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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