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I THE WEEKLY UHOKGIAN II rUUllHtD IN THX cur of Nuvniiiiiili, WILLIAM II. qtrLLOCII, ruiMiHiN or th* laws or Tin tint os, and CITY AND COUNTY NMNriR. WEEKLY PAPER—Thrib Dollar*, i»r m 'rvoi,—Payable in advance. v N VERTISEMENTS Intettad'i* PoaU|e muit bo paid on all CoNMUNlcA* Tioxi, and laltara of business. Ii SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1840. 03* We are indebted to the EditeYi ofthe Repub- ttcan fir the loan of the Baltimore Patriot of the 11th, and the Philadelphia Enquirer of the 10th 1natt, received at that office by the itoam packet 'Southerner, from Charleaton. m 'cocmatt. shhesi delusive 15? Vol. II—No. 37. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 81s 18*0:"'" d. j, D7 By the U. S. ateamer Nevrbem, Captain Mo- Nulty, arrived yeaterdny afternoon from Charleaton, we received the Patriot of that city of Friday even- ‘inf, in entloip'btion’6fVhie day'i mail. THE ELFCTION. New York-—'Ttiu Harrlaon ninjority in New York ba« increaied te 12,491). Whig majority in 'the Senate. 10. In the house of Assembly, 4. Penntyloania.—The official returns .complete, ■give Harrison a majority of 343. Virginia.—The Richmbfid papers haVe not ebmo 'to hand. The WashingloiiQlobo of lost Wednesday ^hototchmend Enquirer of to day gives refhrns Tram ait the counties on the State exdept twelve,and Ppirts of two ottierx. Is-milm iU* tlamuorttio n>»- gorlty thus far, 1,925; and estimates that thecoun tics remaining 16 be heaVu ‘frbro will stroll It to 5100.” . . . MhiHc.—The acco'&nts are contradictory Troth khii State. Doth parties are claiming it—the Whigs by • majority of083 in 858 towns—the State ‘ill heard froth but 80 towns find plantations. We think it prohibit t'fiut tlfiS State haS gone for lha Whigs. Maitachutetti.—The Harrison majority In this lute is about 3000. ‘Ohio.—In 64 counties heard from in this State, tho Harrison majority is 24,550 Indiana.—Iho Harrison majority in 17 counties Is 6,273. Michigan.—Thomajority for Harrison in Detroit is *60. in 7 countios tW6 Whig majority is one vote. The vital* Vety close, and b6th parties are claiming the State. VIRGINIAt We have now returns from all tho couridrt in the State but five, and Mi*. Van Buren's majority, it Will be seen, is only 631. The countios to bo heard from Will most probably increase this majority slightly, but will hardly run it up beyond 1W)0. Tho following counties remain to be heard from, attd Voted as stated in 1836. ' Fnyetlo, Lew, Logan; Nicholas; Russel!-, Scott, Tho mujorily in these counties will be much re duced, und Fayette and Nicholas will give Whig majorities now, but not sufficient to overbalance the Van Buron majority. The State may be set down for Mr. Van Buren by a.small majority. Bait. Patriot, lUh intt. w. V. B. m 136 62 330 57 157 kid 53 9 385 10 316 »77 1377 377 1066 The Maltk Adhel.—A letter from 'Cap*. Nunor, of the brig Molek Adhel has been received Th New York, dated Bahia, Sept. 26, in Which tio State* that he has been arrested by tho American Cods'uI »i ilioi pon, for " firing his gun on tho sea," to me lift'6vvn expression, and ekpOctl to bo tent td the United Slates for (riot. The Splendid Chandelier lately suspended in the Hall of the House of Representatives wns light 'ed last Wednesday night, when a number of gen tlemen attended to witness its effect. We under stand, from one who was present, that tho rflbct was exceedingly beautiful and oxtrnniely brilliant. We had the pleasure of viewing and examining ilia splendid Chandelier last Thursday morning. It is certainly, without exception, tho largest, most ele gant and spltndiil Chandelier we ever bolield. We understand that it was mantifnctured to tltoordrr ofthe House of Representatives, by Messrs, H.N. Hooper & Co. of Boston, anJ cost fddr 'thousand dollars. Tho fallowing description of this unique and splendid luminary, kind'y furnished at our request by a gentleman, attached to the House of Represen tatives, will we haVotib dodht interest tho reader* of the National Intelligencer. r The Chandelier Is ofcut-glass, And of the best workmnnship. It lias seventy eight argand burn ers.'brrunged in two tiers of horizontal plfaneq tho .lower one has fifty two, the upper one twenty six burners, fitted Vith‘polished gins* chimneys und ground glass shades; each burner having n distinct reservoir t6 'conthin the oil, and So arranged as to admit of rert)6'vtil'sofin'raleiy from the roit. •• Th* CtiSiViitullir immailiatoty (xbojta ill* upper r6w of burners, twenty six metallic rirnn'mrriis, representing thilds, With tho arms of tim States of liielJnlorr, it lift also a brnnd nru'hnd the canopy, cbnthining tSventy six metallic stars; the whole sur mounted hy an cogle, with tho shield of the Union. The Chandelier contains two th'ousnnd six hundred and filly cut ginks lustres, and eight thousand cu't; gloss spangles; tho bottom is finished with a cut glass dish inverted and n metallic skeleton bail. The rod Which sustains the Chnndelier is made with o revolving joint, so its to bdtolt df its being, turned round, and is hollow, to receive a ges tube, hereafter if necessary. _ Tho Vuipetiiion rod is made Yifiron, and of suffi, 'cient length to roach the lantern of the abme of tho Hall, fitted with secure attachments fur the Chon Hetier, and the chains of the balance weight nrp tibvdrOd with .brass; tho chains oro oflrnh; and made to tho siyledf a Watch chain; the pttlllek are also of iron; tho balance weight is lead, cased with cop per. All that port df the fratao of the Chandlior, nnd its mctnllic ornaments, that aro visible, are finished in burnished gold. Tho diameter of tho Chandelier is 13 feet, its welght.7,500 pounds, ami counterweight tho'same.—Nat. Intelligencer. Botton Fire Department.— The chief, engineer has just issued a pamphlet‘containing an account of 1 the condition and resourcos of thu body oVcr which he presides. From thif statement we find thht ilio number of engineers is 11, of members 598. The department is provided with 21 engines, 10,878 feet of leading nnd4784 feet uf suction hose, 18 hoso car riages, 193 extra buckets, 3d ladders with the notes sory tools olf all descriptions. Tlfe city hak 53 re seivoiYs, holding each 300 to 400 hogshead*, 33 fire plugs from tho aqueduct, nnd 7 wells. The dcpnrt monlhasbeen called out during tho yethe ending Sopt. 1-, 1840,113 times, Thcriossof property by fire, in that period was $77,873, of Which $58,632 was Insured.—Botton Poit. Employment of Royalty.—It will, noefoubt, be interesting to your readers to ren'd, as it wns to me be hear, tho routine of her Majesty’a daily occupn tion whilst sho is in London. They are mhlntit mutandii,the samo when sho is Windsor or at Bright on. The Queen is, as is generally known, on early rises, seldom being in bed later than half pa*tsevun except on the morningsaftor her stnto balls, or on thoso few occasions when she honors the parties of the nobility with her presence. Her bell is rung about eight o'clock for her dressers,” nnd by nino her mr* * * ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1840. Tho Burgundy, which sailed from New York last Wednesday for Havre, took out $320,000 in specie. The Philadelphia Inquirer haa an estimate that ns large an amount $500,000 Was lost in tKAt'oity 1 and New Ydrlr, bythe reprehensible pritctlc’eof bet ring on. . The U. S. Mint Is engaged (says the New York Express) in ewining a new dollar. It Is of smaller diameter, and •conteqbentiy ntore cbnVonVrit, than the Sp'ntilsh coin, hnJ is altogether better executed. It may not be generally known, ihhlfhreo ^reaVs ago anewdio was got tip, tlie coins (V6m Which looked so bad thatlt was brokrtr. Charge D'AffairetDead—It is stated that don. H. Flood, of Ohio, the United States Charge d'Af falres totho tepbbtlcdf Tvkas,‘recently died In that cuhntry. The population of Cincinnati!, According to the teensu* is 46,382. There are 21 deaf and dumb; 16blind; 68 insane; and 2941 white adults who tcatinot read or Write. The Governor of'Pennsylvania has issued hispYri- telatnation ordering an election to take place in tho )3lli Congrcsslflhltl district, on tho 20ih instant, for tnember of Congress for the vacancy occasioned by ‘the death of the Hon. W. S. Rumsy. The district toompriscs Cumberland, l'oiry, and Juniata coun ties Primitive Metkodiiti.—The Primitive Methodist Connection in England ^composed of seven dis tricts, and one hundred and fifty-four circuits; number of member^ 73,990; increase for the year, 3,594; deaths, 825; itinerant preachers, 4871 local preachers, '6550; chapolt, 1149; children iatight in sabbath schools, 60,508; and gratuitous teachers, 11.968. (Corrttpondtnet of the Auguita ConititutionaUst.J MILLEDGEVILLE, Nov. II. Tho.House did hot meht to dayt yesteYdsy ii ad journed to Thursday, th hider to ennblo tne mom hers to attend the commencement of Oglethnipe University. A similar motion to adjpurn was mode In the Senate, but it was rejected. The Senate met alone this morning. Tho proceedings were not tm h'ortont. The resolution introduced some dnysbgo to procoed to the choico ofa Senator in the Congress Uf the U. S. was ordered again to lie on the tabic: a motion to take it up being negatived. Election Detpalch.-An example to other Slalet i— 1 The Empire Slate closed its canvass on Wndnes day night at sun down. Tho numbeYofvotes'polled were probably from 430 to 450,0U0; un Saturday htoroing, teii than icventy-tico hoUrt, the result was known in this city; distance ij to 700 miles ^ West and north, and comprising nearly every county in the State. Such w'ak tho intense feeling of bur citizens on the subject, to have the result, and it htay io a great measure be attributed to the energy and enterprise of Whig editors and publishers. The '< result was known in Philadelphia at noon oH StltUr day; at Washington, Baltimore nnd Boston on Sun day morning, and in Richmond, Va., on Monday morning! I We recollect well when wo did r.ot get the returns in this city from Suffolk or Westchester Counties In less tbnn two days, and it was morb i than a fortnight before the Western part of the State was heard from.—JV; Y. Expreu Ratel of Pottage in England.—A genliemnn of Botton, now in London, has sent to a friend tho following reply to certain inquiries respecting post ■age: 4, For nil internal correspondence, from one end lofthe kingdom to the other, tho charge ofa single ■hotter; weighing under half an ounce, is one penny. For all ship Ibttcts received from America the tharge is 8d single, is 4d double, &c. Fornrwipn peri 2d each, nnd for pamphlets letter postngo, ac Wording to weight. A letter addressed to France heed not be sent tea friend in London, aa by on ar Yangrment between the two governments, a ship letter would be forwarded by tho General Post Of fice here to France, without the payment of any postage in London; but a letter would not be for Warded to any other foreign country. America for example, until the posiitge ofa single letter by the Halifax steamers Is and of a newspaper 2d. Tito mails for India leaVn on the 4ih of every month, and tho postage is 3s B^d for a single letter weigh ing half an ounce, and 7s 5d for an ounce weight. The only way to send pamphlets to this country is ' by private hand, (and theh they are subject to duly of 5t2d per lb.) provided they appear os part of a passenger’s luggage, and tire ttot onvcllnpcd nr ad dressed; otherwise they arc able to seizure by etis tom bourn officers, and subject to the post office te gulations also. Oriental.—A society has lately boon firm Id in London, says the Boston Journol, for the pur|*ote of preserving oriental literature, end causing texts of standard works in every branch of orients! literature to be printed In tbo Syriac Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Sencrit, ami Zend languages and In those of Indie, Thibet, Chine, end tho countries that lie between China end liindo* tan. At present, the whole literature of Asia, with the exception of China, exists only inntanu •criu-oeDtoMbererora, can never U numerous, endmusleltvgya beegpenilve. Three liffirulties wlllh# obvlawd by tho fortnutluu of this society, , har royal contort, and liarhumeheld, are at breakfast. Thetimo occupied by this meal is about half an hour, when her Majesty, if tho weather permits, enjoys tho air in the plensure- gardous attached to Buckingham palaceithtx gar den covers a space of forty acres. Hero tho queonfrequently remains an liour.andisaccompani ed by some of the household or by the Prince.— When she is accompnniud by tho latter, etiquette prescribes that nxcept by Invltntion, ilia ladle and gentlemen in attendance should walk at a respectful ditt'Ance. Upon her Mojeily's return to the palacp. she is at attended by her secretary, when site affixes her sig nature to the vurioukdocuments which acquire their validity by it. These comprise treasury nnd other warrants, the commission of military officers, state papers. &c.; and they are frequently so numerous, that it tins before now requited more tlmnlwo hours to get through this business.—The Queen passes the time between one and three, cither in conversa- lions;reoding>painting or music. In lliesetwo nc- complishinents her Majesty is eminently proficient\ her drawings«»re much admired, end Iter love fur music is well known; she is excellent both as nn instrumental.nnd vocnl performer. There nre tlireo piano fortes in the suit of tlirce drawing rooms tisu ally inhabited, hut that which is especially hcrMn jesty’s, and which is only touched hy her fingers, is magnificent; it is rosowood, inlaid with gold nnd vignette pictures,and cost 1,500 guineas. Luncheon is served at three, after which the Queen receives tho Cnbin'ct Mints tors and such other persons whom it is usual tO honor wiih audiences. At five the rot >1 cortege leaves the palace, and proceed* ihrougl tho parks, &cj andgenerallyreturns nbuut seven or a quarter after. Dinner is gonefrally served about seven or n qunr ter before eight, except on opera nights when it is n liilla earlier. The usual number of persons who dine at the royal table is about thirty. The Queen never Tnila to he present except upon nights of a ball, either at the palace or elsewhere. Qn thoso octaiibns her Majesty dines in har nwn suite of apattmpnts. The Quncn, who occupies the centre scot ofthe dinner table, remains from an hour und fivo minutes to an hour and a quarter. Her firing is the signdl Tor the ladies to move after her', and in a very short lime subsequent to this move tho gentle men follow. During dinner time the band of ore of tho regiments of Guards gerteroliy • attends. The musicians nre placed in a situation nboVe tho ceil ing of the apartment. They are separated from tho royal party hy large panos nfgrouud glass,which rHellow the lound, and prevent the musicians seeing into the fipotlmont. Tea end coffvo ore seived im mediately after dinneV; in a small room leading from one of the drawing rdoWs. The remnjnder of the evening is passed with music nnd conversation, in both of which the Queen and Prince Albert take n part; and about half past deVch hor Majesty re tires to her apartments; which are in the immediate vicinnhy of thedrawing rooms, nnd with which thete is a communication by means df a door that is or dtnarily concealed by a cahirtet. This cabinet it on tollers; and it ia when her Majesty expresses a de sire to retire, immediately rolled sufficiently far away to enable the dourtobo dponeJ, and is re placed again as soon qs shu has quitted the upart ment. Thahktgiving.—The Governor of Vermont has fixed upon Thtirsdoy, tho 3d o( Dooetnbor, as a day 6f general thanksgiving In ifiat.State. Cotretpondence of the Republican. MILLEDGEVILLE, 13th Nov. Senate mot pursuant to adjournment—the unfin* islted elections of yesterday were in order. Mr. Gordon moved to postpono tho election that he might have an opportunity to havo a bill pain authorizing the printing to be dorte hy the lowest bidder. After iome debate, the Vnotion to ytoYtpone pre vailed, and a bill introduced AdcoVdingly. Tho senate, after receiving seVeral ncw bills of local character generally, toik up the bill to alter andomend the ConiilUirton to Yefirirence to the Biennial Session. Mr. Gordon opposed the patsogo of tho bill, Mr. Spencer and Mr. Jones advocated it w'&iiniy. Mr. CalhooVi fin'd not determined tho ffo°*t>on in his own mind, and moved to postpone tho bill for tho present. ThoSenate deferred the bill. I rather expect the matter will be debated warmly, and therefore soy WthThg fitore At present on that shb* ect. Tho next bill df irdp^taffca thst wns taken up, is the bill to 41 establish a Court for the correcthm of Errors.” Th'e Senate ftdjditnVod without any action thereon, and bfcuurso ft will come up to-moYroW for thu ednkideration oftlie Senate'. . . My impression ii \h'At the probable passage of this bill is more promising this season Mian it h«s been for some yeArs; it ik dn'dbtfol feoweVer, and cannot bo made a party Question. dEdiVaiA. Wo have received, says the Auguttd Constitution •dint of the 14th inst„ from our correspondent at Millcdgeville, officialreturna from 81 counties, In- Cautetof death amongit Women.—The highest mortality of English women by consumption may bo ascribed panly to the indoor life which t hoy lead, and parity to the compression, preventinj the expansion uf the chest, hy costume In'boii ways they aro deprived of free draughts of vital air, and the nltered blood deposits tuberculous mat ter with a fatal, unnpturnl facility. 31,090 Eng listi women died in one,yeni of ttiisincuinb.rmaludy. Wid not this impressive fuel indneo persons of rank nnd influence to sot their countrywomen right in thu article of dress, and lead them to abandon a practice which disfigures the body, strangle* the chest, pro duces nervous or other disorders, and hasnn unques tionoblo tendency to implant nn incurable beciic malady in tho frame 1 Girls havo no more need of artificial bones and bandages than boys.—Engllth Reghter Genital't Annual Report. Rather Bharp.—A lawyer was questioning n tnnn who offered to become bail for a prisoner, con cerning Ills unincumbered property. As tl.o boil’s reputation wasnono ofthe best, theItswVnr was very potticularj and artlnng other tilings, asked him if there wns nut a bill in his simp window Which Itst ed dial he was selling off, and that tho shop Would close on Saturday?—’Yes,’ replied the fellow with great glee, ’1 an! always selling off, and shbps gen erally close on Ssturduy night, don't they.MrCuud' —(Roars of iaaghur.) The chagrined Solicitor backed out by saying that he refsrred to soiling at reduevd prices, 'Yes, again,' sold ilia pro|K)*ed surety, ’and If! had you 1 would be glad to sell you at half price, with all you,- abilities’. Inanswsr too further qusilion, ho said that when the bill in his window got dirty, ho would put up a clean one, and soon# Tho nutober of Inhabitants fn tWdity df Wtfthing Ion, according to foe Census, is 22,777. TALLAHASSEE. Nov. H). v LATF FROM TAMPA BAY. We reeeiced tho following (ntorMt)Nf ctttamunlcs tion from our correspondent atTampa Bay, under date ofthe 23d ult —Blar. “ I havo barely (into to jW« you the following items of Indian,nowst Tiger Tail and Alec Tuste. nug|oe, two conspicuous Indian chiefs, with ten of their warriors, have edma in', to hare a t4lk with Gon. ArtMateqd. They have nfrea Jy had moral in terviewl tdgrther^hut ax Vet have coma tq n’6 defi nite) arrangement. The two chief* above named, ate to b« at Fort King about the 7«h November, with aft tb'dr tribe/ fo hold it big tdlk wlp’General ■ AYmritekfl. . , I “The8ih tegiment bits Arrived bert—alaore- ciuits for iho other tegfMrfrfta not full. /There are about 1700 troops encamped at iTifsTto*. It limy opinion that this big talk, which ia fotjke place at Fort King. will, at) prove to be a hu/hbug—ut All nr rangemonts with the Indians have heretofore been. But still itseema that their manner on Ihe prent oc ‘oaaion, Indicates "that they are getting tired or fight- T " The troops at this [tost have b*pn hntiiually healthy-—they Are all in good spirits,aid anxious for the field, end nit oppcrr/Anity fur the d/*pluy of their military lalenu.” ; "I 1 . 8. Dperatloni'6'f the army haveceaseduatll the result ofthe big talkutrdn King shall be known. Alert Tuatenuggae is considered tho hood chief. Both him 'And Tiger TeflAte now In enfap, ring with the Genetel. TheV will IcAVe to- “‘tit - uf *-* 37,478 28,258 0,260 Pentengtri at Hew York.—The number of pas sengers which arrived at New York from foreign ports from thu 1st of January to the lit of Novem ber, 1840, a period of ton months, was fifty aavon thoutand nino hundred anil ninaty six. Fire at oiighkeepilc.—1'Ue tlegant mnnsion of fo# Hon. NaUtkniel 1*. Talfhncige, Tlnlted States Senator,'took fire and whs 'consumed on Tuesdoy night last. confer- „ ...... to-morrow with white flags to gnihur up their warriors, and aa many of tho other tribes Aa they can induce to at tend thu big (hlk at Fort Kir/g.” From the South Caroliniah. ROT. THE COTTON CRf The following totetciting and ftAfk/rtlfot circular latter, explalrik itself, and wq eafoeVtfy rticum/ftnfid it to the atteAtion of the planters Ms State. We have ttd doubt the crop of this Veal 1 will be a short ono; and if this Were mrio- mnnlA>attn lha World. byauchonintestigBiii which the vote Hand* as follows t Harrison, Von Buren, Majority for Harrison, MASSACHUSETTS. Gov. Davis’ majority in 235 towns is 13,735, it is estimated by the Whig papers that it will reach 15,000. Thm fojlowlnjgonllemon hare bo«*nelected- to Congress 1st District, RohertC. Winthorpand also for Mr. Lawrence’s unfinished term; 2d and 3d Districts, Mosirs. Sallonstoll and Cushing. No doubt is entertained of tho re-election Of Messrs' Lincoln in the 5th, Baker in the 6th, Briggs in the 7th and Calhoun in the 8th Districts, all Whigs.— In the 9th District Mr. Hastings ho* been elected over Mr. A. H- Everett, Mr. Burnell (Whig) in the place of Mr. Repd in tho 11th, and the re-election of Mr. Adams in the 12th District oro also said to be certain. INDIANA. Harrison’s majority, 60 counties to be heard from 9224. Harrison gain 3094. DELAWARE. , It is expected will give a majority uf 7 to 900 for Hnrrison, and elect two Whig senators. ILLINOIS. The Whigs have carried threo counties, two of which was hitherto Van Buren, by Qbi majority. VIRGINIA. No additional returns from th'i Stall;; LOUISIANA. The New Orleans Boe published n Utdetth Mon* day, which shows n Harrison majority in the State as far as heard from of 2,671. MISSISSIPPI. Twenty two counties heurd from. Whig gtiin about two thousand. TENNESSEP/. Reported majorities in Lincoln and Bedford conn' ties, about 2000 for the administration. ituSdtS;. Gallatin county guve 45 votes more for Hnrrlion- Missouri and Arkansas River counties heard from* Whig ticket gained hut little. ALABAMA. Mobile county, Whig mojoilty 378 Baldwin county, " M 1$ Coosa county, DcmocrAtfc majority 80 . „ -ion in each State, as thAt Adorn ed in Alabama', tho interests of the ‘ PlAYiter* \vould be greatly promoted by it. Why ‘csWiWi somn of ihem;1n this State, appoint a comnMco, As in Al abama, to make simlluY rnquirier/ ’Ak to the crop in South Carolina; and such District Agricultural Societies us exist, maku the best.reftbrls they can, on the subject, to thq next meeting of the Slate So ciotv in this plnco? Wu shall also be gratili.-d to pAblish, and sond to the Committee in AlAbnm t nny information thot may bo communicated to us ffirtbktpurpose We Would cheerfully notice, as requested, the proceedings ofthe meetingsof the 21st and 20tU September, but that we did not observe them, when the papers containing them were received, and could not find those papers, wliun the letlei’ Vss recolvcd. . u. .Montoomkry, Ala.,Oct. 1, 1840. 'Cdl.Ar.’H. Pemberton, Dear Sir:—In nur.uanco of Resolutions, passed by a meeting of Planters, hold in this city on the 21st and 28i!i September lust, we take the liberty of addressing yOjton tho suhject oftlienrobabledeficit of the Crop of Coiton, in the United Stoto*, of 1840, as corfipored with tho Crop df 1839. At ,tho VAoct ing.qeld on tho 23th, wa ascertAjned that the Crop of Co i ton, g'r'Awn on some of the most fortilo land inthlsStnte, this season will fall short uftkn.pro- ductWn of ihs .umo land, in 1839, noarly one half There were present, at inis meeting, forty planters, from tho counties of Montgomery, Lnwnde), and Aniougit; of w hose crops an ektiniate was made, and It.was alcprlAined, tlpft thejr filled In CotVon, It ^• 13.801 fores ol* lanth, Which Vlekfod acVop of 15,192 bales) and that they had planted, this yeai 11,535 acre* of land in cotton, Wr which they stater that the productldi LJ 1 - -- 1 1 ■ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1840. Conteitrd Election.— DV. Duncnn hot served n notice‘upon Nathaniel G. Pendleton, the Whig member elect from the Cincinnati District, 'ditto, informing hitfi that he intends to contest his elite- tion. INDIANA*. The HArrTio'n majority is 11,961, Whig gain in 47 counties, 5,26S, 40 counties to be heard from. VIRGINIA*. The Vun Hf/ireri m'Ajoriiyiit all the counties nenrd from but six is 6^5. The Rfclimond Compiler has returns from i counties In addition. Increasing (lie Jolin Van Buren; V. B. is elected lu Cohgreis in tho 7th,district of New Yotk, comprising thn coun- ties of Ulster nnd Sullivan. Tbit gives the ndminis* trillion party n nXlt gain bftwo, And makes the del egation stand—Whigs 19, Van Buron 21. Centut of Cincinnati.—Tho Cincinnaii Gazette contains some interesting statistics collected intn. king the census. The population of the city is 46- 382. The occupations uf the citizens are as follows: There nre 73 farmers; 2029 engaged in cemmerce • 10226 in manufactures nnd trade; 1 in navigating the oeenn: 1750 in navigating the rivers and canal*; 275 professional men; 21 deaf and dumb; 16 blind; 63 inaar.r; 40 at public charge, and 13 at ptlvutn charge; 5345 scholars in Common Schools; 120 in Academics; 80 in Colleges; 2941 adults who can not read or write.—North American. Corretpondenct of the Auguita Comtitutionait. . MILLEDGEVILLE. Nov. 12. In tbo Senate this morning, a delmUt occurred on t resolution introduced some days og« by .Mr. Jones, io suspend the works on the Western and Atluntio Rail Rond for a lime. The resolution was supported by Mr. Jones, and opposed by Mr. Gor don, of Cba ham. And Mr. Gonder of Hancock. As I will have to offer some remarks upon the Impor tant subject ihul incidentally brought before the consideration of the Senate, 1 shall hoi ssy moro at present thud to Jttoe tho fsto of the resolution in question. Mr. Miller aiso made a few remarks in opposition to (hit resolution. In ibis stage of the proceedings a motion prevailed to lay the resolution on ilie table for ills prnsbnt. In the lldofs, Mr.Taylor introduced « bill to eu- thorite the collection nr 8 nor cent. Interest on usu rious contract*, Ac., and Mr. Wellborn Introduced e bill to extend the sikyof Judgments for 12 months, oa giving bund with good security. Both branches met tojetlwr to elect • State prin ter end e General, •pi £ V7~ -xceed 3.63o bakes. This being the condition‘Afthectop in our Immu diale section of South Alabama, we desire, if pos sible, to ascertain tho extent of iqjury sustained hy toe crop throughout tho Cutton nuking country, but particularly of this Stoto. Asa Corte«p»nding Committee, we address you for this purpose, and will be obliged If you will give us such information as you can procure, Jko.to iho protiubtn average ytoW In your neighborhood and county. If we succeed in procuring general information from tho various parts of the State, to warrant a con elusion ns to tho total product of tho StBte, wo will with pleasure, communicate the resultof our labors. Plenio addressed your reply to William H. Tat lor, Chairman. A Model.—Mr. Snn-ly Harris lias just finished a most, bcoutiful model oftlie proposed monument to Washington. We ionrnfrom his own skecih, that it is proposed to erect n bold and substontiul Arch in tho centre of Washington Square, on a line north nnd south, flanked, covered, and ornamented, a* »et fmtli in iho drawing now exposed to pubiic in speciion, with n pedestal niid stultiaon the top, im mediately over thn key stone. This structure will require, in iho first place, a platf.rm.in round nurit bers, 90 feel long, 21 feet wide, nnd 6 foet nbovo Uie surfnee of the ground. On eneh end will stAnd a base,20 feet square, and 30 feet high. Frotii thn platform at kha bottoms of the inner side! lifthe bases the h'Apective flanks ofthe Arch will rtacjrtrtd meet At the hey stone over tbo. ceniie ofilie pldt form, spanning about 54 ft. Tint platform, under the Arch, will Ho t-eachod in front nnd in the tear by step* froHt lb** gtound; and from thence, bulls on the righl and left, will rise a flight of steps, leading through the respective flanks' of the Arch, tddthel- plot forms concealed in the top. of the bnios, From each of these will ascend a double stairway lothfe main platform on tlihiop of tho structure, on which the pedestal And statue will rest. On the i Idee outer panels of ench ofilis baioswill be has reliefs emblemnti'col of events, such as the surrender at Yorkiown, and the inauguration uf Was ingion a* first President of the United States.— These bases will be flunked with fasces tepiWttting the strength Subsisting In tlnldn. The front rim of the Arch will be Aompoiedof tliiheen stonhs, title of whicH it is contemplated to procure from each of the originnl States, or the ne cessary appropriation td cut the indie beta. The outer ends of these stdndi.when placed In the Arch, will bcAr in baft relief the coot of nrmsof the States which they respectively represelu, or letieHng,’s«t tinir forth the name and time of coming into the Uniou. l -J , At/. Inq. ( L_J Melancholy Shipwreck and Lon of L\ft.—k slip from tho Barnstable Patriot office, dated Nov. 6. 1840, rebelved this morning, gives the following description of the wreck of a.schooner off tho port of Barnstable: . ** About 1 o’clock yesterday, F. M. a schooner wns seen in the Bay opposite this harbor, with a small piece of for sail set, standing t» the eastward. About an hour after she was seen To capsize as was thought, in attempting to wear round. Sho parti ally righted aguin, when her mainmnst wns gone, and four men wore seen clinging to her fail f-r about another hour, tvlieo they were all washed off. The- vdssel came on stiprr buck of Sandy Neck about a mile from Bonch Point Light, end provoJ to bo the schooner Rodney,of Boston. Libby .master, bound from Belfast to Boston, with a cargo of leath- r, p«» tat«»es and spnrs. There is a Urge quantity oftlie leather, which ihepoonla upon the beach aro get ting out today and saving. When the vessel first struck the shore her foremast bent overboard and •he beat up, as. the tide came, a complete wreck.— The bodies of the crow have not yet drifted on shore. There wni, and still i«, n tremendous sim running which made it sisterly infpos.ibto to rewler them the least aid from the shorn. She waa owned, as ap- pours by the papers which were saved, l<y David Goddard and nthei-s of Boston.” Accident.—Ferdinand Mender, (a niiiivo hfEn gland,) (sedrttan,) ijulonging to ship Gralitddo, fell overboard from auid ship Gth Inst oil the pn»ss|e from Now York to this port, and wns drowned. Eve nr exertion was made to save him but proved inef fectual, owing to a atroug gAleofwind at tlte time, with a heaty seu.—Char. Patriot, 14th intt. Strength of Iron Pillnrt.—At ilio late meeting of ilm British Association in Glasgow, a pajHfMrds read bjr Mr. IMgkinson, doscrlblng a series Bf ex- perimenia mads bv him on ilia strehgfb of iron pll Isrs. It appeared from these, that» pillsr, square at the lop and bottom,is about throe times as stioug us oim rounded at thu end*; that if the pillars ar# notplocsd perfectly perpendicular, si Isait two lairds of their slrsngtli is lost; and that they are one seventh stronger wiwn swelled in the middle, like the fruiUum of • cone, with the bite in iIm centte ofthe plilar. above'fftnjoritj by 471 vote*., Tennessee. Harrison’s majority fn 15 counties is 3,926, a gain of 553 over 'the vote of 1R39. This Stnto lias, we think, cast its vote for Hnrrison. MISSOURI. The result of tho 1st day’s election in St. Louia Is 554 majority fur Harrison, and as far as hvard from 632. Vermont. HarAsoh'a majority in this Stoto is 13,000. NEW YORK. Tito official returns begin tdcorAo in', and if those first received afrorded any criterion to 'judge of the complexion'of tho rest, thn mkjnVity for thu Hurtl- son electors will exceed 13^000 in tho State. MASSACHUSETTS. The Boston Courier gives the returns from tlte whole State, with thn exception of 5 towns, Mliich make the Whig ntajority 15,483. MAINE. Thu Portland Ad vet User has returns from 369 towns, being all in the State but 20 towns and plan, lations, which gave n majority for Harrison of 939. MICHIGAN. Full returns havo not boon received from every county, but enough was known to render it certain that the State had giVen k Whig majority of from 12 to 1500. Tho Whigs have also a majority of tho Legislature on jnltu ballot nnd will thus bn enabled to elect a United States Senator fn place of Mr. Nowell. .. . .. DELAWARE The Wings ftaVe carried this little slip of land, they soy, by Ado Majority. ’ iLtlNdlS. Tbo few retdVAs Jrecyived look ratlier tqually.— The Whigs have gnined, according to the late motif od, by increasing the vote. ALABAMA. We have returns from but fow counties in this Stale, whie.il show sn fur a whig gain. In Mobile , county tint votes stand Van buron I1U2, Harrison •ituateuit water street,near tho Aqueduct In Georgo town. Tim flame* communicated with ;remer>dnus nnd nppntliiig rapidity, tu tliebnkery and tm adjoin ing house, very noun consumed holh buildings, a lurgequnnliiy of firewood nnd vutunblo timber he- longing to tho Alexandria Cntml Company. Mnny valuable hiilliliitgsntul wnrelinuiei ih ilio nclghbnr- Imml «»rtitle dreadful conflagration wcresiividbyiho incessant nnd prhi*ewnrthy exertions ofthe George town ami Wniliington fire companies. A* this was one of thn most alarming anddustiucllvo files which Its* taken place in Georgetown W mnny years, we •hall endeavor to obtain some ndiriiuml nitrllculnrs In limo‘for to-morrow’s papur.—iYn/. Intel. 13th intf. THE ELECTION. We Imve given up our paper tn-iluy to the returns ofthe recent gieat contest. ..Tho result is mainly now bi-foro our renders. We forbear to speak of it- at tliis moment, as in our judgment lidc-erves tube cltarnelerised by evbry friend of our freu InSt'tuiions, and of till, whether herd*or throughout the world, who bottove that their pnrpotulty is based on tliu intulligence, freedom and integrity of tlte Amaitsan ‘dn anhtWr day wn shnfl recur to tho stthjccu with the boldness of tVittlt and of conscious rectitntlo the great nrtdrlglit cause, wHetlier it slmfl lie up held or overborne by iho result lierti and throughout the Union. ... Ire bop# ofa National Dank, that %lll1»*t •Had Immediately after the •lectto* of tl» toemt»• •• ‘hi* question abojt a Natluiwl BAah Is decided, this expansion will end In another pteeh uf tbo screws, and iIumu who pul to mm 1* such un- certain weaihtt, will bo shipwrecked, oro “ * to return with loss. But this oxpsnslonw great; fbr tho ” Independent Treasury” catiW repealed before iho end of iho next CongtN-,aad tlirrrfore will restrain tho banks for ■ year at Iran; and tha 8lato banks; antlclpsilrtg tho creationof a Nutlonal Rsnk/willhibt expand much’, fot Pfr df raixnl its creation as utterly improbable, exi l'l Vp cannot bo uatensiVe or great, and money,wLLm scarcei IW every thing but m ulvrate, printout, legiti mnto bus'.nuss. If, ihen.'Genqrkl Harrisonbe.elrct oil, tve ml vise no man to buy stocks, or any ‘Rdi ff elan, In the exnroiniiun of rising prices The Vise, In any probable event, cannot be great, bntl'ttusiliu temporary. Meanwhile’. Ict 'tfs remark tlint the River Coun ties liovo nobly sustained tlinir democratic clinrnc tor, and hnvn given to their distinguished fillloWcitl zensaud chief magistnilu, the strongest testimonial of their confidettco nnd mtachmontt und that If the other sections of the State had _ come o* vigorously to thn rescue, tbo democratic triumph would have boon complete. Let not the fact bo forgotten, that wc goto the borders of the Eighth Sonntu District with n democratic.majority of full 5000 vnlos; und that the state is now utider the dominion of that sin- glu unti-mnsonic nnd abolition I ruction of itspopula tlo'ti.—Albany Argm. From the Philadelphia Ledger. THE ELECTION AND ITS RESULT ON BUS- , .. u IN ESS, ptiiinjr the hist two yours, and especially during lint very last, the wfinto country hns been ugitati'd by thn Presbtoinlnl election. Of uVio paity.thesirlo, husinoss lit,s been to keep the present Administra tion in; und the other to burn it out; During this conflict, most of tho ntdinqry onoruitons of,business Itnvu been neglected',und President making has been each eltixon’s primnry concern Tlte result being uuaerinin, sumo have been afraid to engage In new enterprises: others already engaged,have been afraid ‘ to proseoutn their business w.llt duo vigor, nnd oth- urs, terrified by a|ipreh‘end(d.results, qr petpluxed by uiicrrtnipiiciflmve retired from business, tu waste titno in idleness till tho contest should bo decMed At (lu; samo time, millions uf dollars havo changed owners through gumifig upon elections, and mildons of days liaVo boeii aliitracti d frurrt useful jliibor, to listi.n lo tho stump speeches u'fdemagogues) and mil (ioi.s more have been expended in building log cnb- ins und erecting hickory pules. In rediciiluut, degrn ding, inob-croaiing processions, insiupefying. soul nnd body destroying intemporance, in paying stump o nier* for prencliiNg treason, aud in bribing knaves to commit perjury, und cast fraudulent vutus. Who con c dculatc tho loss nfprr(iluciiveindustry,andthe inmuldcgind'Hlun which tills contest has tiruducodT If thu former huvo passed over tho land Hko A with ering sirocco, the latter has swept over it like o deso luting hurricane. At leust four yrnrs of repose and of mmol self-examination, will be necessary tu purl f) the public mind from ilio debauching influences Prevention of Fire.—The Loril Mayor lit th* Justice Room a day or two ago, alludi d to the rte* quont fires in Lun<tnn,aml th« projects for prevent* ing them; nnd cnlled atmntion to a letter from Mr. W.Cuddely, of Chester tqirnpt, Borough road, tq D. W. Harvey, Esq. r'fCiirhirrTiding u portable Ate* ladder in Im kept at every pulll.e station. T'Uey were thus described. - t ”Each set consists qf sis imJdcrs, pnclj six teol and n half idgli, nil of which fit rmo into the other until the rrquisito height Is ollnlncii. l'o die top' joint n pair of light whirls Vaffixed, id facilitate' the raising »f ladders' l*y cleat ing projecting romlV ces, window sflls.cut, us w'oll a* to give the bidders u broiider nnd hetier bearing, ayninst iho walls.—. From tl.o axle of ihcro wl.oqls h ■mall nplly is sub ponded by an universal joint through which a rope* passes, nUtw.hed to « strung lenttieinhcit) by mcAns ui'wldch sick pcrsonY, frmalos, or prrinns'in h'stu’ pnr or other holpless stnto. may bo rapidly nt-d safe ly removed- , These indd-rs are mtisi'cnrPyicmav; •*‘11'y pieajis of n carriage; nnd Mr. Un'ddoley pro, puses to tituisli to each'carriage five or sik lintilvs of Cn'pinfn Mnnhy’s nniiplilogistid fluid. 1 Threh' gallnus of water, holding in solution n quantity Vtf> ppHrl-nsh, or Ollier nlkulino salt is poured, jnto a ves*i sell Ilio remaining spiico is l)lledwl|lJi%T|]> condens ••I.Wf* «I'ijHf descend* wbhin ihovcsn l to,the hot. tom, furnisliril at tliu tqp »Vlih n sctrwrd nuslo anil a *i«p-euck) on turning tho siocj'p cock, the clastic! ly nf thu condensed uir drives‘out foe h kallneiolu' timt with great force, throwing ilio jot to a cbrlside- hlu distance. This'fluid Is proved ijq'be /sr, more eliicacimis ilupi water In suppressing lice, inasmuch, ns it lenves n 'cont nr iuciustatinn wh'erecvertt thnucltas, which cffectliully proveiits thut part from roigniting. Ono immense advantage of this plan Is, llrai hs application may bo cm-val with its arrival— no wafting fur turncocks, no want of.Wuiei', not any, loss of time in getting to work. ^ ( j^ Biiiinfii.—Nniwitli*ionding tho jm)ire»slon‘.fo«, tho Cotton crop this jriir will be short, und’ tVe^ irlecs wifi clmnao for the h'bttff Vp h TeW days, yio inve |ih(I a ronsldeinblo umuunt ofdotlbh to arm$^ this week, in fact, taking nil things together, we havo tut right to.cntwplnln. It U into tim streeti Tttyya . not been lined with.produco wygnna, aiill'thero waa enough to keep nur merchants very well employed. Wo shall get our full shore of Cotton thW'yc'nr, hV qppbnruhces indicalo.—'Hamburg Journal, H/A intt ... i 1480; Baldwin, V.B. 118, Harrison 137—ono pre cinct to hear from, which in August last gavo a de mocratic majority of 20; Coosa in part, Van Buren 441, Harrison 280 | Autsga, west Wctumpkn pre cinct, democratic majority 18; Montgomery, whig mqjuritv323; Russell, reported whig majority 350; Macon do. 43O. LOUISIANA. - v ’ " ■ * The Now Orleans Boa of tho I Oth has returns from 23 pnrishes, in which the Harrison majority is 3,636. MISSISSIPPI. Twenty seven countios are hoard from, which giro Harrison a majority of 3,97ii. Twenty fcoUn ties remain to bo heard from. The Next Congren.—Elections fdr mriflbcVs of the twenty-seventh Congress have been held in toft Slates, viz: Maine, Louisiana, Vcrmdat, l’ehnsyl- vitald, Ohio, Georgia, South CAralina, New York, Nuw Jersey and Massachusetts, the result of which is tlie election of 55 Democrats nnd 80 Whigs. Thu tesUlt in the several States wh»t-e 'elections lidvo been held for member* of thn Legislature, show that the Whig party will Imve twonij-uine U. Stdte, Sendtiirs, which is a majority of that Itndy. Mr. Harrisnn will therefore enter upon bis ndminlVro- tion with majorities in both branches of Cortgress, and tHeVo will, therefore, bo no obstacle in tho way for the production of nil the “glorious results” pro- mlstsJ by tlie Whig party. ... . .CHARLESTON, Nov. The Northern Mailt.—We hxd given over this matter to incurdhle confusion—but nil detperandom —it only required ono resojuiu man to set it dll right. The Mail has boon as regular us the sun •into Mr. Hpimesw'lived in Virginia anil wont to work to convince the Rail Rood Companies there that they had cer'ain duties to perform over and aliMe quarrelling wiih each other. The following extract ofa letter.from^ our Representative, give* us tlie pleasant assurance th it tho differences be- tween these Companies, which has so seflously ia terfered with the public service,is on Iho eve of ami cablu adjustment. WlawxoTnn North “I am still detairu-d here waiting for tho President of the Peterihiirg Rood. I believe that the difficul ties which led to tim failures of the mail are adjust ed; but do not like to venture to Charleston until the mattahbfl folly settled. The Postmaster Gener o! has promised me that unless the purchase of the Bridge and Road from Weldon to G trhburg bo fi nally rHArlo by the PoteVsblilg Rond from tho Ports mouth, he will alter tlie schedule. Yours truly, I. E. HOLMES. Corretpondenct of the Auguita Conitiiutionoliit, MILLEDGEVILLE; Nov. 14. In tho Senato, Mr. Echols,of Coweta, introduced a bill to chongo the time of bidding general olec* tiohs, froth the Lit Monday to the 1st Wednesday of Ocielter. The biennial bill was taken up yesterday in tho Senate, and read a third lim>; but without any oth er proceeding the bill was ordered to be laid un tbe table for tlie present. The bill lo confirm thn purchase of the Augusta bridge by tbe.Chy Council of Auguita, passed the Senate yesterday. In the House yesterday, Mr. Flournoy, of Wash ington, moved to-usprnd the rule of the IJuuso in older to take up his resolutions upon the tub treasu ry, suos to make them tho order ol the day for Wr.h nesdny next. Tlie you* and nays were culled tor, and nreyoos 103, nays73. Mr. lhihcrtslhrn mov ed to make them the aider of the day for llie first day of June nax { upon which motion the yeas nnd naya were required, nnd aro yrus 78, nay* 07. Mr. Gatliright then moved to have five hundred copies ■ Jed fut thu (lie bf lha iiotise, which wns tost.. ..Jr, Barclay introduced u preamble apd lesblu- linns ngiiinU tho blinking syslorn Bf flits State. Air. Gatliright moved to U ivo two liumlrrd cojtles oftlie prcomlija and resoiiitiohs printed, which was lost. Mr. Gatliright introduced a preamble und tesolu lions in rolslhm to a national bank, protreiive tariff, and oilier matters and things touching lira rights and inretests of lha |»e»pl* of tlie union. Tlte bill to repeal tlie act of 1838, regalming th* granting of retail licenses of spirituous liquors, and also requiring retailers to take an oeih, Ate. rama up on its third reading. After some debate lira bill was rejected. Di time live Fin in Georgetown, ( D. C,)— On Wednesday night, between tbe lieitte «»l 0 nnd 7 w’cloelt, • flro broke out in n stable adjoining (be eiumlvu battery'uf Mrasri, Thus. Drown 4k Cu, Uui tlid contest is now at ah and; and whatever tiu tin; unit rim iiuuimy willbu idiuvud fium u great ttvil. If Mr. Van Union ho ro-uloctud, tlte jioltoy of Ills last Administration in finunco, us it itcullod, will be maintained, und It ■ principul project, tbo “Indc-, pendent Treasury Act” will cuntinua to be thn law '■of thn hind. The effect of tills, Will bo IN r-«mpt'l tlld insolvent banks to wjqd up, to rrs'truin ilio sol vent hunks within sufe and togitimnio busiquis, und thus, by preventing expansions and speculations, to protect ‘IMI “fttamimHD’Mir ffiirtlld AMbiionn Im- nqrtcr agulnst destnictivn .fiiieigi; ciinlpetil/on.— Besides 'tlioeo vfll-cts, Btate stocks will adVttnce In value: for ns ilio policy of Mr. Von Buren'a Admin istration will be opposed to the creation of «tm;ks, find ns this pulley will dfortttn ckiontlva Influence over the Stutes*, lew or n» more Siuio stocks will bq created, the Stutes will feel the necessity of pi rserv ing their credit hy pidvidilig for ekisling stocks, und thoroforh silch stocks will augment lit, Value., Jf General Harrison bo e/bcted. fou flrs| elf t ri of his tuost nctlvo piuiisnns Will bo jq r»qn;id the “link- nendeiit Treasury Aci,”und toosinlilUh a Nnttonnl Bnfik) and Hid expeamtiun of sijcerds lit tbuiu ut- lumpls will prudiicu nn immediuto ,iso in the value of iliusiucks, und «.f all jirupuity jield by speculator* ut spcculuiive prices. This eXprcmtioii may also lend to greater exp losion by tint, bunks, und new nnd oxtmsivu uiiiei'prisus in business. In sliort, however tho quesiion he settiod, thu rcstdi will ho confidence in the ceitiilmy of business; ilio sfircoi* of Mr. Veil Buren iirudu'diig eoufidemn in slow, moderate,' nnd healtlilui bustuass, eud that of uep, UitrrUon cdnfnleiice in oxteusivo btisim ss, great profit's and ui.usunl prosperity. Therefore, tlie country muy congratulate itself upon the settlement. HiU huWdver high ilio hopes inspired byll;p elec lion ufUeouinl Hurrisihq »u will vpRrUib to pro- nouneo them dolosive, nnd to predict very serious disappointments to those who efiteriafit ’ Ihetti. If wo slioiild bo dlmrgwl with presenting partisan views pftlia eilld,our reply Is, tliui tbui:ohle>t being ended, we cun liuvo no interest in presenting any views Lc- yond ihut which eveiy citizen ought to fuel in thn prosper! y of his counii-y; and thut vyo skill lie judg edoundld.y by ull whonro not prevented, by rabid partisan prejudices nr direct pi'cuninry inierest*. Iniin understanding plain truth. First, then, wo sny that a Nut imml Bunkcnitnof bu cs'tnb isheilj second ly, that tho •* Independent Troasuiy Act” cannot l>o repealed; thirdly, that the momeiiinryexpansion end speculation which tint hones of such mn tsurrs will produce, immediMlely aftor Gon. Harrison's el ection, will h« followed hv contraction or VeWdsion, to tho ruin ofrusli.incnusiiioralnignfiranimerchsnis, mid tho total proslrulioii ofspeculuiurs'. Wo offer thete conjecture*! founded upon preterit appearan ces. If they nro verified, Wj shall liqvo spoken pro phecy; if not; wd shall have been'mistaken, liUo mil lions befor'o us. First, ihrn.ii Nniion.-d Bunk cannot bo created. The Southern State* hnv<? generally opposed such sn ifiKiStutinn upon coniiitutionn) ground, itrjd imve euled in destroying' two. Besides this objection, they urgo thut Naiionul Bunks, by concentrating capital und holiness ut the North, protrtatu its pr> t- p> ruy > t tlie espouse of the South. ThU was Mr. Culho-.n r s objeciion in 1828, and in his mind and tlioso ofhis Southern pariisuns, Ims probably lost none of its force.' New York lids combined "witu the South io d' Stroy two Naiionul Bunks, because they were located In I’ennsylvunin, tho olijedr of New York being d monopoly of such institution.— Reasoning from tho past, we say, that New Ymk will support no Nations! Bimk, unless ll bo lote'bd in “Wail struct;” fur wo cannot stljipoxa- that after such exertions to destroy National Banks, because lltey were created in > o her Siatcs, New York w ill siippori anoiherwiilioiit the monopoly. This would bo throwing nwuy tho exertions uf the |»a»t; Thro' tbissunibinattupot tlto South whkNaw York, Penn- sylvnniii lias lost two Nm ioual - Bur.ksi arid Wlu-n i'ennsylviiidiiiis consider tlie.inolivo of New Yoikio their dust ruction, wu caunei,boli«ve thut. lltey wi I support another, to be Jocutnl in the toiler. Thu coote-t.nhoiit Notional Books always lias been, and nlways will U*. liconlosi betw. un “Wall street end CTicsnutsiceii;" and us nuithur wi l yield ills mom*-- I>oly, No)v York and l'ennsylvonia cannot ugrue nbuut-re Naiionul Bunk, nnd either, united with the Souili, willcmistiiolu u duci*ivu opposition. Secmidlyi the ,, Inde|1onll^*ntTrcluury' , cannot bo rept'ukd. Tho only substitute which hi opponents w ill offer ut first,!* h naiionul Bunk. That measure being defeated; at wo hdvo already proved,'heir next sul/siitulo Willbu Stale bunks, as .' fiscal ogenls”of tho Kudenil Government, But the pvotilo will remem btTthui tins experiment Ims besnirtod twice, and list utterly failed, producing tliu most daplnrnbln mi«obtofs| and we cannot Lei leva tits t they will lurget thu cxpr/icnce of thn putt, and submit to u third trial. Hence Uito project I* uU ' qneslion. If then, mi subilitute for iho "Indi'pen. dent i rcasnry” project can be adopted* « m i u *t remain fioni nrccvutyl ami It ll uo, tint rlrc* lion of Ciononl il.rriun »UI k»*“M «flo.l U|K«» ilio Iihiioh of ilw oooolry iHoo ihoi of Mi,. Ton iloi-o, n. 0|.Uo, ll* ..WII. fid fixpanriuiu and ipcwUllcw, produced by the Black Paint—A paper recently read befurptim I London Society of Aria, of which cxlrao|s ore gVvrVi in tho English piipors, contains some i|ifurmatton ,. that will ho intenisihik to ship owner* und otbers. Thu author, Mr. L. Tliompson, slates that bto'ek point is in general vety injurious to tlfo wood on T which it is laiff. Ho spy* that nny one who will servu n ship tliat has beep for sumo time ih a tropi col climmo will foe.tliu jproof, “1^ wlll.bq foqnd tlint tho wood rqpnil lj|o faitonlngt is iq a state of,, dofcny, while the wlillo work Is ns souiid nsevur; the'!’ plnnks tlint arn pninted black will hb found sljilt In all dircci ions, whilo thn frequent nocosiity of caulk- log n ship in tlint situntipn —*■*-—•«■ mon desVruqtlowv-i'V 1 »«nT5lW nenpiaded that to niece of wood painlct) wlljta.wjU bo preserved frptn , y,f tirtiing ns tilng'ognln if exposed lo the weather, as d similar piece painted black, especially fn a fro plrnl rlimntn ” IIn adds' “I liuvo lienrd many men nf cnnsideroblp esnori t enco sny, thut black is goqd.for iiptlungon wood, as It pnssrsKo^nq Ijmly iq exclude ibe.wea;Iter. Ibis . is indeed poftly tlte case; but a for greater evil than tilt* attemfo.tiio use uf black point, which ought en tirely to exclude it,* use'on qpy work nrit «1 doors, 1 - Vixt its proppiiy of nbsurmrig bent. .*■■.?' Wood’ having a black suifoca will imbibo a eriniiderablo’ more boat,in r'l*ssaamo.iemjiqrpiuroif cljmnle,tbnH If thut suifiicn was white; from ivliicli clrcumstuiicq we mnyontlfy conclude thatpores of wobd ofsny '' n.l»ra will h.,» o t.nj.nby lb „ lV ft- hll direct Ions, when exposed under swell eirct|msbin cos. Tho water of course baipg admitUnl, causes it ,- gradual progressive duepy, wldrii nui r t bd impor ceptiBly Increasing from every change OCwrqtliqr.” Two circumstances that find fiilh-n finder foe wrr ’ ter> ohrqrvation, nro glvohjq,proof of foist • ” 'l “ Thu first was tJiestuioofU. M. slcUji Ringdove, condemned hy suivey at lluiifox, N. 8. in Urn year > 1028. This brig has been on tlie West - India «q» tion fur many years. On Her being fi.qnd tlifoctlvn “ * ' ' *. b -'.a, Mnn.l .....a ,1b H- ■ I V nnd a survey cnlled, (lid report wns To thoqffect foi,- ll.a wood ifiutifl all iho ftlstonliigswirs totally, decoy ed In thu wake of th<> bliick; whilo ihut in the wsko » uf tho white vvas us sound us ever. The next 10*^ stimce raliilos .ib II. Mi ship Excellent,of 98 guns,. . (formerly tint Boyne.) Tliu ship is moored east nnd west, hy lintynml stoin moorings, consequently In'o starliuard side is tilvvriys opposed lo the cffoctg of' ’ th* sun, both in slimtaer omj winter. In this siturl lion }ier sides were In tlie usual mannor of A ' ship ol war f vixt bluck und while, of which by for thegreuu-r pail js black; this kilter po'/tion oh the stnrhuhid sid'o I fiiund It Impossiblo to keep ,|lg!jt| for, hs often us one limit wo ijnptitehtly stripped,"' 1 , ouoilier liroku out, and thu* bnfllud tho skill uf all i*»|g?rq#|raj. . , n . In too .meantime, tlio side not exposed'to the rays of tiio sun remained perfectly sound. . I then sugg.mtod 10 Mr. Kmuhway, tl.o piaster caulker of , H. M. dockyard nt Portsmouth who had provtottsly given the subject cunaklp'ratisr,, ,he mi vantages like ly to be. derived Crons ultoring i hit color of ;he sbiji’e . *id« from .black to while. Captain Honing op*.,, proved nf llutulti-rutiun, tim ship wns painted a Ilf h drab color wliern it was black |n-li>te,'upon which the . leaks ceased,&*ho now luiscrditiiiued perfectly tight' fnrn;oro share iwn'vu murirhs; nnd indeed, I coo cob ( fldently slain, thut tho ship will tost as tong again in. - hor present situation, us rto; hud begun lo shrink und spill to rin n<tiirii*1iing extent when tho outside^; •urfm:u wns hluck, which hns entirely ecu,cn since ' tho Color has been altered n —N. Y. Poit. Economy in a There Is notbihg which '• ROM SO for tywurds plocing young people beyond the rench ,.f poverty ns ccon-imy in.lhcmnnsgemcnt of their dnmostlc tiffuirs. It mullets not whether a mmi furnish little or much for,Ms fondly; if them ’ is a leakage Ih his kitchen or in ijto parlor. It runs away he knows not how, and that demon waste' M cries moro, like tho horsri-Ifrcli's daughter, until hrf th.it proybieti pas no more to giro. Jt is tho tnie .i- hand s duty lo bring into tho house nntj it is foe, , doty of thn wife to sec ihul nothing goes wrongfully ,tut nfil—not the Icnxt onmto, however unlm|tor- • tint in itself—to estnhlished a prccodent; nor Un-, dcr nny pretonca for j.t .open* tlie door for ruin to /talk in,, and he seldom loaves an opportunity nnim - proveJ. A rp/in gets a wife to look after his aflairri i wind tq pssist him in his jnurnry through lire, to,poll, it, osto nnd, prepnro his children fora prbpsi .station in Ilf?, nnd mu to dissinritb his property, - The Hu's band Vinterest should lie thn wife’s care, and ll»ir*‘ r, ‘ jroutest iimbilion should carry Her no flirifier thais^'* tils welfare or happiness, togelbrr with llmt'orWij.U"* children.. . . r Thi* should be her sola aim,. and tlie theatre of .. • lior exploits in the bosom of her family, tvfiniesho mny do u« murh towards making a fortune as hb 7 c m in iho work shop or the c .tinting Hum. It H not t bq rnom-y unrnrdtlint makes a mart wrsliky^r ' il l* nliat lit* saves from hi* earning*. A good nnd 'prmli-nt husband make* a depasim nftho fruits of ;i.4 ofliis liil/or wills ids Imst friend; nitd if tho frieriq, he not trun lo him, what leis here hope? If be dare not plnco confidence in din companion of bis bqemn, whnro is he lo place lit A wife acts not.- for bers If onlv, but slw f» iho agent of the many, ilio loves, and *lie is bound to act for their good end not 1 Top her own gratification, Her husband’# good fo * thu end to which sho should oim—his approbation Is* her rewind. Still gratification in dre»s. or induj genre in appeiim or inuro company titan his puttWi can well entertain, are equally imrntoious— th^firp$ ndds vanity to extravagance—lha second fastens d : Doctor’s till lo a long Duicimr's itocniint—arid the loiter bring* imuinpersnee, the worst of nil mlD* W Its irsin.—Bunbury Amer. life.—Life Is a voyage, In thf progress of whl nre perpviuslly ebsnglng our Menesi we fl leave ehlklhood helilnd uf, then youih, then l ears of rl| eued rasoherid,ilwn the biller add leasing pert •fold f|f —Stmt*- U H If 4<