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THE WEEKLY GEORGIAN ii rmuiHiii i« tiii City or tarannt, WILLIAM H. BULLOCH, rVILIIIIER or Till LAW! or Till CHON, AND CITT AND COUNTY miXrilt. WJJEKLV PAPER—Tiinxx Dollar*, per an hum,—Payable In advance ADVERTISEMENTS Inserted at the Chailes- ton me*. ET Postage muitbo paid on ell Comnunioa* Tint*, and letter* nfbuntnes*. MONDAY, OCTOBER 58,' 1830. ""eTHio Mayor of Baltimore offer* one thousand dollar* reward for tho apprehension of tho incen diaries who lately made nttnmpu to fire that city. Tho A«igu*ta Con»Ut*tion*list,»ny*t "Wo see a notice in one of tho MilledgeviUo paper* that the Banka in thi* city have au.pended specie ?»*"£""• we will state that auch l* not tho fact. The Bonk of Augusta, tlie Augusta Insurance and Banking ^Company, and Branch of the Rail Road Bank have vitally, suspended? that is. they redeem thetr notes only in small amount*, when they choose so to do? hut tho Mechanics Bank and tho Branch or the Stato Bunk still redeem their notes, in any amount presented." A letter from Hamburg, dated 24th Inst., e-tyss 41 1 have the pleasure of informing yon. that our town is now free of disease. The sickness has passed off, and health ouse more reigns in our midst. Our frioniUVre tow reluming liumo, and pmuo and pro,parity lake. tl>» pl«" »f l ° ?*» °" r .tract* wore cruw.led with wafon., and th.mar- ahunu were bu.y filling nut tho o«cu..vo Ml, of ,1,0 plantar,. Wo receivedlhi.d«yulH,ut60l)bale. Cotton." . ___________ Oslo —The Ohio8tnte,man (Vnn Buren paper) give, cnuipluto return, eflho law electina .coord- lee -In which the new Senate eumpri.« ll Whig, an,l 35 Vnn Buren men I Homo, 23 Whig, and 49 Van Buren men. Showing a large V. B. gam m both Houses. UppunCANADA —The Chriatinn Buardlnn of the 10th .late,, in a pMttcrlpt. that tho grant Durham mooting at Tnrouh, on tin, 15th, become the neca- •inn of an .Bray, la which two poraon. wore killed and many wounded, Tha two killed were named Lopard end Terry—tho Termer of Yunge ,tract, and the latter of Llnydtown. The Guardian .ay. that many nf the ntltl-Durhamlto. came on tho ground with weapon,, and Intimate, that they commenced the fight. Lower Canada.—The Quebec Guzctte of tho 17th, announces the nrrivul of the frigate Pique, having on bo .rdhis excellency the Rt. Hon. Poutett Thomson and General Sir Ricburd Jackson. The Ooamer Cairo la was sent down, hut returned at half past 5 P M.. without tho fri am. Mr. Mur- doch, the civil secretary, and one of General Jack- son's aids, canto up in tho Cunndn. Departure op Sut John Colhuurnk.—The Montreal papers of. Saturday announce tho depar ture of His Excellency Sir John Cnlbtrorno, and contain an address made’ to him. and his reply. Tim Courior s.ys he left on Friday afternoon, and was accompanied to the place «( emhurkutinn by a brilliant eor/rgft, and much military display. North Eastern Boundary.—The Woodstock (Now Brunswick) Times of tho 12lh Inst, states, that Colnnol Mudue nod Mr. FkathkiistoNAUGII. have conc'n led tMr tour of oxpiunition through the disputed territory, an l have proceeded to Quo- Imjo. Tho purty attached to the expedition have returned. Notlilng has transpired. «nys tho Times, that eon bo fully depend -d on as t« tho ra-uh of their inves tigation i hilt adds as the rumor that no highland* corresponding to tho torm* of the treaty have been discovered, excopt at the sources of tho Penobscot, wh»re they are said to bu "decidedly unddistinctly marked." No doubt! From the Augusta Constitutionalist, Extra. BOARD OF HEALTH. Thursday. Oct. 24—12 M. The Board report one death, from fover, during the last twenty-four hours, y- Friday, Oct. 2-'»—12 M. ' The Board report two deaths, during tho last twenty four hours, from fever. A CUM MING, Mayor. S. M. Thompson, Soc'ry. Thi Citt presents an unusually native appear ance— our old friend sure dropping in slowly, and fill up the side walks during the day very respectably. Tho health, we regret to *ny, is no better, tho inter ments on Wednesday being seven, and yesterday three. BuildinglsrnpidlvprocrcsHing.andlhereis scarce ly n house to be hud fur love or money.—Mobile Register, Oet. 19. Fires.—Two fires have occurred since our last- one yjsierday morning nt about half pmt eleven o- clock, which wn- found to pro-tied from the chimney ofa house on St Michnel street, owned by Sol Smith The second took place this morning about one o - clock, in the kitchen of Mr*. Adutns. on Roynl street. Both an. supposed to have resulted From carelessness —Ibid. Messrs. Ruiz and Montes.—The motion for the dischargo of those gentlemen out of the cu-tody of the Sheriff,at the suit of the negro SingueH. was ■postponed yesterdny at the request of Mr. Sedg wick, until Wednesday at 12 o’clock, when tho itnotion Is tobn made if the ChirT.ber* of the Com mon Pleas b fore Judge Ingli* by their counsel. John B. Purrov. We understand that Hn order was alto obtained by Mr. Ptirroy from Judge 0 tkley. of the Superior Court, to show cause why Ruhr should not hedisrhnreed upon his own recognisance in the suit commenced in that Court, by the other negro .Fillah.—N. Y. Courier St Enquirer. HamruroRail Road.—A train of 34 Cars,con- .w -Mining 5011 Imie* Cotton, wus brought down on the S Rail Rond on Thursday last,by tlm n« v Lncom »tive Robert Y, Hayne. For a low w ek pa-t. from- 1500 to 2000 hales of Cotton per week have been jbroughtdown on til-* Rou.l. nod the Company are ipreparedto tnkeat least double tint quantity on Since writing the above, wo learn thnt the train fit yesterday consisted of 39 curs, loaded wi Ii un- wards of600 hales; and that a requisition for empty cars wRsmade, nsthenuml*ere.niph»yed In tho trans portation nfiipfreigh', was insufficient to bringdown the Cotton offering. IVe are informed that the Company hare not availed thorns dye<i.f theii righto* advance the rate of freight at 50 pet cl. which tho charter allow* them.although they have almost ihe pxehmve con trol of transportation in cotiscqtiencu of tho low state of the rivers. _ • We hope soon to see the rich product of our soil pouring in from all quarters of the surrounding coun try, and thus off -rding relief to the pressing demands th itlinvo been accumulatirig on the mercantile com munity, loan exionth’irdly ever lief ire experienced in this heretofore fivoied city.—Charleston Cour ier. Insurance Companies.—'TIib Journal of Com merce says s—The occurrence, in New York, of so many fires has dishrurtyued some of the Insurance Companies, and we hear of one that is inviting a return of Its policies, with an offer to refund the premium* paid. We ought to toy, however, that notwithstanding the sovero losses of late, the capi tal of mo*t of tlm Companies i* yet full." Sent**ckot “General Van Rensselaer "— We learn from the Albany Dally Advertiser, that Rensselaer Van RnnssoUer, convicted of setting on foot a military expedition In the United Stnio*, against a foreign power, wa* sontcmiud to six month* lutpHwmment Iq this county jail, nnd to pn^cfiMoflSdO, f VOL. I. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY NOVKMRElt 8, 1839. Macon convention. WEDNESDAY, Oct. 23, 1839. Th'* Convention met at 10 o'clock A. M., agreou- bio to adjournment. Dr Tliumus Il-ixio, i'ru.-ident In the Chair. Un motion C C Ml.I* of Alabama, That tho Convention bnnnmed nt *ts dully sitting, by pray or to the Throne nf Grace. Curried.' The President requested the Rev Mr. Cn**-I* nf the Pr shyteiinn Church, Mucon, Ga , to ojmmi the meeting by prayer. Rev Mr Casrel* performed that duty. And the Convention proceeded to business. The minute* nf the Convention of yesterday wa* read by the Secretary, und Confirmed. The following gentlemon presented thomselve* a* Delegates to tho Convention. Georgia. Savannah— A B Fannin. Macon—R K Randolph, Hon E A NLbet, I Sen t. Crawford county—H B Troutman. Columbus— R AlcKensle, J I) Ch ipman. Augusta—Wra Long*treel, J S Comb*. Muscogee county—M Torrencu. Millcdgcville—1 L Harris. Henry county—A it Moore, A V Mann, M G Dubbins, H Varner. Lee county—Rev John Davis. Alabama, Ferry county—M L mgdnn. South Carolina—James Hnmhtuii. Florida, I.eon county— H W Breeden. On mution C C Mills. Ain, Thnt Jones Kendrick of Wilkes county. Georgia, la* iiivlukl to tako u seal with tills Convention. Carried. - Un motion T Butler King, Glynn co. Ga. That Thomas M C Prince of Ala, bo requested to take a seat with tin* Convouiion. Curried. O.i motion T Builor King, That Henry Shultz of liuinimig, S. C. bo invited to tako a scat with this Convention. Carried. The gentlemen appeared and took sonta as mem bers of the Convention. On in iliou E A Ntsbet, Macon, Ga. That Uriah J Bullock t>e requested to act u« Assistant Secretary to this Convention. Curried. Un motion T Butler King, Glynn co. Ga. That a Committee of bo appointed by the President, to Report to this Convention the objects of its us- semblngo, Cntricd. On motion C C Mills, Ala. That tho number of the committee bo filled with 21. Carried. The following Report from tho authors of tho “Cotton Circular," issued from New York in July lust, calling this Convention, was read ahd submit ted by G -ii. James Hamilton, S. C.,previous to the Prosidmits appointing tho committee of 21. Aresoluibm wa-adopted by the mot-ting of South ern Plni'crsHod Merchants, held in the city of New York on the 5ih of July lust. Resolved, That Gen J IiimUton be authorised by thi* mo-ring, to make preliminary anaogoni--nis with four or five bouses in Liverpool, und with three or four in Havre, to tako tlm agency of receiving and disposing of such consignments of cotton, from tho Sou h, ns muy go forwarded in accordance with such measures us may lie adopted by a Convention prop tsed to l»e held in Macon, Ga., on the fmuih Tuesday in October next. And that he he request ed to lay huforu said Convention, what In* may do in the premises subject to its consideration anil ap proval. I beg leave to report to this Convention, that I have performed the duty comprehended within the restrict ions of the above resolution. On my arrival in Liverpool, on the loth of Augo-t last, I lost no time in confi-ring witii the I'.llowin-.' houses, Messrs Humphries & Biddle, Prince.* Holland. Mol neiinx, Weatherly & Co, Barker & Co, Hoi land St Co. And on the 8th Sept., with the following houses in Havre: MussrsDelnitney A Co, Dnpnsseur & Co, Pitsey, Veil .St Co, Lewis, Rodger* & Co, llotleimuir & Co, Well* & Green, Bonncffe, Boigg-rnml A C i. To all which houses, I explained fully the meas ures wh ch had been suggested by the meeting at N. York on the5th July lust,fin tho consideration of this Convention and thu duties which it would he expected that they would discharge; tinder lit.* proposed agency, that by pluoiiig them Under no advance in fact, ami merely ns the acceptors of Bills, drawn by or endorsed by the responsible hunks at tho Soit'h at Long Sight, it would be ex pected that their attention would he diiorted to the mn-t uilvni tagenit* »n!e of the ro-pcclivo con signment* confided to their e;re, and taunting in entire concert together ill reference, a* to tho best interest of those whnso property they might hold. It will he perceived that in submit ling the above list of Hoiisqs, with the understanding 1 have had respectively with them, that I have diin-liiirgod that portion oft lit- duty confided in me. Therefore, with ■ he simple expression of my opinion, it merely re mains lor tne to say, that every confidence may he placed in the ability nnd disposition of the gentle men composing these Firms, to carry into effect those nt -asures which now form the subject of the dvlVierntums of this Convention. It remains for the Convention to make tire selections from the above Houses, or to delegate lltu ttu-t el-ewltere, ns they muy deem prupoi—ull of which is respect fully submitted. Signed, J. HAMILTON. Macon, Oct. 22nd, 1839. On motion of E. A. NUbet, Macon, Ga. thnt the Report just read by Gen. Hamilton,lie roro'.ved nnd referred to the Committee of 21. Carried. Jo*. G Gamble, Florida, Submitted the follow ing Resolutions, with a request that they rttuy be referred to tho Committee of 21. Resolved, Thut the Convention disclaim* all in tention or wish by its action to obtain for American Cottons, higher prices, than such us will naturally result from the law of supply nnd demand And the necessity for the meeting of the Convention would not have existed bat for cotnliiuuiions and measure* adopted elsewhere, for disturbing the op eration of thatlnw. Resolved, That while our habits and inclinations lead us to prefer Agricultural pur-uits; we are well upprised,ihar, if it shall become nece*«Hry, wo enn employ a portion of our lubur in the production of Cotton Yarns, upon terms which will enable us to supply the Weavers of Europe, us cheap as can be done by tho British M tnufaciurer. Su.-h n conver sion of our labor however, is not desired by us—not, unless forced to it in self-defence, will we have the disposition to break up the commercial connexion which exist* between the Cotton Blunter und Bri tish Spinners. Resolved, That It will bu exp -dient to take mea sures unnuitly to procure correct inforoiation of the extent ol the Cotton Crops of the United—nnd lliut a Commitieobe appointed to prepare and report to tho Convention, a plan for attaining said object. Oo motion CC Mill*, Ala., that Col. Gamble's re solutions ho received, and referred to the Committee of 21. Carried. The President announced the following gentle men to compusethe committee of 21. T Butler King ofGlvnn County, Ga. James Hamibrin of So*»th Carolina. M Langdun, John R Blocker of Mobile, AIu. Wm Longstr-et of Augusta, Ga. L Upson of Alabumn- VV m Wyntt of Florida. A H Flewelhoi ofJonos county, O t. J TB Tumor of Stewart county, Gi. John Woolfolk tifColumbus, Ga. R S Hardaway of Alabama J G Onin'-h* of Florida. D M •Doigtl of Columbus, Ga A B Fannin of Savannah, Ga. J J Collier of Green county, Ala. I L Harris .if Milletlgeville, Ga. I G Seymour, Wm Hamilton und John Lamar, of Macon, Ga. E Wimberly, of Twiggs county, Ga. J EG i«o at Troup county, Ga. On in-iti-m T Butler King, Glynn c mniy, Go., That this Convention do now adjourn until to-mor- row morning, 10 o'chtck. Adjourned, NEW JERSEY ELECTION. The Trenton Gazette says, that in Millville town- ,hm, Cumberland county, tho Democratic majority i* only 50, and that 50 of John Frank and BotiJmy all™, are tow k-l-l TO. b, ibo e|.ctlon law. Figures won't lie, and iq order to nip this false hood in the bud, we give the result on the A««embly ticket In that town*hip. Democrat. Federalist. Whitulrer, Ull NawTO.nl., M Jonas 174 | Whitaker, 87 Lnit year the majoriry was 106. now 87—19 difference. 19 vole* wu* a pretext for rsw*tu| thtiusMds,— Woodbury Herald, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 183&^ CT The Governor of New Yd^^ appointed tho 28th d ■)• of November, a* a ddflp 1 ln«. Ilbanksgiv- Janes JervkY, Esq., wason SaiurdnyUitunan- imttusly elected Pre»idont nf tho Statu Bank, nt Charleston, vice Judgu Loo, deceased, CAMDEN COUNTY. Our correspondents hava been dilatory in tend ing u» returns from thi* county. From the follow ing which we ye*terday, received it appear* that Mr.-McDonald'* majority is 37, Instead of80, a* reported in the Milledgeviito papers, Union. McDonald, H. Brown, 129 Siotu Rights. For Governor. 108 | Dougherty, Fbr Senator. 149 1 J* H. Dtlworth, 140 Representatives. W. E. W. Clark, 205 I Wm. Cone, 181 1 Ratification, 199 No Ratification, 180 N. R.—I am unuldo to say whether ratification stands exactly u*-it is above stated, ns l have nut a statement of it before me, but think it 1* very near, 'y correct. Tho Governor's is correct os returned- U. S. BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA. Tho Baltimore Chrnniolo of Thursday says, " It is stated In letters from Now York that some of tho Bunks there holding claims against tho U. Stales Bank had determined to issue attachment ugninst the bills nnd notes in possession of tho branch of the United States Bunk in Now York and alleged to bo tho property of tho United Stute* Bunk of Pennsylvania." VERY HONORABLE. The Georgia Argus, tut able und forcible expo nent of State Rights principles, ami hitherto one of the sirongost opposition prints in the State, says thut it is in fnvmirof tho Hon. D. H. Lewis, an admin istration member, for tho high office of Speukcr of the next House of Hcprosontalives. This is right ? nnd we only wish to see more nf our opposition Friend* tttkine " Timebt the forelock," and proving thnt they are Republican* in fact, ns we): ns in itamo. We perceive that our neighbor, the Sentinel nnd Hornld, Iris recommended tho Hon. D'xon H. Lewis of Alabama, ns a proper selection fur Speaker of tho House of Representative* ut tlm approaching session ofCongtvs*. Wo should like tn sen this no- uummenda ion cairiod out So far as wo know Mr. Lowin'* political opinions, they sub in exactly. Ho i» h man of hits It standing for tnlnnts, und if elec ted willem iainly curry into .h -Clmiras much weight us any man who could he chosen .—Georgia Ar^us 24th in si. The Monitourof Pari* of thu I4tlt olt. confirms tlto intelligence of the appointin'-nt of Mr. PnuthoU, late Minister Plenipotentiary of France to tho Uni ted Slates, ns Envoy Extraordinary und Minister Plenipotentiary to Constantinople. It is rumored that the Count do Mornny will ho appointed to succeed Mr. PunthoU as Minister to the United S'Htes. Thi* diplum itist i* nconnection of Marshal Soult. It 1* also iai.1 that Mr. O. Sullgny, one of the sccrettirh-Muflhe French mUriunin this country, will ho nppoiutod Charge d'Affaires in Tezus. Medical Com.kqk of Gkoiioia.—Wo are re quested to «t»us, in answer to the enqiiirio* addres sed to this city on tho subject, that the Lectures in this Iustitmion will commence, a* advertised, on the second Monday of November next. TlieTrti- tce* are now engaged in filling tho vacancy occasion ed by the lamented death of Dr. Antony, nnd of which duo notice will he published. The nowspnpor* which have advertised the Col- lego Circular, and all oth"r* friendly to tho Institu tion, are respectfully requested to notico this un* nnuneement.—Augusta Constitutionalist. Tho Ilorald, of Norfolk, says that during tliofiro in thut town, n curious efi'ect was produced by tho bursting of a cask of oil on tho wharf. 11 Tho oil being ignited, run over tho sido of tlto wharf nnd into the river, presenting the nppearuoci* of a cas cade nf lire, and spreading over the wa'or, covered it with a sheet of brilliuiit flamo." A treaty of comtnorco and navigation lias ho.-n recently concluded bctweun tho oriontul Stato of Uruguay and Franco. It was negotiated ot Mon tevideo, and signed by tho French Consul Don Ramon Maria Bakadkrk, and tlto Minister for Foreign Allitirs, Dun Francisco Lambi. AMERICAN INGENUITY. Wo notico In a Belgian paper, culled tho Com merce, that tt company is ah ait to bn formed for tho casting of typps, sto-co ypo, printing, lithography, nnd paper m iking, which will hnvn n capital nfono million nnd n half of dollar*. It is to ho establish ed at Brussels, und will be sustained by the first houses of Berlin, L -ipsich, and Loudon. A paper making mnehino of un entirely now in vention by Mr. Maxfirld of Boston, will bo es. tablUheil. Thi* machiito will make 500 reams of paper in a day. The following Circular has been issued from tho “ Bank of tho United Slates in Now York." It bears date " October 21st, 1839:"— " Sir—In compliance with tho instructions of tho Bunk of the United States at PhihuMphia, I am di rected to no'ify you, that tho payment of your notes will be required at maturity. “I am further ins true to i to inform you, thnt from tho grent"d--sire of tho Bank Hi effect a settle ment of thoso cl dm», they wi'l receive from you, in liquidattun of the Home, their post notes, hank bills, payable on demand, or the capital stock of tlto Bank, nt pnr, at any lime previous to tho 5th of Novumbur next.” The Banks in New Orleans have followed tlm cowatdlycourse of llhldlc A Co. How long will the pH»idenfthu United StaL** suffer this humbug- gery to lie continued? Are wn to In* forever under the control nf soulless corporations, governed by designing men, who neither know nor euro fur the interests of the people? Wu hope aud pray not. Imi the suveretg i peapl J In their majosty sound thu tocsin? und lei lit- cry ho from the moun tain to the sea board—*• the sub treasury, and no mote banks'."—Mobile Register, MOBILE Oct, 21. Disease.—Wo regret to announce that Heath have occurred since our I ist bv black vomit of the must malignant cha-actur. Some of the persons bnd but lately returned to the city, nnd others were old residents.—Tim weather has been remnrknbly cool, closely npprmtching winter, in the morning and evening, though there uro us yet no * : gn*of a frost —Register. Valedictory.-— Hon. Kdnnnd Burke, member elect to tlm next Congress, took his leave of the reader* of tho New Hampshire Argus nnd Specta tor, through tho columns nf that pan -r of last Satur day. Hi* valedictory, like nil hi* productto is i« well written. For tho *ix y -nrs Mr. Burke filled the i>eniur editorship nf tlm paper wh ch im hn* now left, ho labored indefatignhly and ably to the end of advancing the enuia nf D-m'tcracy, nnd. but tha' tho people have hired pleused to place him In n higher sphere, we should regret that hoi* no longer one of our fraternity. In thnt sphere, wn doubt not, Ids reputation will bo a* high u* hi* labor* will let useful. Tlm Argil* wdl bo under th - conduct nf Mr. Baldwin, fonuorljr Mr. Burke's partner, u yuuttj' gentlomaa of wet and talouu—JJoatou Poet, From the Southern Patriot qf Saturday. The following extract of n latter ln>m a Merchant in Uoston, published in tlm New York Commercial Advertiser, a.td who is chsr}e(orit4d as a man of high intelligenee, great expreiouct end sound judgment, tunifirms tlm opinion recently t Xpres«ud in UiU p iper, tlmt tho source of nur present idrcun- (ary otnb irinssmcnti f* tho Bank of the Uniii-d State*. Wu would emend tlm explntmlinn of the Boston Motvbtnt, by adding, these embarrass ment* tire nut to ho solely nscrilual to over Import- ntioiis, hut in n great degree, if h i* tmi theii prima ry cause,to tho Itoavy advance* made by the Bunk oftlie Urltrd State* toemtain the State at' lYnntyf- vania in her gigantic scheme of Intornnl Improve ment*. We Imlieve thnt the over importations of the present yeat might have been in. t by the ship ment ofa moderate amount of specie, if thut spec.e had not been abstracted front mb r biinkin; institu tions, engrossed by the bunk of the U nil ml State* ami not remitted to discharge the liulunco of our commercial debt, but to in- et thu lurge engugt • mentsnfthat iiwiitution in Em ope. •• At the present time, it I* bo ieved, all our diffi culties urhe fiom the opi-rutinus of itsinglu in»ii- tution.tho United Slate* Bank. For many months that bunk has been drawing bills on London tuvoty large amount*, witltou. having funds there utull adequate in meet them. The effect bus been great ly to stimulate the importation of British goods tbs only ovor trad • which hu* tukoit place,w-whih*, had the exchange* hcou loft to their nutuiulfoursc, an earlier tendency to the shipment ofiprci* would have acted as the snlutarv chock to those importa tions. Tho necessity of tho Bank to ntuke large shipments of spt-ciu to meet tlm bills ubotit lulling due, bu* beau the chief cause of tlm present crisis. It lints aggravated immensely tlm unfavorable course of tho ruchutigns. Tho stoppage of payipentlry that bank lias probub.o put an end to thi* most iron- blesume drain. An abundant crop of cation nnd (lour is rapidly conti ig to market, so that a few mutnlts will be sure to turn the exchange* in. our fiver.— In tho tnnan time the N. York hanks huvu made nr- rangements for supplying thu market with the no- cossary amount of exchange, which will probably muko any farther considerable shipments of specie uiinecetsarv." From the Washington Globe, 2ith inst. A PROBLEM SOLVED FUR THE WHIGS. Why i* it (say the Whigs) that wo are every where condemned und voted down? Tlto popular suffra grain Maine, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Smith Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennesse, Ohio, IldtinU, Indiana, Mi*, souri, Intvo all rce.-ntly rendered decisive verdims ugninel m. “ How shall wo account far thisl We tiuve cltargmi the D.-itiocrutic AdoiiiiLtraiimt with overy odious crime which can bring u Government into disgrace, and subject it to tlto detestation of un nteiligeni, Itigit spit tied, viitituus people. We Imve incessantly, without intermitting a (fay or an hour, charged it wttn the foulest corruption—the must unbounded waste and extravagance—tho de sign tn m so the Executive power o:t the ruins of the Cnnslilinion, und to convert the G wcriimont into an olective n'.inurcliy. We have -dturged the Executive with proscription fornpiidon's sake—ty- rtnnictil oppression of individuals—an unrelenting war upon the h-oiosl bunks, the sound currency, and the Imsim-ss and Itast interests of thu country. We have charged him with employing the public reasuto to destroy the purity and freedom of elec- tioas— f permitting, if not conniununcing and en couraging, peculation und doialcution in the public ifficcrs, aud ns wielding tlw purse nnd sword of lie nation Itim-ulf, nnd at the sumo limo meditating ho worst designs against the happiness nnd liber ties of the people. These crave und larrihlo iicctt- sntiims Intvo mil wnutod the greatest talent, direc ting the most powerful machinery, to impr ss th mt on tlto, public mind. AH tho groin men nf tho coun try, who are exclusively to be found in tho Wnlg K —tlmtn-istinihieniiulpresses, (which oiitnuin- te Dent .cr itic pressus two to otto,)—thu mon ey and commanding autltority nf thtt wealthy, the w.-ll born, the well behaved and well duing ol.iisus, have all been brouglit to enforce thoso charge*. Our grant oral tirs la t bu San t! C ajid Houso of Rap. resontutives ituvo, for ydtir* in sucectsion, hurled them in denunciations against tlto A«lmini*triuloni the great corporation* poured out thoso philippics from tho press, and inon.laiod thu country with them Our eloquent attorney* have traversed tho country, and echoed thorn nt every town, v/l/ugu, hamlet and crossroad. Our grunt public meeting* have, in s dumu convocation, sanctioned them In uvery new and striking form of preamble nnd reso lutions in which they could hen.rayed, and our nl- m ut innumerable dully and weekly journals |,u.e kept up tho cry with tho indoiiuigahle wailings of theloouat* in Egypt—und yet this most accursed (or rnthur accused) of all the inuUAdintiiistration* of the earth is evuty hour growing stronget in thu utf.-c- lions of u wi-o, virtuous and iudupend.'iit people!!" Tlmt tho Whig presses sh atldnow interrogate one another as to this most mysterious result, i* nut surprising: hut ns the causes which have made it ao unexpected to them, must prevent a solution in tho quarter m which it Is asked, wo will solve the matter for them in a single line—the people know thnt there is not a particle of truth in any of these accusations of the Whigs—thut the l*iosidnal is an honest mutt mid a patriot—that ha Is prudent, sage, nnd studiously devoted to piumote the bo«l interests of lit'* country. They know thut the Whig* themselvo*, by a law, put lire s.vord und the purse, fifty tltousund inert, nnd tea millions of money, at his disposal, nt n moment when, If lie had been ambition* of power, or Imd entei mined hod designs again«t the institutions or interests of tiie country, ho could bv a breath have kindled the torch of war along our w holt! Northern frontier. In a word, the people know tlto President nnd tho Whig*. Thoy know Webster. Clnv, White, Bull, Wiso, Gtnvos, Prentiss, &c. &c. They know Wcbh, Noah, Stone, Weed, Gales, Pleasant*, nnd their mil of editors. Thu people kttop truth end falsehood? they know thnd ff rence between tlte precious metals nnd »liin- plnstar*. f lense the miscarriages and lutrit-nUtiutis ofmodorn Whigery, Finn.—On Tuesday wight about 11 o'clock, tho drug store of Dr. W. W. Young No. 33 South 4th street, wa* discovered to bn on fire, T he lire com menced under the counter, but from what cause hut nut been lourned certainly. Another —Yesterday morning between 5 nnd 6 o’clock, ofiio broke out und consumed the cm pett ier «hop of Mr. Araor Walker,in Cltnrletou st near Schuylkill 2d, together with a large quantity »f lum ber, worko.l materials, und the whole of Ids tool*. A two itory frame dw. lliog adjoining, owned, also by Mr. Walker, and occupied by Mr Weymrr, wn* considerably injured, the roof and guide end being almost entirely burnt off. Mr. Weyrner’sgood* were savud. No insurance at all on the property or effects. No fire had been used in the premiso*. which puts it beyond doubles the work of an incendiary. Tlto whole was burnt down in a short time, nnd not for the timely discovery of the fire by ««« «fthe .Spring Garden silent watch, Mr. Weymer’s loss would have been great, nnd path ms some of hi*family burnt to death.—Pennsylvanian 24th inst. Steam Packet between St. John, N. B. and Boston.— fha lino on Transcript states that u splendid steam packet, bui't nt St. John, N. 11., and intended to ply that city and Bo-toa. will soon l>o put on the route. She is called the North Americ i. and i* to beconrnnnded by Capt. Thouiu* How os,, formerly of the E i*te«n steamboat line.— The North America It i* been built a* n snb»tnnihil and perfectly firm sea boat, every regard being paid to safetv, even at tho expense of speed. But -he will bo it "fast boat," notwith-n .tiding, her model being excellent. Sh • h is every arc-mini elution for three or four hundred pn*«onger<, of all classes, nod her cabin uinnge n-mtsaresu -orb.—.V. V.Cour. \ linq Sixoular —M • Vuvniglier, atieimm.ln the Brazil* In* made tin; iniporWiii .HfOivery, tint gun powder mixed with saw-dust in equal jiarts, has thrice tho strength nf gun-powder alone. This i* mentioned in relation l««*«*<'« »»hla*ti/igracket i hough, if it i* a fid. wo cm so* no reason why 41,ch should II It tat the cs*c wh-n used for otbor purposes. Ao objection to it* u*e for nrdiiuuce nay probablv he foil id in tho fouling ot tho piece by ho mcrujsed refuse fio:n Hie explosion—Ball. Poet. Dr. Pock,of Wndii'igton, Ky. died Inn fiinfmen- I excitement, during tb« Croat rue. over the Oak* mi course at Louisville between Wa^nor and NgU. U l» said that be bad $ 10,000 bet. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 39, 1839. ICTTlio Intonilant of (.‘olumhia, 8. C,, has sot apart Thursday, tlto 31st in*t. (tu-murrew,) as tt tiny of Thanksgiving. KTThe Lcgis'etotv of TcniMssne having cott. vetted on the 7th l»*t„ Gov. CannoR delivered hi* Valodict-'rj-, nnd Gov. PoLK wa* duly installed into "ffico, after which Ito made an Inaugural Speech, said to lm distinguished l»y great peiipiculty and beauty. (Jov. Polk's official majority is 2,060. Hunt! Swinton LEOAnE,o»'8.C.,l* quite a lion, we percoive, among the Nuw York Con*vrvutives. Ho Inis buckled on Id* armour for tho political cru-ade—yet wo would wish to see hint burnishing his bright holtnct, nnd wielding hi* keen edged fa I* cbltJtt in h better cause. Mr Leo auk Int* horn fos tered by tho Democracy—ho was huniittiii by Gen, Jackson's Administration—Indeed ho wn* once looked on ns n ery Ajax in the popular cause. Surry, then, are wa to see him pmctlring the pirouettes of Mr. N. P. Talmadok—tiny even rival, ling him In opposition to the pro«nitt Democratic Government. We see by the N. Y. Commercial, Mr. Lkqark appeared nt n " great Conservative Mehiiug," at National Hull, New York, on the 24th inst., where lie shrine amongst tho most brill! int of ibo "Whig" constellations. Really, *,» should thick lie could hardly feel "nt home" in such com pany. But Nimporte! The NewYork Sun a paper scrupulously neutral on till important party questions, 'hu* briefly dis courses on tho subject of a notional bank: “ It con centrates in tho country a mighty monied pmv&r, which, if it fulls into had hands, as it Is very liable to do, may become dangerous both incur internsi*, nnd to nur lihortlos. Its cnpital, necossarily large, nnd its oxtondod credit, are temptations too seldom resisted, to an expansion of tlto currency, tlte undue stimulation of trade and speculation, nlwuyHonding, a* now, in bankruptcy and ruin." Salk of Mnnus Mui.ticaums Trees.—Tho Columbus Herald of tho 10th inst. says: Dr.J. W. Turner, of this city, sold, on tho 18th tilt., cloven thousand sov -n hundred dollars worth of Morns Multicauli* troos, nt 20 cents per tree, to bo deliver ed the ensuing winter. BIENNIAL SESSIONS We hope thu subject of reducing our Lngisindve ■xpensos by providing fur tho meeting of our Go- i,-tul Assembly only once in two years, will be brought before thatlindynt an early period of its approaching session. Although the people hnvn refused to unify the proceeding* of the Reduction Convention, we cannot believe that they tire not do- siroo* of some reform—tln-Jr opposition wits not to redurti hi it -elf, but only to the plan pr ip»«t*d. Thnt having fid nd, no practicable inode seem* now to present itself for lessening the uxpuoics uf Govern ment,hui liionuiitl «o*sloim. Many arguments might In* mldured in favor of ibi* suggestion, hut it seem* until to stuie them here. The disadvantages nnd the expense of suppoiting nnnually lor two months ut Milledgevilte three hundred member*, wit h th'-ir nttmeruit* elerks, me-'* -ngars, donrekoepers, stationary nnd printing hills,&n. must strike the mind nt once? and Induce oil who desire an econniical lulminLtriitiun of thn Guv-rnmont, to cull for reform.—Athens Banner, 20th inst. There wn* nn adjourned meeting of merchants hold ut tlio Citv Hotel lust evening, nt which a com mittee, consisting of ten persons, wnt appointed to call upon thu bunks, to urge upon fhorti tho iir«c**l- ty nfextonding their discount's? and to report die replies given by the hnnks tlt another meeting t« be In-Id this evening. It was resolved at the same time that, thn banks ahoull hn requested to receive in payment of debt# and py nut for unto* or bill* dis counted, tho bills of such Mif' ty fund bunk* of Ibis state ns they may designate? and further, that tho Presidents of the several bunks should lm requested to call a special mooting of the director* of tho banks for tlto purpose of taking s imn immediate notion upon tlto request* addressed to thorn by tlto meeting. The following are tho mime-oftl)i)j,or*onA composing tho conitnittea of ten: Thomas Dcutiy, P. H. Srhonok, J. Ant-iry, Jo colt Tucker, Churl** Wnrdoll, Gabriel P. Dissowuy, D, A. Cushman. A. G, Stout. O. Thompson, Rolit. Jnffroy. The ropo.t will bo road this evening ut seven o'clock.—N. Y. Eve, Post, 24th inst. NEW YORK. Oct. 24. Exchange on England without alt-raiiun. Tho hanks lira drawing at 80 days tit 9^ 110, and some pi ivuto hl>ls are In the market nt O juO. Ott I'iiiln- delphlu,$19110 wore sold at 89, and $1200 on Bal timore «t IIB. Treasury Notes—$1001) in Treasury notes sold this morning ut par. Every description of stock has gone down again to-day with tho except! in of United Slut--# hunk, which, Incnnseqtif ncu uf tho puhl.cation of their cir cular rose 2 percent over the dosing price* of yester day. Tho American Exchange Bunk fell cffi'3 ;,o cent? North American Tnis*, Bank nf Commerce. 2): Fnimers Trust, 7 percent? Harlem mil road, 1; Boston and l , »ovtdertce, j; Ulieu und Buliunoctudy, l.—Com. Adv, Tub Market —Cm ton remains quiet. Bid* on Englnml BJitO prem. siil-»?on France 5l'22J? Phila delphia ln.j; Augusta lln)2^; Moliim I2j. The pucKei Iowa for Huvuuu tuku* $9utJU in spe cie. Hulfr|o]'nr*4 n i prom. Gold in$ prom. 5 franc p(uccs93a96c. Mexican tlellnr* I4«2. Certificates of Dcporit in Western Safety Fund Bunk* leivehoen sold nt 6 discount. Exchange on Philadelphia ot 3 o'clock, llullij dis.—Jour, of Com. Money continues exceedingly tight, not with-land ing ill at the banks arc more liberal. One institu tion, tlm hunk of Amorim, int-1 $300.1)81) offered for discount nod did $50.01)1), mo-t of which wu*renow- ed paper. Our hunks would exennd their arcom- modal inns were. it. not lor the pitiful movements of thcUuitcd States Bank, tlmt purehare* with their notes, midi mere..utile paper as th -y (tin dispose of lr tlto p.ip r of our Bunk*, winch, wlmu obtained, specie is immediately dmnnnded. For thi- purpose a nertuin auctioneer's notes hnvo been largely used, wh-thor with tlm knowledge of that gentleman or no', time will assuredly explain. S 'mo littlo change Inis been made t-i-dny in tho redemption of money.— From the Wednesday evening report of the New York Herald of Thursday. No. 30 From the Columbia Telescope, Extra, OiMTNuu, Oct 18,1839 I'lirsitnnt to the rail of the Imrndnnt, n very Inrgn and respectable mooting of rile citizen* of Cu- lumitl.t Wus held in the town Hall, tocunsiderufihe muutures proper to bo adopted by them in tho pra wn! co -dI'loti of thu n 'Cnnlnry ttffslrs in tint couth trv. Hi* Honot tha Imendmit was called to thn Chstr l iin,| A. H. Johnston appointed Secretary. file Clttdrmin having explained the ol(jeet of the meeting, the f ultra lug I'reamldn and Rosulut ons were Introduced by |„ Cli-v«*«, Jr. Esq. " Hie eon'diti <n of our community in gently de mand* relief. Merahants, planters, all citizen* alike, with thoir eyes open to the impending dangm, linvo united Imre to consult fir th" common goal. We are h'-mme.l in with emliarinssmeuts, tli u ptudence u.ntld not It ive.ivm tnd n -r economy nnd moderation have iivereutne. Our pio i.i*enf n fuir Colton liar, ve-t h t* been h ight^l by thu dr tight. What re mains uf our crop, suddenly depreciated, hear* u price hardly inure titan sufficient t • pay it* own ox* prunes. Our Rivor, exiuiusted of it* waters, leave* n* destitute nf transportation. Our merchant*, un- able in c ms.-quem-e, | U dispose of tlm produce ul- romly in tltolr bunds on uny terms, have not tlm means of mining their most moderate engage m ‘tit*, much less uf venturing on mnv pureha«os ? und the planter’s cotton is in vitin hawked about the street* in scorch of abuyor, while the uadi r's goods • ro gathering dost upon their shelve*. Many of nur patriotic rltDen*. w ho hnvo devoted o pnrtieii of their m tuts to promote measures of domestic nnd foreign communication nil important to the State, are mtw culled no to make payments ut a time when payment i« impossible—to their loss ami mortification, and the threatened ruin of noble un- ilor liking*. • /it rids nnlmppy e„mliiluii of ilifngs, ourrll-trons i* inii-tiielyiig-jravoted by the want ofa in umv cly. cutaiiou, a h-outlo nvun to th * most limit 'd truns- notions of trade. The'u*ual fiicilit.es present d by rim hank* fo.- tld* purpose, they lire emupollo I, by the instinct of s-lfpresetvariun, to withlmld. Tlte difficulty nf olive ting exchange, hitig sitiao ernlmr- rass.ng, nt present Inon ase* dally, under tho in- Itaeiiuu of •u*pen«ions by tho Bank* abroad. In IMiilitdelphiii, Washington, Bolt I mote, Richmond. Norfolk, and In Pmvidenne, R, I*land, the Bank* have nil, with two exceptions, in Charleston, tu» pended specie payments, end there is pndmhilhy that tl.n*e of N. York will not long liorimte to fol low the same cotirm. The doninml for speeio upon our own institu'iuus must therefore, Inevitably, be come excessive, nnd a resumption of even the m**t ouutiou* nccommod at ions would expose them to such dangers ns thoir interest und duty nliku com mand them to avoid. Our banks, wo well know, nre safe in tint pioseut juncture,und it j* with o vie-v to make tlnuii safer, b .t with an entnesi dieitudo to avail nur.elves of tlmir assistance, without impiil|^pg tho.r s-curby, that wo a o now itssoinblml. Be it t< urefoto, Rftnlaed, 1. That, h iving eut/rn confidenco in tho iitlicer* and director* of the Banking institutions of thi* Town, nnd of those w hole In'uiichcsonigcn- cics, have transacted business among us, wo refer to tlmir deliberate judgment the adoption ufiuclt meu*urc* ns muy relieve us in rids em-'rgoncy. 2d, Thai Ifin thoir opinion tho ttrriotU dvnllh of the requisite currency for the common purposes of Made, enn only bn relieved hyu -suspension of specie piyments, we will c. rdially approve tho proceeding, and misinin them in it. 31. That, I-st in o-msnqooneo of t'ds cmrsnany suspicion should nttueh to tlte credit and good man agement .of these institutions, wo declare lliuy in our opinion they ore Inn perfectly secure condition nod entirely able to meet ini' responsibilities ns twill I, unless tlio emit t ary be d-mniidp.l by tlm ne- cessiries of thn community whnso interest th* y Hie bo ind to defend. That a Committee nf three 'ie npp dnted bv tho Chair to wait upon ilm Officers nfllm d.fferent brak ing institutions and ngencio* of this town, with a copy uf tliese proceedings, un-l to hava them prin ted. • • The Preamble nnd Resolutions having been road and submitted by tlm Chairman, tha mover cow ei*elv n Idrossed tho iifoling in their support. Mr.'Myer* inuke in opposition to thorn, and mo ved that they he rejected? tliat h'cbmmlltce iffi' ftp- pointed to enqitle into the condition of tlto Commer cial Bank, trad that the mueiing should ndjonm to Wednesday evening next. The (juostion being put, tho meeting refused to adjourn. Mr. Caldwell saal n fow words, explaining that the call for thn meeting originated among the mot- chants. Mr. Ewart informed the meeting thnt tho Direc tors of rite C'ommnicliil linuk, on Wednesday lust, lind d't -rmmoil not tosuspoialtnud that those con- neetod with tint inithuiion Imd nn share in getting up this mooting. Tho qiio*lloH recurring on thb Prenmble and Ro-oliiilcn*. Mr. Myor* moved thnt tho 3j ro*olu. lion be strcketl out, Mr. Tnidewell spnke In opposition to that mo tion, and generally in auppiH t uf the I'rpitmblo and lles-'lntimi*. The i|M'*stioti being put, tho m-itimi to strlka out wn* rejected. Tlm Preamble nnd Resolutions were than adopt ed, a bn ist nn ml mmi *ly, Aud tlm meeting adjourned, sin' die. R. W.GIBUES, Cltairmtn. A. S. Johnston, Sec'ry. Another Proof.—Wo have ns vet heard noth ing from rim elections in Ohio hot thu principles on which Mm* opponent* of the administration conduct the. content aie pretty *igailicaiitly iiulict<tled in the following paragraph from the loading whig paper in Cotcimi ti published tit t day before the election. L t it lie raimonliered too tlmt this i* rite district represented in Congress by Dr. Duncan, who i< often cited by Southern Whigs at proof tlmt tho Admioistration party in Ohio, nro leagued with the abolitionist*.—Charleston Mercury. A word to AniMTioNisTa.— Ihe Philuntliro pislailvines the Hamilton county abolitionist* to keep away from the election on to-morrow. " I too wiJJ sp-ak mmo opinion," Every nnti-sluvery man -Itould e.ist Id* vote. There i- always a choice.— Tho state of purue* is such, lit >l the Abodtiouists mint look to the opponent* of the admlnUirnliuo iiloue to aid in their views. The men in office, go heart and hand for every prv'mi*ion so: up by slave holders. Ami if any abolitionist refuse to vote, he giv -sa use upon himorif to tlte men in office, lie aids bis enemy, su<l desert* hi* friend.— Cincinnati Gazelle. Commercial Bank of Cot.UMntA.—Tbo Pre»i- dnot of thi* Institution has tran*oiitmd the following answer to the Committee appoint'd nt a public mooting of thu citizens requesting a suspeiidun of ipvciu puyinents:— COMMERCIAL BANK, \ Cofumbtii, Oct. 24tb, 1839. J Messrs, A S Johnston, ? I I) Moiideca i, vVtc. j Gentlemen!—Q i belt) If of tlm B -aril nf Direr* r*, I an intinh.li d to inform you, that the Bunk It is received, and -tiihj- ct-d to tlm mniuicst const- ib-ration, the proceedings of the citizens of Cola n- bin, recommending a suspension of cash pnymonu, and tlto adoption of measure* of relief fur tho prus- rnupentlie money nuirkot. Tlto Buird has broil;lit to tho investigation uf thesesti'ijccisthe n-ix'ousdeliberation which their own Importance require*, und which is demanded by the very high and ru*puotud quarter ftum which the cdll i* mude. In thn present suspended state of our transporta tion, which render* it impossible to cany produce to market, nail in tlmvury flnciti iting and dangerous condition of tlm market, ilnvn will, of cour-e, be for the present a litni ed demand und a limited offur for cotton. For thi* restricted commerce thoBourd will make evuiy efl'a'l co -si*tent with the su ety of the Bank to supply the fond* relying on the go.iu will and kind support of ilift co-ninomly to sustain them nmidit surrounding difficoltie*, nnd trusting laat if these diflic'illit 1 * iVom abroad ctntinun to press und uccu- mul ite, tlmt the geu -rous confidence ofthocommu- nit), u* tliey Ituvo hu<l the kind ms* to express, will sanction them in any ulter.nr messuie which it may liecottte expedient to adopt. 1 am. very resitvcilully, Yourobe-lient servant, J. A. CRAWFORD, I’rosidcRt. httthrn Hni«lWk*w.)ns w. II a* the entire msr- rmtlle btirirminhnt looks to them for aid.—South CnroUstan,'Folk ins'. m ■ CHARLESTON, Oct. 23. Tn* NkW HoTxr..—It it with pleasure we wh nounen to tlm public that rids splendid Establish* mant, with h, but ot|him i monthss'ncowss literally levelled to the earth, hit* Itetin raised, Fhoenix Ilka from its allies ami U n»w in towering pride, and benuillbl nrcltiti ritiml symmetry! cnuimentlng ■ tX'Mioi of our city, equal If not oxrelltiif any other In Bin Union, fur line sub-tantial building* offerinff to tlm trivollrr nnd tmnidor all tlm conveniences and comfitt t* tlmt ran possibly bo obtained spare from the domestic health. - Tlioextctiornf this edifice Is Well calculated to attract Um ottrntion of the st nngernnd gratify the pthlo of tlm citizen, nnd we are Informed that the htiing up of thn interior is «uch ns wnll comports with its otttnard nnpeuram e. Tim Icsseo nftho establishment, Mr. Page, fur merit ofthe Exchange Ilolel, Baltimore,is an expariuncedgantlrtnanitl Ids vuculiou, and from hi* well known repetatinn, wa ttpiy safffiy otigtir tho future piospority of the Charleston Hotel, Ho ha* our best wishes far his • success, und we therefore Invto for him tho pa* Tonngn which w e woll boll ye he will spuro no pains or expanse to merit.—Courier. NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 21. fNTERMRNTs.—During tlm week ending last evo* nlnfr, there worn 55 intaintant* at tho Bayou cemo- tery?25 from thu hospital, 19 of yellow fever. At tho I’rotoituiacoinctery, 4inteimo.it*, 1 of ftver.— Bee. From the N Y. New Era, 24/A inti, THE AMISTAD* With ut prejudging n matter which Sa already be fore a vt ry competent tr bun d, wa cannot help ex* pressing our stirpri-o that in o civilized o-immo* nit)r such conduct should be tolera'cd ns hosinatkifed the c-turso of tlto ubol tlunUu In this matter. Such nr ckless us-of ntenn* to nt.uin attend—such • end und continued perversion uf trutlt—so much malisnlty and 'want of principle, detestable ns these would appear at uny time or in ui>y‘per*on,ara tre bly so When peeping fto mho assumed mass of sanctifiention mid extra piety. It mu-| produce a good off.-ct in the end, but in tho meantime we re gret that sinincors should rveivu so bod an imprrs* sbm of tho ju.tice of our laws and tribunal*. A coupluorfcr-'lgners, unconscious of violating any law —just escaped from n*sa«*lnntlon and a«king tho pr<itectiun of our court* tiEd acting with the aanctioa of tlmir minister—nre thrust into jail i it tlto suborn- od nflidnvit of an uneducated Ignorant heathen, who, did not understand tint lu -gauge in which his affida vit wus word-nl. nnd who wns perfect’y blind as to thu nature utid obligation of his oath—nay thn pious personages whoiuitigatnd ibis proceeding ttnuld not have known whether the negro was ataU awn re of tho outturns of the affidavit ho wus swear- ’ ingto. This Is just tho light In which this honest transac tion will be regarded abroad, nnd we hopo th it tho full credit imiy hu divuh d among thoso whoUessrve it. Tiik Last I’ltojxcr.—Tho discoverers of perpet* uni motion have hnd tlmir tiny. Time was Mlmn all tlio world wns ngog for tlm Idg reward offered by tlio Bi itirit government? schomos wore abundant, und each new one excited n great share of public int-rest. Now n days, although some howildered •projector comes forth, unco-h, « while, with a cera . tain discovury of the long sought dosidomtum, it Is ntily to meet tlto sneer* of tlm newspnpors, and the utter imhfferenco of all newspaper, readers—or, which I* tlm tamo thing, uf every ltody. Mechani cal ingenuity is driven to now expedient#? and here I* nil account of tlio lutest that has fallen within dur notico, Wu cut It, tho o h- r day, from a pnp«r U- istioil somewhere in tlm Interior—it' we remember aright, tlm Cleveland HeVuld. Air NAVtaATt'tNl—Great DlseoveryllI—For 5,000 duller* premium I will pngagu to transport an expreat mail regularly between Now York and New Oi-lrima in 15 hour*! Tlto subscriber hogs leave to announce that be has invunted a balloon with which he can navigate tho nir in tray direorion nt pleasure. To the gov ernment, nnd to tlio public at largo, such a discove ry must bo nfthogreutost ronscqnriica, as it will, in tlio conveyance of speedy intelligence, entirely suporredu riioumofsteamlmuisand railroads. This invention is the result of Inng'Tnddoep study. The hitUoon, when constructed, will carry five hundred pounds weight with ease, and travel at tha rale of uno hundred miles pur hour, if required. JAMES C, PATTON.. N, Y, Commercial 18/A inst. Weakness.—Wp vu<u*rd«y heard thi* word for cibly 11*0)1. A friend of nure, n western in tn, who had been d-iwn with thu lever fur ten days past, hud just crawled nut for un airing. On asking him how ho foil, lm repliedMost powerful weak—In fact I um so weak that L can't ruUa a dollar l"—X O. Pie, COMMERCIAL BANK. It wi'l lm seen by reference to the proceedings of h town meeting, tm Snitmluv last, in our paper to day', that public application lint been made to our Bunks for relief, in thu present mon ed emergency, nnd virtually, to su-pond specio pnymen'*. A* tho Branch Bank and tlm Agenciu., ore governed by thoir Principal-, In Charleston, thi* call applfc* principally to the Commercial Bunk, as the only wholly indenondent institution in rim place? nnl we a>e gutifivdio lourn, that \l has declined to suspend, but lukon measures to afford all necassary pecunia ry roliof, especially toward* the purchase of cotton. This is Mtiothpr striking ovidcncp, not only nf ib# soundness of thi# excellent inatitui'on, but of the general good ss'me* comprehensive views,aud snimd banking principles, wludi govern its uffsirt, new, as heretofore. A littlo time wdl shew thu correct tie## of its pulley, in the present ins anc- 1 , n»t only for its own sake, but that of thn business of the place al-0—espociully if, as scums daily more und more probable, lire New York Banks do not impend, which will plncp the Charleston ond other Bunks, which have been somewhat dm busty hi the mutter, ROBBERY TN PHILADELPHIA—MONEY; RETURNED. On Munday night inst. the store of LewIsBrotvn, No. 148 Market streot, Philadelphia, was entered, Tho burglar possessed him of a package containing $430 in bunk hills, a bank hook containing, $1,909, und a bug containing $50 in sjiecie. In his retreat from tho store, be dropped the bag uf specie and tho bank book w itn thu $1,000. Yesiorday, by tho Eastern mail, Mr. Vansint, tbs po#tmn*ter of this city, received the following lot- ter:— PHILADELPHIA, Ocr. 21, 1839. Sir,—If thi* should not bo called for before 8 o'clock on Thursday night, vou will plunso send it back to Lowi* Brown, 140 Market street, Philadel phia. It is thought that ho has returned alreadjr, I'Inase forwnril imnimfliiintoly by rolurn mail, Tlto letter wus ondorsad "Postmaster, Baltimore, Md." "Haste?" was postmarked Philadelphia, and "paid" fifty cents. It contained a package of biink nmu# to tho amount of $300. Mr. Vansant forwurdod tho pnekago of monuy this morning by - tlio mail to r hiladolphla, to Lewi* Brown, Thera is somathing mysto Ip as fa this robbery, tha return of the money, and the other ciruum* stances. Tlto rubber, wnmycr he muy be, U evi dently ii novice in bis business, and will, more than- - likely, be detected by tlto very moans which be hu tukeii tuuscupe suspicimi.—Balt, Patriot25lh. F>omthe Qni bee Mercury,Oct. 10. ARRIVAL OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL. Thi* day, at a littlo ufmrone, tlm steamboat Brit- irit America, having oil board his Excel moy Sir John Cob'urnu, wns announced from the telegraph, nnd a guard of bmioi iminodintely murchrd to the Q eon's Wharf, to reeiva his Excellency on lan- ding. At two o’clock, all preparations beingm ide, hi* Excellency cumu oil short*, under o sajqte fio 0 the Citadel, and wu* received by th>- guardsoftiwo- or, with tho c-impl'm**ms duo to hi* rank? he then ' ii ountud hi* linrsn, and oroceedctj to Pa)ne'* Hotel whme up tn moms hnvo iicbii pr- pared for hi* recap tion (luring hi* stay in Quebec. Sir Jubn: was at* lelnb'd by a numoions atail', by tho bead* of the mil* > linry department* from Munireul,' and by Dtefivd offituis of the gnrriotn, with the officers of st. ff 11 dopurtmontahere. H * hxcrdleooy w«s loudly cheer* d an landing, ond rep ntcd'v during hi* passage through the streot* to the hotel, and aguin on his way to the. Cast **. A 3 o'clock, ill* Excellency tho Right Hon. C. Poulett Thomson disemburkod fom the Pique, the yards of tbo ship being manned, salutes fired from the ship a id Citudel. Hb wa* accompanied by tbo commander of fhe fitrees, Sir Ricburd Jackson, and attended by thu officers of his suite and.ifaoe* of the funeral’* personal staff? carriages were in wait ing, in which tbo whole pirty proceeded to the Cm* il», nnd Sir John C'ulb-rne having abortly arrived,; thu coremonyof swearing in th-t new Governor took place, tlte commissions being read a* usual. So far ■ n* we could a*cerluiu,thcy are essentially*the same . u* those hold by the Earl of Durham: but tlio room i wss so crowd d tlmt it wta pot an easy matter to catch tl>e exact tenor of each sentence. After i he ceremony w.tsover the magistrates waft* i ed up n hi* Excell ncy with th-ir address uf w<-L come Jon his airval. They were received with courtesy? atid tho answer was in all respect* satis- 1 factory. The magistral)-* were then, at his Excel-' lency's request, severally introduced to him. The Governor General after tbo ceremony pro- cpcd.-d to Schlrup'* Hotel, in Ssint Lewi* street, win-re hi* Excellency remains to-night,. B id in 'the evening will ontertain hi* Excellency Bu John Col- borne and a 1 irge party nt dinner. Tho Mercury contain* the' Governor General’s p -odumarion, «nJ Id* answer to 1 the address of tbo migistrate*. They pra^eut nutblng i f particular f interest. r<\ in rtUicran embaniusing predicament, (own in a 1 eta Herald, Henry Gr-ttan, in « well written Mography. of hi- fnriter, tlm grrut frish oratw «nd poUtidan, say* of (l urge III. with equal truth and tenouess,, tout "tbo Empire was lost when tbo khtf wm ia K its-ession "f hi* senses, lr was recovered poly when n was deprived of th -m."—Boston Morning Potk Suicide.—Mr, Benjamin Osborn, uf Southbury,-* In a stale ofmemalderange nent,put a p*rlod tu hie lifn yos'erduy nftt rnoou, hanging himself In- bis* bint. He waslalHtringn iddr tlhi hallodqkUontUgr It nirelf and family werao tmlng to want, nnd were bo hired nut by.town for heir support.-JY. IU I