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TUK WEEKLY GEORGIAN it niiiiKtB i* m City of Savannah, •i WkLUAJI U. BULLOCH, mutti* or nt uwtw m ciim, and ott m went n»»L WEEKLY PAPER—Tftatx Dw Ji •M»,—PkjtUt ia I^vnn, ADVERTISEMENTS M at tU CbatWf ikt, per aa ITfatUte awW pail Mill Coxxvxica* TMn,H4k\|Mta(Wtt»m. SUNDAY, JANTARY 3. 1840. ELECTION FOR MAGISTRATES. Aaefeatia* *«ijw»»nl«t Md for fw® Magistrate* U ll» four MiEaiy Diwwi» enu'-uoJ ia the city £afSwaaaaL. TWruaft «uu follow*: ISrd District.—tieary McDonnell, ami Jame* ILWwiewKxr. Sfwtrf District*—D. II, StewaiOaod I. Rus- •eH, Etq*. JtiniDia£rici.—\Y. C- WyCy, ami Ruhr. R.i <mL*E^«. AntUKML^MirVL O. Didos, ami L. W. S««k,E*p. * Mr. V«nt3lfv ■« Vaia. will contest the election caifcagrecalwfUSejality of votes. CAUGRAPHY, Mr. AAm.’wImw * teaching tie jro«»g(anduld) ilmWtMW—we B*ta» the human hand to dwfhj the thought* of the head beautifully on pa* per, has, toe are phrased tw War a a amber of pupil*. HeyNe inapratias: *a L»*. that we shall he «d teAfMM t* peh&e pn aioch mote on a aicty day BKte the ctuokedue** of oar signature. Were it bp* tie* tt brought moaey a* quick as the most VaaSM «tX*tnt«e, we would take some les.ons from Mr. Aikra, peoxidvd he*d teach us some hoar between «we mad ante o’clock tn'the moraine. For at other tax** we are engaged either in writing our* •elf a had hand, for the Press, or in watching the proof sheet, bait “ tatty** should “ sally** forth to Vol. II—No. 44. encounter*), ard further tltal ho report whether the ditch ha*been dug u* the depth stipulated by the contract of Mr. McCluskcy, and if it has nut, w hen U will be *o excavated. Putted. On motion of Aldermen Go«*dwln— Unolvtd, That Council w ill at tlio next regular meeting proceed to the election of thu officcis, pro Tided by ordinance. City Marshal’s Report of Stall* leased in tbo Mar , ket House, on the 7th December, 1840. Description of Stalls leased Small meat Vegetable. Suits noi leosed 3,9. 15. 17 & at. BJ. 11. 4. 6,7,9, 13,14 U & 18. Stallsleas'd o 6 843 25 11 20 83 Value 8743 440 Adv Total 8 40j aj l 222j 15431 108 14391 One half cash, the balance in six month*, front limeoflease. A. HARMON, C. M. The proposals of Peter Curtior to erect n fence around the negro Cemetery being the lowest, was JCbctreopondcncw of the Georgina.} ST. AUGUSTINE, Dre.30, 1840. We Lax* much tall here and little news. The ■chatMoi off tbs wreck of the Jno. McClune I com- BKtsnmtxdi to j«w »h» mosabifi by steamer. The iafcanilMiin rocetrvd from the interior is that Geo. Atcxwteud intends giving the Indians all of Flanla south of Moaqidta, and a public meeting , wtR he he JJ here an Samir Jay ta protest against the --s-Kas this » all smoke. The policy of a that the Indiana must go HVd, change tbo policy the "‘ctwtkcta’* cf the Interior would hold them to it. Tana**# the innkeeper at Furt llailia gut into a scxAt, a lew days since—hia wife came out, a man evrk go vk which sheduL (a pretry woman she is.) A pbitel waslbrvd, by both combatants, and was mortal to Tanner. As Co who fired at non eat in~ A eftap at NewnansTtlie. something of a scholar attempted esns off two negroes to Tallahassee^ was caught and whipped, tatred and feathered. FLORIDA, Dec 28. ^ mysrfftif'tfe* lew moamotn occupied > tW Bqptemruher m chancing hoe*«», totoy that “■ >rt say*, TO* I Dili an* hate come in at Pouts* . », wnl qprar a ouafter at-Foet No 4. . TfceEsprwsrufcrsuw three 4ntl» toad this > WEttuuni G. Pottefrhns been appointed Vice Con- P- saluf Bhttgfona for the. port of Apalachicola in the Ustritoty of Ftoraiis, and officially recognized by tha Tfcesfiiknttof the Uniteil States. PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL. • c* • TUrtvaduy, December 31,1848. CmscII naec-^pcesent, the* Mayor, Aldermen Gautlww>,Ch.yleff, Shofier,Wagner, Butler, Boston, j licAO&Mr, and Lewis. The of die hint Electing were' read and cunfiinmtfd. A" • He ghee of the Docket Court, were confirmed. Benny HeVatenBctt, riutnting Sabbath Oniinnnce, (second offirnce}) fined $39. FtsFuhyv sataffuffience.CLincense forfeited, be ing the 3>h wffitneo,); fined $30* Fta UaavuKin^sameofiwnce,, (first time) fined $■». Itxsiil Diilmr, same ufibnee, (first time) fined $5 The Sowing Ruperts were wad and adapted— The Muyoirhi. whoft* (with the Recorder), was wfiimdl the petitoini of Henry F. Williuk, and the ■ruiHiwtMCT of the Ewtero Wharf Company, has theViioM- tosepoer, than by the occ of tbe'General Asscmbkwufthft Sfcue off Georgia, passed on the £lsa DCmcmhee, MSJltthe waterline of said wharves, waaesmblmBed, alter themust mature deliberation, which said act was ©infictnatory of % report, of diver* Conuniasujners,. appomied Dy the Mayor anil AhhuRnen af the CTty of Srvannah, and o< her Cum. mmunwn appointed hy the CitnitusHtonee* uf Pi- Ullage.,and other Commissioners appointed by all the WhnrfpcopnBWcsi. It fis not withiai the power of this Board to per pfe my 1 Vlhmge lit- JnXtaring Erotn. the letter or spirit cfsaiifi Ih.w,, it being exclusively within the control «f tbe Lrghdhuir*. He htiyor thacufimr ask* to-he discharged from fiathisrconsidiitathini of the subject. ROBEKIT JMf. CHARLTON, Mayor. .-TheRecord*r Ivave to Kaporr, that ho has hod urobnrawnsiihtrmon, the putittna of Mt. H. F. xr.urnlk,, praying Cenncil to allow him “to extend Si*around waysiUJififot beyond the tine of wharf Bends* and Have come tu the conclusion that howev «r Beneffciofl <fi might he. Council bos no authority ■ngaafctfteperitiiink. By the act uf t832.(Pumph. y.ww-%,p. taa> commfBVunm were appointed to establislb * wuter line fur certain wharves in the «pt?v of Savannah, commencing from, the Steamboat CumpanN.'* wharfi. and extending along the river to the aiacs&ieai the ensttuf the city.. That portion'nf thefinek, towhichi the patiriae ufc Mr. WtUlnk refers i* described im the report of the Gomtnisiionets, ftPUmpht. Lswsaf L833y pk. 3i8 r ) a* running from ‘*TftwSh.nfm It ice NEIL Wharf! ihenc* to continue to the upper cnrncir off the whiuf head at present occu mwl by Frederick Wiilink, being the entire side of Acyanhl sfreeB Duck, and thence abing the reid Th«wctaff > 3S56irthardeclare* that the line o*tnb Ii dhtiihy the Commissioners.•‘ball be the true and ITneofwharf Beadhfiir said wharves, beyond which) dims* sllalthe no aaccouahments, under a pemdHrofffMWIvfnoox*®? feot so encroached be iumli aUAds off’aa p^t33-> ■^fhw Am off im (if- 3116)] adapts and confirms th*Bewnm«rir«ftaO»mmissinner». “ II. KL PRESTON, Recorder. ■Srr. flnShnmnr to prohibit the vending or selling anygjimfiryxwux* or merchandize by wholesale or wttaiU fixmn an hoard, uf vessels, withuut Liceuse first hath—wostaadl ai 2d time and passed. ThttBinitnpralUhitthebidtingand selling Bread the Subhmh' oir LnrdV day, was rend the 2d tnmandltheyeneand nay* were called for unit* parangr- Tea*,. Ahlkrmen] Wagner and Lewis ABfennmt: Goodwin, Sliaffer, Cuyfer, Boston pi.riee-, MkAllfeterr »o- it was iwjeatwf. A EiUlttn repeal! the Ordinance defining whn t •IW1) hesonederedip'dilic nuivonces, was read the The amount of Bills passed $73 50. The Farmert Bank of Chattahoochee.-*Tho name of this Bank has been bhansed to the rheenix Bank. , We understand that it has pussed into the bands of gentlemen who will put it again into op eration. We advise thoie whe huve its bills to hold on to them, ns they will prubuhly command the specie on tho first of February.—‘Columbua Argna, 30th ult. general Gaines and lady Are In Philadelphia. From tho Pennaytoanian of Tuesday, we learn that General Gaines, deliver ed a lecture on Saturday evening before the WiMum Wirt Institutisupon his favorite scheme of pruvjding for tho National defence by an organised system of Rail Roads and Stoam Floating Bulletins. The lecturer was listened to with greut interest, and tho whole subject met with the most decided approval. The General imparts to his addtess a lively Charac ter by apt usd rapid illustrations, which would make him a popular lecturer,\ His subject was ful ly and satisfactorily discussed in an hour, when his interesting lady succeedcdliim by particular request, in a few remarks ur»on the hurrois which utwnys accompany war. Blrs. Gaines was nppluild-d to the very echo, atul so dense was the crowd that gathered around tho gullant old sol iier that it was difficult to pass out. And whirl tongue more eloquent and true to nature than that of woinuti’s, depicting the horrors uf tho deadly bteach. An actor in such n srene mny.well excluim— “ O war, thou son of hell 1 Whom angry Heavens do make their minister. The old General once could soy— k The tyrant custom Hath made the fiiut-jr and steel couch nrwar My thrice—driven bed of down-!”-*-- And also— u ’Tis the soldier’s life, ' To have htsbalmy slumbers waked with strife.” * We would be pleased to henr the General as well ns his lady. Wo have no doubt—" Ho speak home.” For “Ido not think, a braver gentleman. More active^-vnlliant, or more vnliant—young, Mace dating, or more bold, la now alive, To grace this latter sge with noble deeds.” We would uot be surprised to see the old Goner al next In tho field as a candidate for the Presiden cy. General Scott is already there. The Nashville Banner of the 13th instnnt snyt that but little hope is entertained of tho recovery of the Hon. Felix Grundy, U. S. Senator from Tenncs see. ' , Benevolence.—ft is snlil that Joseph Gurney, iho celebrated Quaker,during hi* late visit to this country, made donation* to charitable a**ocint|on* toon amount exceeding $80,000. Tim symptom* of the disease of lh* Mayor of Now Yotk have assumed an alarming character, nnd there seems to he slight hopes entertain- d of hi* re cowry. TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1840. SAVANNAH, SATORDaV, JANUARY 0, 1841. Wliolo No. 90. THE ELECTION. • At an election held in this city yestcnluy, for a member of Congress, to ft 1 the vacancy of tho Hon. Walter T. Colquitt, resigned,) nnd for fivo Justices of the Inferior Court, Tax Collector nnd Receiver of Tax Returns. There were 013 voie* pulled.— Thu following i* tho result For Congress. JOHN H» WATSON, (udm.) 410 HINES HOLT, (Harrison,) 428 For jHtlices of (he Inferior Court. M. MYERS, t A. PORTER, A. PORTER, I K. REED, W. T. WILLIAMS, | F. SORREL, J ■Fbr Receiver of Tox Return*. B. LATH HOP, (no appositiun.) For 'Fax Collector. JACOB SHAFFER. EJ* Solomon Cohen, E»q. of this city, has been oppointed.by the President, District Attorney U. S. forthe District of Georgia, vice ft, M. Charlton, Esq. resigned. dJ* At on election hold yesterday tho following gentlemen wore elected Port Wardens for the Port of Savannah:—Levy Hart, John Hunter, Titos. S. Wayne, L. W. Smith, and T. Wood. d5“ Avan election-held nt Wliito'Bluff, on tho 2d instant, for two .Ttrstices of ihe Peace, Major R. W. Fluutnoy, and Mr. W. Brun.-tby, were duly elected. hr Jury—nothing Imt ah oxeortiioner} jmiTtho People of Florida havu long deplored tho unfrequency of such salutary retributive examples. If there In diatts tcere hanged, theirpeupfo will seo wo are at last in onrnest. How much blootl might haw been saved hnd 10 Indians Ivcn hanged live yeurs ago! Col. Harney,we tiro,told, went in nt the Miuitti nnd cam* util near Cupt Snide. If so, ho must have gone where no while nun lint proceeded, anddi* covered n singular and Input taut water communion tlmi bctiw* Ufa South oftiie Peninsular. Vhe party returned r«und the coast, leaving Cant Davidson, win* is, we nle sorry to any, dangerously ill, at Indhm Key. Antllier-expoditiun !• prppoe ing. OilicinI reports may bu expected to morrow by the Wm. Giifton. Wo»nid a few days ago time tbo destruction of one Tndian was of more importance than the Hiking «f Hey rum. Whnt then mvsv bo uur rejoicing when 40 are captured. Our market is Illuminated to night—tho big gun is out—the bund is playing cheer ily, nnd tho people ore limiting for joy.—S/* Ah- guetine Herald. Indiana.—Three Indinps mndo n friendly call lari week upon a negro at Col. Hallows’ planlntinn, 0 miles from Mandarin. They wore vet'y Inquisitive —wtfnted powder, seed cbm, end pen*. Tho hoy gave them the powder In his horn, nnd the other articles, when they \yem awny peaceably.—16it!, Ciipt Broer** Company uf Fudl Volunteers nttneb cd to Col, Dancy's Regiment, has hcmi mustered in* ! he tp-ti will be divided between this place 'ami Mnndntin.—,Ibid. Col. Dtincy lefr tbvvn Wednesday morning, tnk- ingCapt. Mickler, whh‘40 men, nnd Lieut. For* reira, of Cnpt. Dummett’s company! with 20 men* to proceed to Gen. Read’s Hand Quarters, nt.Furi Macomb, front whence tome expedition will proba bly bo started against tlieThilians,' wl)o may bo in the region of Smvannco Old Town and Dundmnn’* Buy.—Ibid, * Sergonrit Haywood, 2d Dragoons, whoso mirac ulous esenpo from thp Indian* at tho mnssnere uf Carloossliatchle, wo related last yeur, died recent ly nt Fort Reid, from (ailing (rum the tup afu home -Ibid. TUemrifinaflim- fniwndwi Or- be mp**l*il r t* that pUMtfitfiir liwcCninml^. which* pruhibfr* the kwp iiqg off tonne tfiaoiS miiaU- onw*^ 'Citti untCtio] off/Ud*trm*n Bader, THarrtiinoMnminwr an Straw* *nd Lbd**. dlmifewrisw bin pmpneui# ns huihl » boos* -B dUiiali.ffi»rdu*iiwirt(’rtt*: .4r»v«ngnr r • Dopartitwnr, is pan plWsiaimmtnL- fjkp mMitiur- off Alilbrman JLr.Wllstwr—■ JUmdfrtr Tliar rtl- Ginf frirravn* for r*qn«scrif •Mit iH4CVtnnntV,.rttw notnUmr «< (Vnt of w*t«« sSLt* mmtk by C, tClurity r f« tfo» direh J**r ikapTsmoril mwe r«»- *> pmwi of tfo* Ff**pi - 1tliwUhrraiofe*«H‘ s*rim*« of wfo*c it* hfo ilTsifo sthtwsnior riiouhf for Wfohr, fisrlhtr igwLHOb*«*<WUuUW# Deathof the Hon. Felix Grundy.—We learn by an endorsement upon the way-bill from Nash* ville, receivol yesterday afternoon, at tho Post Of* ficc,t)iatthe Hon. FelixGrundy, U. Sonntor from Tenners) e, died at his residence on tho 19th Inst.— Pennay/vanian, 29/A till. THE NEW WORLD. We havO received from tho publisher* in New York a number of this splendid specimen of news paper typography. Tho efforts now mudo to dis seminute information through the literary papers must satisfy a rending public. Why, there is a week’s steady reading in this mammoth hebdomcdal. We ha/e not measured it but the Philadelphia N. American says—“ it is the largest folio newspaper ever published It is five feet eight inches by four feot four inches, and con tains nerfrly fifty square fret. It is ornamented with a large number of very spirited wood cuts, and the rending matter is attractive and in good taste. Locke’s celebrated Moon story is present* ed entiie. CABINET MAKING. We loam fro/h Washington, that it is generally supposed, that Mr. Clay hus urranged the Harrison Cabinet as follows: Secretary of State—Mr. WEBSTER. Secretary of the Treasury—Mr. SERGEANT Postmaster General—Mr. EWING. Secretary ofWar—Mr. BELL. Attorney General—Mr. CRITTENDEN. Secr.-taryof the Navy—Doubtful. _ Mr. Clay to bo the cauditdate for tho succession. CAar. Mercury of Thursday. A New Senator from Illinoia.—Samuel Me Ro berts (Van Buren) was, on the 16th inst. elected, by the Legisature of Illinois, to be a Senator of the United States from that State for six years from the 3d day ofMarcb next, when the term of Mr. Sena-; tor Robinson will expire. The state of the vote was a* follows: For Mr. McRobert* 77; for Cyrus Ed wards g) 50 votes. ACQUITTAL OF MRS. KINNEY. The evidence in the case of Mrs. Hannah Kinney charged with the poisoning of her hu.-band, before the Supreme Judicial Court of Bnrinn, Was con cluded at a little after 10 o’clock on Friday morning last. Mr. Dexter then commenced the closing argu ment for tha defence, an J closed at half pail 4 P- M. In the afternoon, a quarter before 3, Mr. Austin, At»ornry General, commenced the closing argument for the prosecution, and occupied the court till nearly 8 o’clock. The prisoner was then call* d out, but declined saying anything, not feeling equal to the attempt. Judge Shaw then, after consulting the wi*h«s of the jury, delivered his charge, which was concluded about 10 o’clock.— Tb* jury then retired, and in about five minutes re turned with a verdict of Not Guti.Tr. Mrs. Kinney was then discharged. When the verdict was ren dered there wasagrest applause, but it was imme distely suppressed. The crowd went down Into thwa ruet and theregnve expression to their feel inga.—Penuayloantan, 29»A nil. A Magnificent Volcano.—-It is said ihstKiruca^ • burning mountain of Owyhee, on* uf tho Sand, wich Islands, baas crater of more than nine miles in eireumferenc*, and lately threw forth a lake of Ifyiid lava, nmt mils and % half broad, emitting in ums« heat, and glowing with intense brilliancy. A Million of Pseceager* (according to the New Teel* fttandard) baa* pt**#d over tha Eastern rail road between Boawo andfiafom, in llufo mote than two year*, during nMeli lima ft is a*«en#d that no wnUtatof Aft? hied hus oecurred, and not qmoI tfceaumb*r#ffrt7dtof*UMt«rUen injured- IMPORTANT FROM FLORIDA. Wo bnvp melancholy new* from Flnrido. anrt yet a prospeci that most of the Indians will diibrnit. A tnrre!«pondcnt'‘writea us from Fort Holmes, E. F. that' the Express has just arrived from- tho Werinnd aay3, that,a wagon going from Mica'napy to Waknknta, escorted by ton men, was attacked by Indians, and Lieut. Sherwood, uhd Mrs. Lieut. Montgomery, Sorgi. Cmle nnd three privates killed.” Thus lias a young and tender female fnllea n victim to tho devotion of her sex. We have since lenrned from a passenger by the Florida'^ that Bits. M. was but recently th&ttWL Another officer too, of our gallant litlln At my lias nl.o fallen by her ride, while four other* havo shared their fate. The .murderers must ho a portion of C'aacoo- chce’s party, determined to drink tho bl'od of tho' whites, whenever opportunity offer*? We also learn from a friend nt Pilntkn (Dec, 30th) that nn the 20lh ult. two wagons belonging in Lieut. MeKinstry, woe robbed nt the nine mil- hammock nnd one oft he teamster* killed by tho In . dians. Col. Riley, 2-1 Infantry, and Lieut. MoK, w«re «omo distance in the relit* With only four men and come very near being decoyed into the handsoP the Indians, who .were numerous, they being ignor ant of t,he uttack upon the wagons, nnd believing that the Indians were waving a white flag. Col. Harney, it will bo seen has had some satis faction for the Cnlonsnhutchie affair. Wo extract from the Republican tho following particular*. From yeaierdafa Republican. INTERESTING AND IMPORTANT NEWS ;FROM FLORIDA. It D with mucli gratification thnt wo sprend be fore our readers the following detail* received from On officer in tho army, arrived in town on Friday morning. Inst. From sixty w seventy Indian warriors hnvo come in to the different posts with their rifle* which they have surrendered, lira* munifesiingu willingness on their pnrt to close the wnr. It is pertinent to observe that since iw commencement such a thing has not huppened. This fnct, joined to the report brought by those who have surrendered, thnt many of their- brethren use about to follow their example, ‘a'ffurds n strong grniiml ofiiope ihutlhi) wav may noun bo tcrmlnii fed. At Fort Fanning, el.ven warriors came in on or about Chrixrtnas dny. At Tampa, fifteen warriors came in on Christmas day. Seven of them came to Fort King in quest of Gen. Armisteod—they afi terward* left that pos^to seek him at Tampa Bay. At Cedar Keys, either seven or seventeen warriors surrendered themselvc*, our informant due* not re- culloct which. Several others (numbers not known) enmo in at No. 4, apoitbetwi-euCedar Keysund Fort Fanning. Among llioso who have surrendered, there are but two or three Mickusuckius, the most iniomimble of all the tribes. It is Supposed ihatthe presence of tho delegation from Arkansas hn« contributed to produce this state of tiling*. Somo of the delegation are with the Com mnnding General, and somo with the enemy. They compote at present n very weak tribe in the West, and are desirous to atrengthnu themselves by the addition of those remaining in Florida. Tho white (lug was flying tit oil the military posts where this information had been.received. Major Fauntleruy, while on a scout on the SOilt ult. cuplured seven Indiansubuut seven miles from Tampa. LATER!—INDIANS CAPTURED. By the arrival yesteidny of the U. S. steamer Newbern, Capl. McNulty, from Pilutkn, we learti from our correspondent, that on the 25th ult. Col- Harney succeeded in capiuring about FORTY INDIANS. He hung ten Warriors nnd took the the balance prisoners. Col. H. km one man. This hows may be relied or-, but as the boat wa* about leaving Pilotkn when the Exprei* arrived with It, our correspondent hud nut time to communicate pariiculuri. STILL LATER. The above news in i elution to the capture of the Indians, is confirmed by the arrival m this post last evening of the sclir. I.urana, Captain Swaiey,in 24 hour* from St. Augustine. It appear* that Col. Harny, nttiie head of 30 men, came upon n camp of some GO Indians abqiil 25 miles from Key Biscuyno. Tin* Indians wero at their breakfast: The attack Wti** 1 ahaip, abort and deciiivc,” and the result most fortunate. Ten olthe wnrriors wero killed in the encounter, or imng afterwards, and forty-five women and children were taken prisoner*. Col. llutney lust one man killed and five were wounded. The prisoner* were brought into Key Biscnyne. from which post Col li, again set out onthe28ih ult. with a detachment of 75 men. in quest of Sam Jones’ camp, to which one of ilia warriors who was spared to act as a guide, promised to conduct him. Since the above was in type we wero . t . ly furni-hod by tho editors of the Republican wl h tha following extracts from the St. Augustine Her ald of the Istinsr. received by tho strainer rtorlde, Capt. Nock, (our copy being mislaid) which con firm* the capture, &c. of ImMuiis by Col. Harney, GLORIOUS. Forty Indiant Captured,—-Ten Indiana Hanged. Capt. Thnmijsun, of tho Walter M-, arrived lids morning from Key Ui*ceyne, brings a verbal renurt tlmlCtil. Ilurnoy, who hud protended into tho Ever gluiies with ninety man, *ucreeded in direovering lint town ol We ki kuk, where Im captured 20 wo m ,-n and children and uim warrior, and killed or hanged lew warriui* (they wore perhaps allot in iho aiinekrtl.) , Wo Imp", Imwnvrr, dial they were hanged, al ter hslng niiight alivn, for lietnii|lng to lh« gang which oimtnlued the massacres at L'*rloo«ecbauhia and Indian K*y. Ow/ 'loiarvol neither marcy.judf (Correspondence of the Savannah Georgian ) WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 1840. Nothing of importance has been finally accom plished at iho Capitol since I wroto yuii. Mr Beninit who had previously n«ked leave to introduce a bill to tax paper isstios, withdraw tlio same, as tho constilulinnul impediment of originating such a mna*uro in the Senate, niight interfere’ with the- ultimate nction of that body of tho subject. Hu however gavo notice that ho would move it a* nn amendment la the revenue bill when thoapprnpria* lions should bo sent from >ha House. This pro*: position of the Misrnurl Senator will probably elicit scrnlo debate, of which you shall bn advised when it occurs. A* n measure of revnuo it will probably bb opposrd by the Bank Ttlrifl’I'urfy, for orido from the abstract merits or demerits of tho qtiaititm, it is the prime object of Mr. Webster and Ids ’ad herents, to produce n dc/fcji, iipon which they,hope to found u public debt, and which must strengtlien their prospect a for a* Nutionnl Bank. A petition from certain merchants of Nowburyport, Mass,, praying the repbai or modification of the act o' 1830, regulating the commercial intercourse be* tween the United States and. certain British Colo, nies, was presented by Mr. Diivis. As ttyo policy of M ebmmercTBTPcc1pniHty tf is involved in tho matter of the petition, a scattering tjcbalo occuired upon its reference, audit wtii finally ordered to tho Com mittee on Cotnmercn. In thu Houio tha pre-emption question carno up on the resolution of Guv. Roynolds, oi .Illinoi*, to refer a memorial from the Legislature of that Stole to the Committee'on Public Lands, with instruc tion* to report a bill to grant prospoctlvb pro-emp lions to sottlcrs and to reduce tho prico of lands according to tlu ir value. Mr; Cost Johnson, of Maryland, moved to emend by Instructing the Committee to report a bill to divide, the proceeds of these lunds among the States. After-some de bate tho whole matter was postponed until Wedno* day week, whon.it will Como up fobs Chlc'r. The House passed o hill appropriating money frtr 'rtie benefit of Navy Tensioners, and repealing u) the same lime, by tho amendment nffered by Mr. Shop, ard, of N. Caioliiin, tlio nr.t of 1037, which wrested tho Nuval Pension Fund from its original purpo Thi* morning howovor,'(Dec. 29th) a motion was made to reconsider. While this motion- was being debated, n message frnnftho Senate announc ed iho death of the Hon. Felix Grundy, of Tonnos- see, who died recently lit,his revidCnco. Gen,. A. V. Brown moved the usual resolutions of sorrow, condolence and adjournment, and delivered,, )n u very solemn mnrtnnr, to a silent House, a short funerul orntinn, wherein he appropriately, eloquent ly and-pathetically rehearsed an epitome of the. rUo ' progress und death of this veteran and disiinguirii- ed Democratic Statesman. • In consequence of this lamentable event, by which the country lias born deprived of tlio services of on nblo Senator, both House* of Congress adjourned over until tho'30th insthnt. During thedehntn which sprung.up on ilia Pen sion Bill, that curious nnd unintelligible specimen of human nature, John Quincy Adams, made anoth er pubiie demonstration of his “private griefs.’’ Calculated nn • podiniory basis, tho American pen plo were “penny wise and-pound foolish” when they refused to elect this man to his second Presi dential term. Irascible; petulnnt, dogged ond vin dictive by nature, hi* great political defeat hn» by no meanssnfionvd the asperities of hi* temper, or Contributed to tho calmness ofhis latter days. Not. withitanding the hill wa* plum and simple in its terms, and one on which no man who was disposed to relievo the necessities of those who have been disabled in duf,naval battles, could hesitate fi>ro snnment *, he occupied the floor for upward* of two hours, in n violent and mdiicriminaie atinck upon Mr. Van Boren, and tlio Secretnry of tho No. vy! At this period when one third ol tho short session has pussed away, any man wfio has nn ordi- dinury regard for the despatch of iho business of tlio country, would refrain from consuming more time thnn wa* absolutely neoMSory for tho elucida tion of tho subject under consideration. But n* H wholly absorber! by tbo recollection of hi< defeat, he seems fatally bent to avenga himself on all men and all things, ond ho loses no opportunity wf ire*- passing not only on tiro House, but on thenroucom- mon rules of ofdcraml decorum. It would be a curl ou* calculation to shew the amount of public lime and money this unfortunate old man has expended, in giving vent to hi* woundorl feelings, und mortl fied pride. 1 am sure it would be, if accurately cast up, no inconsiderable item in the account of congressional expense, for when'll is remembered thut Congress sits upunnn outlay of nenrty $3,0110 per diem,you may form remocriimsto of the loss wo sustain by iho repealed tffotU «>f the ex-I’reaident to blow off Iris steam. Slavery and abolition peti tions are iho poculiar themes of his declamation, and it seem* to |lv* 1dm s sort of hitter delight l» ring tho changes on there inflammable subjects in thu eats of Southern member*. In his calmer mo- mants his aspect U vonembfo In iheextretne. linn- stricken, nnd shorn of Id* locks by the frosts of eighty winters, with a weeping eye, a palsied hand, and Iramiituua voice, ho at llrat exrite* I" the beholders deep fueling of veneration J und then when )<"i combined with virtue nnd intelligfli.ee, Is nlwny* entitled to lYcoive. Uut lot somu proposition In which lie take* nn interert ho sprungupon tiro Hutisw —the abolition uf shivery In tho Dirirle.t of Colum bia, or b diplomatic mission to tlio Rej itblic nf Huyil, nnd thiiCtibless Tiger is nrouseil j an imbrcilu fury shakes his wliolo frame, the blood flios to hit fact*, und the top ofhis head which is perfectly bare be. comes ns red us if living runts of firowetu heaped on it. Ills rrnrked voice, ttrained to the highest pitch*! grates harshly on your car, ami tho whole ninn ges‘ tlculutlng wildly, uml screaming out his tlennnclu- thru*, present* so perfect a picture of tho last tinge oflnsahlty that any other nssomhly Ulitlhw'Hoilso u* Representative* would Kirn .awny i» sorrow and dis- euitnt such an exhibition of human infirmity. Bu 1 that honnrnhlo body delijihled, at lanst of Isto years, with any thing that promise* on uproar, Invar ultly responds ra'fUcto drtctedimblo ouihrenklng* by peals of laughter, mid disorderly »morrimrnt. There do- mnnitrtfliunt on tho.part of tha Tlnusa Instcud of rebuking and humitUtring tho vonorohln mem ber, nppenr* to hrtve'nn other effect nn him than to excite him to renewed ell’urt* of violence nnd rngo- You hnturally usk why nro not tho rules of the House enforced upon him, nnd order maintained upon com pulsion of parliamentary inivs,or why duo* not some member chastise with tho severities of speech this recklessness of tho feeling* of others. The. only inti* factory reply-is thut tlu» House, front a forlienr unco and respect -fur extreme age cofti'fnon to nl’ man, would not Infertile nny infliction sufficiently, harsh to reduce Mr. Adumi in order and decorum. A young man, however severe to retort, or oloquont in reply, could not nhtuin the license of the House to hurl buck upon the ex-I’rosident.his violent nnatli, emns; for nlthdligli disnrdei ly nnd reedy nt nil times for n tow among themselves, they seem ns if by com* men consent to grunt to Mr. Adntm tho impunity of sge. Nor does rids old gtfhllemon nppenr t‘» hove lost his ambition of phicc. Ho isanid to bo ex" tremcly sensilivoaml nnxious about the vnenney in the Somite, which occurs from the election «f Mr. Senntut Davit, vulgarty known ns "hontal Jo/in,” to the Gubernatorial Chuir of the 0 iy St.ite. In- Htmid of counting hi* bend*, nnd preparing flrr his final oxit. llds'ucfogenartait is still g^luplngafter the honors of this world. There me thousands i f speculations nrul specula- t«rs hcre.nt to tbo Cabinet of the l’residuui elect. Mr. Ncshititrf yOUr State, Hvas right when he said, during tire Into contest, '•thnt Mr. Webster Could select his place in General Harrison's Cabinet."— This is literally Irnis—Dnniol Webster, tiro Irlmr light liui'tford Cbriveiilhiri Federalist.u’ui opponenl id fhe Inst wnr—the Bunk man—tariff man—the hJvocaio nf internal improvements, of tlio nssump* tion of Statu debts by the General Government, nnd of tiro reception by Congress of AtTolitinn pelUjuns; this man, who, nlihougli powerful' in Ills Intellect nnd consLlonlin his political opinions, must yet he more objectionable to Southern men’hnd Southurn interest, than nny other living politician,can uttdbubt* edly iimumn what slntion ho plenties in tlio Culiiuot of the approaching administration. It is thought hero, by llioso who seem to know host, llmvhow choose to he Secretaiyof Stnte, and that Mr. Cloy will confirm tho appointmonl. This must lie cheer ing news to thu whig* who roiide South of Mason’s mid Dixon’s Line. How admirably nnd Atiilifully they will ho represented nnd sustainrd In their principteaund policy, by iho “God-like Daniel 1" The idea that Mr. Webster will not abandon Ills extensiva practice, is not credited liy llioso whoaro well acquainted with him. That Ids prufosaiauat emoluments miglit ba largo if he thought proper to make them so, by attending to his bushfes-*, no one doubt*. But his habits of life ore so lobse, hnd ho 1* so indulgent to himself in all those things w hich unfit* u man fur the severer duties ofhis profession, nnd he hns become lately to nogligent nnd luxy,ilial his fees nro by no mentis whnt they used lobe: mill hrnco, hi*>supposcd willingness to accept, if Mr. Clny p'nasoi, tlio Secretaryship of tlio Sm to Depart ment. » pray you congratulate the Harrison men of Georgia on this pnxpect—most cspccitilly llioso who were Nullilior*. There 1* auHi n delight ful congeniality of ierttitiicut between Mr. Web ster mid thumscive*, upon the *ul*ject of Slate Sovereignly, that they must bo in rcrindea w lion they leant thut the first tifiico in lito gift i.fthu new Government will ho filled by a man, to whose sperches mill opinions upon tho Tint unexplained proclamation uf Gen. Jackson their grunt “ stand ard benrer" refeired, ns n true exposition of the principles of our confederacy. These original N'ulli- fieri wilt remember thnt ns «oun at Geti. Jackson axplnincd whnt somo of id* aid friends deemed objectionable in tliAt‘r<*mnrk«blrt paper, Mr. Web iter and the whole Federal boat wlio bad just boon rinsing hosanna* lollio Hero of Now Orleans turned un their iteels, and utii:errinoiiiou«ly quit him. N„ ono knowscertuirily who is to tnku tho Teraaury, nnd they can't find a tnmi hold enough to become the Post Muster General. John llell the Into Whig candidutn for Speaker, nnd who voted agotns/'the exclusion of Abolition petitions from tho House, wil| be Secretary of Wnt, It is rumored that Mr. Gil. mer, in consideration of tin' uiicrremmduu* manner in which hi* proicurions wore sot aside by tho pro*, sent Legislature orGcnrfcbi to make way for Mr Uuirivn, will he hoisted, doubtless to Id* own infr nite surprise, into the Department of tlie'Nnvy.— filr. Crittonden, of Kentucky, is (o bo Attorney Geii^ oral, and this lie obtuins a* a - remuneration for the. extraordinary flagellation Wreceived during; the last svssion from Sonntor Allen, of Ohio, when they bandied between them in the Senate Chamber, the WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 0, 1849. THE CAROLINE AFFAIR. Thi* outrage, U will ho scon by tho Washington letters, line been officially avowed by the British Minister [Mr. Fox] as nuthorlicd by tho British Government. Wo hope, to lmvo the Curtcspon deuce on the subject by to tiny's mail, to lay before our renders. THE NEW PRESIDENT. We learn from tho Unllimuro Pilot; that "tho Whig Central Committee of Nashville, Tennessee, lmvnnppn tiled Col. Wm. Murtln, of Smith county, and Doctor Boyd McNnlry, and Joseph W. Cluy, of Davidson, hi a committee to escort Gen. Jlnrri- son from Ills residence, to'Washington." We vlmll writ to sco tho pngonntry which will be got up when General IUiuiison Outers Washington. Ifhoridos it> n» » private chiton -without loud huttat and throwing up of caps, wo shall bo agreeably diiap- pointed, for the Harrison Whig* hnvo Vdocntly re joiced «o much in Log Cabin exhibitions, that vvu wottid not ho surprised t» see tlio Old General placed by “goud nntured friends” on tho top ofonei whit two live room a* Ida aul-de-eampa. It would only be tho finnlo df ’11101 ridiculous mummory which hn* beguiled many Into tho support of Gen eral Hsuhisom, i!;o Standard Bearer of tlio prln. cipirs!! of the Purty which has, at last, acquired pnwor. It Ivlll’bo a ninltor of grout interest to tho Rupub. licun Penpio of tills count ty to ghsorvo, during iho next four years bow thnt pnwor f« used, for tlio ben- ofit nf thnt People, who linvehoen promised evory hicsrilng, almost uniler'tbo'Siln. CENTRAL RAIL ROAD & BANKING CO. The following gentlemen worn on Monday Inst, elected Directors of tho said Bunk for tho present yemt— John W. Anildrsdn, L. BnldMn, Isanb'Co hen, W. W. Goriion, J. I*. Henry, Robert Ilnber- sliuni, H.McAipin, B. Snider nnd F. A. Tupper. And lit n meeting oftlin hoard yesterday, VV..W, G on non, Esq. was unnnintously ro-elected Presi dent. -O'--hi«ipi * SAVANNAH I* breaming more and more a link of a great chain which it to ■connect tho Enstmn, Northern, Middle,'und Southern Suites with tha groat and fertile West. Thu subjoined communication hns boon handed to us foi* publication. It evince* ilia undying, tiny inoxthijfoinhnbla spirit which .pervades tlio M-Junto Rail Rond Com pany and it's energetic Presilient. For ourself wo lmvo been no "summer day” ad vocate of that Central Road whoso benefit* nfo now hrilotiby Western Georgia, hut have lolled dny and night in setting forth it* advantages,whiln nblo men la our community have represented In iho-Legislature tho arplrniidns (irSuvnnnintm for n connexion with their Brethren of Middle and Western Gcotgiu. Who tlm\ breathes the-air of our Commercial Emporium docs not desire a consummation so de voutly to ho wished, a* nn uijiritcrKipted interconfoo between tho Comntnruiul Capital of Georgia, und tlio scut of Government of Gooigir.'* thriving (lutighter, Witb«MUlt» Ml'ily-of luouimntonj the planters of Alabama cnniibt bo expected to suck new nvenucs, and with it they tuny sunn discover their interest in transporting their produce lo tlio Munroc Rail Runt], lo seek via Macon, tha wharvos of Oglethorpe's beautiful city. [coMMU.vtciTxn.J MONROE RAIL ROAD LINE. Ti%company is storking tho lino frith superior Couches, hi'tivoon the Control Rail Rond'nnd lids, arid from this Ruud to tho* Montgomery Roil Ruud, so a* in form n direct communication botween So. vnmmJi nnd Montgomery, by joint arrnngumont between tlio three Rail Roods nnd this Company’s Slngit*. This connexion will bo formed and in opera* ion by tlio first of Febroaiy, und it is thu putyioia toeonliliilo tho lino through lo Vicksburg, by con• nexion with the Vicksburg Rond by tha first uf May next, forming n linor/fdirect communication, n ' 'iigtli of up ward* of ivvon hundred miles, uf which litem is now in operation about throb hundred miles nf itiiil Road. Tha Slock employed Will ho of suporiilr quality, Uto.ngHnU bini driver* will bu so- footed with duo regard to tlwlc rohricty and geuthx- manly ilopnrlfiient, 1 iindur wfinro protection’tho tra velling public muy feci tlinm*elvo* limply protected. ThisCotnpuny will undeavilr to' render iliemtfclvc* woilhy of public cotifideiiCo and patrnnngo. If wo In ibis wn feel confidant th* public will hot bo found wanting on their pnrt. Such papers ns may consider this notice of vuluo to their rouder* are requusled toglve it a place in their columns. L. L. GRIFFIN, 'Tro.l.lvnl M. It. It & V. Co. Tho Chevalier Joncliim Cosnr do Figonioro o Mtfrn was received by the I’lesidenton the 30th ult. nnd promoted his letter* erodontiul ns Minister Resident of PoiMlgnl near tho United States, rival pretensions »f tlu ir respective candidates for tbo Presidency. You usk wltut will. Georgia and South Carolina got? Why, nothing! Gon. liar, rison and his friend* can, nnd will do without th* little squad of Southern Whig*, who nro even now hanging on only to the nether skirts of iho Grra -t Mammoth Federal Party, They will ba slohl-o.l off, and told to “seek their reward in on approving conscience.” They will be in die wnyitf Harrison’s friend* upon ilie Bunk, internal Improvement nnd Abolition questions. Ileiico the anxiety already manifested in certain quarters to go> rid of them, “ peaceably if they can, forcibly 4f ih«y must.” I propose ir. a little while, to give you some ex tiacis from Mr. Webster’s speeches, against “tho s<-cnnd war of our Independence,"doubting ii"t that by jo doing, I shall contribute infinitoly to the com- foil, si,lure, and satisfaction of certain Modem Wing* in Georgia, who supported for tbo Prostden cy, a man selected by Mr. Webster, o* Ids standard bearer, in Consequence of tbo identity of principle* which existed between them. ALABAMA. Benjamin Filxpatiiek, nf Autauga County, hnd been nominated by n State Convention nt Tusruloo- an, as the Candidate uf the Democratic parly for Governor of Alabama at the election in August next. Tlio Mobile Register nf hist Tuesday sny»t—A passenger from New Oilcan* report* that whennt Pus* Christian yesterday, he honnl lli.it there had I,r.-n n seriousnflVavon Imard thu schr. Alexander from Now Urluius, hound to Pensacola,' near Cal Island, hot ween *otne sailors, who were passengers, nnd ifoi new <.f tho vessel. Twqnr thren were killed nr leverely wounded. Tlu’caplaia rl-her vt remember what ha ha* barn-hit former elevation, „ r w*< put nil shore and got to Pus* Christian, aiul lAmcrful IiiI.IImi, you .r«m.lin«J u yMllilui *lwn IwwMW.l.!., «.>.» »uJu. ill Ullt iJ.r.LM. .f>*l n«r«i <*bl<b MIIMM I •I««u<.w4»»ml» W.V.HvI, tllK CASK OK ALKXANDEjl M'LEOD. Much liitdrelit is excited in . Upper Canoda in be hn'.fuf ll»i* individual,!Kho U imprisoned at Lock port, on a charge of murder, connected with tho dosttnotion of tho Cun line. It appeals from u to ply uf tUn l.fouU Governor (»f U. U. to a petition of the inhabitants of Niagilr.t townritip, that mcniures are in piugtdaa with ovfow In tha pri*oncr'irefoa*e. Whether ur'nbt tlmy will succucd, wo shall know indno time.—Exchudge paper. From the. Niagara Courier. . _ Cask or McLx»r>.— 1 ho examination of Afoxnn ifor McLeod before Judge Bnwun, in this villago, has been closed. It resulted in remanding him lo jail 'until ho enters into reCognixanco of $5,000 lor himself, with twn sureties nf $2,500 each for hi* npfienY'inco at court, to answ er to tin* charjo of bo ing ut.fi of til" gang Cnnrcrned in the murder com uriuod ntlliolimo tho steomhiiat' Carolina was burned. The testimony given in, is very contradio l„ r . M .veral witnesses tending lo implicalo tho prisoner, while others swore positively to his being elsow hero nn the night of thu burning of tho Caro line. If upon trial, tlio accused should succeod in establishing nn alibi, arid an arquilui follow, the question growing oat of that o flair, will of course be postponed. But if nn tho contrary, a Jury shall adjudge him guilty, llien wi I tiro ruse oisumo a sc riousnspect. Our national government would not if it could, nnd could nut if it would, interfere with tin* derisions of the courts of New York for an of fence committed against the laws of this state; tha penalty must Iw,inflicted. On tho other bond, tire act for which Mol,oud is nrrungrd has been tunc tinned by too British Government,'and »ho (abound to protect bar subject*. How then, in suclincuu lingerie 1 ; a collision between tho two tuitions is to lie uvoided, it is not ens'y to foresee. FROM.CHINA. Tho Providence Jounitii .adds tho following to the n«w* frum China, by the Lion. Tho Clifoosn warn in high spirits, not fearing Admiral Elliott or Ills ships of war. The opinion* of foreigners at Macao seamsd In bo changing with rnpuet tn the »ueo<*»s nf tha Bib irail, and it wim thought by tnunv that sumo two or three years would ho spout in making captures along the const, which would lmvo litlln efleet on llto em pire at large, uni after such lioimmsirutiims the iiiMlilu force would withdrew, nnd foayn the Chinese nl liberty in agiihi resume trade with foreigner*. The Rri'irit hnd raptured a tmiuhsr of Cl.ineiu junk* ami taken thorn to Cu|e.iug-Mouu, fouing (hu Chinese new go nt forge. .... iif mi .llaot. by i]i, a C\iu.r.e. c,pt.' IV.bIob snow, tlm Atnirfoan Consul, remained nt Macao.- ' Capt, Martin elan stare* lhaftbo British ship Mangalore, for England, struck on the Scharedor* bonfo, nnd afterwards gut off leaky, And atfompfW to reach Huinvln, hot the leak increasing suddenly, she sunk off the North Watcher, in 10 fstbatna wuter, in tho Java *< a, the captain arid qrfew csoap . Ing In their bonts with only wltut they had on in which they reached Batavia previous to 1st Sept. • \ —i- FROM THE NORTI!, in advance of the Mail. By thu st^nm packet Southerner, Cnpt. Wombcr sio, frutpCltatfotton, wcy««wrdn> morning receW ed from our Correspondents of the Courier ond . Rending Room, the Clintfoslmi Patriot of Monday aftutuuun, tho muruliig paper* uf same day, a Nuw York pnper ofSlitlt ult. nnd Baltimore of -31st uR, Freni the Editors of tho Republican wo lmvo re ceivciln Baltimore paper of 1st Inst. Our correspondent* write nt 2 o’clock on Mon dny—“Tlio Wilmington Boat arrived till* morping, hut bring*only otic tnttil—(tho uno duo yesterday.) Thnt duo today is not leyonii Washington, D. C.” V. S. Senator from Maryland.—Tbo Hon. John Leeds Kerr, hns bean efoctud to fill the vttcnrv cy iit tlio U. S. Setinto occasioned by tlio d. ath of Dr. Spetico. Tho PresUfout kaarccognfoud William Fester Oils n» Vice Consul nfSwcduit uml Nurwuy fur tho States of Massachusetts, Now Hnmpiddio und Maine. The Mayor of I’covUfoncc.tho linn. Stimuel WU lard Bridgliam, one of iho oldest members of ilia Bar of Rhode Island and Mayor of Piovhfonco ilnca the o<*gniiiuiliuii nf a city governniont there in 1832, died in that place recently. ATrto Jiampihire.—The LfgHluturo of New Humpsiiitoadjourned on Thunduy lurt. Among tlieir doings vvu see thu passage of n resolution in structing iheir.Senators and requiting their Rcpro acntniives in Congress to use all proper exertions to procure the piissugn nf n law by Congress fixing up on the sumo day for thu clioico of Presidential EI» 0 turathrouglii.ut tlio United Status. Among the bill* thnt did not pass, tvns t)i|tl to destroy all onrpornlo property, nnd nmoltg bill*passed Ma , ono ta borrow $(10,1)00 for tho u«o of thu Stuto, another ic. 'cstab Urit Bunk Cummisiionors, nnd u third to authorixo tha erection of n LunuVc Asylum,- The Jarvia Cute,—Tim nulnncliniy litigation between tho Rev. Dr JnrvW and ids wire, which no feu pied so much lime in the Legislature uf Connect l cut Inst year, hus been ronnwed, we regret to sny, in thu Chancery of this State; nnd luilg reports of tliu mnltnr have appeared in somu nf tbo popers. Wo do not ii-othiit uny nddiiionnl matter ishiotight up, except that Mrs. Jnrvis hti* become u resident of I’M* State, uppeutnnily fur the nuepuses uf bring iugliorgifovauoes within the purview of our iribll* mils. She sets forth in her hill tho inmo entVngcoua tulo of wrongs inflicted, mid its iiutli is denied, ns bufuto.hy thu dcl'ottdftiit. Thu mutter wn* nrguecl lost Sntuiduy, Itoforo the vice C'luincuilor, on thu op jilienliun of Mrs.'Jnrvis for nu order compelling her iiushntii) to tnnko provisions for her while tlio suit is ponding—technically cnllcd alimony, Farther argument to bo heurd on tlio noxt motion day.—N. Y. Corn. Gou. Hurrlsan Is expected to fotvvo Nutih Bend nhnut the41It January; uml mbit in Washington ulimit iho middle of the month. Tho Hun. Aluses II. Gi-innell i* In Boston, at triiding tho'lt lul of his libel suits nguiust thu editor and publish _t of the Huy Stnlo Dethnerat. - By tho burning of nhnrniifCunt. Gaily, In Mount Crawford, Augustu Co. Vu, nn the night cf the 4l(t (pstunt,-tho well known stallion' Byron, belonging to Cpl. Win, K. Johnson, and mid tube worth $4800, wus burnt. A Profitable Priaon.—Governor Shannon, in Ids lute incNsitgo to tho Legislature of Ohio, givus tho annexed account of inn Stuto I’onilcnUum It appear* tu bo conducted prosperouriy, by its present Wurdun. The total cuih receipts for tho year ending November 30tb‘, uru noted nt 44,000. Tutnl cash nuymun'l*, $27,000. Thu entire, earn ing* iff tho institution'during the year amount lo $52,000, which is a null of $25,00(1 above all expen ditiiro* for superintendence, und so forth., Tlio number of convicts nut-lie 30ih November was 488. But four death* have occurred during the yeur. • fQf Old Chrialmaa.—Al Pori lurid, on Christmas,ovd nt II o’clock, the thermometer stood nt 4 degrees iibovo zero, nnd Christmas morning al 7 o’clock, it wns nt 4 degrees below xoro. At Boston, nn Christmas mornirtg. tha tormomo ter was loworfoy eight degrees thnn.'ojlany preceding day this winter. Al 7, A. M-,.itatooiNt 4^, and did not rUo during tho -duy higher than Ifr at 11. 1*. M.. It wa* ot 7. \ [Oorrespondeiipe of tlio Southern Patriot.] WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. In the Sonnte lids morning. Mr.Crittonden, from tho Jiidichiry Committee, reported n hill providing fora general Bunloupt Law. Its features do not innterlullydlfler from tho hill ofiusl sesainn. It will ho considered ut nn enriy dny, thnt is, if tho’runa way Sonin or* rotiirn lo llioirduty in duo senson.— It ia really amusing, tnsau the men who exhibited such (lowing /.oal for tho "dear pontile” dtirirtg tho recess, nmv desortlng their posts, und louring such important inensurus a*-tlio Pro-ompilon nnd Bnnk rui« Bid* lying durmunt, on account of their absence, Tlio hill providing fur tho appointment ofa Board nfCnrniimrionor* to henr mid decido iipon cinima ngnliiM tho United States, wa* taken up, and after somo debute, its further couridorution was poslpou ed. In iho Ilousn of Representatives, Mr. Adams asked lotivo to introduce a scries of resolutions, do. tiouncing the practice of investing government mo nny in Stuto Stocks or Banks. Objection being • mode, tho resolutions were nut considered J' -Mr, A. intend* culling them up nt the first opportunity when revolutions *bn!i Lo in order. The House then resumed tlio consideration of tho motion to reconsider llie vote by whicfi',nn Tuesday, ilia hill for tho payment ol Navy I’vttnUtaxbnd been pasted, containing nn umendment repealing tho , Pension Act of 1837. A long debate nrose on the merits of die low in question, nnd on tbo propriety of its repeal, wbie.lt hod not-term inn led, when u motion to ndjourh was mode, uml prevailed. Mr. Holme*, of your Stnlo, arrived today, and took hi* scut. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. The Senate was engaged thu whole duy on privuto businosit. i In tun Uouso of Representatives, tho motion to remnsider tho vote hV which the Pension Act of 1837 foul boon repealed-, onmo up in it* order, and oftvr debate, thu question wn* taken i£pd decided itt the negative. So tlio House refused to reconsider, and ho fur ns it is concerned thnt law is repealed. A very important monsnge wns receivou from the President in rotation to thu burning of the Caroline, - by tbo Cumid/niis. It enclosed copies of corres pondonco between Messrs. Fox and Forsyth on tlio subject. Mr. Fox demands that tlm United States shall give op McLeod, now ou his dial ut Rochester for participating In ihe burn tag of thu Caroline, Ha - wishes bis dumand on the ground thnt tbo porson* in thnt uct were othtag under the aulhorl ty of their Government. Tbo Secretary in his ro ply regrets .thut lire demand cannot ho* complied with, inasmuch os tboj-ose is within the jurisdiction of the Stnte of . New Yink, with which the General Government has no right to interfere. Tho Secretary further says thut this is the first time for two years that it hu* been ullicinlly uvuwed that the parlies were acting under the authority of the Biit|jh Go vernment; und hu is not prrputud to say whutuffeot it may hnvo on iho complexion of the case. An ex tru number of iho documents wore uftcrsorao debate ordered to ho primed. Mr. Adams from the Committee on Manufactures, • re pound a bill more clVuclitully to enforce tho law* minting lo the collection ofdutiu* on Import*. This is tho same bill in substance n* was repactedby that Comtniiiro at thu last session, and docs noteontoin the 14 obnoxious section* appended Ip it by the 8© nine, und imposing a tariff on certain silk and wore tod nrticlo*. -A grant number of petitions wore then prerented, nftar which tho House udjournod tn Monday next, NEW YORK, Dec, 30, Money Market—.City, Newt— Wednesday,p.,m. There Is n grant stir apiong thu Bank* fur siktcIoj earh Bunk draws nn tho other balances, h Is ft mare shfpi tag from ono Bank tu the oiher, In or tier lomskuupihonooouni* to the Bln, tho close of I, e.yrsr.- The foot is .ibftt each hank, baa to 0 )0 full ami n correct stntemeni nf the <iwol« a in nil tha hank*. Tniunrnm not even xer lHied eberk* will ho rwtdvfd In dnposlt, it must ell b« butikiibt#*. Tim hank* uf ri.ltadslphlaye.isr dsy drew livu kumlred ami llifiiv tlmusind .follsri . , In cpvele from Well alreet, vln Beiik e»f Amerlet, Thu English bid tw» troop ships iicikmed lit Mft* I 3U0,M0iM<rclwnM Mftbk S(W,0()QdulUm-.AV ' i w tolv W dafvftd tlm l'uuu$u*c Uhsbiuuw la I yrrii,