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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUUDBTA.
THURSDAY MOANING, DECEMBER 12.
Our columns teem with interesting news.—
The Steamship Liverpool is in, and the accounts
are considered better. Congress is not yet or
ganised, and there is no apparent prospect of an
early organization.
National Whig Convention.
This body assembled at Harrisburg, Pennsyl
vania, on Wednesday, the 4th inst. Ex-Govor
nor Barbour, of Virginia, is President, and about
a dozen other Ex-Governors, Vice Presidents.—
It is a most respectable body, and the result of
their deliberations is altogether uncertain. We
shall probably hear this cvcnening—if the mail
comes through.
From our Correspondent.
Millediiev ills, Dec. 9, 1839.
hc.i’sk or awitsimTtVEs.
On the 7th inst. (Saturday) a Resolution was
agreed 'to, proposing to bring on the election for
Commissioners of 'the Western tnd Atlantic
Railroad, on Wednesday next. This election is
one es infinitely mote importance than many
have considered it, for it is obvious that the
Commissioners elected, may effect much either
in faciliating or impeding thia great State enter
prise.
Bill* Introduced —Mr. Dixon of Talbot—To
compel tax collectors to furnish each Election
precinct in their respective counties, with a list
of those who have neglected to pay their lux.—
If we arc doomed to suffer through all time the
multifarious ills and gross frauds, to which the
ayatem of precinct elections is subjecting us,
then the proposed requisition is a wholesome one,
end it is to be hoped will te made imperative by
Legislative enactment.
Alao, for the relief of (those high functionaries)
the Constables, in certain cases.
Mr. Watson—More effectually to secure the
prompt collection of all writs of fieri facias and
capias ad satisfaciendum, Ac. If Col. Watson
can devise a plan by which ho will secure the
collection of this “sine qua non,” upon fi fas
against insolvent, and the arrest of the fugitive
debtor under ca sa, as well where he is not, as
whore he is, ho shall be hailed as a groat deliver
er from ignominious thraldom, of the good folks
of this realm.
Bills Pasted—-To authorize the Sheriff of
Washington county, to advertise in the Southern
Advocate.
To define the liability of tho several Railroad
Companies in this State, for tho loss of stock,
killed or wounded on said roads, Ac.
IN SENATE.
On motion of Mr. Healey, the Senate reconsid
ered the passage of the bill regulating tho grant
ing Letters of Guardianship, Ac.
Mr. Kelly submitted a Resolution providing
for the receipt of bills of the Bank of Darien, and
ita branches, in payment of all public dues, Ac.
Mr. Dunegtn’s Resolution requiring the Coin- '
misaioners of the Western and Atlantic Railroad,
lo expend their available funds in completing ,
•aid road from its eastern to its western terminus,
was rejected by a vote of Sl, to 46. J
Mr. Stanford laid on the table a Resolution rr. (
quiring the Governor to proceed to have forfeited |
the charters of the Ocmulgec Bank and Western 1
Bank es Georgia. These two Banks it seems
by their charters arc liable to this forfeiture, by a ,
suspension.
Mr. Dunegan submitted a Resolution, directing
the officers of the Central Bank lo demand pay
ment of the Darien Bank bills in its (tho Cen
tral Bank’s) possession. If not redeemed by the
- laid Bank, by tho Ist March, 1840, that suit be
forthwith instituted therein.
Several Bills were passed by the Senate—
among them are the following:
To incorporate the “ Memphis Branch Rail
Road and Steam Boat Company of Georgia.”
To limit the time in which Widows shall ap
ply for Dower.
To add a part of the county of Union to the
county of Lumpkin. Mr. Miller also had at
tached an amendment, adding a part of Burke
to Richmond, but tho bill is reconsidered to-day.
To incorporate the Southern Botanical Medi
cal College. Let your Augusta Institution look
out for rivals.
To incorporats the Georgia Manufacturing
Company of the county of Clark.
Mr. Bates' Van Burcn and Forsyth Resolu
tions, were agreed to to-day by a vote of 35 to 57,
an the Senate, and it is thought will receive the
concurrence of the House of Representatives by
a yet larger vote—probably 23 or 4 Thus goes
the world.
Mr. Kilgore of Wilkes, died last night.
From the N. Y. Courier, and Jour, of Com. Dec. P.
Arrival of the Steam Ship Liverpool.
LATEBfBOM LIVERPOOL.
The steam ship Liverpool, arrived at the dock
last night, under the command of Capt. Engle
dove, her former commander, Capt Fayrer, be
ing, as we understand, sick. She lefl Liverpool
on the 16th ultimo, to which date we have pa
pers from Liverpool and London, of the prece
ding day. Under our commercial head, will bo
found the commercial and monetary intelligence
She brings, which is, as will be perceived, of a
moat gratifying character.
The news of the suspension of specie pay
ments by the Bank of the U. S. and other Banks
in this country, reached England, Nov. 6lh, and
created a strong sensation. It appears to have
defeated the proposed loan of £BOO,OOO from
Hope & Co. ol Amsterdam, —but on the other
hand, relief had been provided in London, and
Mr. Jaudon under dale of the 13th states that all
the bills of exchange drawn upon him by the U.
S. Bank, and arriving at maturity, had teen paid
This will be agreeable news to some of our mor
chants.
Mr. Jaudon has sustained himself and succeed
«d in bis various negotiations in a manner which
baa obtained him great praise.
Cotton had advanced in consequence of larae
purchases on speculation. Those purchases
however, were bused on the supposition that ou
crop would te late in going forward, and shot
withal; both of which opinions were erroneous
On ll e whole, the intelligence by this arrival
is more favorable, in a commercial and fmancia
point of view, than any one would have daret
to expect.
There had been fresh movements of the Char
lists in some places, particularly in Newport
Wales, where a number of lives were lost.
A lire occurred in Widegnto Alley, Bishop
gale, London, Nov. 14, by which eight person
lost their lives.
General Bernard, formerly in the engineer ser
vice of the United Stales, and more recently
French Minister of War, was stated to he at tin
point of death. Mr. Hagetman, the eminen
Paris hanker, had died.
The Dundee Advertiser stales that all the whab
ships belonging to that port bad returned, am
that it had proved one of the poorest fishing sea
sons ever known.
H. M. H. Imogine arrived at Portsmouth, or
the 14th, from South America, having on boart
$2,600,000 on merchants' accounts.
A fire occurred at Constantinople, in the Ar
meniiin quarter, 16lh Octoter, which destroyec
400 houses.
Dreadful inundations had been occasioned in
Lombardy by the continued rains.
The meeting of the French Chambers had
teen postponed till about the 20th December.
The principal Theatre at Calcutta was destroy
ed by fire on the night of the 31st of May. No
insurance.
It is now definitely understood that Queen
Victoria has plighted her troth to Prince Albert
of Saxe-Coburg, and that the marriage is to take
place in April or May next.
Li VKiieooi., November 15.
Mr. Jaudon was again compelled last week to
obtain a loan, which he succeeded in doing, to
the extent of £260,000, and which enabled him
to meet tho payment of his acceptances falling
duo this week. His bills now to be provided
for are, we understand, to an extent not over
£IOO,OOO.
London, November 15.
Though the Liverpool steam-ship was certain
ly cxpecteil with some feelings of apprehension—
yet there was no party or petson who was not
filled with astonishment at the precipitation of
such events as tho suspension of specie payments
by the Bank of the United States. The long
catalogue of fires, and other misfortunes, which
came by the same vessel, at any other time would
have excited much interest and sympathy in this
country; hut there is too large a portion of tho
population of England dependant upon the A mer
icati trade, that tho principal subject of attention
should not he supposed to te tho recent wide
spread crash amongst the Bunks of tho United
States.
The effect of this intelligence has been worse
in England than was probably anticipated by the
American mercantile community, or by the di
rection of the Bunk of the U. States. Tho diffi
culties in which the London agency had been in
volved for some time past, were considered to be
fully overcome by the very skilful arrangements
which had been made in London, anil which
wore in a further prosperous train in the city of
Amsterdam, and therefore no person could have
anticipated that even before the arrival out of the
Liverpool steamship, payment should have been
suspended by (lie Bank of the United States.
It has been noticed that the Bunk did not on
this occasion, os in the year 1836, yield only after
seeing so many other establishments had given
way—and moreover, the subsequent publication
in the London journals of tho state of assets and
liabilities of the institution, has been viewed by
practical bankers as exhibiting much mismanage
ment, particularly in the sinking so large a part
of the resources in dead securities—this being a
violation of that first rule in all banking, that the
assets should be always preserved within your
reach. To have been in possession of no more
than a single million of dollars in specie, is also
looked upon as a truly improper exhibition of tho
available resources of the Bank of tho United
States.
The effect of this intelligence has been'that the
shares of the Bank has fallen from £l9 Ids. or
£2O, to £l6 ss. which has been the quotation for
the Inst three days, and continues to the latest
hour of this afternoon. The premium on the
scrip recently issued by Mr. Jaudon has not teen
reduced, the holders of these securities having
priority to the shareholders, and no party having
a doubt that this engagement will he cleared off,
whatever may te the ultimate position of the
shareholders of the Bank of the United States.
Anion tst the hankers and capitalists of London
there is daily morn confidence in the future value
of the shares of the Bank, for it is believed that
the accounts taken out by the Great Western of
the successful negociation of Mr. Jaudon for (he
loan of £BOO,OOO will so tranquilize the Ameri
can markets that on the return of this vessel,
many well informed persons anticipate an early
dissipation of the present gloom.
As a measure of prudence in future times—it
may he worthy of remarking, upon the small
amount of the “ rest”—which appears in the pub
lished account of the assets of the Bank of the
United States. This is attributed to the pay
ment in one large sum, and of the bonds to the
State of Pennsylvania, for the re chartering of
the Bank; but more properly, the smallness of
this accumulation may be attributed to the need
lessly large dividends which have tern paid on
the stock of the Bank. The reduction lo 7 per
cent, of the dividends on the stock of the Bank of
England, might he very advantageously imitated
by the Bunk of (lie United States, and this would
not weaken but strengthen the credit of the insti
tution —since tho surplus capital is always tho
property of shareholders, who with a diminished
present dividend are still partaking of the bene
fits which abundance of resources must always
a fiord in the corresponding value of the shares
of a hank.
W hilst, then, tlierc arc parties who entertain
no doubt of tile ultimate return of u more satis
factory condition of the affairs of the Bank of the
United Stales, and of tho general American
trade—it is yet unfortunately too true that the
sudden depreciation in the value of the stock of
tho Bank has most seriously injured groat num
bers of families, who, in all parts of the king
dom, are the miscellaneous holders of the shares
—and that in the manufacturing districts of Lan
cashire and Yorkshire, the late intelligence from
the United States has most extensively aggrava
ted the already too gloomy prospects of the on
suing winter months.
Let us hope, however, that, for the honor of the
republic, this crash in the monetary system of
the country is the last which shall occur. The
disadvantages with which all commerce is op
pressed, through the mistaken policy of a gold
circulation, are yet not sufficient ns a justification
of the rapid recurrence of these suspensions of
payment by the great mass of the Bunks of tho
United States.
The general money market at London was not
affected materially, or for more than three days
after the arrival of the intelligence by the Liver
pool steamship. It is now beginning to te the
opinion that monetary affairs may te expected to
prove brighter than for some time past.
The foreign exchanges have been rather more
favorable for the last two days, and very consid
erable additisi.a are said to have recently teen
made to the amount of gold in the possession of
the Bank of England. This, however, must te
considered as not a symptom of any revival of the
general commerce of the country ; for though the
absolute and pressing fears of a suspension of
cosh payments by the Bank of England may
have been diminished within the last few days,
yet the addition of gold has only teen obtained
if by a contiiiuiiou ol the most violent contraction
rt of the circulation, with all its distressing influen
»■ ecu upon general trade.
il> It is to be observed, also, that the cessation of
al the drain upon the vaults of the Hank, may be at
td tributed to the temporary suspension of importa
tions of foreign wheat—for the duty upon wheat
r- has risen to 18s. Bd. per quarter; but this being
t, caused entirely by the bad quality ; and conse
quent low prices of the English wheat of the
p- present season, will cease to have the same, op
rs peration, in the course of a few weeks, or months
when, either the wheat will be sufficiently itn
r- proved in quality to be saleable at the high prices
ly which arc natural at a time when the real defi
le eicncy is so great, or, otherwise will have been
it given to the cattle, or consumed in the breweries
and distilleries ; and the prices of the remaining
le slock of sound wheat will consequently cause the
id average to rise, and the duty to fall to the mini
i- mum rate.
A renewal of the importation of grain, and ex
it portation of gold, would then immediately lake
d place; and then recur the difficulties of the Bank
ol England, and an aggravation of all the trou
r- hies which the unfortunate failure of the harvest
d must compel the kingdom to encounter for a very
long period to eotne.
n .Notwithstanding the gloomy accounts from
the manufacturing districts, and all the reported
d stagnations of every market for manufactured
goods, the price of cotton has yet improved with
- in the last few days. But as your accounts by
0 the steam ship will be later than the date of this
letter, it may be only requisite to remark, that in
n London there is no confidence in the present pri
-1 ces of cotton ; for the consumption will inevita
e bly lie not greater in the ensuing year than
1838-9—and the crops arc reported to be great
er by more than 200,000 hales.
a Correspondence of the Charleston Courier.
1 Washington, December 7, 1839.
I In my lust, I alluded to some slight disaffec
tion in the Administration ranks, proceeding
from the late caucus nomination of the Speaker
by that party. It had been urged by the New-
Vork and several of the Pennsylvania members,
that some token of gratitude (if one may so call
’ it) was due to the Stale Bights men, for coming
j. forward to the ir assistance at the lime the Sub
Treasury bill was brought before Congress. For
’ this reason, if you will refer to your files, you
1 will find that most of the leading democratic
1 journals have, lor the past six months, brought
forward the claims ol Mr. Pickens in a very
, strong light, and it seemed to be a general under
standing among the mass of the representatives,
( that he should he chosen. Some misunderstand
ing occurred, however, owing to Mr. P.’s apathy
I regard to the office of Speaker, and a disposi
tion on the part of his friends to keep him whore
his services would be more valuable—on the floor
as a debater—for, by the way, there is none to
lead the administration forces, at present, against
the overpowering number of orators they have
against them, save Mr. P.—and Mr. Lewis was
then taken up. But while this matter was in
the tide of successful experiment, Mr. Benton,
the Senator from Missouri, is said to have stated
that “ such a man (meaning a Nullifier) would
not suit,” and hence the choice of Gen. Jones.
The sore feelings thus created will have to bo
healed in some manner, ns the State Bights men
express themselves free from committal, save on
the single question of the Sub Treasury. One
thing is certain: if Mr. Dawson, of Georgia, is
run as the Whig candidate, he will carry more
votes than either Mr. Jones or Mr, Bell, inasmuch
ns the Nullifies arc bound to vote for a compa
nion in principles.
This election, however, will depend wholly
upon the vote of the New-Jcrsey members. My
own impression is that their scats will be allowed
them, as the subject has mixed both parties so
much, that no reliance can ho placed upon cither
side, to make it a strict party vote. Allowing
them their seats, however, will hp n» test of the
strength of parties on the lending measure of the
administration, the Sub Treasury, which, it is
conceded on all hands, will pass the House and
Senate by some half dozen votes.
This Speakership, however, is but a prelude
to greater matters, as the field for Mr. Van Bo
ren’s success is now open in the democratic
ranks, and hence the wishes of a certain Sena
tor to prevent the election of a Stale Bights Spea
ker. From the signs of the times, you will ob
serve that the Democratic party has the divisions
—the hard currency men, who wc suppose, lean
towards Mr. Benton, the State Bights party, who
cling to Mr. Calhoun, and the sober thinking De
mocrats, who avoid both extremes, in the selec
tion of Mr Forsyth, and you may easily mark the
movements of each, though on general subjects,
they will all pull together—at present, however,
wo have no time to speculate on this subject.
The present Vice President will doubtless he
dropped by his parly at the next election, as wo
have heard of no .National Convention, and Ins
name has not been brought forward in any State
Legislature. It is expected, since the nomination
of Mr. Polk, for that office by the Tennessee Le
gislature, that Messrs. King, of Alabama, and
Forsyth, of Georgia, will receive a nomination
from their respective States—viewing each in his
separate capacity and qualifications, the genlle
, man from Georgia is likely to be the man. Metis.
, units verrons.
From the Commercial Advertiser.
Something New.—The foolish and black
ly ffuurd Loudon Age gravely informs its reader—
in very impressive Italics moreover—(hat Mr.
I Webster's expenses in England are all paid by—
Russia and for proof of its assertion refers to
| some exceedingly wise and bland remarks by the
[ Toronto Patriot!
What asses some of the English journalists
do make of themselves in their monomania about
’ Bussia and Russian influence!
i
Tallahassee, Nov. 30.—We learn the Gov
-1 ernor has sent Col. Fitzpatrick to Cuba to pur
■ chase Bloodhounds—to pay for which, the Un
! ion Bank advanced five thousand dollars in spe
-1 cie. We decidly approved of this course, and
have confidence that they will prove useful bc
-1 yond their cost.
Late from Africa.— We have seen a letter
» from an intcllight shipmaster, under the dale of
- Gambia, October 21, 1839, in which he says
i <• business is dull, and African produce scarce
• and high. The epidemic of this country has
• been very fatal this season in Hi is place, and
Sierra Leone. About one third of the Europe
s mis have fallen victims to that fatal disease. A
• inongst the victims in this place is the Governor,
a man highly esteemed. I think no compensa
tion will induce me to come to this country a
-1 gain.”
i
( Destructive Storm.—A violent hurricane
3 passed over the eastern part of this county, in
the neighborhood of Col. Win. Wyatt’s, on
t Thursday of last week, (Nov. 14th,) about 2P.
j M. It swept in its course an area varying trom
- one hundred and fifty to three hundred yards in
5 width, tearing down trees, houses, and every
) thing that opposed its progress. Several dwell
ing and out-houses were prostrated, and some
3 half a dozen negroes, belonging to Col. Wyatt
- and others, more or less injured ; hut none, we
i understand, seriously. In some places, the fowls
f in the farm yards were taken up like kites, and
0 sent whirling through the air at an unprecedent
ed cd rate, at the sport of the tempest. We learn
c that that portion of the \ ulobusha adjacent to the
f site of the storm, was completely filled with tim-
V her and rubbish, which the citizens design remo
i, vingin a shortlime.— Grenada CMiss. ) Repor
-1 ter. r
Correspoiulece of the Charleston Corn ier.
W ash r sotos, Dec. 7.
The House met again, to-day, as an Assembly
of citizens, but with a very faint prospect of ef
fecting no organization. The Administration
parly, having taken their stand on this question,
will not, and cannot recede. They will not by
their voles, yield to the claim of the Jersey
Whigs to be admitted and qualified. The Whigs,
s on the oilier hand, seemed to have united their
force in favor of admitting the regularly comrais
( siuned members, their political friends. There
• can be no action taken, without a decision of the
) whole matter in controversy, viz: who are to
■ vote. Again,tlie Whigs cannot succeed, with
i out excluding the Jersey Democrats, and requir
> ing the Jersey Whigs to vote for themselves.—
Mr. Adams has decided that the rule, which for
' bids members to vote on a question in the event
of which they are personally interested, docs not
apply to the case, and that not the members but
their constituents aie the parties interested in the
question. Os course, it follows, that, if the Jer
sey Whigs he qualified, and if the Whigs, by
their aid elect a Speaker, their seals can never be
made vacant, though it be proved that they ob
tained the scats by a false and fraudulent return.
For they will, in the first place, have a vciy
friendly and partial tribunal, in the Committee of
Election, and when the question comes to the
House for decision they will maintain their scats,
by their own votes. Against this course, the Ad
ministration members seem determined and uni
ted. What, then, must be done ? Will the
Whigs try a separate organization 1 They have
not the strength, at present, for they have but 119
members, all told. When Mr. Kcmpsball ar
rives, and the vacancy in Massachusetts is tilled,
they will have 121, but they must have one more
vote still to make a quorum. They may get that
one vote or more, or they may not. The Admin
istration party may command a quorum, and ef
fect an organization, by taking their Jersey mem
bers in, hut this they have as yet, no idea of do
ing. It is plain, that there is danger ahead. The
only mode securing an harmonious, and peaceful,
and regular organization, is that proposed by Mr.
Bhett, viz: To call the undisputed members; and,
after they are called, and before a Speaker is elec
ted, to hear and adjudge upon the elections, re
turns, and qualifications, of all claimants to the
seats in dispute,
Wc have little from the Harrisburg Conven
tion; but there is a prospect that Mr. (.'lay will be
dropped, and Gen. Harrison, or Gen. Scott taken
up. The parties stand, for Clay, 103; Harrison,
101; Scott, 59. They had a case of conflicting
returns, and, very sensibly agreed to set both
parties aside.
The Senate is doing no business, and can do
none, till the House is organized. Notices of
several important bills have, however, been given.
Half past 3P. M. Since the above was writ
ten, Mr. Adams, very much to the dissatifaction
of some ultra Whigs, but greatly to the relief ol
the House or meeting, has explained his decis
ion of yesterday, and also indicated bis opinion
on the question of the right of the Jersey mem
bers to vote for Speaker. His decision, it seems
was merely to regulate the tellers in counting
members, on this preliminary proceeding; but,
when the tellers report that such men have voted,
the House, and not the Chair, must decide whose'
votes shall be taken. He further stated that
he was not now of opinion, and never was
of opinion that any of the disputed members
from New Jersey ought to vote for Speaker, be
fore the House had decided upon their right to
their seats. But when the House was organized
it would be timej enough to raise this question.
He suggested an expedient by which the House
could avoid all difficulty, remarking that there
was more heat than diversity of opinion on this
subject, in the House.
The House adjourned, without coming to any
conclusion.
A Deiit.—The public debt of the East Indian
Company, on the Ist of April, 1837, was £30,-
400,000. The estimated s irplusof income over
expenditures in 1838, was £1,300,000.
Hydrophobia. —The Raleigh Register says,
“A mule died of hydrophobia, at Mnj. Hinton’s
plantation, in this vicinity, a few days since.—
He was bitten by a mad dog last August, but
exhibited no symptoms of disease, until the day
before his death, when he became quite frantic
and ungovernable, biting at every thing within
his reach, and showing marked indications of ex
treme sullering and distress.”
The North Eastern Boundary. —The Brit
ish Commissioners have reached St Johns. N. B.
They had a very severe time in the woods, suffer
ing much from Ibo cold They had examined the
whole line. The Frederick!on (Jazelle expresses
the hope that “matters in relation to the boundary,
may remain in their present quiet stale, until the
Governments of the Iwo Nations—to whom it
alone belongs—have had sufficient leisure to weigh
well the new evidence which ere long may he laid
before them, as we have reason to know that the
Commissioners proceed immediately to England.”
The Fine Arts. —A sculptor bearing a cobbler
find (ault with the sandal on the foot ofoneof bis
statues, thought the man's objections so reasonable
that be altered it, anil returned him Ins thanks
The cobbler, arrogating consequence in himsell
from I his condescension, began to disapprove of the
formation ot the knee. “Hold my friend,” cried
the artist, “a cobbler’s criticisms should never go
above the sole."
Intemperance laws i.\ Sweden r~" The
laws against intoxication aro enforced with great
rigor in Sw eden. Whoever is seen drunk ia lined,
for the first offence, three dollars ; fiir (he second,
six ; lor lhe third and fourth,a still larger sum, and
is alto deprived of the right of voting at elections,
ami of being appointed a representative I le is be
sides, publicly exposed in the Parish Church on tiro
following Sunday. If I lie same individual is found
commuting the same offence a fifth time, be is shut
up in a house of correction, am' condemned iosix
months hard labor; and, if he is again guilty, to a
lw civs months punishment of a similar descrip ion.
II the offence has been committed in public, snch
ns ala fair, an auction, <Vc. the fine is doubled; and
it ihe offender has made his appearance in a church
the punishment is mill more severe Whoever is
convicted of having induced another to intoxicate
himself, is fined three dollars, which sum is dou
bled if the person is a minor. An ecclesiastic who
falls into this offence loses his beneliee. If it is a
layman who occupies any considerabie post, bis
functions are suspended, and perhaps he is dismis
sed. Drunkenness is never admitted as an excuse
for any crime, and w hoever dies w hen drunk, is
buried ignominionsiy, and deprived of ilio prayers
of the Church. It is forbidden |o give, more expli
citly to sell, am spirituous liquors to -students,
workmen, servants, apprentices and private sol
diers. Whoever is observed drunk in the streets,
or making a noise in a tavern, is sore to be taken
to prison and detained till sober, wilbout, however,
being, on ibnl account, exempted from fines. Half
of these fines go to lire informers (w ho are general
ly police officers) Ihe other half to the poor. If
the delinquent has no money, he he kepi in prison
until some one pays for him, or until he has work
ed out his enlargement. Twice a year these ordi
nances are read aloud from the pulpit by the cler
gy ; and every tavern Keeper is bound, under the
penalty of a heavy fine, to have a copy of them
hung up in the principal rooms of his house.”
trom "Christopher in his Alcove," an article in
Blackwood's Magazine.
The Unins of Home.
BY PROFESSOR W ILSON.
The ruins of Borne! The overthrow nr decay
of mighty human power is, of all Ihe objects that
can enl r the mind, the most afflicting. The
whole imagination is at once stirred by the pros
tration of that, around which so many high nsso
cialiens have been collected for so many ages,
Beauty seems born hut to perish, and its fragility
is seen and felt to be inherent in it by a law of its
[x ii.g But power gives stability, as it were, to l.u
--! man though), and wo forget our own perishable
nature in the spectacle ol some abiding and endu
ring greatness. Our own little span of years —our
own confined region of space, are, lost in the en
durance and fur spread dominion of some in."li
ly slatr —ai d vie feel r.s if we partook of its
deep set and most niumphant strength. V'hen,
therefore, a great and ancient empire falls into pie
ces, or when fiagrnenls of its power are heard in
the sad conviction ol our souls, rent asunder like
column after column disputing from some noble
edifice, we feel ss if all the cities of men were
bullion foundations beneath which the earthquake
slept. The same doom seems to be imminent over
all the other kingdoms that si II stand ; and in the
midst of such changes, and decays, and over
throws—or,as we read of them of old —we look,
under such emotions on nil power as foundation
lees,and in our wide imagination embrace empires
covered only w ith the mass of their desolation.
Yet such is the pride of human spirit, that it of
ten unconsciously, under the influence of such im
agination, strives to bice from itself the utter noth
ingness of its mightiest works. And when all its
glories are visibly crumbling into dust, it creates
some imaginary power to overthrow the lahricsof
human greatness—and thus aitempts to derive a
kind of mournful triumph, even in its very fall
1 hus when nations have faded away in their sins
and vices, rotten ol the heart and palsied in all their
limbs, vve strive not to think ol that sad internal
decay, hut imagine some mighty power smiling
empires and cu ling short the records of mortal
magnificence. Thus, Fate and Destiny are said in
onr imagination to lay our glories low. Thus,
even the calm and silent air o( oblivion has been
thought ol ns an unsparing power. Time, too,
though in moral sadness, w idely called a shadow,
has been clothed with terrific attributes, and the
sweep of IPs scythe has, in imagination, shorn the
towery diadem ( f cities. Thus the mere sigh in
which we expire, has been changed into active
power—and all the nations have, wiih one voice,
called out “Death !” And while mankind have
sunk, and fallen, and disappeared in the helpless
ness of their own mortal being, we have still sp -
ken of powers arrayed against them—powers that
are in good truth only another name for their own
weaknesses. Thus imagination is forever fighting
against truth—and even when humbled, her vis
ions are sublime—conscious, even among saddest
ruin,of her own immortality.
COMMERCIAL.
Latent dates from Liverpool, Nov. 16
Latest dates from Havre Nov. 13
Liverpool, Nov. 9.
Cotton —The intelligence brought by the Liver
pool,from America, announcing the suspension of
cash payments by the Bank of the United States
and many others in the southern States, has had a
depressing effect on the market, and has shaken
confidence in the article. Cotton is offering more
freely, and prices have given way Jd per lb.,tho’
they are still nearly )d per lb higher than they
were in the early part of last week. 1300 hales
of American ami 700 of Surat have been taken C
on speculation, and 1300 of American for export.
November 15.
The check to business which we noticed in our
last report, consequent on the accounts received by
the Liverpool, lasted only with the week; confi
dence was again restored on Monday, and we have
had daily tills week an increased extent of busi
ness doing, with an improving market for Ameri
can descriptions, in which a good deal has been
done on speculation, upwards of -1000 bales being
taken yesterday, the day’s transactions being esti
mated at 9000 bales of all kinds.
November 16.
The firmness in our cotton market, as noticed in
our last circular of Ist inst. per British Queen, has
since continued (with the exception of two or three
quiet days on the arrival of the Liverpool,) and
prices have advanced about jjd per lb. More than
half of this improvement has been realised the last
few days, owing to about 7000 bales having been
taken on speculation, which, added to rather more
free buying on the part of consumers, has produced
considerable excitement in the market and increas
ed the firmness of holders.
There is certainly some little improvement in
trade in the manufacturing districts, and not so
much said of working short time, hut as yet there
is little or no amendment in the prices of goods or
yarns, nor any decidedly favorable change in the
money market. The sales of cotton for the week
ended Bth inst., were 22,570 bales —and for the
weekended lastevening, they amounted to 33,310
bales —of the latter 10,220 were Upland at sjd a
8d; 13,460 Orleans at aSjj; 5730 Alabama and
Mobile at 6 a 7jj ; and SO Sea Island at 18 a29d per
lb. About 8000 bales taken on speculation and 800
for export. Fair qualities may be quoted at 7) a
7|d.
The duty on Wheat is now ISs fid per qr., and
on Flour 11s 2>fd per bid; next week the former is
likely to be 20s fid, and the latter 12s 5d —and there
is every indication of the duties remaining high.—
The Corn markets have been particularly dull for a
week past, and Flour has declined fully 2s per
bbl. We believe it would not tie possible to find
buyers for any large quantity at 40s,perhaps not at
3Ss per bbl —but as a good deal is now coming in,
the market will soon be effectually tested. The
business in tobacco since the Ist inst. has been short
of 400 lihds and prices are )d per lb lower.
Havre, Nov. 11.
Cotton —There was a good attendance of buyers
from the interior on Monday last, and the market,
which at the close of tlfe week had become exceed
ingly flat, once more assumed a livelier appearance;
and although from the precarious situation of the
manufacturer, who is still unable to obtain a re
munerating return for produ e, it could hardly be
expected that sny improvement in the prices of
Cotton would yet take place,there seemed never
theless a probability that the demand fur consump
tion would have been suliicientiy spirited to rouse
the market from the state of lethargy into which it
had fallen. This, however, has not been the case,
and transactions have since resumed their wonted
inactivity, owing to the advices hourly expected
by the Liverpool steamer which are generally sup
posed to be of an important tenor. Consequently
since the departure of the last packet, there has
been no material alteration to notice in prices and
the sates have been chiefly in ordinary descriptions
in which some farther purchases have been made
for transit.
(tTHaving now arrived at the conclusion of the
cotton season, we close our tabular statement of
importations from the United States into this port.
The receipts during 1838-39, were less than those
of former years, the falling olf being in the arrivals
from Charleston and Mobile. No importations
whatever have come in this year from Virginia.—
The general table for France, from Ist January to
31st October, shows a deficiency of 03,840 bales in
the imports, as compared with last year; but on
tlie other hind there is a decrease of 74,S40bales in
the outgoings. The monthly deliveries this year in
all onr ports, have been 20810 bales,(of which 19108
bales U. 5.,) against 34,281 bales, (say 27,662
bales U. 8.) in 1838, and 36,206 bales,(or 22,167
bales U. S.) in 1837. The stock, which was 100.-
500 hales at the end of fieptember, had diminished
17,500 bale* in October.
Hamburg, Nov. 8.
Cotton remains rather depressed, and only 44
bales middling and inferior Para were taken at 7)
sch, and 40 bales from the United States, at dilfcr
ent currencies. We had this week a public sale ol
Indigo, at winch only 8 chests Madras were dispos
ed of at 3 marks 4te 14). Exchange on London
at 2m13 p short 13 6.
Antwerp, Nov. 12.
Cotton since our last revie w of this day se’nnight,
was both firmer and more inquired after; 20 bales
Georgia and Mobile; of which we could not ascer
tain the exact price; as also 30 bales Surat at 33)c;
besides 200 bales Bahia, lately arrived by the Jia
netta Maria, were successfully disposed of.
marine intelligence.
Charleston, Dec. 11.
In the offing— Ship St. Cloud, Colburn, Cadiz; Bi
barque Graoe, Reid, Liverpool.
Cleared —Ship .Mary Ann, Childs, Havre; U. L.
brig Lawrence,Cobb, New York.
I Vent to sea yesterday —U. L. brig Lawrence
Cobb, New York; Bremen schr Delphia, Van Hot
ton, Bremen.
] AUGUSTA. PHICKS CDHHE.VI’.
Thursday, December 5, 1839.
BAGGING — Hemp, per yard 20 a 25
Tow, “ 14 a 20
BALE HOPE, per lb. 8 a u
BACON — Hams, “ 15 a 17
Shoulders and Middlings, 10 a 121
BUTTER — Goshen, per lb. 28 a 35 s
North Carolina, “ 15 a 25
Country, “ 18 a 25
! COFFEE —Green prime Cuba," 14 a ij
Ordinary to good, “ 11a 14
St. Domingo, “ 10 a 14
Brazil, “ —a
Laguira, “ 12) a 15
Porto Rico, “ 12)a 15
Mocha, “ 18 a 2 u
COTTON—Ordinary, “ 8 a _
Fair, “ 8 a 84
Good, « 8* a gj
Prime, “ a
CANDLES — Spermaceti, “ 48 a 50
Tallow, “ 20 a 22
CHEESE — American, “ 13$ a 14
English, “ 40 a 50
CIDER — Northern, per bbl. 900 a 10 00
In boxes, per doz. 350 a 450
ClGAßS — Spanish, M. 15 a2O >
American, “ g „ u '
. bvshel 50 a 621
llSH—Herrings, box 125 a 150
Mackerel No. 1 « none
“ “2 « c
““3 “ «
FLOUR—Canal, bbl. 9 a lO
Western*’ 8 “ 8
„, n ’ “ none
Country, « 650 a 770
GUNPOWDER- keg q “If
Blasting, “4 „
GLASS 10 12, box 350 a 423
IRON—Russia™’ «* 3 2 ° a *
Swedes, assorted, “ g
[f’ lb 9 a jo
Sheet . « o „ zz
Nail Rods, « 7 a o
LEAD—Bar, « L “ 8
LEATHERSoIe, lb £ “ 30
rmf 'ii ■ * ide 1 75 a 2
ra o n_ C Sktns i doz 30 a36
LARD — jl tor „ ~
MOLASSES N. Orleans, gal 45 a 50
■Havana, 4Q /•» < -
SAILS- ~ • -
V ••*•*■»
Tanners, „ 1 1® 11 125
OATS— bU
PEAS “t 50
PAINTS —Red Lead, lb jg 1
f. d ’ ke S 300a 350
Spanish Brown lb d „
Yellow Ochre, «« ■>
PEPPER—BIack « 8 “
Bloom, u ‘ 0
RICE Prime, » g° a 6
Inferior to good, « a „ r ,
SUGAR —New Orleans, lb n a
Havana, white, “ 13 a 15
brown, “ 8 a 9
Muscovado, « 8 a 10
ot. Croix. cc in « mi
».«.*■;., „ ■»; t
“ 14 a 16
Toaf, « ig „ „n
804 P Double rffined, “ 2 0 a 22
SOAP — American, No. 1, g a g i
“ No. 2, Sal 8
SALT—Liverpool ground, bush 65 a "73
lurk’s Island, “ none
STEEL—German, lb ]g a 16
soor B J.f ered ’ “ 8 a 12)
Vp?,frf n ZeS ’ .... J ,ag 2U * a 2 37)
SPIRITS—Cognac, 4th prf. gal Igoa 250
Peach, « 1 a 150
jPP le > “ 45 a 65
Gin, Holland, « 1 20 a 450
“ American, “ 55 a 7g
Rum, Jamaica. « 125a 175
‘‘ New England,‘‘ 48 a 56 9
Whiskey, Northern, « 48 a 56 I
“ Western, “ 50 a 75 I
Monnnga. “ 75 0 1 I
“ Irish, “ 2 a 3 I
TOBACCO — N. (arolina, lb 8 a 15 |
rrizrr^ Vireinia ’ “ 15 a 40 fi
“ 30 o 37) I
iEA — Bohea, “ go a 75 B
Souchong, « go a 75 I
Hyson, “ 75 a 1 25 i
Gunpowder, « 1 a 125 I;
WlNE—Madeira, gnl 250 a3 50 I
Sicily Madeira, 1 25 0 1 75 I;
Sherry, “ 2 n 3 50 ft)
Teneriffc, « 75 a 125 R
Sweet Malaga, “ 40 a 60 B
T°rte, « 75 a 3 i
Claret, “ none r|
“ in bottles, doz 3 a 6 H
Champaigne, “ g al2 ■
REMARKS. y
Cotton is coming in very rapidly, and the phn-1
ters are selling freely. Since our last the market ■
has been declining, and xve now quote 8 a S) as I
the extremes of the market. The crop is uncotn- I
monly fine, and there is more uniformity in prices H
than usual, there being less variation in the quality. I
Sales are mostly effected at 8) a 8),
Groceries —Stock abundant, and a heavy busi- H
ness doing. [ a
Freights —By the river to Savannah, s7*so per B
bag. By the railroad to Charleston, ) a cent petH
pound. t'f
Exchange— On New York at sight, 7 per cent K
for current bills; Charleston 3 a 4 per cent, Savan- Hj
nah par to I per cent. tl
Bank Notes —Sanannaji, 3a 4 per ct prcnK H
Charleston and Columbia, 3 a4 do ; Hamburg, 2]t H
3 do.; iMcchanics’, (Augusta,) 4 a 5 do.; AgencyH
Brunswick, (Augusta. )4 asdo.; other city banks H
para 1 do.; Darien, 20 a'3o discount; Rome, <’ ,I H
do. Ij
Specie paying Banks— All the Banks of Sanan-H
nah, the Bank of Brunswick, Bank of St. Marys'Hj
Mechanics’ Bank Augusta, Central Bank,
bus Insurance Bank, and Commercial Bank at sb'H|
con. The Branches of the State Bank in the
terior pay specie to all ottiers except Banks
Brokers. KB
■JL- . —— ■ ..1.1.. --*■
For the Chronicle and Sentinel. B 9
Messrs. Editors —Having seen in your
Tuesday last, a notice of the appointment of
Committee of Council to investigate the c;ui-c
the late epidemic, 1 was induced to visit the
oil Chamber last evening, where said Comim ttf< K|
were to report. But much to my disappointmcD 1 !®!
no report was made. And what was the reason‘H|
They were not there, r H
Now-, Sirs, neither Doctors nor Councilmen
tell the cause. It was neither caused by the
rus Multicaulis, Pine Apples, Trash Wharf, of
qeantity of Tar our Worthy Mayor burnt, but : BB
dispensation of an All. Ruling Providence, in wh 1
decrees neitlicr Committee or Council have
thing to do. rigHU H
Dec. 12,1839. »* ■
Off MICHAEL, of the Cornucopia, partieula'liß
requests all persons with whom he contracted 'fl
on account of the Asylum, during the late
.nic, to present the same within two days
date, (dec 12 2t) MICHAEL SHEAIIA.Y ■
(X27’ The Centenary of Methodism will be
brated in the Methodist Church in this city.* I ®®
evening, at half past six o’clock, when sever " ’Bl
dresses may be expected. The public are re*r p '®J|
fully invited to attend. dec 12 IS