson, nt the date of nr
last report, was composed ofthe razee Independ
ence, and the sloops of war Fairfield and Mari
on. Tho two former have returned to the United
States, Commodore Nicholson having been re
lieved in the command of that station by Com
modore Chnrles G. Ridgely, whose force now
consists of the Polo mac, first clnBs frigate, the
sloops of war Decatur nnd Marion, nnd the schr.
Enterprise. The difficulties between the French
Government and that of the Argentine Repub
lic still subsisting, and tipi blockade continuing
to be rigidly enforced, it has been thought expe
dient to augment this force, nnd the sloop of war
Concord is now on the eve of sailing for that
purpose.
The squadron employed in the Gulf of Mexico
nnd the Weit,P dies, under Commodore William
B. Sliubrick.nttite dato of my last paper, consist
ed of the frigate Macedonian, nnd the sloops of
war Ontario, Erie, Warren, nnd Levant. Tlie
Ontario 1ms been ordered to the North for re
pairs, nnd the Erie, being found unfit for cervice,
has been detuched from the squadron. Tho re
maining vessels, with tho exception of tho War-
reti, were directed to leave the station timing the
hurricane months, and proceed to tlio North.—
Commodore Shubtick accordingly left Pensacola
iuJulylast, with tho Macedonian, Levant, and
Erie, and arrived nt Boston in August. Thonce
lie proceeded to Eustport, and on his return vi
sited the principal ports on tho coast us fur south
ns Nprlulk, where, m conformity with bis instruc
tions from tlm Department, he delivered tho
command of the VVcst India squadron to Com
modore Jesse Wilkinson, who has been appoint
ed to relieve him, nnd who hud proceeded to his
station. The command of Commodore Wilkin
son now consists of tho Macedonian frigate nnd
tho sloops of war Levant nnd Warren, which
force is doomed-sufficient* Ibr tho protection of
our interests in that quarter in the present stato
of thiugB.
THo frigate Columbia and corvette John
Adams, employed in a cruize in the Indian nnd
Chum sens, under Commodore George C. Read
for tlio protection of the commerce of tlm United
States iu that quarter, have returned home. The
frigate Gonstellntion and sloop of war Boston
have recently sailed for Rio do Janeiro, where
they will replenish their supplies, nnd rcceivo
Captain Lawrence Kearney, now in comtnnnd
of the flag ship on the Brazilian station, who
will hoist his pendant on board the Constellation,
as commander of the East India squadron, and
proceed with that vessel and the Boston to carry
out his instructions.
Tho Exploring Expedition, nn stated in my
last report, was nt Callao, whence Lieutenant
Wilkes sailed on the Ctii J uiy, 1839. Since that
period he has visited the Society Islands, Navi
gator’s Group, New Zealand, and various de
tached Islands, with whose inhabitants ho held
the most amicable intercourse, and with foe ports
and harbors of which he made himself particular
ly ncquinted. On the, 26th December. 1839, he
left the port of Sydney, in New Zealand, and
proceeded to penetrajlo the Atlantic scu. On tlie
J9th January (followj - '
vt-red land in intttudl
27 oast, and Imd soiiifdl]
from tlm bay of Apalachicola to tho month of tho
Mississippi, as directed by tbo net making appro-
jtrintions for the naval service, approvotf July 4,
Tho sloop of war Preble, commander Breesa,
has been employed on the coastofNowfoutidland
and Labrador, during tlm late fishing season, in
protecting tlm right* nnd interests of American
citizens engaged in tlie fisheries. On tlm termi
nation ‘of the cruize she returned to Portland,
whence site was ordered to Boston for examina
tion previous to being put on foreign service.
The brig Dolphin, I .Sent. Bill, and tho schr.
Grampus, Lieut. Paine, hnve boon employed on
tho coast of Africa, in tho suppression of tho
slave trade. They returned at the commence
ment of the sickly season, and imvo since sailed
in pursuit ofthe same object. The presence of
these vessels on tho slave coast, during the sea
son in which this disgraceful traffic is curried on,
will in nil probability, iu u great degree arrest its
progress, so far ns it has been prosecuted by the
assumption oftlie American flag, and do much to
relieve tho nation from the unmerited stigma of
I iurticipating in n trade equally iu violation of tho
aws oftlie United States and tlie policy of their
Government. From the report of Lieutennnts
Reli nnd Pnino it appears thnt the traffic in slaves
is now carried on principally under Portuguese
colors, through the medium of slave stations, as
they are denominated, established at different
point* of tho const, under tho protection of the
neighboring native chiefs, who furnish the slaves
nnd receive in return goods manufactured in
England expressly for this purpose. Here tlie
slaves nre collected until un opportunity offers for
the slaver to approach the land under cover of
night, and rcceivo them on board. Both officers
are of opinion that so long as theso stations are
permitted to exist, and this barter carried on, nil
attempts effcctunlly to arrcsttiie traffic in slaves
will end in administering very partial remedies,
which will but aggravate the disease. There can
be liitlp doubt that foe numher ofslavcs transport
ed from Africa is now greater than it was previous
to the adoption of measures for its prevention and
punishment,which it wouldseomlmveserved no
othor purpose than to excite tlio cupidity of un
principled adventurers, by increasing the value or
slaves, and thus presenting temptations which
cover all apprehension of consequences.
During the past year three small schuoners.
tlie Flirt, the Wave, and tho Otsego, which had
been previously procured and employed by tho
War Department, tinde^ tlie act making appro
priations Ibr suppressing Indian hostilities, ap
proved tho 3d of March, J?39, having been placed
under the direction ofthis Depattment, were em-
)loyed on the const of Florida trader Lieutenant
ticLnughlin. Tirnt officer lately returned to the
North in the Flirt, bringing with him the men
whose terms of service luul expired, together with
the sick und disabled attached to the expedition.
He has since sailed with men sufficient to complete
the complement of all his vessels, as well as for
boat service. And additional number of marines
has also been attached to his commund, with a
view to operations on lund against the Indians, as
well qs the protection of the lives and property
nf the citizens, and tho prevention of nn introduc
tion of.supplies for tho use of tho enemy.
The two steam-frigates commenced under tlio
second section oftlie act npproved 3d Murch,
1839, one at New-York, and the other at Philadel
phia, have been so far completed that tho former
will be ready for launching in a few dnyB, and the
latter iu the ensuing spring, ,as soon as tlie Dela
ware is free from ice. Tho engines and boilers
areulse itt a course of speedy completion, aud,
when finished, will bo placed onboard, und the
vessels prepared for services Without delay.
Tlio apprentice system continues in operation,
nnd, thus far, its results nre highly satisfactory.
Tlio conduct oftlie young lads is generally ex
emplary, mid such is their rapid progress in the
art of seamanship, that, by tho time they are of
age for sea service, our commnnders generally
prefer them to older seamen. I take this occasion
to recommend that this system ho fostered to tho
utmost extent of which it is susceptible, being
fully of opinion that it presents one greut means
of partially, at least, remedying that increasing-
scarcity ol' competent petty offienrs nnd able sen
men. which greatly embarrasses tlio operations of
the Navy, delays the sailing of our public vessels,
and plattt* thn tinfevtca at'thn haunt and interests
of the Upited Stales under tho protection of
crews a great portion of which nre foreigners.
This scarcity of seamen for the uses of tlio Na
vy is, 1 apprehend, owing lulhn high wages they
rcceivo in tho merchant service, and tho compar
atively short perindsoftheircngngcmenUincom
mercial voynges; to the absence of un apprentice
system ratlieniurcaulile.mnriue,and thediscliurgo
ofsuauien when their terms have expired ou for
eign stations, where the seduction* of climate
and tho allurement* of pleasure attach them to tho
soil, nnd wlienco many of them never return, or
return so enervated us to he comparatively^ unfit
for active service. The inquiries 1 have instituted
result in the factlliatmany ofourseametiuro uow
scattered among tho islands of the Pacific; and
on tern coast of South America*, and though di
rections have been given to recluitn them when
ever it may bo found practicable, there curt bo lit
tle doubt that a largo number are thus irretrieva
bly lost to the country. 1 have also sufficient rea
son to believe tirnt the modification of the navy
ration, which was proposed to Congress, but
SAVANNAH IMPORTS, DKcT^T^*
Per ship Gaston, from Livorpool—100 tnni Salt
4 casks t case and 6 bundles Hardware, 12 bile*
Bogging, 8 bales Mdse, 2 packages Sundries.
SAVANNAH EXPORTS, DEO. 2t.
Per brig Savannah, for New-York—411 bales Up-
land and n'SriTCotton, 138casks Rice, 17G Hid**,
and34 pnekagot Sundries.
Per brig G. lb Lamar, for New-York-873 bale,
Cotton, 150 casks Rico, 3 packages Sundries.
At New-York on tho 13th inst. BOO shares U ft
ank Stock *nlrt ■ nArlnva AS. CS •!» . in i -
50 do b. 32
Bonk Stock sold s. 30 days 05 j 25 do s'10 davs'fit'
days 051; 100 do 65. On the lihJ
shores soldb.'30 Ofi’j 50 do 65; 25 do M4«Mdu?
30 05; 25do05J. *’
HAMBURG, DEO. 49.—-The very Urge amount
of cotton, which arrived tins week, iiasnotdeprci*.
cd prices, and tho market continues without altera
tion from last week's notice. On Thursday there
were about 1000 bale* of Cotton in Market,
ons and our buyers met it with a firm resolution, t E 8 d
maintained the prices which they gave last week.
Prices rnngo from 8| to 9j cts. A choice lot, how
ever, would have brought 10 cts. readily. Aver*™
sales 9 j cts. A largo business was done in the gro
cery hue. 8
NEW-YORK, DEC. 15.—Cottoa-The sales ve».
terdoy were about COO boles.—There ws« considera
ble inquiry this morning, but tlie low state ofthe
slock tarhtda the aC any IwsaVaii-
ness. Prices remain very firm.
Flour and (train—Remain as lost.noticed, with s
firm but dull market for common brands Csnsl.itlS,
MOBILE,DEC. 10.—Cotton—Since this dsy week
tho receipts have been 5721 bales, and exported du
ring the same period 4018 bales; which learn on
hand and nn shipboard not cleared, a stock of 17794
bales against 11559 same time last season.
The soles oftlie week ore estimated at 4000 baler,
at rotes ranging from 8 to 10j cents per lb—showing
an advance of about I cent nn last week’s quotations;
tho proportion commanding tlie .latter figures quite
small. Holders tiuougout the week have evinced
much firmness, -and were quite stiff in their ptm-
sions up to tho close of yesterday’s business. Buy
ers havo reluctantly submitted, and have only taken
sparingly for immediate freight engagements, pr'rn-
ctpotty Vox bome use.
As yet no purchases have been made an French
account, orders being limited below present cancat
rates. The holders of English orders have wholly
withdrawn from the market, considering the views
of sellers J to 1 cent abovp their limits.
The market closed yesterday rather dull; the m!m 1
of the lost three days having been to only s trifling
extent. The stock on tlie market is about 3,500 bales.
Liverpool Clnssificotion.—Good and fine none;
Good Fair 10 j a 10 j; Fair 9) a 10; Middling 9 afi|
Ordinary 8.
Rice—We have no transactions to notice other thin
occasional sales of small parcels rt 4 J a 5 cents pet lb
for new.
Exekonpe—On England 60 day bills 10) a 11 prem;
Havre, do 5fprem.; New York, do 2) a2jpreni.;
do30day 3) a 4; Charleston,sight 3) a 4.
Freights— Every description is extremely id), not
o single European engagement having.been entered
into sinco our last. Five ships ore filling up for Liv
erpool under previous engagements at Id, which it
the nominal rote to that port. To Havana smsll par
cels of cotton nro occasionolly going at$3perbik,
and lumber at tl2per M. To Northern and Eastern
coastwise purls, but little is doing at previous rate*
'-York (cent, Boston % nnd Providence | ct,;
t nosh ** * ’ j ‘ ‘
to New-i
one engagement It
s been made fur Baltimore at) ct.
A FAIR
Will be hold in the centre basement room of
tlie Chatham Academy, to-morrow, (Wednesday,
23d) commencing at 3 o’clock, P.M.,andcou»
linuing through the afternoon and evening- The
proceeds of which will be opproprinted to ftfii-
sionary objects connected with foe Protestaut
Episcopal Church in this State.
Admittance, 124 cunts—children half price.
SAVANNAH RACES.
The subscriber* to the Jockey Club, will meet
nt the City Hotel, THIS EVENING, 22d inst.
nt 74 o’clock.
Punctual attendance i* requested, a* tho elec
tion nf Officers will tuke place.
Dec. 22
PASSENGERS
Per ship Gaston, from Liverpool—Wo P
Wright, 3 L Lowrio.
' Per ship Liverpool^ from Now York-Capt
Morrill und lady.
Per brig Excel, from New York—Mrs JlC
Baldwin, Messrs W Fuller, P H Holt, J D Slur
tovant, G B Foley, F A Gordon,and 25 steerage*
Per steamboat Congnroe, from Charleston-
Gen J Chandler.
Shipping Intelligence.
PORT OF SAVANNAH.....DEC. 22,1840.
ter. Tlm smite day III
discovery in latitude
and obtained soundinj
tired and twenty A ‘‘
coasted along tit!
riotistimes fort
miles, and he dem
timrat. It is to he re^
vast rnnsscs of few, wit
dofmided, prevented j
fifteen miles, and rciidui
„ the Vincennes disco-
6,2 sftntii, fengitudo 154,
iff©, in' thirty lothoms wn-
v "^cpck made n similar
l, longitude 153,40,
‘dentil of three hurt-
Lieutenant Wilkes
indited sight of itatva-
b of eighteen hundred
' it tlm Antarctic Con
ti, however, thnt the
icit. it w every where
infer approach than
Pit impossible to land.
ARRIVED. ^ (n
Ship Liverpool, Lyon. New York, fidjjw
master—with n detachment of 110 U 8 Tfewwj
belonging to the 2d Rogimeut U S InPy.
stores to U S Qr Master. •
Brig Excel, Ladien, New York. 4 days,
jwis & W ilder. Mdze to Capt MM Clark. ^w
Taylor, R & W King, Sferanton A Olmstead. u
Habersham &8on,W Warner,Duncan&*» .,’
N BKnnppft. Co.IIJ Gilbert,WNfetio V* 8 *®,
& Jones, W Olmstead, W Hale,
A Clifford, Fit Her, Moore & Co.P Halhgan.H"
ris& Reilly, Hazard, Dcnslow &. Webster,*
Bliss &Co, A Wood &Co.Clnghorns&\Vn;<w.
L Baldwin & Co, Rowland & Huratow. ^ ^
Gordon, D O’By rues, S .W Wight, D Drend.
Ludington & Thompson, F &,Co ’x r ais-
derson, N B& H Weed, Ladd, TupperdtS'J
tare. G It Hendrickson, J Hutton, G Ward,
Butler, P Minis, O Tomes, J BoufowaWJ
Judge Nicoll, J W Roberts, Hamilton & 01 **
ton, N F Potter, Snider; Uthrop& NeviU.j;
' rk, Spenr &Jonos.T Pnn©.WJJ' A
, II Smith, It M Goodwin. W T Willjwj;*
'P !>unrann. Cl R ThomttSOO &'
which has not been definitely anted on, would, if
udopted, contribute materially to attach our sea
men more permanently to tlio survicc; and I
take this occasion earnestly to request Ihaltho
eurly attention ol'Congressmay bu invited to this
subject generally, as ono of vital importance to
the well-being of’tlio Navy,
Tho Qccompunying report nnd letter from tlio
Commissioner of Pensions exhibit the number
of pensioners, the nmount of their pensions, nnd
tho menus now remaining nt my dispoBahto meet
those which may become duo the 1st ol Janunry
nnd 1st of July, 1841. From these documents
it will appeal that, under the operation ofthe
Navy pension laws, nnd most especially thnt of
the 3d of Murch, 1837, tho Navy pension fund,
which ntthe period of its pussugo amounted to
tipwarcisofa million ofdollurs, tho annua) inter
est of which was oufficient to meet ull demands,
uow consists of one hundred thousand dollars in
Cincinnati live per com, stock, greatly depre
ciated, fourteen thousand dollars of slock of tho
Bank of Washington, ratlin same situation, thir
ty-three thousand three hundred nnd thirty-nine
dollars live per cent, stock of tho city of Wash
ington, nnd cloven thousand four hundred dol
lars of stock ofthe Union Bonk of Georgetown,
the latter totally unsaleable at this time.
By foe same statement, itnppeurstlint tho sum
ofoue hundred aud fifty-one tliousund three hun
dred nnd fifty two dollar* and thirty-nine com*
will bo required in the course of the year 1841
In meet demands arising out of tlio present pen
sion list, and thnt, consequently, cither un ap
propriation of thnt sum, during tho present ses
sion, must ho' mado, or tho pensioners will ro-
muin unpaid, and the fiilth ol tlie nation, which
was pledged to make good any diftcicucy in this
fund, rumuin unredeemed.
The estimates which accompany this report
havo been prepared with a due regard to econo-
ntay on otto baud, and the protection of tho honor x „ rKS I H1VB i...v, • •— M
und interest* ofthe United Statoe on tho other. CM. brig Surategft, Uedoll, Now
ran & Neym."
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hurt, II Smith, It M Goodwin. W T WHygJ
Champion, T Ryerson, C CThompson
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N A Hnrdeo, Weeds & Morrell. to
Stonmbont Congnreo, Gaston, Charlt*
Cohen, Miller & Co.
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Brig Savannah, Simpler, New York
Brig G^U Umar, John»on, Now Yoik-O*"'
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ton,front. Liverpool, was missed ftom dm
at sea on the morning of 15th Nov.
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