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®n-«Jech!fl €l|wnick&Stntimd. WILLIAM E. JONES & Co. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 25, 1840 „ „ r " Vol. JV.—No. 10. THE CHRONICLE AND 9EKTINBL IS PUBLISHED D ,ILY TttUWEEKLV, AND WEEKLY, At No. 209 Broad-street. TERMS! Dailjpaper, Ten Dollars per annum, in advance, i Tri Weekly paper, at Six Dollars in advance or ; Rjven at the end of the year. y We'.kly paprr, Three Dollarsin advance,or Four at the end of year. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL, i A U GI'STA. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24. lines signed “Jane <s■ Eliza," writ ten upon a sheet of pretty embossed pink billet paper won’t do. Young ladies, before they ven ture upon poetry ought to know how to spell— They write ‘ booth ” for both! Fie upon you girls, both of you—we beg pardon, “ b-o-a-t-h !" The communication from Burke county, con taining a Marriage notice, cannot bo published without a responsible name- We incline to be lieve it Is genuine, but wc assure our friends that His not sufficient for them to sign “P” or “Q’ nr “R” to such communications. We must Iteve a responsible name! Our New York papers received by last night’s nail arc tilled with the details of the cainmilious k>ss of the ill-fated steamboat Lexington. The morning after the reception of the news in that city, the proprietors of the boat, despatched the steamer Statesman, Capt. Comstock, to cru ; se in the Sound in search of bodies, baggage, See. — Capi. C. has published in the Commercial Ad tertiscr, an account of his voyage. Only five or six bodies wore recoved and a number of trunks, boxes, &c. We have not room for the whole re port, but cannot forbear to publish the following extract. - ‘‘Captain William Terrell, master of the sloop Improvement, was, with his vessel, within four or five miles ol the Lexingtou at the lime she fommenced burning, and thinks if he had imme diately repaired to her assistance, he could have eaved a great number of lives. The reason he fives for not doing so, is, that he would have lost Itis tide over the bar. at the port to which he was bound, and accordingly he pursued his inhuman course, leaving upward of 1(10 persons to dio the worst of deaths. The circumstances of this un paralleled cruelty will hereafter be more clearly exposed, and I iruat he will receive its merited v deserts ” ' . We give below from the Commercial Adver tiser, a list of the passengers as far as known.— The second mate, Mr. Crowley, floated ashore on a bale of cotton, after remaining in the ice and water for forty-eight hours. We add below a list of the passengers and crew of the Lexington, corrected from all the re sources within our reach. It is possible that there may be some names included in it, of per sons who were not on board the ill-fated boat, although we have used every precaution in our power to prevent such from being the case. < Allowing this list to be coned, there were 122 persons on board the boat, 87 of whom were pas sengers, and the remaining 35 composed the crew. OF NEW YORK. H. C. Craig, firm of Maitland, Kennedy & Co. R. W Dow, firm of Dow & Co. Stephen Waterbury, Jr. firm of Waterbury & Mead. Mr. Lawrence, firm of Kelly <st Lawrence. Charles Noyes, clerk of Charles B. Babcock & Co. Mrs. Russell Jarvis, and two children. A. E. Harding, firm of Harding Sc Co. E. B. Patten, of 183 Walker street. Mr. Fowler, Charles Brackett, P. McKinna, a clerk of Donelly & Hyatt. He has left a wife and two children. John Winslow, firm of D. L. & J. Winslow. Richard Pocket, formerly of Newhuryport, watchmaker for Ball, Tompkins Sc Black. Mr. Ballon, or Bullard, John Marshall, a glass-blower, who has left a wife and three children. Charles Bosworth, of Royalton, Windsor Co. Vermont, but lately a school-master in this city. Mr. Thomas James, tailor, of New York, for merly of Boston. Mr. Baum, son of the Clerk of the Washington Market. or nosxox. Isaac Davis. Chas. W. Woolsey, Rev. Dr. Follen, J. A. Leach, Nath. Hobart, J. G. Low, Mr. Sluyvesant, Mr. Everett, John Brown, firm of Browne St Co. H. C. Bradford, late from Kingston, Jamaica. Adalphus Hamden, of package express. Abraham Howard, firm of Howard and Merry. Thomas White, formerly of Sudbury, Vt., and late of the firm of Sands & White. Erastus Column, keeper of Pavilion. OF PROVIDENCE. Capt. Foster, lute of the John Gilpin. Wfn. A. Green, firm of Allen Sc Green. John L. Winslow, Mrs. Alice Winslow. [The two mentioned above, with Mr. John Winslow, of this city, were accompanying the corpse of Henry A. Winslow, which was to be carried to Providence for interment.] OF STONINOTUN, CT. Charles H. Phelps, one of the directors of the Stonington railroad. Pratt Van Colt, keeper of the Steamboat Ho tel, Stonington. Elias Brown, Jr. He was but lately married to Miss Avery, the rich heiress of Stonington. Mary Russell, nurse in the family of Geo. W. Whistler, Esq. OF HALTIMURE. Mr. W’eslon, firm of Weston Sc Poindexter. Royal T. Church, John W. Kerle. Mr. Walker, son-in-law of Mr. Kerle. MISCELLANEOUS. William H. Wilson, late of Worcester, Mass., Williamsburgh, L. I. Robert Blake, Esq., President of the Wren tham (M-.SS.) Bank. • John Corey, cotton manufacturer, Foxboro’, Mass. Samuel Henry, firm of A. & 8. Henry, of Manchester. England. Rooert Williams, Cold Spring, N. Y. H. J. Finn, comedian, Newport, R. 1. Charles Eberle, comedian, J. Porter Felt, Jr., Salem, Mass. Alphonso Mason, Gloucester, Mass. Captain Lowe, agent of Boston underwriters. Capt. Tbeophilus Smith, Dartmouth, Mass. Captain J. D. Carver, of barque Brontes, of Plymouth, Mass. Mr. Pierce, mate of the Brontes, Portland, Me. Captain Kimball. Captain Mattison. Dr. Joshua Johnson, Philadelphia. John Hoyt, conductor of Boston and Provi dence railroad. John G. Brown, of the firm of Shall Sc Brown, i New Orleans. Charles Lee, Barre, Mess. John Lcmist, treasurer Boston Leather Co., Roxbury, Mass. N. F. Dyer, Pittsburg, Pa., formerly of Brain tree. J. Linfield. Stoughton, Mass. Philo Upson, Egremont, Mass William Nichols, steward of steamer Massa chusetts. John Brown, a colored man. Captain Childs, brother of the Captain of the Lexington. David M’Farlane, mate of the brig Clarion. James Walker and John Gordon, seamen of Cainbridgcport, from brig Raymond. Mr. Ropal Sibley, of Pawtucket. George Benson Smith, recently of Brooklyn. Mr. Green, of Minot, Me , agent of the Minot Shoe Manufacturing Company. Joseph Ray, 2d mate of barque Bohemia, Kenßcbunk. Thomas Blecckcr, carpenter, Dedham, Mass. J. Wilkin. Gilbert Martin. John Wyseth. A gentleman, lady, and two children, who ar rived from Philadelphia by the morning line— name not known. Mr. J. O. Swan left the Globe Hotel for one of the 3 o’clock boats, but it is hy no means certain that he took the Lexington. THE CREW. George Child, of Stonington, commander. Jesse Comstock, of Providence, clerk. Capt. Stephen Manchester, pilot, (saved.) H. P. Newman, steward. Edward Tliurbcr, male. David Crowley, second do. "saved.) Cortland Hempstead, engineer. William Quimby, second do Martin Johnson, wheelsman. Joseph Robinson, (colored,) cook. Oliver Howell, do second do. R. Peters, do third do. Job Sands, head waiter, (colored.) Charles Smith, fireman, (saved.) R. B. Schultz, do. Benjamin Cox, do. George do. Susan C. Holcomb (colored) chambermaid. Mr. Walker, barkeeper. Five colored waiters, 8 deck hands and 1 boy. 2 wood passers. SAVED. Capt. Hill ard of ship Mississippi. Capt. S. Manchester, pilot. David Crowly, second mate. Charles Smith, fireman. From the Baltimore American. Later from Europe. The packet ship Garrick has arrived at New York, bringing London dates to the 13th ult., and Liverpool to the 14lh. By the Burgundy, Havre dates of the 16th and Paris of 15th were also received. It is said positively that the new loan of Mr. Jaudon, through the intervention of the Roths childs, is definitely concluded. Sales of U. S. Bank shares had been made at £lB 10s., and even at £l9 for a few shares. All State securi ties were in belter demand, and sales were making of them at improved rates. The specie and bullion in the Bank of Eng land was increasing in amount. Yet fears are still entertained of the effect on the monetary system of England which may be produced in the spring, by the importation of Bread Stuffs. The weather in England has been very unfavora ble, not only to the seed which has just been planted, but to the preservation of the crop just housed; and though the average prices continue low, in consequence ol the wretched quality of the English samples brought to market, an uni versal opinion prevails that prices for good American flour or wheat will soon rise very high. The general tenor of the London advices re ceived is, that the English money market was somewhat easier. The French in Africa were hard pressed by Abd-el-Kader, and had mostly retired into Algiers, where they expected to be attacked by 25,000 Vrabs. The French would, however, soon re ceive reinforcements which would enable them to assume the offensive. The Gamps hud been abandoned by the French troops, only a few forti fied positions being maintained. The farm houses on the plain had all been destroyed by the Arabs. Parliament was to meet on the 16th. A repeal or revision of the Corn Laws will, it is said, be advocated by the Ministers. A fixed duty of 10s. will, it is thought, be fixed upon. The French journals assert that the new war in Algiers has been excited by the jealousy of England. The English Ministerial paper, the Chronicle, retorts hy saying, “that their African Colonization excites not our jealousy, but our compassion.” Some new arrests of persons said to he impli cated in the alfuir of the infernal machine, had been made in Purls. There had been a disastrous gale in the Med iterranean. At Barcelona several vessels of war l and others broke from their moorings, causing much confusion, but no lives were lost. Thirty two Spanisn vessels, a Swedish brig, and British schooner, were lost on the coast of Tarragona during the gale. From the Baltimore American. New York and Virginia. In reference to the ground assumed by Gov. Seward in the controversy between these two States,—-arising out of the refusal to surrender a citizen of New York charged with stealing a slave from Virginia—we may lake occassion briefly to say that his Excellency, in our view, places, the question upon principles too general and abstract. If the States of this Union are to be regarded as sovereign and independent, in the full extension and absolute import of those terms; if their intercourse with one another is to be reg ulated in all points by the law of nations, where of each is to judge for itself, and in case of vary ing decisions each is to maintain its own by force; in a word, if the Constitution is not a para mount rule of action, then may such rules of construction lie adopted as those which the Ex ecutive of New York has promulgated. The law of nations, says his Excellency, does not re cognise property in slaves universally But does not the Constitution recognise it in this country 1 What has the law of nations to do in mutters which our own charier and principles of government have already settled and established 1 The law of nations!—a new phrase this, in our domestic vocabulary. Are we to be sent in chase of an abstraction 1 Is the “law of nations,” i which at the best is a vague and ill-defined rule, I'V, i i >..... i i..«1 | settled only where precedents of particular dec if - ions exist; which depends upon no authority for j the enforcement of its decrees other than that of mutual or general consent; —is this unsteady shadow to come between the Constitution and the States of this Union 1 Let the law of nations prevail where no other rule has been provided | by a more legitimate authority. But while we i under the protection of an ample, over-aching Constitution, which has interwoven certain liga ments and lies of affiliation throughout the great system of this Republic, binding Slates together as parts of a whole, there is no need of asking what is law of nations in reference to our own domestic intercourse. | We object entirely to placing the. question on | that ground. Yet if it were legitimately put on that basis, the Governor's conclusions might seem hasty, oven in that view. If a foreign ship belonging to Great Britain, for example, should make a descent upon our Southern coast and car ry ofl a number of slaves, would that country be excused hy the law of nations from making resti tution. Would it he enough that England should say—We do not recognise the right of properly in slaves ? By the Constitution of the United Stales the ■ citizen of one State when he goes into another ! possesses the same rights which are possessed by i the citizens of the State into which he goes. As a natural correlative he is bound by the same laws. It he violates a law of the State in which he is sojourning, what penalty docs he incur!— The same winch a citizen of that State would in cur. Can he demand to be tried by the laws of the State wherein he holds citizenship ! Not he —the laws of his own State have no force in the territory where his offence was committed.— Wherever the crime is done, there the penally attaches—who does not know this ? Can the culprit place himself under another system of laws with impunity, after having violated, within the sphere of their lawful a Jtliorily, the laws of a different community ! Does 1 change of place shift the responsibility from his shoulders 1 Not if there he any faith in the compact which binds the authorities of one State to deliver up fugitives from the justice of another. The sovereignty of a State extends on all sides to the limits of her territory. A citizen cannot, when he goes beyond these limits, carry a portion of that sovereignty with him as a shield to pro tect him in breaking the laws of another Slate into whose domain he enters. If a Virginian comes into Maryland, the laws of our State ask no questions about his birth place; he is regard ed as a citizen of Maryland in so far as judicial proceedings are concerned; he is supposed to know the laws of Maryland, and if he violates any one of them, it will be no excuse for the of fences nor any protection against punishment to say, that the act he committed violated no law of Virginia where he holds citizenship. This is a matter so plain that we ought perhaps to apolo gize for dwelling upon it. Yet these long estab lished and well settled principles arc about to bfe set aside, it seems, by the Slate of New York.—J- The Constitution must yield to the law of no(- tions ; —we arc to wander in the blue ether of ab solute space with flickering lights to guide us— ignesfalui—that are ever changing positions and eluding definite vision. There will be no end to difficulties if these notions are to prevail. From the New York Express. The French in South America. The last number of the New York Quarterly Review is filled with several pages respecting the cruize and conduct of the French agent in Buenos Ayres and Monte Video; the article is evidently written by one who has a thorough knowcldge of the parties and principles involved in the dis pute between the French and Buenos Ayreans. There is. however, so much of a parlance spirit in the article, such a monomania respecting the French, that its statements are to be read with some caution. The substance of the article consists in an at tempt to prove that the principal injuries which the French complain of, are trumped up against the Argentions and their Governor, Rosas; and that they have no real foundation; and are trum ped up only to aid the French in their ambitious and grasping views, or else to employ the army and navy, so as to amuse a Parisian population with the idea of foreign conquest. The French are accused, in this article also, of interfering in the local affairs bath of the Argen tine and Oriental Republics, with the view ol so embroiling them, that in the midst of their confu sion France can profit. Thus Rivera, now in command of Monte Video, is set down as a mere French tool, whom the French established in power for the purpose of providing an enemy to attack Rosas in Buenos Ayres. In this part of the article there seems to be a great deal of truth. The writer of this article after his statement of facts calls upon the British and United States Governments to interfere vigorously for the pur pose of putting a stop to these French projects, and movements in South America, that thus em • barrass the trade of the world. Both the U. S. Commodore, and the British Minister, he says, have been trifled with thus far in their attempts to bring about a reconciliation, inasmuch os toe French do not wish for peace, and do not intend to have any there, if it can be helped. Os the character of Rosas wc have a good ma ny different accounts. This writer speaks not unfavorably of him, but deems him such a man as is necessary for the people. The Portuguese correspondence we have hy the way of Rio Janei ro constantly represents him as a tyrant and butch er, and there can be no doubt, that he governs the Argentines with a high hand. The last news we have from Montevideo and Buenos Ayres, is in part favorable, and in part unfavorable to the views of the French. Gener.il Rivera, the present President of the Oriental Re public, who is the President for the French, is in some danger of losing his capital Monte Video, for Gen. Echaguc, who commands the Buenos Av rean Army, which is, of course, hostile to the French, is within 12 miles of Monte Video. This city, however, is garrisoned by 3000 men, and perhaps many women, for we learn from this ar ticle in the Review, that Rivera had women Gen erals in his army, and by about 500 seamen from the French ships of war. These 500 seamen though, with artillery, we presume are sufficient to defend Monte Video from all the wild Argen tines, In the meantime, whilethc Buenos Ayrean Army is near Monte Video, Gen. Lavalle another French agent, is at the head of about 1000 men raised in Monte Video, invading the Provinces of the Argentine Republic. Entrc Rios, one of the Provinces, was over-run by them some time ago. According to the lust accounts, Corrientes, ano ther Province, had declared in his favor. His force was constantly increasing; and as he had defeated the army sent against him, there seemed to be little check upon his prospects. The general character of the article in the Quarterly Review, to which wc have alluded, is able, and the information imparted in it of great service to such as wish to have an understanding jof Atlantic South American Polities. Whate*- > - may be the opinion of the public as to the al- leged injuries which the French assume they have suflered, there can bo but little doubt that the Commercial world have allowed France quite tune enough to prosecute them, and that now there should be an end. Trade and Commerce should be embarrassed no longer. Virginia and New York. —The Ameri can, a mischievous Abolition paper, publishes last evening a letter from Mr. Recorder Morris to the Governor, setting forth the causes why he discharged the persons arrested for enticing away a slave from Virginia. It appears that the s ave was a ship carpenter, and was employed in re pairing a schooner, and when the schooner sailed New York the slave was misusing. The own ers arrived in New York before the vessel arrived, and on going on board found the slave conceal ed, who staled that he had been advised to make himsolffree hy one of the parties implicated.— No other testimony coming before the Recorder that fixed the guilt of carrying away the slave on the three colored men implicated, ho discharged them under a writ of Habeas Corpus. Although there could be no reasonable doubt that the three colored hands on board the vessel did entice away the slave and conceal him, nevertheless there could not have been any proofs in Virgin ia, and there were no proofs here, which would authorise them to be considered as “ fugitives from justice,” being so claimed by Virginia, and they wore legally discharged. The slave-holding states must not allow free persons of color to come within their limits, or they must pass some laws defining more clearly their rights, and en forcing them.— N. Y. Star of the 14 th inst. Commentary on the President's Mes sage.—The Cleveland Herald states that some farmers of Stark county, who wanted money to pay their taxes falling due in a few days, recent ly visited Massillon, carrying their wheat for sale. After hawking it through the town for sometime, the best offer they could get was 43 cents, a bushel in barter for goods, which would not pay taxes, but could not get a cash offer at all, and were obliged to return as they came. Such is a specimen of “ that general prosperity” which the President has the effrontery to toll the country, calls for our warmest gratitude !— Newark Dai. Adv. We can add another striking fact to the same effect. Two or three weeks ago, a yoke of oxen and a eart belonging to a fanner in Michigan, were levied upon hy execution, and offered for sale by the sheriff, at public vendue. But the highest bid that could bo obtained for them was fifteen dollars. The bowels of the sheriff, even were moved at the prospect of such a sacrifice of property, and he bid them in at twenty dollars — assuring the farmer at tho same time that he would allow him to redrem them as as soon as he might be able to raise the money. Such are among the first fruits of the Sub-Treasury sys tem in the country.— N. Y. Com. Adv. From the New York Herald. Late from Cantos.— War between the Chi nese and English. —By the arrival of the Splen did, Capt. Lund, we have received important in telligence to the 10th of August. It appears that the disturbances of the 7lh of July last, in which a Chinese was killed, resulted in some thing more serious. It will bo recollected that the English superintendent paid a large sum to leconcde matters with the friondsof the deceased, hut notwithstanding the Mandarins made a great disturbance about it. A steward of one of tho English ships was taken hy the Chinese, and his recapture attempted. The English not succeed ing, landed in the village, and drove all tho Chi nese out of it. Two days before the Splendid sailed. Captain Johnson, of the Cynthia, was de tained and examined closely by tho Mandarins, supposing him to be an English Captain of tho same name. The Splendid’s boat was detained in town several days, with the first officer and crew, in consequence of two small boxes of skins having been taken to town in her from an En glish vessel, s“ determined are they toenforce the laws; and we were made to understand, partic ularly, that it was an act of especial favor that she wasYcleased. A few days before sailing nn ac tion took place between an English smuggling brig and some Chinese Mandarian bonis, in which several of the Chinese were killed ; the brig made her escape after bursting one ol her guns, which wounded several of her men. This last act exasperated the Chinese to a greater de gree. The English are making preparations for defence, and it is the opinion of intelligent Chi nese, that if the English actually go to war with them, that the trade will be forever slopped be tween the two countries. The Governor of New Jersey has sent a spe cial message to the Legislature of that State, on the subject of the recent action in Congress in reference to the rejection of the members who hold the certificates of election. The substance of the message is thus stated in the Philadelphia North American: “ The Governor impresses upon the Legisla ture, their duty to vindicate the rights of the Stale of New Jersey, and the dignity of its high est officers and their official act. He asserts that the State can be bound hy no law passed by Congress during the disfranchisement. He counsels the Legislature, however, to he govern ed as well by national feeling us by Stale pride and interest, and enjoins upon them to pursue such a course as shall l»c demanded by and 1)6 consistent with both. He recommends a firm protest against violence, and an affectionate ap peal to the States, warning them that the same injury which has been done New Jersey, may be practiced towards them, whenever it shall seem expedient to a party.” The Smithsonian Institute. —Mr. Adams’ Bill providing for the disposition of Mr. Smith son’s bequest, proposes that Trustees shall he ap pointed, forming a b >dy politic and corporate by the title of the “Smithsonian Institute for the in crease and diffusion of knowledge among men.” The amount of the fund in 1838 was $508,318. According to the provisions of the bill, the Trus tees are to consist of the Vice President of the United States, the Chief Justice of the U. States the Secretaries of Stale, Treasury, War and Na vy, tho Attorney General of the U. 8. and the Mayor of the city of Washington, together with four members of the House ofßepresentatives and three Senators, to lie annually elected by the res pective Houses. The interest of the fund is to be appropriated to the erection, at the City of Washington, of an Astronomical Observatory, adapted to the most effective and continual obser vations of the phenomena of the Heavens : to be provided *ilh the necessary and best instruments and books for the periodical publication of said observations, and for the annual composition and publication of a Nautical Almanac.— Baltimore American, y Canine Mutiny.— l '‘The Dogs of War”— t let loose !—We noticed yesterday, the arrival at e St. Marks. Florida, of 33 Cuba bloodhounds. v Ihe St. Joseph Times mentions that while the e vessel was at sea, the cook having slaughtered a pig.'hodogs excited by the smell of the blood, broke from their confinement, drove the whole . crew into the rigging, and kept possession of the 3 deck for six successive hours before they could be , pacified. , During the late commercial crisis, a commis , sion merchant, who was some thousands short, stood on the portico of the Exchanges, in a brown I study, from which he was awakened by the chir ping of two sparrows which flew near. “Happy , creatures” said he “you have no acceptances to pay.” “No,” said a lean broker, who had money , to loan on certain seenrities, and at certain rates, “but they have hills to provide for.” i Oglethorpe University. —The exercises [ of this Institution have been resumed at the ex i piration of the vacation, under very cheering , prospects. We understand that most ofthefor , mcrscholars have returned, and that already twen , ty- four new students have been admitted into College, and that others are expected. The Aca demical Department has likewise been resumed, under very auspicious indications; and upon the whole, the friends of this infant but vigorous ln . stitution, have every thing to cheer them to the , perfect consummation of the noble enterprizo they ■ have undertaken.— Southern Eecorder. A Pair or Monsters. —Tho New York Sun stale* that there are in that city the greatest . human curiosities ever exhibited, in the shape of , two boy* with their extremities resembling the , claws of an eagle, instead of hands and feet.— , These most extraordinary of nature’s vagaries have been visited privately by the faculty, and ex cited much interest, and will be publicly shown in u few days. The Purse and the Sword. —Bennett of the N. Y. Herald says, with the sub-treasury system and tho rc-organization of the militia, equal to 200,000 troops, wo believe there will be a capital union of the purse and the sword.— Well, well, wc go for it as fast as possible. Let , us have a military and hard money government , at once—it cannot be worse than a corrupt one. From a gentleman just from Alabama, wa , learn that the planters there are suffering very great inconvenience from tho low state of the rtv ■ ers. They cannot get bagging to park their cot ton nor plantation supplies—ut least a great ma ny. He remarked that them were thirteen steam boats aground in the Alabama river, not far fiom his plantation, when he left. In Mississippi, it is said, that lands which a few years ago sold for twenty dollars, uncleared, may now be bought, improved, in many places, for from three to five dollars.— Temperance Ad vocate. Recipes. —Major Noah furnishes the follow ing recipes for the rheumatism : i Spread raw cotton aboutone quarter ofan inch i thick on a piece of flannel, sufficiently large to ■ cover the part affected. Quilt the cotton to the t flannel, to cause it to remain spread. When ap > plied it will produce relief in a very short time. . Toothache proceeding from decayed teeth, has I been frequently cured by filling the cavities with ' cotton. He adds, 1 Recent colds may be cured, by boiling together • a half pint of milk, a tea spoonful of black pepper, and a small lump of butter; to be taken hot, on going to bed—to ho repeated three or four nights. A pleasant beverage and certain cure. Mining. —The Galena Gazette says it is com puted that at least 150 persons have turned theii attention from other branches of business to that of mining, since the discovery of the “Harris Lead.” Within four miles of Galena, to the 8. and 8. W., nearly every foat of ground is held for mining purposes—two hundred squaru yards being the portion of each individual who has clai med and marked off his lot. Grave Announcement.—ln introducing a piece of poetry, a country paper says: “The fol i lowing linos were written more than sixty years . ago, hy one who has for many years slept in his ■ wave, merely for his own amusement.” 1 Anecdote, —John Kemble oncecalling at the house of Mr. Crumpton, the Irish Attorney Gen eral, in Dublin, the following dialogue took place between him and Mr. C.’s servant Patrick: . “Well, Patrick, where’s your master!” “He is out, sir.” “Where’s your mistress!” “She is 1 out, too, sir.” “Well, then, I will just sit down • hy tho fire until one of them cor eg in.” “By the > powers, hut you can’t 1 ” says P.jtnck, “for that’s j out too.” The wool raised in Vermont this year, is said to he worth $3,000,000. s Cariiaoe Garden.—Curran cross-examining t a tailor—“ Upon your oath, sir, where did this r conversation happen !” “In the back parlor of b my shop, my cutting-room.” “What were you - then about, yourself!” “Walking about.”— 3 “Aye, just taking a stroll in your cabbage garden!” 3 > Losing a Place. —Mr. Canning and another i gentleman were looking at a picture of the De - luge; the ark was in the middle distance, in the ! foresea an elephant was seen struggling with his ’ fate. “I wonder,” said the gentleman, “that the I elephant did not secure an inside place in the ark.” “He was too late,” replied Canning; “he was detained packing up his trunk.” A complimentary dinner has been given Mr. Webster in Boston, by his friend's, at which Mr. Grattan, the British consul, and many other dis tinguished men, were present. ' The following graphic description of Mr. Wise, , is frem the Washington correspondent of the i Boston Atlas: — Henry A. Wise ofVirginia, has also gained ■ much reputation among his friends,hy the cou:se i which he has pursued in relation to the New Jcr- I scy case. He has modified his manner very ■ much of late, and is less impetuous and violent i than formerly. He has adopted a bold, manly, r decisive, and conciliatory course, and has met with gieat success. As a file-leader, isl may so speak, he has few equals, and no superior in the House. His voice and manner eminently fit him for that position. He is a slender man, of the medium heighth, his features arc rather sharp and strongly marked, and his voice is peculiarly clear and sonorous. His hair is light, and ia warn long | in the style of the day; his eyes are very large 5 and bright, and express the character of the mat >ery distinctly. The general appearance of hh countenance ia that of a man about thirty yew. o| age, who had been too constantly devoted l> difficult business for a long period ; or a man. who had suffered some serious shock, in his busi ness or family. He has an earnest, nervous, careworn, anxious look, quite unlike the hale, bluff and jovial aspect of most men from the Old Dominion. The style of his dress is careless and indifferent, and more like that of a working merchant, than of the gen tleman legislator. Mr. Wise is generally right, in his positions, and rarely yields tlie floor to an opponent until he feels disposed. His voice can be heard in any port of the hall, and when he calls upon the Speaker in earnest, he seldom fails to secure attention. He can always be heard above the loudest din that ever rings in that ball, and when his shrill voice ia distinguished, all others soon liecome silent. He speaks with great directness and energy, coining the words, as it were in unmalleable metal, and driving them in to your very ears. Every thing he says, is bold, determined, uncompromising—there is no hesita tion, and no pause in the torrent of words. He makes a proposition, and it must be accepted with out modification, without reserve, or it must be directly rejected. He charges home upon his op ponents, and ceases not in the fight, until he hears the cry for quarters, or until the opposing force is fled. M AKRIED, On the 20th inst, by the Rev. Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Joseph Brown, of Baltimore, Md., to Miss Mary Veitch, of New York city. Consignees per Mouth Carolina II ml Road. Hamdubo, January 22, 1840. T Boisrlair; W B Bush; C A Greiner; Mrs J A Rabe; R V Goetehius; A B Mallory; G H Noble; VV Smith; I-' Lambnck; P Carrie; 0 Bottom; Reese & Beall; A Frederick; GTI ortic; Stovall & Ham len; J M Cooper & Son; Hand & Scranton; Jeffers & Boulware; G Parrott; E Boyce; J F Benson; J E McDonald; H W Sullivan. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. Savannah, January 21. Arrived —Ship Newark, Suiillard, Now York;, British hark Spence, Nicoil, Trinidad; bark Turbo;. Beauchamp, Boston; schr Hamilton, Ridley, Ogee clicc; schrLaßruce, Robbins, Baltimore; steamboat John Randolph, Lyon, Augusta. Went to sea—Ship Alexander, Coplc, Liverpool. Departed —Steamboat John Randolph, Lyon, Au gusta. Charleston, January 23. Arrived yeeterday —Bug Thorn, Thomas, Ma tanzas; British schooner Victoria, Hud-on, Nassau, N P; schooner Atlantic,Shepherd, Salem; schooner Auericaii Trader, Kirhy, Attakapas, La. a. iin— COMMERCIAL. Latent da ten from Liverpool, Dee. 14 Luteal dates from Havre Dec. 14 Liverpool. December 13. There has been since last Friday very little an imation in our cotton market. We have had daily a regular demand from the trade, but obviously limited to their actual warns, without regard to the proceedings of speculators, who bought on Satur day a few hundred bags, and on Monday 1100.— Subsequently,our daily sales have been about 3000 bags, and mostly at drooping prices. Merchants have generally been desirous of making greater pro gress, which, however, could not be done, though they were prepared, in some instances, with that view, to concede Id per lb. Indeed, we find it ne cessary to reduce our quotations fur several des criptions id tv jd per lb. Still, we are aware of no new circumstances calculated to produce the ad ditional lukewarmness and depression which have been noticed. Our import continues very light, and far short of the consumption ; so that our stock undergoes a material decrease, and is now very moderate, with the likelihood of its becoming small in the course of the next month, even should the consumption he diminished, which has lately ceas ed to be a subject of discussion. The silence, however, does not proceed from any substantial amendment in the spinning or manufacturing branches. The transactions in Yam and Goods, we are assured, were last Tuesday, at Manchester, exceedingly circumscribed, and prices again par tially reduced Houses of small capital are con sequently much distressed, and two or three more of them have this week been declared insolvent. The urgency of such to sell is one cause of the very low state of the market for their products. But the scarcity of money affects also the more weal thy, and obliges them to follow, in some measure, a practice which they condemn. In fact, it would nppenr as if the existing circumstances were too untoward to admitof the prosperity of the merch ant or the manufacturer, and such as to neutralize or destroy every motive for speculation or adven ture. In the sales of cotton which we have to particularise are included 1500 bags of American, taken by speculators; and 600 American, and 100- Surat for exportation. Upland, Orleans and Alabama have as usual mostly engaged the attention of buyers, and yet sales have not been easily effected even by conced ing jd per lb on the prices for the middling and lower qualitcis, and fully Jd for good fair and good, which have been only in very limited demand, and of which some supplies of the new crop have ar rived. Sea Island remains of dull sale, and prices, almost nominal. Brazil sorts, but more especially I’einambnco and Bahia, have been pretty saleable in small lots, and at steady rates. Egyptian is not muen in request, and scarcely supports its value.— Surat has been in fair demand, and has gone off at previous prices. The sales altogether of the week are computed at 19,7U0 bags; and the import amounts to 6927 bags. Sales from the 7th to 13th December, 1839 ; 42(10 Upland at 6jd to 7 jd; 8670()rleans at 6d to. Sjd; 3720 Alabama and Mobile at 6ldto 7jd. Liverpool, December 14. Cotton. —Since our communication by the last packet of the 7th inst the demand for cotton has continued moderate, and the better qualities being more freely oifered, have further declined id per lb, while in the low and middling qualities the re duction is barely id per lb. Only a few thousand bales of the new crop have as yet arrived—but so much of it has been forced upon the market this week as to cause a material depiession in qualities above fair. The late favorable accounts of the coming crops in the United States, seems to induce the consumers to buy only for the supply of their immediate wants, particularly as the state of the money mar ket isstill discouraging The sales for the week ended last evening amounted to 19,760 bales—of which 160 were Upland at 6| a 7i; 8700 Orleans 6 a 8i; 3720 Alabama and Mobile 61 a7Jd; and 50 Sealsland at 18 a 24d per lb. The stock in thil port is now estimated at 250,000 hales, of which about 217,000 is American cotton. Havre, Decembers. During the week the transactions in Cotton hare not been large, and a disinclination is shown to purenase American Upon all sorts of United States there is to be noted a further reduction of 3 to4cts.. December 14—Sales of 1670 bales Colton, of which 1500 were I’orto Rico at 126. December 13.— gales of 521 bales Louisiana Cot ton at 91 a 106,50; 376 Georgia, at 90 aMU 213! Florida ato6 a 100.