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«g>—awwwMB Li'isguagg—■» THE WEEKLY GEORGIAN II rVILIIHKO III THK City of Stivummlt, WILLIAM II. DVLLOGII, puuuihl* »r thi tAtrior the union, and CITT AND COtJNTT NUN mi. WEEKLY PAPER—Thru Dollars, f»r an | num,—Payable In advance, ADVERTISEMENTS leserted at the Che ilea- on r»lei. . _ . CCTPoslnge must lie paid on all Communica- | T ions, and letter* ofbusinra*. SUNDAY, MARCH 01. 1841. THK MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT We yesterday noticed, U more leiiotti then we were tl first informed. m)C etraimt Voi.. Ill—No. 3. SAVANNAH, SATURDAY, MARCH 87, 1841. Wliolo No. 107. from the Luekpnrt jail, nnd W nUo in.tructed to pu t down any popular ottempt, which will ceitniolybe made, to orre.tnnJ puni.h him. MEDICAL. r — ,,, ,, -..i Fifty ono young gentlemen have recently rrceivod Thtfre were Sergeant Falconer and his wife,with DJ . M will , lh „ degree* of M. D. from the annthor female ond Private July, accompanied by Medieal College of the Stole of South Carolina. two negroo. in thecanne. When the boat capsized, Among ||j(iln >|C J#mM ||. np| ( D f Houston, and Sergeant F. clung to the boat and hod hold uf hi* J(|hn E Bignont ef At.gu.ta, in tills State. wife by the apron, but they wore separated nnd sho -—- Private July seized Seigeant F. nnd caused FROM CHARLESTON.—Later from N. York. the latter to sink once or twice. He finally relaxed By tho steam packet Wm. Senbrouk, we have Lithe Sergeant regained tho boat nnd received from our correspondent, tho following floated some di tone® down tho stream, beforo ho was picked up. Mrs F. had $210 nbout her person, $150 in gold, the rest in silver. This unfortunately ■must have added to tho weight of her body. -Tho bodies have notyot boon recovered. CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. Wo learn that the road has sustained considerable •damage Went of tho Ogechee, but no definlto infor motion ns to its extent, has ns yet. been received. The damage to tho rood on this sido of the Ogechee I not a |,| 0 tn communicate with Augusta or Ham Ith files of Charleston papers to Friday inclusive. Extracts follow: (From our Corrcipondent.) CHARLESTON, March 19, ) Friday, 3 o'clock, P M. J By the steam packet Wm Scnbronk. you will re- ceivo the Charleston papers and a Wilmington pa per, the only pnper received by tho mail boat ibis morning. We have had no mail from tho North for two days. Three will bo duo to mo: row. We have will nut call for any heavy ezpenditure, but wil| I j,u r g, Q , yet. The first intelligence wo had from -cause, from its character, some delay in the repairs I t j, ero> wn , by your paper#. Nothing new at this time. „r,inrt? Naval.—Commander Jorinh Tntnnll has been THE OGECHEE " . appointed to the command of the U. S. sloop or This bridge, wo lenin, bns lost, at the southern | " v-a n L war Fairfield, now lying ot tho Navy Yard, Brook lyn, Still more of the Frethet — Wo Inorn from a pa extremity, abuut fifty feet uf plonk, but the struc ture stands like Ararat of old. The water reached within a foot anJ a half of the. upper part. It had* i ^ ^ |e| r B , U|| Hoil|Cf (5U m || M from Chnrlrs however, on Wednesday subsided. The Ogechee Savonnah route) on Fridny morning la.t. road, from tho eight mlla post, to the Little ^ Ogechee, it is said, wss ovoiflowcd, ond a rapid I current passing over it. ton, on the Savannah route) on Friday morning lo»t. that the whole low country in that direction is flood with water. The inhokit.inls hove been forced to leave their dwellings, ond seek plnce# of safety GOOD-HUMOUR n. ILL-NATURE. I in higher.Itumioni. Ih. Solik.lchtr nnd KJI.lo How cnicrly do mon .notoll »t nny far-filmed Bridge., nod In Ihot mo.t, if not nil llm bridge, nn • - tho rood between thi. nnd Snvnnnnli, hnve been carried nwny, nnd a greet number of cattle in llm panacea Tor the III. that II'.b I. heir to, ond priile.. thctnlclee. willing to undergo nnythlng on I every. .. thing In Older to bn rid or dlvrr. ill olT'dlon. that vicinity of Kdlnto river have perl.lied. Oor ittlorm have taken tip their lodging In tho outer mnnl ant hud tn 'Inko wntoi' .even milo.nbovoGivhum 1 Our own esporionee runneth not that way. hut Ferry nnd come dnwu to the Edl.to river in a bent there mny bn vn.t need or.nme inch exnrci.m. to I —nr.u. Courier. 17/A inil. drive nut tho evil .plril. which pn.to*. It.; hut ngnln.t nil the real ilia of lll'o, the mentnl one., Anon preventive there 1. none, whero .hull we find a remedy T All con call to mind some cheerful, good nilurcd _ „ man. some cosy soul, whoso happiness has seemed nt 5 p. M., yesterday, nnd proceeded on to Edisto to i'ncrenie. when encnmpn..ed by difficultl.. | Sw.mp, three n.Ho. j b-yonrt_lhf.._h^lhrmo Rung. —Char. Courier, 17th inti. From the Courier, 18/A inti. The Frethet.—Tho following is nn extract of n letter dated Bmnchville, 17th Mnrch, being tho latest advices we liavo as to the effects of the fJtsli ct in that quoiten . . "Wo got over Cattle’s Oeek with the Ciueinnoti J , kjva wi.111. ini.. ...-. — y , . tho sources of of carpenters, to endouvor to get tho Ravencl up. but found the wutei too deep, being yet level w Hi •which would be to an0,l, "‘‘ . ^ | but loiinrt the wuiei im»a«*|., ««...* *«.*«»„ ...... soirow ; wlie, the deeper the woter ins ,|, e rail, and in some places they am a font under come, has the more cosily nnd buoyantly float wnt0J% w |, ich( however, is fust subsiding. The cd upon the surface. While ono with wealth. blWj{M oliovo this have been presurved, say Edisto and friends, ond all that heart can wish, is yet a mis on d Horso Creek. No damage at Hamburg of orable nnd dl.eentented mnn. .nether, with I,.nil, Cormc^nce. ^ Mtrvf , am , enough to keep soul and body togetiicr, is as merry „ j| 1(J wnler j, su boiding at tho Edisto, but yet the n. n cilcket. from morn till dewy eve, nnd perhnp. in p! „ M1 „ fnol under water, wo Into Into the night. How ere wo to e.plni" tW* | hope. seeming paradox! AVhut is the reason that Haifa loaf is belter than •the whole—a ciust ond cold water more comforting, having repaired temporarily all betide* thiinnA Four Hole, where wo hopo to reduce our ferrioge. from one and a half miles to n quarter of a mile, by tomorrow night. This gap will take a week, ns it more favorable than from 12 tn 15 per cent. The Immense depreciation of every description of Invest menu lenders capitalist* unusually timid, nnd loans which in ordinary limes could easily Ire effect ed cannot bn m*dn except with great difficulty and at heavy Intel cst. The general hlubtednosa of the community is prnbubly quite ns smttll ns nt nny for mor time, nnd nny rensonaMo degree uf confidence in monied circles and extension to their nrdinmy discount line* by our banks would moreihan supply ihe demand existing for any business purposes. The transactions in domestic exchange* hove been to n fair extent, without much ulterurinn In prices. The supply of sterling has been very good, nnd the demand comparatively small; sales of Southern hill* uiilrbnnk endorsements, were mode os Inwns (]j par cent. Tho stock market has been downward In its ton dency. ond no disposition is manifested by the operators tnnrretl its progress. The actual fall in prices from the lowest rates of Inst week 1# not more than perhnps 1 por cant, yet even that is a considerable decline upon xtocks which can foil hut 15 more. Stocks for delivery are dnily becoming more scarce In Wall street, evidenelne. ns we think, that the biwhaowgenerally are not ho’dersnf slocks, in fact tho hulk of tho speculations now made are Corn fall, anticipating in time contracts a decline which the holder of cash slock is unwilling to tub mit to.—Com. Ado. Mr. Clay'thcn walked across tho chamber tethe seat which Col, King occupied and they shook Itandt cordially, amid tho plaudits uf tho spectators in the gallery, which was crowded with ladies. Messrs. Blair & Rives sent In a note te the Se- noto this morning, Informing them that they hod re ceiver! a note from the Secretary, nsking foi tho de livery of certain copy which they had been engaged tn execute as Printers of the 27th Congress. This they declined doing very respectfully. The note was presented by Mr. Tappan of Ohio, road, and laid on the tuble. After coining out of Xeerct session, tho Commit- too appointed to wait on the President informed the Senate that they had performed that duty, and that Gen. Ilurrisnn informed them ho had nothing more to communicate; but to wish them a safe return to their homes nnd families. The Senate then tdjour- nud tine die. TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1841. more heart-»arming, than oil and winri 1,0w j Uk-bridge* and Canul to rebuilrl. should a thin and tattered robe keep the honesb "Tho water hnabeen (Sunday lost) five frelhigh ' * The Edisto two feet l . nirl lonate feelings in a glow, when the cr then ever known before. The EdWto two lent THE FLOOD—CENTRAL RAIL ROAD. We learn from L. O. Rktsolih, Esq., Engineer in Chief, who wns in Macon ot tho time efllie flood ond who reached our City last night, that the flood did immense damage to the planters in tho vicinity of the Ocunce, Ocmulgcc, and Ogechee river*. On Commissioners’ Creek, ten mills hnve bpen carried nwny. Many other mills on other streams liavo been swppt off. Numbers of cattle hnvo been drowned. On one island In tho Oconee 700 head of Cuttle were desiroyod, nnd several person* have lost 100 hood. Valuable land* on the rivers hove been much impaired in vnluc, if not totally destroy ed, by the washing of sand over the surface. Thu RailRoad is not injured beyond tho 135th mile sinllon, tho stonn culverts nnd other work be ing in itatu quo. The Lridgo over tho Oconee, which is to be a milo nnd a quarter in langih, nnd completed for half a mile, stands firm, although the wntor wn* up to the floor, which I* nine feet higher than the h-iglil of tho Yazoo freshet, nnd moro than five feel higher than the freshet of Inst Spring. Tho road is con-hh-rably injured from the Oge- die* to tho 135th milo ststion, but tho dnmogo can not, as yet. ho correctly estimntad. In a day or two tho read will ho clear to the 45 mile sta ion. A powerful fore* from nil quartern of the road will soon bo at work under the linmediito sttpoiln tendencc of the engineer, who will return to morrow to urge the accomplishment of necessary repairs. OUR NEWS ROOM. Some person Is in tbo habit of using thokmfoon the pnpers filed in our A’etcs Hoorn. As they are placed there for the convenience of tho public, and nro sometimes important and useful re ourself, wo entreat tho offendot to lenrn hotter manners, FROM AUGUSTA. CONSUL TO PARIS. Mr. Draper, a brother uf Simeon Draper, of Now York, one of the principals, tho N. Y. Post says, in the Glcntworthuffuir.has, it is intimated, received the office. That paper say* t—"Tho services rendored by Simeon Draper are regard ed, it seems, os for more important than those of Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh wu* never engaged in im porting men from New York into Philadelphia to help his party to corry on election." WOMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP. At Baltimore, on Sunday, ilia Rov. Dr. Chance was ordained a Roman Cotltolio Bishop for Tonnes thing but tho taMotnl system could reclaim. You too, sir, in establishing this system, have nortninly •node a sacrifice which many other* have not; for, owing to your extraordinary exertions in tho cauio of religion, you must Often stand in need of some ro freshmen): this, hownver, you havo nut hesitated to give up, fur tho snke ofUoil, nn.l of rnsciiincyotir fellow creatures from ruin j and fur which, He, who doe* nut let a cup of cold water, given in his name, gntinrrwnnlcd. will reward you. Proceed, sir, in your good work, nnd msy heaven bless your noblo undertaking. 1 remain, Rov'd sir, A friend to tho cause, T. J. S. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 24. 1841. THK SOUTHERN MAIL, Arrived yesterday in the steamer Ocmulgec, from Darion. A letter from Darien, (22d Inst.) to our Postmaiter states, that there will bo no possible chance to convey themnll by land from Savannah to Darien, for several days. ICT We yesterday afternoon received New Or leans pnpers of 4th and 5th inst., Mobile of 5th and Cth, Milledgeville oi tho lGtli, Macon of thu 11th, nnd the Augusta Chronicle of tho 19th, with two or three oilier old papers. Later dates from the West were received by tho Southerner. WHIG PROSCRIPTION. We extract an aiticle from tho last Globe, and also Mr. Wai Ken’s remark* in the debate on the resolution to dismiss Messrs. Bluir is Rives, Prin ters to iho Somite. Wo derm the course of tho Whig Senators nn nncrnarhment on the freedom of iho Press, which engine they would make tn square with their politi cal notions, or treat it as tho vassal nf a despotic majority. The contrast between their conduct and that nf Democratic Senators, when the Editors nf the In telligencer wore elected by virtue of tho snore reso lution, is striking, and exhibits in bold relief tlm, holy horror of the tpoilt, which tho Whig Orators and Presses manifested when they believed them beyond their reach. But now ilia tables aro turned, lliry ate willing to assume tho " golden shackles," even though they may provo as fatal to liberty as “ the iron bonds of despotism." BRITISH SHIP GLENGARY. This ship of tho burthen of 1055 T»ns, (New measurement) huilt nt St Jalm, New Brunswick, Is nnu nf tho largest if not tho largest ship, that ever came up to the City; nnd her construction was ad mlrably adnptrd to tha sterngo af Cotton. Her draft nf wnter In Bnllnst is 11 feel fi incite*! loaded with Cotton, 15 feet "0 inches—hound to I. Melancholy Calaitrophe.—K Small dwelling house wns consumed In Amherst village. Lorain county, Ohio, on tho morning of ibollih Instant. Two young ladies, Miss Blvan* and Miss Cunning ham, perished in the flamos. THE INAUGURAL. To the Editor of the Georgian t SitA friand huvl g placed In my hand, the Savannah Republican of Iho 20th Inst., containing o " mortal long" editorial upon the Inaugural ad dress of Gen. Harrison, and tho comments of the 6'eurrier det Etali Unit," thereupon, I beg leave to offer a few remarks through your popor.in reply to that editorial. Tho object of the writer, evidently is, to leave the impression that the “ Courtier" is not a neutral in politics. lie sneers at that pnper in the following mannrr " Among nil tho strictures wldch we have seen, the moil palpably abtutd are thoso of a French Heb domadal published by a Frenchman, in the hetcro. genemisly composed city of New-Yotk." I should like to know why a Frenchman has not a perfectly good tight to comment upon tho Inau gural, without being abused at having written "pal* I vcrpnol. pably absurd'’ strictures I As to wheihorlho puper I Sho covert under deck equal to 2900 Bales nf is neutral or not, the Editor of the Republican IsjCotinn, and carries in weight of Cargo 1,070,000 Good-humor Is the panacea for the bluer feeling* Jngt od of, nnd had the water not bi on higher than pro visits freshets, we should not have suffered. "As for ot we have heard, all the_ bridges and UUOU-niimor is lira - -aiwr » ■■ . which eat out all that I* good within usj o soul dam , nrego nn, on Edisto river, Horse Creek, . j r nf Itrn. I rh.I manu nttipr ilrenTni. .1)0.0 111. ton lhou,nnfi .iron anj Hlbi af ‘f«i wlilcli luuk. oa lioai.a aature, nat wllh multcc, .u.rleion, ordlllril.t, but In lore—olilcli >«o. much 10 filly, much la o.lmira .van in ;t. infirmitlc.. Bal oow a liny., a mnn »!m hn. ndirail. or ihmk. h. | m loir.rcil, mini ho morn.., nnd a, n.nr n .n.nsn o.m.y he; irhl.felto. Ml upnivlllm ond wound him in hi. wpalnllon, ordoprlve him of III. prop-ny, 'jn.lead nf making o .lund when lli.y h... pu-h.d him ns far a* and many other streams- •‘Tho Branch to Orangeburg has been somewhat injured, but will be repaired soon, as u force will go up n it to morrow. ,, , , , . . Tho Savannah has not risen so high l»y fivo reel i Mny lost-so no injury of consequencn wns dononi Humburg and Augusta, as I'nr ns known l>y those from there. Aftur tbit, we l.npo to puss I bn mails and passengers, daily, each way, but lieight cannot yet bo accommuduteJ. sing aiiuiiu - * • | "I can g-t no particulars from iho Congorac— Is in their power, and striving to belter arjm0 „„y t»,o damage wns great, and other* tli-it It - • • • •- I nothing compared with thul in Mny last. condition, hn mn.l finl.ll whnl limy hnv. begun, wn. . — - mock ‘his — ■IOII.I do nil hut hung Ifm.cir, nr mil run ngnln.t iho world nnd di-in llm melet. irhv.linuld Ftom the Courier, lfilh i«*l- Cnpt. Tlmobnld picked up o ynwl horn, on Wed do utherwl-o wo ihould mmt cnrlnlnly look upon I nc.dny,nt ico.ohoul 50 mil., from Souih Rdl.lo llmo.craci.d. So mil.hfdl'n,.Illng thing, byIhnir oooinlnln, Iwn irim-n, who lin.l h«on blown nlf l.ht name. We wnlld.r ot o mnn who doe. whot while in llm attempt to rencli llm city from n v...o ..good nod ,h. good SLjomIM Thoitwiiwer. n.ncl, «h«wod hi-follow., nnd ». mink w, m„ an.n wlA.gma | .nd h.nnmhnd wpm, ^ grace, breause. clearly no judge, as lie I* not a reader uf it, else, lie cortuinly would not havo called a trl-weekly pa per a hebdomadal. Now Mr. Editor, I hnve been „ , , . | Nnrl , „„ 1 o con.unl render of the •• Courtier Jet Klalt By tho ..enm packet Fl-ndii, Cnpt.InNncKwe Kh „, e tims „ Hn.hcen under the received tho Angustu Chronicle of Saturday, which wo extract somo pnragrnpli charge of it# presnnt uccoinpllihed Editor, Mr. T G rlluirdct, ond I assert without feorofany reason- able contradiction, that it is strictly a neutral pa. FROM FLORIDA. By tho steamer Gen Clinch, Cnploln Brooks, I ,, er in relation to the politic* of the United States ( from 1‘ilntkn, tho editor of tho Gooigiun lust ove saving ami excepting, us tho lawyers say, nn occa. nine received from Ills attentive correspondent the rional pnrtiolity to tho Whig party. following letter: (Cnrrospondonro of tho Savannah Georgian.) Florida, March 10th, 1841. Sir—Tho ball is moving; 50 Indians cam*- in a Now os to tho qualification of Mr. Gallairdet,to judge of the literary mnrits of tha Inaugural, I fancy ho might bear a comparison even with tho gnntlo mnn who cuts tho Gordian knot of nrgumont by f„; d“7. Zr.VVo« Fnnnl,,,. nnd decided for -Illng hi. .Iilcnie. •• pnlp.bly .b.nrf - emiginfinn. They hove been .on, In Tnmpn. 101) Mr. G. hold. . no, nnd .llngnl.hrd rank nmnng m ,, r c „„„ „„ ,ho other .Ido of llm Snwnnnen, nro •!» Freneh lilteruleur. of llm d,„ nnd hn -friend ’ .... ,j a|| jn this country with n reputation olreudy establish deliberating—a very iinpoitnnl step in all In< councils. Tho star of hope is rising, lifting with it tho dnrk cloud hitherto fail anchored between us and cd In Paris. The mnnncr In which ho bus conduct ed tho " Courrit. r," proves him to bo % mnn uf high , j n t,i 4 circumstance*, we should net bably hnve perished in n short lime, had they not * 1 f V a _ . I.... ......i.lnni i it’lay invml. just as we expect him to net. censuring, or ceasing to esteem Instead of ridiculing, I been thus providontia’ly saved, man because lie | Tho Rail Road Cars came in yesterday uftornonn from Bronchvillc, from beyond which place no Intel keep. hi. lempur, .nd relnln. hi. klndllnr,. nf dl.. ta position, and his imperturbable good-humor under | Wn Imvo been informed that tho water nl Ron all circumstances, wo ought to admire his nature, lowIe v nn rt in that vicinity bus been five or six feel *• 1 ,leep, nnd that tho Bridge at tl.nl place, and at al ‘ i, have both been curried nwny. his sincerity which is nn .nidity only, because insin cerity U so fushlonnble. A mnn such ns is hero described, nn.l such, in all humility, albeit afatoff. The Frethet.-Welo.trn that ti.orcts ooprosprr.t - • *-i, of travelling by tho Jacksonhoiough, 1 orket s b intend to follow, is not merely ono of t hosa who, i-ivon it n claim to ho considered ono of the ben E forbid J cngriiu i"d during lire past fsur I edited pnper. in tl.o United States It is confined, c b I principally, to tho discussion uf European politics, nnd to the reptihlicotion of the current French liter Allnek„,.ten. e«o, who wn. .n h.l,d.„mel, whip I «mrn nf tin dny. Of«nu„o, It nnllee. ,1.0 p...lng ’'lltmo.h, Ll. Alburli,. QOlh I nf.ntry e.em. of lid. eo.m.ryl l.nl It. comment. Min gn * - _ I 1 ft a mlttlil t.n Pvn.riait h ped a short tim, . 1ms returned. Tho dragoons undvr Copt. Cor, prised and captured t party or 21 Indians gious, bended by Co-ntustcnuggee. Ton pound of rifle powder were found amongst tho plunder. war .... nernl precisely such os might ho cxptcied from n and’ Ne foreign newspaper, nnd from ono having no direct interest In llm l6ca1‘6ontests which dfvldo ihoUniun. The ftdlowois of General Harrison seem very pounds. 3000 Bales would ho enslly stowed, whore a lnrger selection of square could bo made. ’ n ro ,, : * I Ferry, or Wilton IKoarte, l»r ut K-u-i a week, nnd by lltelr mirth, ,.iw wont n «et ho In p.ntobl, longer, every hrhlge having been e.nmd thorn may bo little nf je.tlng In him, hut thnto will ^ J R nntnwlc. nlwny. hn fuun I tllnto deepwellntptltig- nf genu no ■ hMli 0 j f r „/,rt._Slncn the good fei-1 rg that sunny mirih.tlmt unfmling charity, Qbm>(i wn# j nwe received iro n Mr. Topper, that natural nod affectionate manner which is from PrMMwil „f ,h 0 Rail Rood Company, the following the heart Such nn one is a man, true to tho end , uller f, onl Brancbvflle, giving further parltculur. of of hit being n. n pull nf thi. gren. world, wh-t-jay the Fto.lt.,. ,. BkA , cllv[LL1 ,, Mnrel, 18. AM* meant to preponderate over its sorrow, 1 u\y n | )a y e {y. rn disappnintfd in making the con where envy nnd malice, doubt ond bitterness hnvo wUh |ho weaI 41 ,, B of ,|, e Kdisto today, well nieh killed out every good and kindly feeling. T ,, fl wa , cr j id not full more than two or three inch if in insiline along life’s crowded Highways, oa | U4l night, nnd it is still over the road through ’ t immi u» or stumlile* over us, shall wc J Murphy’s Fields, this side of tho river, treads upon us, or , , 1 "We cannot hope to get passengers ll,rough in express our regret that necessity has rol * | f gB t h„„ lw „ or three days—hop* nArre will uriive cross his path, or shall we wilfully and malicious y, ^ ^ . greatet- facility—would prefer thm in our turn, ttln him fl it upon hi* foeeT If quiet |mne uomo for p | HCC , nbu vo this till the connection nm i wr || disposed, we shnll avoid all I | a fairly made and 1cport.-cl5. but we shall do till v» P , 6 - hr l de’nv ond trouble. Commend u* to n can to prevent delay, nlthough the passing of thenn unnecessary deiny ona irou sencerswiil bo or itrelf delay to the work. Iho man who I* still a boy. m all thx mu y I _ a<a ,, n g^„ p or Ornngoliurg renched thcro to d*y, lovely and desirable, who has the samo rreslinessoi | t |,„ a jj ufiwoeagines. This gap will bo soon feeling, who can greet ~" u outstretched hand, nr ry laugh tings on y Com ,nv. tho powder wn. given to him by ill. Ge„ .nn.itive nb.ntl hi. .eltol.r.hlp, nnd An otltlev of Iho ernl „ Tnmpn far the p..rp».o of .hooting “whit. Bepuhlie.n t. mtmh put on, b, the comment. h„l." T'wnnt du General—it I. n great evil, and j °f th„ "Cn„,rlcr,"»nd In thnl poeall.rl, elryunl U " . , , I I nvi.nnar llml glimn Whitt Ollllnr* BUI might be canted to u great extent in this communj ,y. Yours. FLORIDA, March 21. Sir—In addition to the 58 Indians mentioned in my last ns having gono in at Fort Fanning, ten warriors hnvo surrendered at Fort No. 4, opposite Cedar Key. I Imve no doubt hut whnt this after- anon's express will bring glsd tidings of the delibc rating 100—if so I will add a postscript, Tho very judicious arid decisive steps recently ta* vou with thu same smilonnd , I closed. 1 oul.lre'ched hand, n. In hi. ently dny.; vehmemer Uore Di.a.ltn frov. the Frethet.—Tho Win rvlnuvh sine* on vour ear, a# heartily as of old. I y nw Observer nf Thursday say*: have had no ry htugo 5 • |, , lout | lim , i, like mail from Clier.w fiir more limn n week p..t hut -who.—whole Influence upon oil n ^ receive neenunt. of di...le..- sunlight on the water, making till 1 IP ’ 1 Welinveund*rstoorithnaheSainpit Lane* Creek, dies, and rough waves or life, *0 many bright spots t )x (n , ta#< Lynches' Crush Bridges and many to dwell upon, with more of pleasure than ot ot j ||}(a j n t | l0 neighborhood ate gone. We fear the I briJge at Choraw many Itavo shared tho iamo fate. '•“LlnmercyA.II.eru.ftomy.urh.t^w M^hr ling, .elffh much injured mnn. who I. oil dignity, n0 ' | E haard of „„ y Turthor from the Otenle. Sh- whn .tnrl.nl n vknd.-w, who give, no oneetca'ltot aU , | „ tab |,j M „n„ al when Iho fm.het .uh.ide. enod inlet,lien 1 , judge, hi. friend, by .ingle, uncon |„| 11W Lli0 p |„ ce .h. wn. invggrd. , eUl in.t.ud uf the whale le.our of ih-ir con ne Fre.helin North Carolina.—The Wilmlng duett I. un.cioili nnd Itrllnblo. In » wotd-nll ho | Adve,ti.er of the 18, It ln«, '™t.in^ the fidhtw nnd dignified manner that some Whig editors pus ■css, says: " It is reserved for Johnny Crapnud, witli hit ex tra refined neutrality, to go deeper than nny ono else, nnd pronounce it oil trash." Truly, I am at a bus wbetherlho more to admire the pungency uf tho wii, or the originality of tho idan, in the epithet of " Johnny Crapnud” being applied to n Frenchman. Surely, nfter this, the editor of the " Courricr" will havo to " hide hi* di mini«hed heAd." In conchisinn, 1 will state that l . . - I, n t ..... J have written this as nn act of simple justice to the ken b, An Common,ling Genentl, meet. Ae .pprn. ^ ^ ^ bj , ||0 H . public , 3l FROM HAVANA. To a commercial house in this city we nro indebt ed for tho following oxtracts of letters, received by the brig Oglethorpe, Cnpt. Snnnors. dated HAVANA, March 10. Three cargoes pf the Rico of thehrlg Oglethorpe wrre sold nl tho samo time for 11 rinl*. Thaw mo now on hand five cargo*!, viz: Warren 200 ilnrces, Allyne 230, Chomnnchin 100, Sartelln 250. nnd Howell 200 tierces, besides the brig Chill, hourly eKD'cted from Charleston. Exchange on tho Nurih 3 n 3J per cent discount; Loudon flj per cent premium, dull. haVana, m.,c|, io. Our stock of Rico Is now five cargoes on hand, maki g 1100 tiorre*., Lnrt sale* 11 rs. Coffee firm nt 0$ h 10R Mo|aa«> ■ 1| n 2 r*. Exchange nn tha North 3 a 3j dis., no inquiry! on London 8| a 9, dull. FROM FLORIDA. By tha slnam packet Charles Downing, Captain Dent, arrived lust evening from St Augustin*, w* received ilia following front our attentive cones' pendents* Correspondence nftlm Savannah Clenrginn OFFICE OF THE NEWS, \ Si, Augustin*, March 21, 1041. ( Tho Steamer Wm. Gaston, Cnpt Griflin % urrivi-d here thi* morning ftom Southern Pons. Wo tukn pleasure in nnnuuncing the return of Lieut. Col. W. S. Harney with his small dctuchmnnt of brave sol diers to this city, aft or a lapse uf many mnniti*, ml during wlticli period, tliey hnve nccornplislied, in tho expedition of tho everglade* nnd tho cnptnr 0 nnd destruction of tho enemy, objects which will hold them op to posterity as worthy of a country's praiso. Col. Harney's henlth, nfter iho toils and In liguo he has undergone, we are happy to say, much bettor than heretofore. We E-orn, by this arrival, that Liext*. Ketchum anJ Fields, with four nr five canoes, lately went on cruise In the everglades, nnd came nrrnss several Indians, but. unfortunately, they succeeded in muk ing their escape. We have no nows hero to inform you nf. taken a child of three )rnrs old, which in the hurry- of escaping wns left ntonn of the Indian camps. From Ike St. AugutHne. Ntiet, 1 f)/A inti. The Florida Indinu* now remaining, which ran ho estimated (we liavo no correct dim) nt 3.1)00, may be clnssnd into Scininoles, Micknsukies, Tnllu lutssees, mill Creeks, (other rlenouiinntioHs being merged into these) who nre prevented from qnnrrei ring among l hem-elves by their greater quarrel with the while-; though it is quite probable llm* existing jenlmisies hnvo for the three years pusl prevented uuy comhiiied operatimii. As the Seminotes reside imho Southern part of the Penin-uln, nwny from ihnsettloments, the depiedatimls upon them linve of late been probably committed by the other tribe*. Those tribe* ore computed of hold, skiU'til, un governable spirits, who having nlu-nys acted inde pomienily of tlm will nnd stipulation* of ilirir l*m pomry chiffs, prolmhly continue so to net. The accidents of wnr raise first one warrior nnd then another another Into tho po«itior> of a partisan Ira dor, who ait aches to himself n Hill* hand of war rlors, nnd when those bund* concentrate, sumo one may bo chosen ns a common head lor tlm expedi tion, nnd with tho expedition Ids general authority ends. When such nman whatever may hn his newspaper reputation, comes in to trout with the General, wo count him qa ono Indian only—Him induces others to follow him, wo shall consider thnt he possesses persuasive influence, oral is trorth buying, FROM THE NORTH. Tho stenm packet Southerner, Cnpt. Wambcr ■io, arrived last evening from Charleston. From our Cut-respondent we received Northern papers of tho snmo dittos ns tho Mail, which wns delivered nl tho Post Ollico before eight o'clock From tho Charleston pnpers we gh-nn informa tion of the duntugo hy the Freshet at Columbus and Macon, tho cars running through from Hamburg tn Charleston, owing tn tho great oxcrlionx of M Tuppcr. President of llm Rond. Hon. Iluury Clay was quite ill ut Bahimaro on tho 18th inst, hut was mtudi bolter in tho everdne. Two passengers of iho Francois 1st, for Havre* i. e. Mr. linn* nnd Mr. Zigler, of |lnvnrin, tho 2d mate, Mr. Bates, and Joseph Baird, seaman, wrre drowned io Now York hotbor on tho tilth inst. hy thu swamping nf u bout. The Hudson river is still clusod hy ice, n* also is the Connecticut, and tho rivers in tho northern part ut New York. Ship Lott.—Tho ship which w'ont iishoro ut tho Ilook on Friday night reported bv the New Yoik papers, i* the Memphis, from Nrw-Orlennu with cotton, &C, She bus sfnr.o bilged, and will prohn bly go to pieces. Sho is n line stdp of 800 ton-, 0 years old, nnd worth $40,000. Much other dam age wus done to tha shipping nbout Now-York. Failure of Free Sank*.—Down tnMnndnysv* ning inclusive Thirteen of ibeso Institutions in tho State of New York had stopped payment. NEW YORK, Murch 10. Money Market—Tuesday P. M. The rote of 'Exchange nnd tho low rule of specio is convincing proof that wo do not owe much an tho other side, nnd thnt the buhinco is not nguinst These nro favorublo circumstances. Tlm tutu of Kxchungu on the South ha* hern a littlo worse withinu few days, particularly on Mo bile and New Orleans. On Boston par, Pldlade! phiu 4j, do U S 21, ChurlcAtrn 24, Suvnuuuh 0, Ancusiu 15 u 20, Mohllu 10, New Orleans il. Exchange—Foreign.—There were *nmo soles this rnuruiog of bills on London nl 7) cent prom. We quote nl 7 a 7J, though some holders nro not willing to sell nt thoso price*. PHILADELPHIA, Alai eh 10. Stockt.—Tho following sides look plmui alter tho Second Board yestrnlaj: 100 Shares U. S. Bunk, Ibjcasb; 100 do tin ll), a n w. flat. Price*—United States Bunk, Ifll bid. 100 niltod, CHARLESTON, March 23. From Havana and Key Weil,—By tlm mnil pucket iiayoe, Cnpt. Morris, nrrived yesterday from IluvHun, wu received our file* of Havant pa pt-r* uml prices current to tlm Mth inst. that port on of the toidUnnt territory. \V$ think lint in.riimstlnn mny lie rrllrd nnn* eoriff.t. I ll* candidates for n* at presidential term, nt chief magistracy nf Mexico, ere Game* Feriaa and tin- nntnrloos Santa Ana. The** men arwal lybuild their hnpr* for success upon the chance nf •nlbih'g th* Interference nfTexas In thelrbehalf by offering to recognise her independence! both pari ms having tmde arrangement* lor i.Tertitre* In that rffecl, thus peeing Texh# in a pOslMpn I® nil* the destinies ol‘'.Mexico, |toi tho yt'urig ftrjHfbll* is Ind'-pnndent, slm 11 »k* no favors of Mexico, and will-p.-rn ilia proposition to espouse either eotlsO whenever it is mad*.—Picayune. PROSCRIPTION. The Rnlo'gli Standard of 17th ln«t. rcmaiks— 'Tho Federalists said they would not pro-crib* for opinion's sake—wo nnvor believed them; they would hardly tell tho truth inactso so vitally Inter natlng to tho spoils seekers, when they hnd mlsre presented in every other. Il should lie remember cd tlintn large majority of “Whigs" worn kept In •ho Department* nt Wnshing'on during the Into ad minisira iun. Th* people will satin see the d-ff-r once between tho mild and henefi.-ent rujo 6f Mr. Pern Hit re n nnd tlm malignant nn-1 persecuting reign of Federalism." The snmo pnp-r says—G.-n. BernnrJ I'eyfnn, Federalist, has been nppnlriteil Postmaster nt Rich mond. Vis. in place of Col. C. W. Gooch—removed. This is dm first act of proscription, In Vi’rglnla. Tito cditnriif tho Petersburg Intelligencer professes io war ngninst proscription for opinion's sake', ami yet say* tliat Col. Gooch, wns "n fit tulij-ct of tlm power of removal." Why! Brcnosn he interfered with politics. Wc nre thus to iit-dersinnd that the Editor would not d.»*!»«» •-—•••«•« |k»i sons un tie count nf political opinions, provided they never ex pres* those opinion*. THK LOST MAILS FOUND. By n gentleman who arrived in the ears yesterday from the Wn-t, wo lenrn tiiut tlm Mail- which wore lesi in the Ocmulgee. hnvo been recovered from an Island in llm river, on which limy hnd floated — Augutta Climit, ami Sentinel, 19ih inti. hation and concurrence of tho well Informed, things, I om hoppy to say, are tending toward, pence, aconium l ation most devoutly wished for. (Correspondence of the Snvnnnnli Georgian.) WASHINGTON, March 15. Well, there will bo no fight nftor all. " Wnr, pestilence and famino" came out thi# morning in a very decent manner, and " acknowledged tho corn" to Col. King of Alabama. This consummation wss brought forward hy Mr. Preston,r.f South Carolina, who expressed It as his opinion that there wns to correct any false impressions which might havo been conveyrd by the edftoriol in question, either as twtho ability or neutrality of tho" Courtier dua fitot# Uni*." ZADIG. froK the oeoroiax.3 SAVANNAH. March 10th, 1841. To tho Rav’d J. F. O’Neill, Pastor of Iho Church of St. John tho Baptist, Rev d and Dear Sir—It U with feeling* of infi, nite pleasure and satisfaction, thnt I congratulate .onto mi.tnkn which n.n.nd Mr. Cloy In nn th. I you '■» "B 1»W t, '« ■'* word. h. not,Hod to the conduct of lit. Senator from ] crowning your highly nturllorlou- exertion., in th. Aktbitno durinc tl.. drbntn on .It. dl.ml...l nf «.«.«(,.mpenne k«*. .tr, I wn. molt anniutt.. w h.l.III b.,h. rffro, uf moony and -.{ntl.ll.lt. ... . . c.n.i. tv azncctine to te ar of Sovannnh striking a blow at .dy is Infinitely, praforable to tragedy, and it is lit 1 ^ , wu |i5 n t ha Cape Fear and the neus* to an un j„, v of every one to take ibe port allotted him. to f( | oX rent. The latter I* flowing throogh ■^fitl It 10 the best of bis ability, to throw into it his lha , lre eU of Waynesboro, nnd was on tho lO'li, fill it to toe oc within two or three feet of tho rail road bridge 11 . i _ /I.. . L' —n.l alt. nnn.M tl, IV ft It fi 'fill whole soul. " .md,.thi..-nd In tlt..firl, .hlrh .. I .lilch «,«.«. it lit'- »>'« hnv, cnmm.'ided.brfnr,th. cumin.h,llfnljiwhlnh I f„ r h«. bran con.i.mly t ■hall nut nn rnd to nil nednf, ev.n In thi. III., hr ilrMm f„ r ,h« |„.i two nr tltrrn dm, shall put »n .... ahall hav. hi* reward In Increased happiness above all contingency, and shall M the proud e«Hi#ciou# nesi of having eheerad and helped hi* brethren^ in sorrow and in joy- FROM WASHINGTON. Th. Cort.apond.nl .r th. Chnrl..t«t C.urhr wtllH (Utb In,,.) ,h.l Mr, Van Bu,.n nuntln.lrd Ore. Font.Irk a. Cun.ul to P,ll*. *«• S» Om'- 1 ,h,t Ih, r.tMM uf MeLand I, .Imdy d.mmlwd ) ’util Suit df.pnwh^ In |„M tart, l,« nlihl. «• Dx north... tafc, I ihhw U mtahta ,h,i h. r.irlr. lit. .id.r fur th* nl».» «(MtUud settingdnwn at ream lor tlm last two or «nd I* now entirely over tlm |H-nin.ula which divide* tlm North oust from the Not th west, leaving no dam vi-ilde on Negro h-ad point but that bordering on ih« canal and presenting an unbroken waste of water from the Eastern short of th* Northeast th tho Western bank# of the Northwest.. W# hav# already henrd of rafts of timber being broken up and swept ewav, and in one case efth# lost of a valuable negro fellow. Whatever may ba the d«t ruction nf prniwrty It will be lea* titan lt|evo«ld bare been under the ssme ft.ah . mu,Utb.no.. yORK. Match 19 flout, tlerUi f.r l«. l«li tuiu,. I3I» l«l<. In d.pi.a.lon .ltd iluunt .lttun{ Ih. hu.lf..t pnr Bluir 11 Rive. M PrinUtr. to th. Sen.tr. I ly onpeeting In br.r of Snv.nnnh .iHUIngn Mr. dny foil,.nnd Mr. P, nnd ..Id ll. h.d .up. th. foil tytunl! I mil .unto nf ,1m difficult!., nnvid thnt It «ni lit. Inlontlon of thn Stinnlnr from thnt l.y In thn ».y 1 Ih. «|,po.illon to ho ttneoun- Ali.b.mn to In.ult him, Intl thnt n. hn h.d ..erf teed,.. well from tin... loir,..led in ill. .»lo nl uinrd it w.. not. it g.vo Mm Infinilo pleura to ardent .pl.lu, n. from th. drhotrd ch.r.clcr. who mlmct every word he lied u.terrd il nil refiectln, ore plui,{e.l in th. vie. of di.dp.tlon. Hot on the tl.o chorecler of thel guntlemnn. In doing thi., other hand, I wnvfiilly convinced thet mice you he wn. actuated by n eour.o he elwnye pur.ued, of would futm thu deturminnliun-nncn you wuuld put heinv uren more prumpt in repairing then In repel. I your ehuulder to thn work—thul nil uhvlnclee would ling en Injury. yield !“ »•»' *'"> *» d per.evetet.ee, ei.i.ied by the Mi,King said that as tho Senator from Kentucky I graco nf God—nor have I boon diaappoinlrd. hnd withdrawn hi* injurious expressions, he (Mr I Again, sir, I congratulate you{ and I firmly bo, K.)now felt at liberty to slate that nothing was far. I li*ve that ftom the very first moment jou enguged ther from his design than tn say anything personal, in your mission, op to this hour, you b.vo neveT ly offensive to his (Mr. C.’s)character or standing done any thing that is more meritorious, or *il be as a gentleman. He fi-lt it due to himself to say productive of more, good to morality, to society, that be made this explanation frankly, fully and end to religion. Y««, sir, you will be tha m.ahi « cheerfully, bvcuus* lie considered it right, end from rescuing from destruction number* of infatuated be no other motive. H* had always endeavored,(and mgs, who are a disgrace to religion and to society hi* brother Senotor. would bear him out l.y thnlr -of prolonging the existence of many a follow eren opinion*,) to keep hlmaalf strictly Within the hound, lure-uf bringing p«aee, comfoh and happiness to of parliamentary debate. He offended tlm feeling* I many a family t and of saving inmlmernote soul* of no one Intentionally, bet had always been In th* I from eternal roisety I ami year# after you will bat# habit of defending hla own rights and honor when I left this busy and transitory aceim (which 1 pray MILLEDGEVILLE, Match IC. During th.- first nf last week we hud here n most tinpri-ccth-nlrd foil of rain, which continued to pour down in torrents (or nenr two dnys nnd night* In cessnmly. On Thursday morning tho river hnd ris en to comidcrulihi height out ol tlin hanks, nnd hy Friday, it readied wiriiin two feet of the. fresh wit nrssori lust .May, which proved so di-fttuctivo to nil kinds of property on tho stream*. Tho creek* were also iimiiiiully high, so much so tint wuunderstand not it mill lioti-o or dnm is left nn nny within ten milt s or its. The bridges and (I its nn the creek and rivui in this neighborhood are all gone, nnd fencing from every form near tho hank* of either. What have been the lossea uf properly nnd live* nt n dis tiincc, welntva not henrd; ulmoM nil communication hy niuilor oth-Twise has lienti cut off from ns. Wo li.ivo received no mnil* her- of nny importance far a week until yesterduy.—Fid. Union. GREAT FRESHET. Thu Bridges, in o" direction* tlmt Wn hnvo yet henrd Irotii, hnvo been curried nwny. Wliolo plan lotions covered with wnler, which ns it flowed nwny, deposited upon the once fuiliin lund, lurge quantities of sand. Mnny livo* too -mutt have Inn tl lost. Mr. Butfmgion of this plnce|u»tn fine negro man. He wus drowned. In uttempting to rove sum" rails thnt w« ro flouting nwny. Wu also lenrn thul Cfugill,*Forty, on thn Ucmulgee, in Jusper County, while tho Slngo wn* being ferried over, tiltscurrciit rsiried uwiiy the II it. It Imd pincccded lint n slioit distuncu down ilia river wh> n it upset. I’ll* passenger* jumped upon an island and were saved. One Negro fellow, nnd one horso were drowned. Thu until* worn lost .—Journal. Milladguviilehus been completely shut out from nny intellige co. Wo must reserve torn future num her of our paper, Intelligence, we fenr, that will he nfn mournful character. At present we can say no more.—lb, Herald office, ♦ St. Augustine, March 22, 1841. ) From the West we leorn thnt 00 more Indian havo positively come in nt FoVt Fanning, and hern sent dawn to Tampa; nnd also that Gen Armlsinnd lint actually made t shipment to tho West This is very encouraging, but wo must wait a while, lie fore we can exult much in our prospects. There is un uncommon proportion of women nnd children among those who havo surrendered, nnd the whole numbeV is but a fairing, to whnl there on- in the woods. With all our boasting wo have not yet found out all their hnunta, nor do we yet know assailed. Ila hopad, thsrrf-ira, hla thua putting bimsalf right, would give satisfaction to all. Mr. Preston then resa, and exprasaad Ids gratifi tatioa that harmony wa* one# morn restored, In a The dsprvMloa :* —- „ , • . - lion of the aommunlty still oonilnu#. The demand mlua§r b |g|,u aradliahte to all part’aa, and hopad nrgot'stion of first class business p*|**r at rates I sura hlndnas* and rayitssy in fotur# dabatrs God may be far distant,) y*ur sndrty will still oon- linua lo be prodoctlva of mighty Massing#, whilst you, l trust, will I* reaping the reward nf yuur la bors. I am *rry glad that ydu hare starred on the laadetal aystsin, (or tltouith tha ptiilal #y#iam I* g «d, and capable of iwoduaiag good otbcts, ft* I knee that »har» cr# piny, rery msny, wham a#. opon the larger parties. In onr paper of Friday, the condition of thin-* i* stated in the fairest light that Iho times will warrant Col. Harney arrived yesterday ftom Key Bia- cayne, ami I am happy to say bat so far recovered bit health that he never appeared better siuco his first airlval in Floridu. Ho will shortly proeved homo on a furlough, and you will hnveUm pleasure of teeing ono of tha finest specimens of a soldier that can be turned out in the United State*. Much at I detest 'corporate monopolies,' 1 would bo happy in tee the "Harney Raillloai" Incorporated, even with '‘Banking privileges, ,k to enjoy the monopoly Of transporting ell tho Indinnt out of tha country. All the prrlent ponce talk to the contrary notwith standing, it it qitlto possible wo Shall be cumpoiled to resort again to the "Rail Roid" next fall. In exploring tha Kvargladet, Col. Harney mad® soma geographical discoverirb and lalaly ha has added something to nnr suck nf knowledge Natural History, by killing bahlnd Key Larso two of tha animal* heretofore considered fabulous among ua called "Man-l-iee." From what I ran learn it U a sort of 8aa Cow, nr something between a Porpoito end a Sea I, about II foot long, with hnd Ilka a Cow and two strisll dippers—neat weight about 2,500 pounds—cannot leave the water—feeds We tire indebted tn tnorcuntilo friends for the foi lowing extract of n letter received by the nbovunr rivui t—Courier. "Key Weil, Murch 15 —The brig Florida,from New York, for ApiilacMcolu, is hero, linving been nriiorn on n Reef in sight of this place, with an ns- sorted rargn, n small portion of which will prolinldy ho sold In pny salvage nnd expenses. Sho is not much injured,nod will proceed on her voyage soon.” APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. licit),-It C. Cornell, of Now York, to hn Receiver General of Public Mon.-y ot New York, in the pin,-.' of Steph- n Alh-li, removed. Suintirl Frnthinghnni; of Boston, to he Rercnlver Gmioinl of Public Money ut Boston, in tho plneo of Isaiie Hill, removed. Uiehurd K. Cull, of Florida, to ho Governor in and for tin, Territory of Floridu. in the place ol Ro belt R. Reid, removed. Chnilo# B I'unroso, of Pennsylvania, in bn Solid tor of tho J’iciisury, in the plnce of Mntihcw Di.r chord, removed. Elisha Whittlesey, of Ohio, to thn Auditor r-f the Tren-ory, for tho Post Office Department in tho pluceof Clmrtes K. Gardner ivumvcd. I'uul itossigaol,ln ticSupcrinlcnilnnlof ilia Branch Mint at Dalilonegn, iii tho Stale of Georgia, in tire plnce of J. J. Singleton. John Williamson of l’ennsylvnnin, to hn Reenr der of thn Get oral Land Ollico in the place uf Hud son M.Cnrliinil. returned. Solomon Vun Renssciuor, lo ho Deputy Pott Mas ter At Albany. OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. COLLECTIONS. Genrgn Allan, at Wnldoborongh, Maine, vicoDun ny M'C’nbb, removed. Jeremiah Brooks, nt York, Maine, vice Jo seph P. Jeok-ns, removed. Parker Slu-tden, nt Bath, Maine, vice Joseph So well, removed. Naval officer. Isaac P. Davis, at Boston, Mass, v'ca Isaac O. Barnet removed. CONSUL. floorgn Chacon, to he Vico Consul of Spain for tho part of Pniladolpliia. SUSPENSION. We have the confirmation of tho suspension cf the Columbus Bunks. THE FLOOD. Two bridge* nt Columbus havo hern swept down the Chnltnlioochee, the city bridge eight rn let be low Columbus into n large cotton field of Col. Wnolfolk. Col. W. lost about 80 hags of Cotton, and several other* a smaller number. Ail the bridges are gone except those ot Florenco and nt Irwinlon. Col. Jours' Mill, nt tha upper rird of the city, withstood the torrent. Thn damage su-tainrd hy the Planters it immenra. At Macon the Telegraph of lGtli inst. toy*, -'Al most every mill dam and bridge in this neighbour hnod were carried off by the sudden accumulation of water in the creeks. Several cotton boxes were swept down thn Ocmulgee, hot our bridge remained steadfast to its granite pillar. In thn swamp Inhds, there wn* devastation; cnttlo were drowned, fences washed off ond lodged in tress, nnrl largo bank* of ■and left by tho wuter, on the surface of tho richest nlluviul soil of the fields. The hills of the upland were robbed of their scant soil, which was swept off hy the ruthlfl'i torrent* of rain. Tho ground wus mostly broken up bv tha plough fair tho new crop, and suffered immediately; the cotton land loat much of Us strength, that wsa lohave aided In gladdening the Itearta of tha people nfter n year of disaster; and the corn land* in many plsces, hnd their furrows, do signed for tho seed, wathetl into ghastly gullies. We lenrn that tha Columbus Bridgo ha* been washed away by tha fresliet. NEW ORLEANS. March 12. Lai tit from Mexico,—Important to Texae.— By the arrival ortho schooner Emblem, Cnpt. Dan ny, wa team the following interesting Items from some of her passangers—amonaat whom waaMqj- Trimb'e, late of thu Tesan Federal army. This gentleman Inform* ua that tins Federal party m the North of Mealou I* annihilated; Yucatan I* tacitly APPOINTMENTS BY TI1E PRESIDENT, Dy and with the advice, and content of the Senate. A. A. Hall, of Tennessee, loho Cliargo d'Afftires to ilia Republic of Venezuela, in tho place of John G. A. Williamson, deceased. Lorenzo Draper, to hn Consul for the city of Paris, in France, in the place of Daniil Brent, decease!. ATTPIIN KYS, William M. Meredith, foi tlm Eastorn District of Pnnntylvuniu in tho placu of Joint M. Ilcud, resign , cd. Walter Forward, for tho Western District of Pennsylvania, in tho place of J. P. Anderson, re signed. Henderson Taylor, fur tho Western District of Louisiana, in the pluco of Boqjnmin F. Linton, re signed. MARSHALS. Henry C. Busier, for the Western District nf Pennsylvania, in tha pluco of Arnold Plumor, ro signed. Daniel Iluguniu, for tho District of Wisconsin, ih the pluco of Edward James, resigned. Claik Robinson, for tho Northern District nf New York, in thu pluco of Nathaniel Garrow^da coutcd, OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS COLLKClORfl. Ekenezer Bacon, Collector nf tho Customs at I Barnstable, Massachusetts, vice Henry Crocker, whose commission expired on the 3d instant. Isnuc N. Stoddard, Collector of tho Custom* at Plymouth, Massnchusi-tls, vice Scuylcr Sampson, who-n commission expired on the 11 til inst. Austin Baldwin. Middlotuwn, Connecticut, viro Noah A. Phelps, whose commission expired on tha 1 III. instant. * Nnthun Cummins, Portland, Maine, vice John Andersun, whoso cominitsion expired on the i Ith instant. William R Watson, Providence, Rhode I,land, vice Waller R. Dnnfurtii, whose commission ex pired on the I rib instant. Tristan? Storer, Saco, Maine, vice John F.Scnm mon, whoso commission expired on iho 1 Ith in*l. Daniel Kemick, Kcnmbunk, Muinc, vie Burna bos Palmer, whose commission expired on the liih instant Sl'RVKYoR*. Myles Elliott, Ji., Suivcyor nt Hertford, North Carolina, re-appointed. Gordon Forbes, V ed. William Pinkney, Baltimore, Maryland, . vice Jamas Mosher, whoso commission expired on the tlrii insiani. Jedediuh W. Knfght I’awcntuck, Rhode Island, vice George Brown, whore commission expired on the !2lh instant. Gemgv llowl.ind, Tivvrton, Rhode Island, vico Charles Dm fee, whoso commission expired on tho 1 lih instant. LAND OFFICERS—rkoistkR9. Jesse K. Dubois, PaL-siiue, Illinois, vice Joseph Kit.-h.-ll, whore commission expired on the Sthinst. Jumes M. Hanford, Jackson, Mississippi, view Thomas H. H.qikin*, resigned. , Yeocomieo, Virginia, reappoint on tlm gras* of the margin, and praps Is itaelf fur ward by a breud tall. w .... - MaJ*i Child* bat Uao out nn an uniuaceisful I •VknnwMH^thV iMdini Matl^VjMrniU own tend to fsr at aencaint ra|Hurat, hating maraly Ijsg UtaInability «f thaCamrtl party te reaoitq'mi APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT. land orricxna. Thomas Scott, Register, Chillicolhr, Ohio, vice Jn*. S. McGinnis, removed. Ambrose Whillock. Receiver, Crawfordsville, Indiana, vice Exckk-I McConnell, removed. OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS. • COLLECTORS. James Hunter, Savannah, Georgia, vice Abm. B. Fannin, removed. Joseph C. Noyes, Fsssnmaquoddy, Maine, vice Sail van S. Rawson, renviYud. John M Hate, Frenchman's Bay, Maine, vice Edward S. Jarvis, removed. Chniks J. Abbott, Penobscot, Maine, vice Row land 11. Bridgbam, removed. William B. Smith, Mloltl.l, M.ln., vie Wm. Brown, removed. „ George Thatcher, Belfast, Maine, vie# Nathan lei M. l-owney,removed. Edward Curtis, Now Yoik, vice John J.Morgan, removed. SI.ilo.lth S. Eutport, M.ln., -I™ “St!#Sw- ri vlmmT.n."?No» Vo,It. .to. Sljr Moor., r. mo ' ml n.wlornciE. Thom.. I.nttl, N«. Vork. vk» W llltam S. Cot, nmoreJ.-Nel. I.telli,eot„. NAVAL AI-rOINT»IKNT8. . *T Llrut. W. K. H.nwn, inb.,C.rt«lnb»bTJMI. William A. 8|.nwMn b#, C»nt»ln In lUh.vJ. Abraham Dlg.low, to bt, , CummAttdn la it, "Wiillim t„ Maury, lo It • LteutanaM lit the N* ! *f'