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* Is S is * . * I tTri-iUccWo CliconifU^'Scnlind. ca-ji - iiu^iJ!- 1 XLU-U.'.ti—! Lt-Lt-■!!■'■. ,11 waiuw-ujim givi-1 leunm !!s!mimisam! segnga^^H^!BßM^M!!> V~ WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 23,1840. Vol. IV.—No. 9 ? -- Till: CIIUONICL.E AND SKXTINKL 19 PUBLISHED » D ALY TRI-WKEKLY, AND WEEKLY, At No. 209 Broad-street. terms: t Bailjpaper, Ten Dollars per annum, in advance, j-.-i Tri-Weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or S;ven at the end of the year, q tVe.’kly pap -r, Three Dollars in advance, or Four at the end of year. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. AUGUSTA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22. Our readers will find in this day’s paper the particulars of the loss of the steamboat Lexing ton, together with upwards of one hundred and fifty passengers. She was lost on her passage from New York to Providence. The enterprising Manager of our Theatre has eclipsed all former efforts to make it worthy of patronage, by the production of the beautiful Opera of La Bayadere, in a highly successful manner. The new scenery prepared especially for the occasion, is indeed beautiful. Miss Wells, the celebrated opera danceuse, fully justified the expectations which had been formed of her. She greatly surpassed any one wo have ever seen, and if Celeste or any one else can surpass her they must be perfect fairies. Congress. We received such a quantity of Congressional proceedings last night, which had been accumu lating by the failuie of the mails, that it is im possible for us to give it in detail. In the Senate the Sub-Treasury bill had been discussed for two or threo days, and was finally ordered to be engrossed by a vote of 84 to 18.— It has probably passed before this time. In the House of Representatives a resolution wag under discussion about the reception of Abo lition petitions. It was introduced by Mr. Thompson of South Carolina, and is as follows: “Upon the presentation of any memorial or petition praying foi the abolition of slavery or the slave-trade in any District, Territory, or State of the Union, and upon the presentation of any res olution or other paper touching these subjects, the question of the reception of such memorial, petition, resolution, or paper shall be considered as made, and the question of its reception shall be laid upon the table without debate or further action of the House.” Several members have made speeches on the subject, and among them Messrs. Cooper and Colquitt of this State. We shall endeavor to lay them before our readers when received. Some disturbance had also been created in the House in relation to the election of Printer to the House, growing out o( some publications in the , Madisonian s*»d Globe, We shall endeavor to give such of the particulars to-morrow as will make it understood try our readers. It is howev er, not of much consequence. The vote in joint meeting of both branches of the Legislature of Pennsylvania for Senator of the United States, at the late election of Mr. Sturgeon to that station, was as follows: for Mr. Sturgeon, 87; for Charles Ogle, 26; for Richard Biddle, 17. Cohen’s Rheumatic Embrocation. We understand that its properties are so high ly approved of by the Medical Faculty of the city of New lork, that they have now generally adopted it in their treatment of Rheumatism. The advertisement in our paper to-day exhibits some strong testimonials in its favor. For sale by the sole agent, Mr. B. F. Kenrick, proprietor of the Mansion House, in this city. From the New York Journal of Commerce. The Amistad Africans.— Judge Judson, on Monday, pronounced his decision in the case of these negroes. He declares them free, with the exception of Antoine,and decides that, by virtue of existing laws, fiey ought to be committed to the care of the United Stales government, for the purpose of being restored to the land from which they were stolen. Correspondence of the United States Gazette. New York, January 15. Stocks down again to day. U. S. Bank shares 84#. The following is an authentic account of the state es our market : Cotton—A slight decline in rates having been submitted to, purchases for export, have been made to a greater extent.—The transactions of the four days embrace 2800 bales; in which were 160 bales of Mobile, at 9# a 11 cents; 710 bales New Orleans 9 a 11 cents; 1100 bales Upland, 8# a 10# cents; and 800 bales Florida, at 8# a 10# cents. Coffee—There is a moderate demand for Cos. fee, without any material variation in rales; 250 bags Laguayra have been taken at 11 a cts.; 500 bags Brazil at 9# a 10# cents, and 140 bags old Government Java at 13# a 14 cts—on the usual credit. Flour—ln consequence of the Foreign orders having been withdrawn, the market has again be come inactive—sales being confined to small par cels for the use of the trade. Western Flour, (common to good brands) is held nominally at $6.50; Ohio Canal do at $6,25 a $6.60, and Georgetown at $0,25. Sugars—There has been more enquiry for su gars since our last. The sales consist of 50 hlids. St Croix at 8# a 9; 50 do Porto Rico at 7c; 160 hhds New Orleans (new crop) at ss# a s#; 217 hhdsdo were sold this morning by auction at 5# as# and 5,56; pr.ncipally, however, at 5# 4 mm. 900 boxes brown Havana and 100 hhds. Porto Rico have been taken lor export on terras not made public. Molasses remains without any variation; 100 casks new crop Iberia has sold at 29 a 30#c. —3 and 4 mos; and 67 hhds new crop New Orleans by auction this morning, at 25# a 20c cash. Nothing further worth mentioning in business. From the Baltimore American qf the 111 h. AWFUL CALAMITY. Loss of Steamboat Lexington, with nearly every soul on board, iu number from one hundred and filly to two hundred persons. By yesterday’s Eastern Mail we learn the par ticulars of a most appalling calamity, involving the loss of about one hundred and fifty lives in consequence of the conflagration of the steamboat Lexington, wl ile on her way from New York to Providence. All the details which have reached us are subjoined. It will be seen that panic and terror in the extreme followed the annunciation of the fact that the steamboat was on Are, and that those who rushed into the small boat under their influence, while the steamboat was under full way, were all suddenly lost. The burning of the hempen tiller ropes, soon after, rendered the vessel unmanageable, and the use of this arti cle, in defiance of the Act of Congress, doubtless led to the loss of many lives. Office of the Republican Standard. Biiiiiokport, Jan. 14. The Lexington left New York for Slonington, on Monday, 3 o’clock, P. M. having, it is believ ed, about one hundred and fifty passengers. A large quantity of cotton was placed upon her decks. At 7 o’clock, when about two miles from Eaton's Neck, the cotton took fire near the smoke pipe. The boat was headed for the shore as soon as the efforts to extinguish the fire proved unsuc cessful. She was provided with three boats— yet such was the panic which took possession of all minds that they were hoisted out while the boat was still under headway and immediately swamped. The engine a few minutes after gave way, leaving her utterly unmanageable. The scene woich then ensued, is described as most ap palling. Capt. Chester Hilliard, of Norwich, a passen ger on board from whom we have gathered these few particulars, stales that soon after the engine slopped, the passengeis began to leave the boat on boxes, bales, &c. In company with one of the Firemen he was so fortunate as to secure a cotton bale, to which he lashed himself. He re mained upon this bale, the wind blowing off Long Island shore, until 11 o'clock this morning, when he was taken up by the sloop Merchant, of Southport. His companion in the meantime had been re leased by death from his sufferings. Two others were taken up by the sloop, a fireman and the pilot of the boat. Both were nearly insensible. It is surprising that any should have survived the exposure. There is too much reason to fear ..hat the three are the only survivors. It is however poe-dble. that others may have been saved. The Boat drifted up the Sound with the tide, and was off this harbor about midnight. Capt. H. states that she sank at three o’clock, as he marked the time hy his watch. The efforts which last night were made, in ths vicinity and at Southport, to go in aid of the suf ferers, proved, owing to the ice in the harbors, and to other untoward circumstances, entirely un availing. We learn thataboat which succeeded in getting out of Southport harbo*, after reaching the mid dle of the Sound was compelled to return. The account which we have given of this aw ful catastrophe, is exceedingly imperfect. It may be well imagined that our informant is hardly in a situation to furnish many details. From the Republican Farmer. Bridgeport, Jan. 15th. Steamboat lexinoton burnt—one hun dred and fiftt LIVE* lost.— Our citizens were alarmed on Monday evening, hy the appearance of a great light at some distance west, on the Sound, which was generally believed to boa steamboat on fire. Nothing conclusive, howev er, was heard in regard to it till the arrival of our boat from New York, on Tuesday afternoon, which brought the melancholy intelligence that the light was occasioned by the conflagration of the steamboat Lexington, which was entirely de stroyed, and that all on board except three per ished. One of the survivors, Capt. Hilliard, of Norwich, this State, whom we have seen and conversed with, came on here in the boat. The Lexington left New York at 3 o’clock, P. M. for Stonington. About half past 7 o’clock, when off Eaton’s Neck, L. 1., the wood-work, ca sings, &c., about the flues, was discovered to be on Are. \n alarm was immediately given, and all ef forts to subdue the flames, proving unavailing, the pilot headed the boat directly for Long Island shore. In about 15 minutes it was found the til ler ropes were burnt in two, and the boat conse quenlly unmanageable. The engine, however, kept in operation, under a heavy head of steam. The three smalt boats were got nut with all possible haste, but they swamped soon after they struck the water, in con sequence of the speed at whica the steamer was going towards the shore. A life-boat, which was aboard, was also launch ed, but by some means was in a few minutes un fortunately lost. No relief, therefore, was obtain ed from either of the boats. When the Lexington had got within about two miles of the shore, the engine suddenly stopped. All hopes of escape to those on board, except by clinging to such articles of freight as would sus tain them, were cut off. The freight of the Lexington consisted princi pally of cotton, on which some of ihe passengers tried to save themselves, but none succeded except Capt. Hilliard and a fellow passenger, both of whom got astride of a cotton bale, on which they kept together till 6 o clock in the morning, when the strength of Capt. Hilliard’s companion failed him. and be fell off and was drowned. Capt. H. continued on his bale of cotton till 11 o’clock, A.M., Tuesday, when he was taken off by a sloop which went out from Southpert, ha ving been thus exposed almut 15 hours. Two others, clinging to a fragment of the boat, were also rescued by ibis sloop—one the engineer, the other a firemon of the unfortunate boat. The bodies of two others, one a colored wo man, were likewise taken from a part of the wreck, on which they had perished with cold. The number on hoard Capt. H. thinks, was not less than 175, of whom 150 were passengers, out of which, he believes himself to In) the only one saved. Among the number, were five or six women, and two or three children. The scene on board was awful beyond descrip tion. The fire being midway of the boat, cut off all communication from one end to the other The passengers crowded together in the bow and stern, moaning and bewailing their fate, till com pelled to east themselves into the watery deep, to escape the fla.nes. j The boat drifted with the tide, and sank at 3 o’clock, off our harbor. Correspondence of the United States Gazelle. New York, Wednesday, P. M. 1 enclose you a slip containing an account of one ol the must appalling disasters that ever occurred. I have procured for you—expressly— the names of the following of the passengers and the crew, who were on board, in addition to those published, and which you thereby are at this time only possessed of: Dr. Follen and lady, formerly professor of German literature at Harvard University, J. Corley, Providence. 8. Henry, Manchester, England. Henry Craig, of the house of Maitland, Ken nedy A Co. H. 8. Finn, of Newport, the Comedian. Charles Woolsey, of Boston, some say with a wife and seven children, John Brown, of John Brown A Co. Boston. Charles Lee, of Boston. Mr. Mason, of Gloucester. Geo. Child, ofStonington, Commander. Jesse Comstock, of Providence, Clerk, Capt. Stephen Mancho ter, pilot, (saved.) N. P. Newman, Steward. Ed. Thcrlier, Mate. D. Crowly, 2d do. Courtland Hempstead, Engineer. Win. Quimby, 2d do Martin Johnson, Wheelman. Joseph Robinson, (colored) Cook. Oliver Howell, do 2d do. R. Peters, do 3d do. Job Sands, head waiter, (colored.) 5 others. 8 deck hands, 1 boy. 4 firemen. 2 wood passers. Susan Holcomb, Chambermaid. Chas. H. Phelis, ofStonington. Chas. Woolsey, wife, and 7 children. John Cosley, of Providence. I have no time to add further particulars, amid the general excitement. Electionof U. S. Senator. —R. J. Walker has been elected Senator from the State of Mis sissippi. Both Houses of the Mississippi Legis lature assembled in the Hall of Representatives on the 9th insc, and on the first voting (viva voce) the following was found to be the result: R J. Walker, - - • 70 S. S. Prentiss, • • • 37 John Smith, - - - • 3 John Black, - . . 2 George Poindexter, • . -1 Thos. H. Williams, - - - JL H. S. Foote, .... 1 R. J. Walker was then declared duly elected Senator of the United Slates Congress, for the term of six years, beginning on the 4lh of March, 1940. Norfolk, January 15. Siiifwheck. —Theschr. Mary, (ot Wilming ton, Del.) String, 31 days from Albany, with a cargo of W. P. Lumber, bound to Baltimore, went ashore on the Bulk-head Shoal, Ocracock harbor, on the 22d Dec. last, and went to pieces —the crew and part of the cargo were saved.— Capt. String informs that five other vessels among which was a brig, were lost at the same time and place. January 16. Fr»m Africa. —By the arrival yesterday of the packet ship Saluda, Capt. Waters, from Mon rovia, whence she sailed on the 14th November, we learnt that the health of the Colony was good at the time of her departure. The Saluda brings home a cargo of Cam Wood, Palm Oil, Ivory, Ac. We regret that the slave trade on the coast of Africa is carried on as brisk as ever, in spite of the untiring vigilance of the British cruisers, and it is still more painful to know that the pirates engaged in the tralliic are American citizens, and their vessels built in this country. We are informed that the schr. My Boy, Har vey. master, of New Orleans, was seized in Sep tember last, at British Acci, by H. B. M. brig Lynx, Lt. Broadhead, and taken to Sierra Leone, where she was duly condemned as a slaver, and the Captain detained a prisoner. However, on the 16th Nov. the Saluda spoke the Lynx, and was boarded by Lt. Broadhead, who informed Capt. Waters, that the Capt. of the My Bov was then on board, and would be conveyed to Mon rovia, for the delivery into the custody of the U. S. Agent at that place. Lieut. Broadhead also stated that there was a great number of American vessels on the coast for slaves, and that lit knew of three lying in a river waiting a chance to take slaves on board. From the Ist Nov. to the time when the Sa luda sailed from Sierra Leone, there had been twenty vessels under Portuguese, Spanish and Brazilian colors, brought in by the British crui sers and condemned. Capt. Waters informs that several of the com manders of the British armed vessels told him that they had received strict orders from their go vernment not to interfere with any American ves sels, unless there was positive proof that slaves were on hoaid, or the vessels were in British wa ters, as was the case of the My Boy, where the right of search was exercised. This caution was used in order to avoid all ground of collission with the United States. The Colony is represented to b« in a flourish ing condition. On learning the state of things on the Coast of Africa, the question forcibly suggests Itself, why have not the United Stales a half dozen smart clippers to repress the unlawful traffic in which the vessels of this country are engaged ? It is true that one U. 8. vessel has lately sailed for Af rica, but the nature of the traffic demands a squa dron of light craft. It is questionable whether a single vessel will not promote the views of the brigands, as she may be regularly dodged by one of the pirate clippers, while the others are enga ged in loading with slaves.— Beacon. j Description of the Galvanic Telegraph j at the Great Western Railwat. —The j space occupied by the case containing the machin- ■ ery (which simply stands upon a table, and can be removed at pleasure to any part of the room.) is little more than that required for a gentleman’s hat box. The telegraph is worked by merely pressing small brass keys (similar to those on a keyed bugle,) which acting by means of galvanic power, upon various hands placed upon a dial plate at the other end of the telegraphic line,as for a« now opened, point not only to each letter of the alphabet, as each key may be struck or pressed, but the numerical are indicated by the same means, as well as the various points, from a com ma to a colon, with notes of admiration and in terjection. There is likewise a cross (X) upon the dial, which indicates that when this key is struck, a mistake has been made in some part of the sentence telegraphed, and that an “erasure” ia , intended. A question—such, fur instance, as the i following—“ How many passengers started from | D r ayton by the 10 o'clock train 1” and the an swer, would be transmitted from the terminus In Drayton and back in less than two minutes. This was proved on Saturday. This mode of commu nication is only completed as far as th • West Drayton station, which is about 13# miles from Paddington. There are wire# (as may bo ima gined) communicating with each end, thus far completed, passing through a holloAr iron tulie, not more than an inch and a half in diameter, which is fixed about six inches above the ground, running parallel with tile railway, and about two or three feet distant froh it. It is the intention of the Great Western Rail way Company to carry the tube along the lino as fast as completion of the rails takes place, and ultimately throughout the whole distance to Bristol, The nr chincry and the mode of working it, are so exceedingly simple that a child who could real would, after an hour or two’s instruction, ho enabled efficiently to transmit and receive infbimation.— Observer. -——* »•*; yy— “pßOJirr” to enquire, and “Faithful” to re ward. We learn from the Boonsvillo (Mo.) Emi grant, that the citizens of Brownsville in that State and a large numbir of citizens living in the neighborhood, petitioned the Postmaster General to establish a post offio at that place, and at the same time recommends] an individual living in the town as a suitable person to take charge of it. Amos wrote back immediately to inquire if the individual named was a Whig or Tory, and his letter is offered to pihlic inspection. In reply, he was told he was a Whig, and the next news the citizens heard, wai that a man living two or three miles off who isa Tory, had received the appointment.— Knox vile Times. Resources of ths West.— The geological su'vey of the miners! regions belonging to the United States has led to some new and important discoveries. The exploring party have returned to New Harmony, Inda. The Disseminator of the 12th December says that “the exact bounda ry line of the lead region has been ascertained, and the geological formation in which alone lead occurs, has been determined. Sixteen new dis coveries of lead have been made, where no dig gings have heretofore been attempted. —And some of these arc exceedingly rich, and render the tracts in which they occur of great value. In one locality, hitherto unnoticed, the lead was col lected strewed on the su face, so pure that it was readily run into bullets on the spot. These valuable discoveries will, we presume, be reserved by government, and it is supposed that they will repay, throe or four limes over, the entire cost of the expedition.” A magnificent collection ofgeological and min eralogicul specimens has been made,and forward ed to Washington city. It is contained in sixty or seventy boxes, and embraces probably four or five thousand specimens. Circulation or the London Press.— Official returns show the average daily circula tion of the following London papers: Times, 11.190 Morning Chronicle, 6,830 Morning Herald, 6,394 Morning Advertiser, 4,936 Morning Post, 2,672 Sun, (evening) 3,678 Standard, 3,493 Globe, 2.965 Courier, ] ,363 The Weekly Despatch circulates in a week, 51,413 Weekly Chronicle, 44,306 Bell’s Life in London, 18,615 The Weekly Despatch states that in the years 1837 and 1838, its aggregate amount of stumps was 5,347,000 —an average weekly ol 54 418. The number of stamped daily and weekly pub lications in London, during the two years named amounted to 149—with a circulation in the two years of 58,045,201, The revenue to the government amounted to £24l,Bss. — tticlenell’s Reporter, From Burton's Magazine. Losing the Frigate’s Figure Head. Society is composed of eccentricities and ordi naries. Like an old Dutch clock, it has its big weights and its little weights, its large wheels and its small wheels, its hour and its minute hands, its escapement and regulator, its keys and its winding up affairs, and, above all, its enor mous pendulum; and notwithstanding it is con stantly running down, it never stops, but being well oiled, it creaks, and licks, and wbizzes, and strikes with a regularity oniv equalled by its con stant want of repairs. Its face is brazen, its top is all sun or moon, and its bottom is as useless as its superstructure is valuable. Its solitary angel is a gilded one, and its brightest polish a coat of varnish. Under such circumstances is it strange that some persons should be found ready to servo the devil for fun’s sake—or to trip up their grandmother’s heels just for the purpose of hav ing a laugh at her awkwardness in rising 1 It was the 3d of July, 1834. Night was slow ly settling upon the good people of Massachu setts day, and dark rolling clouds, tossed hy the whirlwind, and rent by the bursting water-spout, hung over the harbor of Boston, and shut out the beautiful islands, from the gaze of the spectator Bright strcapis of liquid lightning, singled out the most prominent objects in the distance, and the long hollow thunder held an awful dialogue with the breakers on Chelsea beach. A brassy cloud hung over the setting sun, and the state house of the neighboring city seemed melting into sky, as the low, white breath of the thunder cloud play ed with the chimney pots on the tops of the houses, and wreathed around the little spire, like whiffs of tobacco smoke around the peaked cap of Souter Johnny, Anxious mothers were seen looking out of half closed doirs for truant children and lagging husbands. Chamber windows were shut by frightened chambermaids as if by magic. Tim id matrons smothered themselves in huge feather beds, and cowardly children put their fingers in their cars and hid in the clothes-presses and dark corners of their mothers’ bed rooms. A few lamps glimmered, so as to let the people see how wet they got in walking a given distance as they passed along the streets. Lower-story window blinds were closed, to prevent the light ning from knowing that some people burnt can dles during the thunder gust; and stray dogs, with their tails ‘ hard up,” streaked it along the streets, like express mails in the back settle ments. Take it all inall.it bid fair to lie a gulf-stream night of the first water, and such an one as the inhabitants of the earth undoubtedly experienced before the morning watch of the ark of Noah took a final departure from the highest mountain peak of Asia, and scudded over a deluged world. Old Ironsides—for we have come to her at last —‘having been thoroughly repaired in her hull, and having a splendid figure of Old Hickory stu- tinned at her liow», now lay moored at the Nary ! * ttt Charlestown, between two seventy fouis I i the Columbus and the Independence—and awaited her commission. The cabin iiifht of the \ ; commander of the Receiving Ship, fell broad up- ! on the threatened figure-head, and a marine, with j a loaded musket, with fixed bayonet, paced along the heel of her bowsprit. Surely in such a night, ami with such safe-guards, no mortal could Ire j silly enough to deem her in the least danger of a | visit from the spoiler. Human reason, and hu- j man experience went against such a supposition, and therefore, when the ship’s bell tolled eight, ! “the sentry walked no more his rounds,” but, if common fume be true, (which by the way, is of- j ten an inveterate liar,) be pillowed his head on I the softest plank in the solitary gun-deck, and slept htatalh his post. There was at that time in Boston, a perfect dare-devil of a seaman, from Barnstable, or some where else, who bad been a commander of a ves sel, and whose propensity for a frolic often led him into dangers as unnecessary as they were uncom mon. This seaman, whose name was Dewey, and who aait) he was friendly to the administra tion, had heard a great deal about the figure-head, and feeling a desire to see it closely, and wishing at the same time, to prove to the natives that some things could Ire done—even in a midnight thunder-storm—as well as others, he waited until i ten o’clock of the evening above mentioned, and I then, with a tarpaulin hat and monkey jacket up on his upper man, he put a hand-saw under his arm, and took a stroll along the deserted wharves of the thunder-echoing city. Having taken a ship’s boat without sails, he sculled up stream until the lightning showed him the arches of the old Charlea River Bridge— which, by the way, ore square—and then, ship ping his rudder, and, sealing himself in the stern sheets of the boat, he floated swiftly down upon the top of the tide, and made fast to the gallant frigate’s hawser. The storm had now come on in its fury. Dark ness, dreadful as the shades of Erebus, rested on the scene, except when the chain lightning ran down the mountain side of clouds, and crinkled along the diverging conductors that protected the roofs of the giant ship-houses. The rain fell in buckets full, and puffs of almost resistless wind rocked the old hulks beside the wharf, and rattled their mooring chains in stormy glee. Drenched with rain, baffled by the wind, and almost baffled by the vivid lightning, the adventu rous spoiler hauled hit boat under the bows, moun ted to the bowsprit ofthe frigate, and sawed away at the head of the wooden figure. The rain, as it ran down the wood, made his sow cut still and deep, and having scalped the veteran, the dare-devil of the day, or (more cor rectly speaking) (ho night, bagged the trophy, and let himself down into his water-logged boat. Soon he pulled across the river, and leaving his boat at a great distance from its parent vessel, he made for his hoarding-house, and, upon ascend ing to his chamber, locked the head in his chest, and went to sleep. Morning came upon the sleeping city and its environs, as beautiful and halmly as the evening previous had been wild and cheerless; and when the first rays of the rising sun tipped the heights of Woburn and Cambridge, hundreds of heavy cannon, and scores of deep-toned hells, ushered in the anniversary of Freedom’s Jubilee. The sentry on duty on hoard (he frigate now began to cast suspicious glances towards the head. Saw dust was thrown in rich profusion round the head rail, and the flat neck showed evidence of a noc turnl application of cold steel. Long and anx iously did the guard look at the object of his so licitude, and feeling certain that fnulpla r/had had full play/ during his watch, ho said nothing about the circumstance, hut shouldered his musket, sa luted the corporal ofthe guard as he brought him his relief, and followed him to the garrison. Being desirous of hearing the morning salute at the dock yaid, and being weary of the turmoil of the night, the c aptain of the Receiving Ship arose from his pillow, and looked out upon the deep. A slight haze was flouting swiftly along the water. The flags on the distant shipping waved gracefully amid the fog, like banners amid the clouda of battle; and now the Enc sloop of war sheeted home her topsails, and swang round upon her heel, while her parting thunder-note died in echoes along the babbling shore. Having looked around upon the gay scenes before him, and having satisfied a seaman’s curiosity, which is far inferior under any circumstance, to that of the backwoodsman, the commander ol the Colum bus was about to turn upon his heel, when bis eye rested upon the mutilated figure-head of the Constitution. He thought at first that it was an optical illusion. He looked again—it could not I*—• he top of the veteran’a shoulders was as flat as a pancake, and the glory of the watch had de parted. Soon an official report was inane to the commanding officer of the station, and after a fruitless endeavor to discover the perpetrator of the midnight outrage, a piece of canvass was nailed over the figure-head, and the sentinel was sent to the barracks. Some months afterwards Old Ironsides sailed for New Vork. and as she left the port of Boston, I discovered that a fine striped flag enveloped the mutilated figure, and that her parting salute was fired towards Williams’ Island. Whether these things meant any thing or not, I leave for those of more experience to guess. Upon her arrival at New York, the covering was removed, a new head piece was clapped upon the figure, and the gallant frigate went upon her ocean way rejoicing. But where was Dewey all this limel Where the successful adventurer, who, in spite of rain and wind, and the darkness and lightning, and . leaping wave and rolling thunder, and sentinels and sea-watches, had mounted the forecastle of Old Ironsides undiscovered, and had sawed off, in journeyman style, the mm h-talked-of-figure head I He tossed to and fro in his truckle bed, in bro ken slumbers. Now half-awake, he began to re ■ fleet of the risk that he had run, of the crime that he had committed—for it was a crime to mutilate a national vessel. Then, as ho dozed more soundly, disrict attorniesand IT. 8. marshals float ed before his eyes, every shadow seemed to be token the awful presence of deputy Bass, and the hag of wool in the corner seemed to lie the dis- i trict judge in his hob wig, while a row of empty ; porter bottles, in an old lemon box by the fire j place, seemed to lie the gentlemen of the jury, ; duly impannelled, and wailing to be char/red. — ■ At length, a fl ish of lightning followed by the j heavy roar of the morning gun, fully aroused | him. lie started from his bed, put on his Sun- 1 day suit, pocketed a shirt from his trunk, called in a brother lodger, and making known to him ' the circumstances of his midnight undertaking, left the head in his charge, and repaired to the J city of New York. In this mighty London of the west, many adventures befel him, which I purposely omit, hut which I may relate hereafter. The Virginia House of Delegates have fixed upon the 2:Jd inst. as the day for electing a Sen ator of the U. S. COMMERCIAL. Jjdlett dates from Liverpool, Dec. 9 Latest dates from Havre .Dec. 7 New Orleans, J»n. 15- Colton. —Arrived since the 10th instant: of Lou isiana and Mississippi, 12675 bales—Tennessee dt.d North Alabama. 618—Arkansas, 371—Florida, 100 1 —Texas,297 —together, 13961 bales Cleared in the same time: for Liverpool, 4835 bales—Havre, I 4459—Havana, 278—New York, 1202 —together, 1077 bales —making an addition to stock or 3187 bales—and leaving on hand, inclusive of all on : skip-board, not cleared on the 14th instant, a stock of 105143 baes. The Transaetions in Cotton, on Saturday last, amounted to about 3500 bales, at prices not essen tially varying from these quoted in our publication of that morning. The news by the Havre packet ships Burgundy and Louis Phiflipe, at New York, had the effect in some degree, of further depressing in our market, as buyers for France have not been operating to any extent since its receip . The transactions of : Monday scarcely amounted to 1800 bales, and at prices, generally, indicating a downward tendency ! ii the market, for the lower qualities. Yesterday there was n rather more general inquiry, and about 4500 bales changed hands; —prices for the lower i sorts, however, again inclining in favor of the buy er, though not so much so as to authorise any reduction in our quotations. Qualities from fair up, continue comparatively scarce, and former prices arc we'l sustained. The sales for the three i days amount to about 10,000 hales, and we notice them as follows, via: 600 at 88—32 at 75—107 at 89 -16—33 at 8g—179 at 9—63 at 75—472 at B| 421 at 10—50 at 6J—25 at 74 —102 at 98—61 at 9—22 at Bjj—Bs at B*—ls at 85—164 at 9j a lOj —3379 at 7 a 10$—300 at 7—308 at at Sj —560 at 9 a 101—150 at 81 a 9J —23 at Bj—l9 at 9 —lo< at 9i —400 at 8J and i 100 at 7J cents, all Louisiana* and Mississippis. Liverpool Classifications. —Lousiana and Missis sippi—Ordinary, Si a7; Middling, 7} a8 i Fait 9 a9s | Good Fair, 10 a10|; Good and Fine, Ilia I Tennessee and North Alabama—Ordinary, Middling, Fair, Good Fair, and Good and Fine, 6$ alO extremes; Fair crops —a —. STATEMENT OF COTTON. 1539. Oct. I,stock on hand, 16834 Receipts lasttlirre days 13961 “ previously, 349150 362111 378935 Exports last three days, 10TM <• previously, 263018 273792 Stock on hand, 105143 Sugar. —Louisiana—The Levee has a better, supply, though the stock is not large ; but the de mand is extremely limited, and transactions are confined to small parcels at former prices—say 4 a cents —the latter figures being still obtained for lots of very choice quality. We are advised of but one sale on Plantation —a lot of 500 hhda. bal ance of a crop, at 4$ cents. Molasses. —Small sales from the Levee, in bbls., arc still made at 21 a22 cents per gallon. There is but little doing in the article on Plantation. We notice sales of 55,000 gallons, favorably situated not far above the city, at 16 cents. Mobile, January 16. Cotton —The sales of the two preceding days (Tuesday and Wednesday) maybe computed at 2000 bales—principal transactions on Tuesday.— The market stands about the same as last week, with a downward tendency. We hear of several concessions, though not of sufficient importance to warrant a notice of any decided falling,otr in rates. Buyers wore inclined to hold back yesterday, and wait for further advices, which are expected by next mail. Letters from New York (no papers re ceived) advise of two packets from Liverpool, being in the offing. Exchange —ln this department things remain in active. Bills on New York at 60 days sight are held at Ia I) per cent; 30 days at 3a 4; sight, 61 percent premium. New Orleans funds 4 aoprem. —transactions limited. Specie 41 a 51 per cent premium. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, Jan. 19. Cleared —Ships Hilah, Hammond, Liverpool; Al exander, Copie, do. Went to f v a—Barque Tasso, Condy, Havre; brig Win Taylor, Hoey, New York. Charleston, Jan. 21, Arrived yesterda y—Barques Abagun, Wright, Boston; Gceola, Milliken, New York; brig Chili, Rogers, Matanz.as; brig Malaga, Burges, New Lon don; schr ( hickatabut, Coleman, Turks Island. In the Offing —Ship Sarah Sheafe, Merry Liver pool. At Quarantine —Ship Stephen Phillips, Thomas, from Boston. Cleared —Barques Ohio, Levy, Bordeaux; Fran cis Stanton. Lefavour, Havre; Henry Newell,Burn ham, do; brigs C'ohanscy, Moore, New Orleans; J C Calhoun, Bullen, Havana. Went to sea yesterday —Ship Medora, Turner, Bordeaux; brigs Kspalata,Sptoull, Dunkirk; Mon tilla, Hynes, St. Joseph, Fa MBLBEUUY AND SILK ClltllKE. iIIWARD CHENEY k BROTHERS, WvXjAand MASON SHAW, have now grow- JWJSCC* ing, in the must flourishing condition, in Augusta, Georgia, adjoining the Hamp- Race Course, about 80,000 Morus Multicaulis Trees, which they offer for sale in lots to suit purchasers. For further information enqui ry may be made of Messrs. Cheneys, at their cocoon ery in Burlington, New Jersey, or of Mason Shaw, at the Eagle and Phcenix Hotel in Augusta. Having bad several years experience in cultiva ting the morus multicaulis from buds, cuttings, Sic. they will furnish each purchaser with printed In structions of the best and most approved manner of. planting and cultivating the trees, the kind of Soil most suitable for growing the same ; and also for rearing tie silk worms and reeling the silk. They will also have for sale, Silk Worm Eggs of lira most esteemed varieties, from moths selected with great tare for their health, strength and perfection. augS wSctnvtf REMOVAL. CONFECTIONARY ESTABLISHMENT. BE. NKHR returns his thanks for former a patronage, and would inform his friends and tire public, that he has removed his Confection ary from under the United States Hotel to the New Store in Broad street, recently occupied by H- C. Bryson tk Co, and nearly opposite the store of i George U. Jessup. He has now on hand, and will constantly keep a good assortment of Candies, Cordials. Wines, &c. which he will dispose of on moderate terms, nov 11 trwl6 BOOK STORE. 11HE subscribers return their thanks to their friends and the public generally fur the libe ral patronage bestowed upon them the last year, and would inform them that they are now opening a new stock of Books,Stationary and Fancy Goods, which with their former stock, will make theiras sortment complete, and will be sold wholesale and retail, on the best possible terms. Their stock of binder’s materials are of the first quality, and they are now prepared to manufac ture Blank Books of every description, ruled to any patern, having procured a Ruling machine not to be surpassed by any in the United States. A continuance of the favors heretofore bestowed is solicited,and they assure their customers that satis faction will be given in every respect. Country merchants are invited to call and exatn ne before they buy elsewhere. J. W. dc T. S. STOY, nov 11 No. 247 north side Broad-sL