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MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 13.
mail from the North last evening.
The news from Washington city embraces the
proceedings of Congress up to Monday last, in
clusive. On that day nothing of importance
transpired.
An arrival ut New York brings ini lligence
from Livorpool to December 7lh. 'The political
news is not of much importance. Colton had
declined a 1 itle. Toe tallowing is an extract
liom a letter to a commercial House in this city,
daicd
LiVKUPoot, December G, 1839.
The sales iiiia week b«ile*»»anu bacli
h.ib been tue iiiixuii) Ij tcil since lire ar. ival t»t
ue iirca. W estern, mat prices have declined
to jjd, and ihe market closes as null as ut any
nine Hus year. It is not very likely that we
shall have a large import soon irom Die Atlantia
Stales. Dot from me increasing stock and de
clining prices in New O. leans, we shall doubtless
have an ample supply Irom thence, ut least sulh
cient to keep prices wlieie they are, it not to re
duce Liiein to a lower standard, unless the manu
facturing trade improves, ol which there is no im
mediate p.osp.ct. l ilt) want ot the usual re
mand, lor ..niiiaand the East as well as lor the
United Btales, added to toe still advanced value
> ol money, so severely felt in the home consump
tion, all combine to cheek increased activity or
speculation, however favorable the depressed
prtce ol the raw material may he to it.
Fair Uplands, or very nearly so, we are told,
have been sold to-day, at the extreme no
minal quotations we consider lo he from 5J lo 7|
the lower qualities however arc alone saleable and
bear a relative higher value, as the buyers appear
determined to nave quantity rather than quality
for men money.
December 7th.
The packet not having sailed, 1 open this let
ter lo say, that ihe sales to-day are 30 0 hales,
and the market made the same as lo price. The
slock of American is computed at 229,500, about
what it was tnc tame lime last year. I hear ot
no sales in New Upland, hut from what I see do
ing in New Orleans, 1 snould think 7J a very ex
treme price for the former.
At a meeting of the citizens of Burke County,
at the Court House, on the llth ol January,
1840, for the purpose of adopting measures lo
carry into effect the construction of the Augusta
and Waynesboro Kadroad,
Colonel A. J. Lawson was called to the Chair,
and W. W. Hughes Esq. appointed Secretary.
On motion of Col, Thomas M. Berrien,
It was Resolved, That Edward Garlii k, James
W. Jones, E .ward Palme , Jesse P. Green, Jo
se,.|| S Reynolds, Ezekiel Lester CliaDes White
head, William W. Hugo s, Pnilip K >bmson Jr.
William Uyne, Alex.inner Carswell William ■>.
Douglass, vVilham E. Evans, uideon Dowse,
Wihiam Barron, Joseph A. Shew make, Robert
Pullers >n. Henry Lewis, and Edward Hat’her,
be a p allied a Committee lo ascertain the num
ber ol persons willing lo subscribe loi siock in
the Augusta and Waynesboro Rail Road i.'oinpa
ny, payable in money or work, or in a portion ol
each, an J in such manner as they may severally
speciiy in writing in said Committee, or either of
. tlicm
Resolved further. That the Committee be re
quested lo report lo a meeting of the citizens of
Burke coumy, lo he couv. lied in Waynesboro,
on me first i uesday in February next.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be. signed by the Chairman and Secretary,
and mat a ci py ue fund lied for publication, and
that the Editors in Savannah and Augusta be
requsted to give it one mseition.
Resolved, I hat this meeting adjourn to the
first Tuesday in Feh.ua y next,
A. J. LAWSON, Chairman.
W. W. Hct.i ks, Sec’ry.
From the National Intelligencer.
National Medical Convention.
The third decennial National Meilieal Con
vention, mr the revision of the Pharmacopeia of
the United Stales, assembled in the City Hull,
Washington, on the Ist January, 1840.
Toe following Medical Societies and Colleges
were represented in the Convention, viz. The
Knude Uland Medical Society ; the New Jersey
Medical Society ; the College of Piiysiemns ot
p.iihidelphni; me University of Pennsylvania;
the Jefferson Medical College; the Delaware
Medical Socie y ; me Washington University ol
Ballimme; the Medical and Chirurgicul Faculty
of Maryland ; ‘-he Med.cal Soaiely of the District
of Columbia ; ihe Columbian Medical College;
the Vincennes Medical Society ot Indiana, and
the Georgia Medical Society. The credentials of
the delegations from the White Mountains’ Medi
cal Society of Vermont, from the Medical Society
of New Hampshire, from the Albany Medical
Society, ami from the College of I hysieians and
’ Surgeons of Lexington. Kentucky, were present
ed by the President, hut the Delegates were pre
vented from allending.
The Convention elected Lewis Condict, M. D.,
of New Jersey, President; George B. Wood,
M. D.. of Ph ladelphia, Vice Prcsid- nt; N. W.
Worthington, M. D., of Georgetown, D. • ~
Secretary ; Haivey Lindsly, M. D., of Washing
ton city. Assistant Secretary.
The chief object of the Convention being the
revision and emendation of the Phai maeopaia of
1830. this subject engaged it. attention primarily,
and, after mature deliberation, and a tree inter
change of opinion among the Delegates from
different parts of the Union, the Convention re
ferred to a committee of seven mcmliers all the
documents in its possession, with instructions
carefully to revise prepare, and publish the Phar
macopeia of the United Slates for 1840, under
the authority of this Convention.
Arrangements were also made for the assem
bling of the fourth decennial Convention in
Washington, on the first Monday in May, 1850,
Other business, of great interest lo the Medi-
cal profession of the country, was transacted;
and a zo d for the extension of Medical science,
together with a spirit of generous cordiality, was
manifested by the Delegates, which must con
tribute greatly to secure the objects of the Con
vention.
Having passed votes of thanks to the officers
of the onvenlion.and to the Board ot Aldermen
for the use of their room the Convention, after
a session of three days, adjourned.
Annexed are the names of the Officers of the
Police and Might Guards, to whom the Mayor
has distributed the eight hundred dollars reward
from toe Institutions of this city, for the faithful
discharge of their duties during the last summer,
namely :
City Constables,
L. T. Shopp, E. G. McGolrick,
K. H. Watson, John Timmerman.
Night Gu irds.
Samuel Lindsey, Reuben Elbert,
J. J. Brookshire, Dennis Collins,
James Moore, Philip McDonald,
John Bailey. James Powers
Aaron Shaw, Win. H. Neyland,
James Smith, John Bordoe,
Elihu Gibbs, Thomas Russell,
George N. t ook, Win. H. Wilson.
Correspondm: eof the National Inle'ligencer.
Mkw Yoiik, Jan. 5, 1840.
The packet ships which were so long detained
in the harbor by the ice, reached the city last
night in tow of steamboats. The news by the
England, which is to the 7th fr on London, and
Sin, is not at all remarkable, and may bs staled
in substance to lie—
A decline in cotton of a farthing, caused by
the report of the state of the crops carried out by
the Great Western.
A check, if not a defeat, of the French forces
in Africa — A ante El Kaiikii having made sud
den onsets upon toe French outposts, witli much
success. Tne Paris press seems to be chiefly
occupied with this mailer, and the Government
is hastening forward large reinforcements, so that
the na al and military districts in the south of
Franco arc in a state of great activity. The
Duke of Oiilkans goes out with the reinforce
ments.
Eastern affairs seem to be settled. The so
called charter of the new Sultan, is said to have
been promulgated in spite of Russia, and it at
tracts great attention all over Europe.
From Spain there is m thing worthy of com
ment. It is believed that tt.e new Ministry will
have a small majority in the new Cortes.
The G.eat Western went out in thirteen days
and a half.
The impression seemed to be general in Eng
land that the British Government intended the
blockade the Chinese ports, and that Admiral
Maitland had be n ordered from the East In
dies to China, for such apm pose. The specu
lation in leas in England was. in consequence,
large, and there was a great advance in the mar
ket.
There had been (December 7) in London, as
coruing to the Courier, a decided improvement in
the prices o( American securities, and large in
vestments were made in favorite descriptions.—
Ohio six per cents, have buyers at 87 J ; New
York five per cents, are 83 to j; Maryland 77,
dividend off, being an advance of 4 per cent. —
United States Bank Shares are 16/. 10». to 17/.
per share. There is a rumor in the city that Mr.
Jaudon has secured another large loan, l.ut. at
the hour I write this, I have nut the means of as
certaining the fact.
The Eastern and Northern mails bring ns no
thing new. Tne votes for Governor in Massa
chusetts had not lieen counted.
Correspondence if the New York Keening Star.
Litkhpoul, December 1, 1839.
Would you wish to know what we think of
the money crush in Ameiica 1 >Sii iply, that the
worst has come, and that, on the principle ex
pressed in the old proverb, when things are as
bad us they can be, there is a chance of their
mending. This is pour consolation, but it is all
we have. The crash will do comparatively little
injury to this country, because the dilficulues of
1836-7 necessarily knocked up a considerable
portion of the credit which our manu-acturars
were in the hat.il of giving to their Trans-Atlantic
customers. But it will do much injury to our
tiadc. as orders will necessarily lie restricted for
some lime. In France, from all public and
private accounts the news has fallen heavily,
a though certainly not unexpectedly. At Lyons,
it m hantly caused a dead stop in most of the
silk manuta tunes, and the workmen are thrown
out ol employ. In France and England, the
manner in which Mr. Juudun has borne himself
has won the highest praise—l might say, the
highe.-t sympathy. He has manfully borne up
under ditli uhies of no oidinary kind, and even
yet continues to maintain the credit of the United
Stales Bank in Europe, by scrupulously meeting
its extensive engagements as they full due. I
have no personal acquaintance with the gentle
man. aril only state what 1 am convinced is the
general o, imon respecting him.
Enough of this subject. I have now to tell*
yon that popular minor reports (for the hnn
dredlh time, th.it Lord Melbourne has acquainted
a conservative nobleman with his intention of
resigning the Freadership, before the opening of
ttie Parliamentary Session in February. To give
you my own opinion, 1 believe that the Premier,
who very notoriously is a lover of his case, would
have no disinclination to leave office, if his col
leagues would permit him. The Queen has be
come so accustomed to his society—lor he is just
the pococurante fellow !o amuse a lively young
woman with wit and scandal—that, were he to
leave office to-morrow, the chanc s are two to
one that he would be as constant a visiter to the
Queen’s table as he is al present. He has made
himself so successary to the Queen (us reta lerof
scandel. satire, jests, and-so-forth.) that her little
Majesty really could not dispense with his society.
To be sure, be is but a dull relic of what he was
thirty years ago, when (as plain William Lamb)
he was a man of wit 4 upon town,” but he still
is a most excellent table companion, a most livelv
story-teller, an inimitable droll. The principal
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, who are the
Queen’s daily companions, are chiefly the rela
tions. connexions, or intimate associates of the
gay Premier, and he is sure of their good word
in the Queen’s ear, .owever matters turn out.
But, as I have hinted, however careless he may
be as to continuing in office, they do not share
that indifference. H s resignation might involve
a change which would eventuate in their dis
missal,—for there is no likelihood that the Queen
I will again be so green as to make 44 the friends of
the youth” an excuse for taking back a rnin’slry
who have lieen compelled to resign by a polite
vote in a House of Commons chosen under their i
own especial auspices. i
Again, Lord Vie bourne's colleagues would lie
likely to resist his retirement,so iur as they could,
because it might lead to a new Cabinet in which
they would have no pi ire, and the nieinuers ot
the Melbourne administration (with tew excep
tions) cannot well utlord to do without the eniol
uments ot ottiee. With t c exception ot Lords
Holland and Landsdowne, and Sir John Hob
house. (he ministry and the rest of the govern
ment officials are compaialively poor men, and
the salary of their situations is a matter of great
moment to them. On the other hand, the bulk
of the Tory Statesmen who would ta.,e office if
a Conservative Government were formed, are
very wealthy ; —such are Peel, Wellington, Stan
ley, Lowther, de Grey. Ashburton, Aberdeen,
Wharnelitfe, Herries. W.lton, and so on. To
them the spoils of office are of no importance;
but to the Whigs the matter is different; and
such being the case, they would endeavor to per
suade Lord Melbourne not to jeopardize them by
giving in his resignation.
There is an important point to be consider! d,
namely, if he does resign, w.io would succeed
him? If he does before the meeting of Parlia
ment, Lords Durham or Normandy would proba
bly be competitors for the Premiership, although
1 think that Lord John Russell would oh.ain it.
But shou d Lord Melbourne remain in office un
til the Parliamentary campaign, (during which
he would find his majority of lw> reduced to a
majority against him.) he n ns the chance of
being eaten upon several questions, and this
defeat would force him (as he was forced in May)
to tender his resignation to the Queen. In such
case, her Majesty, however reluctantly, would
again lie compelled to apply to the Tories, whom
she hates, to form an administration.
But bitterly piqued as she is against Sir Robert
Peel for having exposed her onstinacy on the
subject of her bedchamber women, it is by no
me ans likely that she would like to have recourse
ioh » aid, and that she would even make this per
sonal pique n direct plea for n>t having a Cun
servalive Ministry at all. She would say, and
with some plausibil.tv, ‘-Sir Robert Peel is a gen
tleman towards whom I cannot entertain >cry
kind feelings, and therefore I must decline hav
mg him as my Prime Minister.” But. unless ru
mor be much in error, the Conservatives have
provided againt this. There is a very generally
icceived report that the pros and com of the mat
ter have all been duly weighed at the > urltun
Club, and that a very sagaeiou- conclusion has
been arrived at That, to humor the silly pre
judice of the Queen, should the Melbourne Min
istry break up, (and this is calculated on as cer
tain, by persons of all politics.) the Conserva
tives, to whom the Queen must apply, as the
Radicals cannot make a Ministry, will not three
Sir R. Peel upon her us Premier No, that plan,
ns [ am informed on compeient authority, will be
for the Duke of Wellington to advise her Majes
ty to call upon Lord Stanley to form an ad mis
tration. He is said to be rather a favorite than
otherwise with her; he was not mixed up in the
affair of the bedchamber women, and if he was
called into the Upper House, there wou'd he Peel
to carry on the Government in the Commons, as
Home Secretary or Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Should matters thus he arranged, a few months
hence you will he able to appieciate tbe accuracy
of my information and speculations.
The reduction of postage, which commences
on the sth December, is a great accommodation.
It will send a letter from Cape Clear in Behind to
John O’Groal’s house in Scotland, a istance ot
nearly 1100 miles for four pence. It is prepara
tory to the adoption of the postage of a penny
for every letter of not more than half an ounce,
no matter what distance it has to travel.
The ministry having refused to grant any com
pensation to the owners of the < piuin seized try
the Chinese, it is now believed that a naval f ,rce
will lie employed to obtain it from China. In
deed the last accounts from India say that Sir F.
Ma lland had been directed to proceed with a na
val squadron from Trincomalee to Madras, to
await orders to sail for Macao, preparatory to an
attack upon Canton, The apprehension that
the American trailers, who have preserved terms
of amity with China, will engross the trade, pre
vails in the commercial classes here, and is the
cam e ot much jealousy
The reprint ot American Tales, Sketches, I'oe
t*y. &c. under the name ‘-The American Mis
cellany,” bids fair to he very popular.
Knowles has £GOO for "Love.” and Bulwer
£7oo for the-Sea Captain,” besides what their
booksellers give them for the copyright.
The American minister and his lady remain in
the north of England, paying a round of visits to
the nobility,
E ery thing leads to the belief that Russia is
for war. Against what power I
Augusta Maywood made her debut asarf/n.'t
u*e. in Taglioni's style, at the Academic Royale.
on the Illb inst., and has astonished the Paris
ians; they look on herns inferior only to Tag
lioni.
The whole amount of bullion nowin the eof
fers of the Bank of England is only 2$ millions.
Its securities amount to nearly 24 millions sterl
ing : its liabilities (circulation 17 millions and
deposite G millions) to 2:t millions leaving about
£3,000,000 on the credit side.
jr From the Baltimore Sun.
S Report ol the Secretary ol War.
' This document being rather long for our col
umns, we present the substance of it to out rea
ders. It appears, that the army has, during the
past year, been kept on active duly, in Florida
and on the northern, we-tern and maritime fron
tiers. that benefits is derived from keeping them
together in as large masses as the circumstance*
of the country will permit, anil that the camp of
instruction at Trenton has hail very salutary ef
fects. Some legislative provision is staled to he
necessary, to prevent the entrance intothe service,
of improper recruits, such as minois, who either
bring false certificates of parental consent, or com
mit perju-y by swearing themselves to be of age.
and afterwards claiming to he released for non
age. It is also recommended to extend the law of
March 2d, 1837, providing for the enlistment of
boys for the naval service, so as to embrace the
army and ordinance.
Works of defence at the outlet of Lake ('ham
plain, at old Fort Covington. Black Rock and
near Detroit, are deemed so essential, that their
construction or repair is urged upon the notice of
Congress; and it is slated to he one of the prin
cipal causes of desertion that while our soldiers
are better cl ithed and fed than those of any other
country, they are worse lodged. It js deemed es
sential to their health and morals, that this evil 1
should lie remedied by the construction of go id
barracks, where soldiers are to he permanently
quartered.
The conduct of Ross and his party towards the '•
signers of the treaty of New Eehoia, the turbu-!
lent conduct of the Semin.des and Cherobees. the j
rnurlers <Src., and the unfriendly di.posilion of'
some of them towards tl e whiles, render the spee- :
dy completion of the < haiu of posts i n the wes- !
i tern frontier necessary.
1 The Secretary, from personal inspection, as j
well its Irum the reports ot llic Chiel Engineer, ;
pronounces our maritime defences lo l>c totally
inadequate to the purpose of security against an
invadingenemy. Boston and Newport arc near
ly in a condition to repel invasion , hut Ports
mouth, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Charleston, Savannah, Pensacola and all the
pons in the gull, require farther protection lo ren
der them sale irom attack. Duo regard for the
eecunty and honor of the country require a per
fection ot our maritime dclenccs. and as the good
ol the army requires it lobe kept together in as
large masses us possible, it is recommended lo
garrison the forts with small detachments, aided
by the neighboring unlit a in ease of need; it is
also recommended to organize volunteer corps in
the vicin ly ol the forts.
In res|ieci to the organization of the mil'tia. he
proposes to divide the United States into eight
military disnicts, and lo organize the militia in
each district, so us to Itavu a hotly of twelve thou
sand li>c hundred man inactive service; and
another of equal number as u reserve. This
would gi»e an armed militia force ot two hundred
thousand men, so drilled mid stationed, us lo be
ready to take their places in the ranks in de enco
ol tile country, whenever called upon lo oppose
the enemy or repel the invader. The age ol the
recruit to he from twenty to thirty-seven. The
whole term of service to be eight y ears; four years
in the first class, and four in the reserve. One
fourth part, twenty-five thousand men, to leave
the ser tee every year, passing, at the conclusion
of the first term, into the reserve, and ex. mpted
from ordinary mill! a duly altogether, at the cud
ol the seoMid. In this manner twenty-live thou
sand men will he discharge d from militia duly
■every year, ami twenty-five thousand fresh recruits
he necoived into the service. It will he sufficient
for all useful purposes, that the remainder of the
militia, mder certain regulations provided for their
government, be enrolled and be mustered ut long
and stan d intervals; for in due process ol lime,
nearly the whole mass of the militia will puss
■through t ic first and second classes, and he either
mcmliers of the uclivc corps, or of the reserve, or
■counted among the exempts, who will he liahje to
ibe celled upon only in periods of invasion
minent peril,—'The manner of enrolment, the
■number ol' days of service, and tlic rale of com
pensation, ought to he fixed by law, hut the details
had better be left subject to regulation.
The failure of General Macomb's treaty with
the Indians in Florida, their faithlessness un\_
'cruelty, as exhibited in nume ous murders,
violation of that treaty, have destroyed all hope of
a termination of .the war in that Territory in any
other way than by extermination, which will re
quire greater exertions, and probably other means
than those hitherto tried. The military occupa
tion of :he Territory, as provided for in a bill in
troduced into the Senate at the last session is re
commended, and nu horily is asked to raise one
thousand men, to serve there during the war, lo
receive the pay ol dragoons, aim a bounty in lanu
at its termination. They arc to he trained with
an especial view lo Indian warfare. This body
nl men is asked for because ol the condition of the
western and northern frontiers, when, c it is not
deemed prudent lo withdraw any of the troops
stationed there. Some apprehension is yet en
tertained that Canadian refugees may possible en
deavor to seduce some of our citizens into lawless
acts, which the presence of troops may prevent.
The small arms manufactured both at the nation
sl armories and by private contractors, are highly
■eulogized; hut as the sinic cannot he said ol can
non, the establishment of a national foundry is
recommended, and also a national manufactory of
.gunpowder, in which there should always he at
least a yeat’ssupply of the materials for the man
ufacture of this necessary article. The ordnance
department has been actively engaged in manu
facturing all kinds of ordnance stores, the con
struction of war rockets, &c.
ihe sale ot the mineral lands is recommend
ed, as far pre crahle lo letting them on lease,.by
which the mining operations are diminished.
The duties of the Quartermaster’s depintment i
have been performed with a highly creditable de
gree of ability, integrity and prompitude, anil all
connected with it are duly praised. The great
western road is in a stale of forwardness; the
surrey from Fort I eavenworlh to Fort Spelling
has been completed ; the works at Fort Smith
have been retarded for want of laborers; and de
fences on the lllionois ri-er, west of the Arkan
sas boundary, have been commenced.
It is recommended, that two of the pn sent pay
masters should he appointed assistant paymasters
■general, with the pay and emoluments td lieu
tenant colonels, and lo perform additional duties.
The medical stall'of the army has been active
ly engaged, and is eulogized for its disposition lo
ant the cause of science by collecting facts, that
■contribute to that end.
The system of river and harbor improvements
is thought to require revision. It is believed that
such works are too frequently undertaken with
out a sufficient previous knowledge of tha nec
essary detail, and that much money has been
spent, where the advantages to he gained were
private rather than public, which lends to lire g
the system into disrepute It i- objected against
the practice of confining the department, in the
execution of works ol internal improvement, lo
certain plans, that ■ uch plans are often found lo
he inapplicable, that in the progress of such works
deviation front, or entire changes of the plans,
become necessary, hut cannot he made, on ac
eount of Ihe restriction, and hence large sunisare
often thrown away, or the appropriations cannot
be applied, as in lire case of. the light house pro
jected on the Brandywine shoals. It is thought
the department ought to he allowed more liberty
in this respect.
In reference to the Chief of the Topographical
Engineers, the Secretary says, it is highly grati
fying to him. to he able to speak from his own
personal observation, ot the activity, order, and
good management which reign throughout the
works, both military and civil, which are con
ducted hy the officers of this corps.
Ihe condition of the Military Academy at.
West Form is represented to bo satisfactory; but
their accommodations are sa d to he miserable,
and the erection ot a none spacious and commo
dious building is recommended. It is also sug
gcsled that the cadets bo instructed in field en
gineering, and that a body of sappers and miners
he erealed.
The three dragoon officer* of the first regiment,
who were sent to France, for improvement in
military tactics, have been well rerebed hy (lie
Frerudi Government and are hi lie followed nexi
yepr by an equal number Irom the second regi
ment.
tT»v« more efficiency and fairness lo court
martial, rr j H recommended that a written system
for their direction be prepared, so framed ns to
apply to the land and and sea service, and that h
judge .'ul«o< ate be appointed.
i he niimla'r of invalid pensioners lias increas
ed during the last six y ars. owing principally
the hardships and dangers of tlic Florida war;
but the Revolutionary pensioners under al I ,
different acts, widows m inded, have dcreasi
considerably. Tim whole amount paid during
ilif last year, under Ihe several pension lows, is
$3,690,664 69. Inrunvenienee is außereJ, on
account, that corporations and individuals receive
no compensation for transacting the business of
paying pensions. Agents continue in office only
on the hope of compensation front Congress; hut
the Secretary thinks if the President’s plan for
keeping the public money he adopted, the pensions
; may lie paid win.out any cast to the (tovei n
meiit. It is reeonnm nded to continue the office
of Commissioner ol pensions, which will expire
in 1840, and toextend heyond he present period
of eight months, the lime for returning to the
Treasury unclaimed pensions.
The appropriations tor Indian education have
failed ol their object but it is suggasled that their
instruction he not lost sight of. ll the Winneba
go Indians do not consent to go to the country
southwest ol the Missouri, they will he compelled
next ■'Spring to march In the neutral ground, al
ready occupied as hunting and battle ground, by
lha hostile SSionx. Sacs and Foxes, In view of
the proximity o. the time when all the Indians
will he removed Irnm the Hiatt's, it is suggested
as a plan for their government, that tribunals he
established among them, in their new country, for
the prompt trial and punishment 01 crimes, as es
sential to the preser> ation of order, and the ame
lioration of their condition.
An exploring pa ly sent to the northwest, have
extended their examinations in the lalley of the
River Jaquea and Mayeunes, which discharge in
to the Red River, to the Devil’s Lake between
tne 48th and 4!lth degrees of north latitude.—
I his lake is between 40 and 46 miles long, in
some places about hall as wide, its waters us salt
as those of the ocean, abounding in fish, its
shores and mum runs islands well wooded. The
description will,answer, except as to size for all
the smaller lakes; and the whole region is de
serilied as beautiful, fertile and healthy. A map
will soon he forthcoming of the entire region be
tween the 87th ond lOoth degrees of west longi
tude, and the 40th and 49th degrees of north lati
tude. It is-inUiiided to continue those researches
until they shall have crossed the Rocky Moun
tains, and readied the Pacific.
The report concludes by asking an appropria
tion for surveys uomiected with the military de
fen, es of the country; one object of which is, to
enable the Department to commence hydrograph
ical survey of the lakes, which is much needed,
on account of the increasing commerce of those
L inland seas, of which no correct chart is in existj)
■C i_ JF
Post Ofsice Law.—lt has been decided i.i
the Supreme (v’ouitol Pennsyl ania. that a post
master is not accountable liirlhe secret delinquen
cies of Ins subordinates; and that an act on does
not lie against him for the purloining of a letter
by a sworn assistant upp.anted and retained by
him in good faith.
CUM il KiICIAL.
Latest (litten from Liverpool, Die. 7
Lnlcxl dates from Havre JVoo. 30
Chakleston, .limitary 11.
( olton —ln the absence ol late authentic inior
(nation from Kurope, respecting sales of i plands,
a variety ol rumors are aarond respecting unfavor
able private advices from that souice, and the gen
eral impression is, that the article must shortly de
e ine from its present standard, and a ready a re
duction of about i cent on the genera range of asl
rates has been established, tur navig ,ble rivets
being at present in good boating order, utlon is ac
cumulating gradual j ,and the slock on baud is arge
The sales have been heavy this week, more so
than we have noted in the same peiiud during the
season. Transactions reached 9057 bags at the
so lowing prices: 7at 7 (cuts; 9, 7A; 9,8; 98.84;
7,8/ji 322, 8$; 129, 8$; 618, Sjf; 80,8,1; 2160, 9;
416, 9j, 17.1a, hi; 18(1,9$, 1167, 94; 374, 9A; -9s,
9J; 60, 9s; 629, 1(1; 94, 10$; 87, 10$; 130, 10. ;
and 280 ar lojc per lb. Long Cottons.ire du 1, and
but 226 bags were sold since our iast,iit from 31 to
60 cents per lb.
, Rice —f ast weeks prices on 1 ice have been gen
erally sustained, anil we do nut note any alteration
from former quotations; the sates were animated,
and the rates looking tip. Amount slock on hand
light, Ihe sales amounted to 2897 tierces at from
4)2; to $3 7-16 per i wt
Flour —Little has been done in this article during
the week—a few small sales of llii.fimorc for home
use were effected at Lorn <6s to },(j 87 per hbl;
112 hhls “ffaxall” sfl dat $6 7-8 to >7i per hbl.
drain —Severn cargoes Corn were received this
week, amounting to about 16 000 bushels, which
were taken by dealers at 63 a 66c per bushel.
Fens —t here were no arrivals, we quote the ar
ticle at 70 et« per bushel.
(•raceries —The various commodities eumpiisrd
in this branch of trade, are almost unsaleable; ope
rations are completely at a stand mid prices no
minal. Beveral of the ending aitioles were at dif
ferent times put up at am tion, but withdrawn sot
want of purchasers
Spirits —2l,0 bids Northern W hiskey, sold at 33
cts per gallon.
Sail —We heard of no operations since our last.
The best Liverpool in sacks is wuilti $1 j.
Huron Is veiy dull Hams me selling at 10 to
16 cents per lb; Mdis 8$ a 9; u.id sliou dcis 8 a HI.
cents crib.
Exchange —On Kngland. 8$ a 9> per cent prem
France, 6i 16c a 5f 26c.
New V ork and Hoston, Sight are taken at 2 per
cent premium, 3bdays, time off.
Richmond,6o days I percent.
Rank of Charleston rales of Exchange, on the
New Yoik, 3 per cent premium.
Philadelphia, 2 per cent
Columbia and Camden, 2 per ct dis.
Savannah Rank notes, 6 per ct discount.
Spanish Doubloons, $17., Mexican 4|«
Sovereigns. $4 96; Specie, 1, per ct prem.
STATEMENT or COTTON.
8. 1. fjplMs
Stock on hand Ist Oct. 1973 2733
Received this week, 1301 6 <77
do. previously, 8680 5 .678
6854 91388
Kxported this week,
do. previously, 2324 54494
On.sbip board, 4 ,0 12666
3308 74643
Stoc k on hand, 24^
_ „ , Nkw York, Jan. 4.
Colton —1110 date of our last being ,*.ew VearN
we have to review only the past two day S; dui in ’
this period the market has con tinned to present the
’••me Appearance of hue tivily previously nolic. <J, .
i the* entue aniount ol I. .usai tiuu, compiisiug 0111. 1
I Oh ua es. In piiees however, there has been no !
farther variation 01 ini,.u.lance; Hie sales embrace I
360 bales 1 plan 1 at 9.1 1n.,;, 600 do New . rle ns 1
lb a I If; amt 160 F.urnia at 9. a Ip cents: forming
.■total to, the week oi 19.1 bales,
heaiiiv Is have been -from
New cleans, 796 ba , es i
tiforgu, 66 j
So nh ) aroiuia, 7 b l
t onh C'aiolt, a,
Total, 2 7,.
total import since I I inst, 2070
Export Lum Isltu.ilst ,c 7;to
r.xp I IW»ol nice l»l 1 ill, 2CO.Hu
ane t me la-t, e,l ,v„.,7
barne time yeai before, 19v,603
Fluur —The K.our mai ket since our last publica
tion has continued to present the same appearance
of extreme inactivity before noticed, the sales
scarcely extending beyond small parcels as wanted
to supply the usual demand for city use They in
clude western Canal at $5 75 for the ordinary, and
s■’> *7i for fancy brands; and 400 bbls-Ohio via ca
nal, at $5 6 i, though at the c ose that price was
refused. The sales of southern also were very
limited, including Georgetown at $6; and Howard
street at the same rate, witu some transient lots at
about $5 87 J; a parcel of 200 bbls Petersburg, a
choice brand, was taken for exportation at $6, 60
days.
Sugars —The transactions since our last have
been confined nlmosi entirely to ICO hhdsofnew
crop New Orleans, at iij a cents, on the usual
time, showing a further reduction in price of fully
iof a cent per lb. In other deseripiions of Slus
covadoes, the business has been insufficient to re--
quire notice fox Sugars have also experienced
but a trilling demand, although the sales made
were within the range of previous quotations. By
auction yesterday, 80 hhds new ciop New Orleans
at i>i a 6$ cents per lb., 3 and 4 rnos; sale stopped.
Macon, January 9.
The cotton market continues about yie same as
last week. Principal sales from 7to 7} cents.—
Inferior and stained cotton 6 to 7 cents.
Savannah, January 10.
Holton —Ar:'ved> since the 3d inst. 7465 bales
Upland, and 425 bales S I cotton, and cleared at
the same time 931)6 bales Upland, and 434 bales
S 1 cotton; leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of
all shipboard not cleared on the tilth Inst., of 14443
bales Up and and 631 bales Sea Island cotton. The
supply of Up and continuing very light, prices have
been fully supported, and in some instances an ad
vance of 4 a j ct paid. The sa.es amount to 4423
bales, viz :14at7±;25at 7$ ;28 at ;72at 8;
21 at 84; 25 at Si; I. at > j : 141 at 8$; 55 atSj;
7S at S|; 206 at 9, 318 at 94; 4 Bat 94 ; 68S at
94 ; 710 at 94; 312 at 9f ; 871 at 9j ; 212 at 9j ;
236 at 10. The business in Sea Island has increas
ed. but prices continue to recede ; the sales are 3
at 21; 16 at 22; 30 at 23; 13 at 24; 13 at 334 ; 7
at 24; 8 at'264 !10at26 J.
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Upl’ds. S. I.
Stock on band, Ist Oct. 1523 118
Received this week, 7466 425
do. previously 46429 886
56417 1438
Exported this week, 9396 434
Ho. previously, 31578 363 40974 797
I Stock on hand, including all on ship
board not cleared on 10th inst. 14443 631
Receipts of < otton at the fol owing places since
October Ist. 1839 1838
Georgia, January 10, 65.204 83443
South > atolina, January 3, 83602 67443
Vobile, I cvembcr 28, 25649 64497
New ' cleans, December3B, 303193 157338
Florida, December 9. 3337 4624
Noith Carolina, December 14, 1592 1243
Virginia, December 4, 6000 4250
478877 382838
The following is a statement of the stock of cot
ton 011 hand ai the tespet live places named.
Savannah, January 10, 15074 20741
South Caro inn. January 3, 21176 13565
Mobile, December 28, 17461 44232
New Orleans, I c ember 28, 131010 7tm
Virginia, Deeembei 4 1500 1.506
North faro,inn, December 14, 1000 1100
Augusta & Hamburg, Dec. 1, 25000 26615
Macon, January 1, 30148 17000
Florida, I’e ember 9, 1500 3559
Philadelphia, December 2i, 333 2385
New York, December 18, 6000 8000
Sol 102 212868
Rice —Since our last there has been a fair de
mand for this article; the sales amounting to 1300
c.is s, at rather lower prices, viz: 2 0 at 2/ ; 55
at 2jJ; 950 at ;40 at 2if. A very prime article
would bring $.).
Flour —ls dull and declining. Small sa'es of
Ifoward-st at $7 ; t anal SS.
101 n— ls retailing from store at 70 aSO ets., ac
cording to qua ily.
lirui-eiut.— In ' office, Sugar, and Mo'asscs, a
fair retail business doing at all prices within the
rai gc ol our quotations.
Hay —Sales 01 600 Lundies on the wharf at 75
ets.
Spirits. —liWomcstic liquors sa cs of Gin at 45
a 55; N.E. Rum at 40; Whiskey 39 a 40
Exchange— On Kng.and, 9 a 10 per ct. prem.
limits on New Yo k, at sight, nominal; 5 days
sight, 4j percent premium.
Freights.—To Liverpool, jd; Havre, IJ cent;
New Vork, sl4 per bale
Mobile, January 6.
Cotton —Since our last report we have received
3,27Sbales;and shipped to Havre 1806, to Boston.
1,198, to Providence 440, and to New Orleans 15
making in a.I 3,409 bales; and .caving Ihe stock not.
denied 18,041 bales. At the corresponding period
last y car the total Receipts were 8 ,045 baies, the
Export 30,688, and the stuck 54,410.
A lively enquiry sprung up in the market early in,
Ihe week, whu'h established an advance, maintain
ed dining the wi ek, of , and sales are estimated
to have ameu led to about 600ULa.es. The chief
causes of (his imp ovement are lo be tound in the
light stocks on sale, the existant stale of our river
navigation, and the anxiety oi si uppers to complete
their Height engagements—all of which have given
sellers a decided advantage ; which, Horn the com
plexion of the foreign advices received on Saturday;
the,) will probably maintain during ihe coming
week, although receipts may be freer. The ac
counts from Liverpool were lo include the 2.d No
vember, and represent the demand for Cotton in.
that market lo In- bris,., toe article having sustain
ed itself far hr tier than the most sanguine had an
ticipated.
Our stock on sale is reduced very low, estimated,
not to exceed 1500 bales. The markct.is baicof a
choice article, wind! might probably bring a shade
above our quotations.
Live, poo, Ciassilication.—Good and fine, lOiGood
fair. a9J ; Middling Fair; SV a9 ;
Middling, 8J a
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
Savannah, Jan. 9.
C cared —Sloop Lark, Draper, Havana.
Arrived— lliig Madison, bulkley, New York;
brig Lau.el, Drinkwater, Turks Isl nd.
rVent to sea —ship Coro anus, Wells, Liverpool-,
brig Russell, Matthews, Philadelphia; schr Merry
Gallant,Parker, Havana. 1
, . . January 10.
Cleared—-tap Berwick, Harding, Liveipool; brig
Oglethorpe, Sanne.s, Havana *
blip sterling, Saunders, WiscasseU,
Me; Hr barqe Mary, Godfrey, Bermuda; brig Pan
dora, Shrpa.d, Bo,ton; steam,,oat Chatham Wrav
Augusta.
Below —S hrs Gen Wayne, and .Azores, from N
Orleans.
. . Charleston. Jan. 11.
Arr l viayeaterd ly- —Ship 1 lellspunt, rations, Uos
ton; rr oiig .Maine, io\, Guad,tlou;je; brig Esther,
Newcombe, Barba.!o s via lur s Island; brig 1.i.-
lov llu.ves, Boston; brig Oceanus, smith, Cadiz
sclns Jlary, Hesse, Now .oik; Sarah Young, Wii
smi, l* ymouth, N. C.; Ovuca, itromnall, Edent n,
Cleared —ship..Vim.o I. Manning, liverdool;
sh p Il.ouklyiu ieb rd.so do; si his Jos Man ey
E mon-tun. I Mar.s; i.iiuiur, Willey, Jackson
vilie.
IV nt to set ye e'day. Brigs -.co I 'as S aples
Has,III; u,i s .iuucv Hu-lun; ut-hgiUiot Am
stcl, .c V I son ol Europe; sen, .imanda Oube«
lia, rayfor, New Orleans.