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Georgia Legislature.
Frnn the Cnn.litutioni»list.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 18.
This morning printed copies of the
bank reports for October, 1043 were laid
upon the desks of the members of the
legislature. From these reports I have
made the following abstracts of the con
dition of the banks. I omit fractions.—
must observe that the item of the cash
ets, stated as notes of other banks, is
igue, and may include uncurrent notes.
JENTRALRAILROAD AND RANK
ING COMPANY.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, £32,530
Rail Road Tickets, 13.551
Due to individual depositors, 62,847
Due for unclaimed dividends, 4,726
Due to other banks, 100
£114,110
CASH ASSETS.
Duo by other banks, £ 1.706
Specie’ and notes of other banks, 7.619
£ 9,325
PLANTERS’ BANK OF THE
STATE OF GEORGIA.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, £136,779
Due to public officers, deposi
tors, and unclaimed divi
dends, 181,611
£328,390
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 133,641
Notes of other banks, New York
Charleston funds, &c. 57,817
£171,458
BANK OF BRUNSWICK;
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, £146,783
Due depositors and other banks, 27,113
£174,896
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, £108,770
Notes of specie paying banks, 30,029
£138.808
• BANK OF MILLEDC.EVILLE.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, £21,247
Due depositors and to other
banks, G 5,506
£89,753
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, £18,469
Specie certificates, 1,327
Due by banks, 11,907
Rank notes, 59,566
£91,566
AUGUSTA INSURENCE AND
BANKING COMPANY.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, £120,443
Deposits and dividends unpaid, 24,083
£144,519
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 73,919
Specie certificates, 11,000
Rills of other banks, 57,518
Exchange on N. York, die. 18,846
Due by other banks, 33,573
£194,865
COMMERCIAL BANK AT MACON.
CASH LIABILITIES
Rills in circulation, £ 2,631
Due other banks and depositors, 16,846
£19,477
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 2,72S
Due by other banks, 2,270
Notes of other banks, 21,055
£30,653
PHCENIX BANK.
CASH LIABILITIES
Bills in circulation, £ 7,870
Deposit, 29,579
£37,313
CASH ASSETS.
Specie and specie funds, (no
other specification in bank
report,) £70,356
BANK OF ST. MARY’S
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation,
Due depositors rnJ unclaimed
dividends, 45,412
£139 232
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 71,750
Cash in New York and due by
other banks, 31,861
Current bank notes, 19,171
122,782
BVNKOF »IA WKINSVILLE.
CASH LIABILITIES.
B.lls in circulation, $32 18 - 2
Due to other banks, ileposite. fbc. 13 706
Due Ravils, Eveiett, Tarver, and
Moore, presumed to l e each li
abilities, 25,242
871,180
CASH ASSETS.
Sp e c and specie funds, 39 0*25
Due by other banks, 9,590
Due by agents, 12,450
161,90 a
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD AND BANK
ING COMPANY.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Rdl# in circulation, 8103,131
U npaid divi 'ands, 5,388
Due luniks, depositor?, aid Btate of
Giorgia, 24,778
$132 300
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 41,851
Sp ci* - in Ihe hands of Agents, 0,500
Notes of specie paying harks, and
due by banks ia New York, ffie., 01,513
9 109,864
B vNh OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
Hills in c’uc.ula'ion, 8441,625
Divi 'e' ds unclainv and and due o'her
hanks, 20319
Due deposi'or-, 291,2*0
8757 214
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 409,084
Due by, and bills of other banks, 98,738
8507,822
MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE
BANK.
CASH LIABILITI ES.
Bills in circulation, 8315.036
Deposits, due on dividends and to
ether banks, 133,445
• 8409,071
CASH ASSETS. ,
Specie. 105,430
Notes of other banks, anil du - from
banks, &c. 71 823
8237,255
RUCKERSVILLE BANKING COM
PA NY.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, 813,720
Depositors, 11,538
825,538
CASH ASSETS -
Specie, 810,920
Bills of other banks, 654
811,574
BANK OF AUGUSTA.
CASH LIABILITIES.
Bills in circulation, 897,354
Due depositors, dividends unclaim
ed, and due other banks, 94035
191,879
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, 805,700
Due by honks, in Charleston, New
York du - . 11,124
Due In ot: er banks, notes of specie
paying barks, &c. 42,806
8119,0:40
MECHANICS BANK.
CASH LIABILITI ES.
Bills in circulation, 8380,500
Due depositors, unclaimed divi*
(lends, and oilier banks, 91.17s
8471,733
CASH ASSETS.
Specie, s9'>,oS3
Specie bank notes, due by other
bank-', &,c. 35,226
8132,208
I have not included in tnc cash
assets of several banks, exchange dis
counted and maturing in New York,
Boston, Charleston, Savannah, and other
places.
RECAPITULATION.
Circulation Specie. Capital.
Central R. K.
Batik, 32,580 7,619 205,100
Planters, 146.779 113,641 535,400
Brunswick, 1 16,783 108,779 200,000
Milledgeville, 24.247 18,459 405,179
Augusta Ins., 120,443 73,919 375,000
Commercial. 2,631 2,728 107,172
St. Mary’s, 83,820 71,750 131,375
Hawkiusville, 32,182 39,025 160,800
Geo. R. R., 102,132 48,351
State Rank, 441,625 409,084 1,500,000
Marine and
Fire Ins., 315,636 165,432 400,000
Ruckersville, 13,720 10,920 138,787
Augusta, 97,364 65.706 1,200,000
Mechanics’, 380,540 96,983 500,000
£1,850,41121,232,41>15,861,813
Phccnix, 7,870 70,356 295.525
£1,958,362 5,157,338
MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 19.
The Senate was occupied yesterday,
to near 6 o’clock in the evening, with the
question of the Western and Atlantic 11.
Road, the debate on which had begun
on Saturday. I have taken ample notes
of the proceedings, and especially of the
extraordinary sentiments and opinions
expressed by several of the Senators on
tfie occasion. Statements were made, as
unfounded as they are erroneous, of the
condition of the Georgia Rail Road Com
pany. I shall, at the proper time, pass
all this in review. After a protracted
debate, votes began to be taken, by ayes
and tioes. Mr. Iverson’s substitute,
which principally contemplated the sale
of the road, was rejected, yeas 35, nays
51. After other amendments were pro
posed and rejected, and some admitted,
the original bill, as introduced by the
Committee on Internal Improvements,
with material amendments, passed,
yens 49, nays 38. 'Flits hill, as passed
authorizes the further progress of the
road, under the management of the Go
vernor and Chief Engineer. The com
pletion to be gradual, to the 52 mile sta
tion, with the balance of existing appro
priations. When any of the branch rail
roads shall join the State Road, then mo
tive power is to be placed upon it, &c.—
The Governor is authorized to sell the
road, for not less than one million of dol
lars. The road, from the 52 mile station
to Chattanooga, to be kept in a in a state
of preservation, &c. Should the Monroe
Rail Road or Georgia Rail Road join the
State State Road, then the road to be
completed from the 52 mile station to
the terminus. The convicts in the Pen
itentiary, to be employed on the road on
certain conditions. These are the prin
cipal provisions of the bill, which has to
pass* the House before it can become a
law. *
The Srnatorinl District Bit'.
We extract the following from the
Milledgeville Recorder of the 19th inst
as a matter of record, to show the hones
ty of the present Whig Senate. We will
use it hereafter. In the meantime our
readers can perceive who understands
best the system of gerrymandering, the
immaculate Whigs or the “corrupt"
Democrats. Thirty-one to sixteen looks
as if they were afraid of the Democrats
whipping them the next election, if they
showed them fair play. — SaV. Geo.
from the Milleflgcrille K< enrder.
Senatorial Districts. —The Senate
have, in accordance to our late amended
State Constitution, after debating for
several days various propositions, passed
a bill to form and organize the several
districts, as arranged Lclow. As this
question mostly affects the Senate, it is
not thought the House will attempt any
alteration. We annex the result of the
two last elections, showing in some de
gree their political complexion.
1841. 1843.
McDonald Cooper <s•
c) - Dawson. Crawford.
1 Chatham, W. 41 W. 63
2 Bryan and Liberty, W. 15 W. 56
3 M’lntosh & Glynn W. 60 W. 77
4 Wayne & Camden, D. 203 D. 24
5 Ware & Lowndes, I). 203 D. 24
6 Appling&Montg’y.W. 54 D. 228
7 Tattnall & Bulloch I). 177 I), a tie
8 Effing’m & Scriven W. 53 W. 113
9 Burke & Emanuel,W. 4 W. 194
10 Laurens&VYilkin’nW. 288 W. 595
11 Telfair and Irwin, D. 282 D. 275
12 Decatur &, ThomasW\ 301 W. 292
13 Baker & Early, D. 271 D. 229
14 Randolph & Stew’t. I). 226 W. 54
15 Lee <fc Sumpter, W. 139 W. 178
16 Muscogee & Harris W. 283 W. 36S
17 Houston & Macon, D. 191 W. 101
IS Talbot ifc Marrion, W. 8S W. 149
19 Pulaski & Dooly I). 532 D. 208
20 Twiggs & Bibb, 1) 217 D. 137
21 Wash’ton & JefFsonW. 310 W. 358
22 Rich’d & ColumbiaW. 490 W. 356
23 Warren & TaliferoW. 457 W. 558
21 Ilan’k & Baldwin IV. 63 W. 191
25 Putnam & Jones, W. 48 W. 122
26 Monroe &. Pike, I). 188 W. 91
27 Crawford & Upson W r . 90 W. 29S
28 Meriw’t’r &. Coweta I). 156 W. 132
28 Troup and Heard, W. 349 W. 491
30 Carroll & Campbell D. 638 1). 328
31 Fayette & Henry, I). 421 D. 135
32 Butts & Jasper, D. 219 D. 169
33 Newton & Walton, I). 7 IV. 204
34 Morgan &, Greene W. 662 W. 662
35 Wilkes & Lincoln, W. 82 W. 175
36 Elbert <fc Franklin W. 28 W r . 102
37 Og’t’pe »k Mad sonW. 372 W 516
38 Clark ik Jackson, I). 10 W. 53
39 Gwinnett <fc D’KalbD. 222 \V. 53
10 Paulding ik Cass, I). 445 I). 307
11 Cobb tk Cherokee, I). 521 \V. 28
42 Forsyth <k Hall. 1). 456 D. 253
43 Hubersirn tk Rabun D. 757 1). 297
44 Lumpkin <k Union, I). 928 D. 420
45 Gilmer <k Murray, D. 589 I). 236
46 Walker & Dade, I). 362 D. It 6
47 Floyd <k Chattoogal). 297 W. 102
from t'ie Mobile Tribune, Pec. 1 i.
Convention at Tuscaloosa*
This body brought its affairs to a con
clusion on Thursday, Dec. 7tb. The
organization of the bedy was made by
the appointment of Peter Martin, Esq.
President ; and Messrs. Winston of
Greene, Baker of Sumpter, and Lowe of
Madison, Vice Presidents. The unrep
resented counties were allowed to appear
by their members of the legislature, where
they happened to he democratic. Bar
hour, Monroe, Washington, Covington,
Dale, Coffee, Macon, Henry—all of which
contain majorities for Mr. Calhoun, were
not represented, and St. (’lair, which is
probably, though not certainly, a Van
Huron county, was in the same condi
tion. Mr. Van Huron was nominated by
a vote of 67 to 50. Had these counties
been represented, still he would have re
ceived a nomination. Wilcox, Dallas,
Montgomery, Perry, having Calhoun
majorities, divided their delegation and
no such favor was reciprocated. Had
these counties expressed the vote of the
majority, the nomination of Mr. Van Bu
ren would not have been made. The
resolution adopted, is its follows :
Resolved, That notwithstanding the
success of the whigs in the election of
their candidate for the presidency in
1840, the democratic party of the state of
Alabama have undiminished confidence
in the integrity and abilities of Martin
Van Buren of New York, and regard his
defeat in that year, as the defeat of the.
above principles, rather than of the man ;
and this convention, in consideration of
his able and zealous efforts to sustain
these principles, do earnestly recommend
him to the democratic convention to be
held at Baltimore in May next, as the
most available ]>er.son to be nominated
as the candidate of the democratic party
for the presidency.
We say this resolution was adopted by
a vote of 67 to 50, though the question
was not put exactly in that form.
A nomination of Col. King was also
made for the vice presidency, not with
out opposition. One member moved in
favor of Col. Polk, and another in favor
of Amos Kendall, Esq. What favor
these propositions received is not set
forth. The convention then rejected the
resolution adopted at the meeting at the
Corinthian, in this city, on the 27th ulti
mo, in favor of the district system, and
adopted the plan of the Syracuse conven
tion, of allowing the delegates of the dis
trict to nominate delegates to the conven
tion, instructing them, however, to vote
for the nominees. Messrs. P. Phillips
of Mobile, Isaac W Hayne of Montgom
ery, Geo. VV. Gayle of Dallas, John A.
i Winston of Sumpter, Peter Walker of
I Franklin, James Huey of Talladega,
j and Messrs. Shield* and Lowe were ap
pointed delegates. An electoral ticket
was also formed.
The committee adopted the democrat
ic creed of 1840, and some resolutions
against the tariff, and dodged the subject
of the annexation of Texas—considering
all persons, perhaps wisely.
At the instance of Mr. Shields, it was
agreed to form democratic associations
“for the purpose of organizing and dis
ciplining the party for the presidential
contest of 1844.” A resolution was
adopted to appoint a committee to pre
pare an address “ relative to the issues”
involved in the approaching presidential
election.
A resolution declaring Mr. Calhoun
the second choice of the state was reject
ed, and the delegates were instructed to
go for Mr. Van Buren first, as the most
available man, and to take after him the
most available democratic candidate for
the office.
This summary, we believe, embraces
all matters of interest in the proceedings
of the convention. We have anticipated
for some days Mr. Van Buren’s nomina
tion by five or six votes, and Col. King’s
nomination without opposition. Well,
what do you think of it l We think the
convention wished to learn (according to
the counsel of the Swedish chancellor to
his son) with how little wisdom the
world may be governed, and hence nom
inations. The remainder of our thoughts
we will give hereafter. The nomination
of Mr. Van Buren will probably be con
firmed at Baltimore. Col. King’s name
is functus officio , and we shall hear but
little more of it. The nomination of vice
president, like that of speaker of the
house of representatives, will be made at
Richmond.
The I'nited States and Mexico.
The National Intelligencer of Wed
nesday contains the recent correspond
ence between the authorities of the Uni
ted States and those of the Republic of
Mexico.
It will be remembered that the Presi
dent of the United States, in his annual
message to Congress, alluded to a notifi
cation from the Mexican government, of
a determination on its part to oppose a
decision by the Congress of the United
States to annex Texas to this Union,
with a formal declaration of war.
“The Mexican Government,”says M.
de Bocanegra, “ has collected sufficient
evidence, published in abundance by the
American press, that a proposition is to
be submitted to the deliberations of tlje
Congress of the United States at its ensu
ing session, to incorporate with them the
so-called Republic of Texas; and, al
though his excellency the President
hopes that an authority so circumspect
will defeat a design so unjust and an at
tack so decisive on the rights of the Mex
ican nation over that territory, he has or
dered the undersigned to declare to the
Hon. Wnddy Thompson, with a view
that he may submit it to his Government,
that the Mexican Government will con
sider equivalent to a declaration of war
against the Mexican Republic the pas
sage of an act for the incorporation of
Texas with the territory of the United
States; the certainty of the fact being
sufficient for the immediate proclamation
of war, leaving to the civilized world to
determine with regard to the justice of
the cause of the Mexican nation in a
struggle which it has been so far from
provoking:”
From the reply of our Minister, the
Hon. Waddy Thompson, we make the
following extract:
“The direct threat of war, which his
Excellency makes, precludes the under
signed from offering any explanation
whatever upon the subject. With a
proud man, or a proud nation, the lan
guage of menace is not only unavailing,
but has an inevitable tendency to defeat
its object. The Government of the un
dersigned has no passion for war 1 ; foreign
or domestic. It seeks a different path of
glory. Still less does that Government
desire war with Mexico. But, if any
thing could excite such a feeling, it will
be the constant repetition of these threats,
alike incompatible, in the judgment of
the undersigned, with the respect due to
his own Government, and to that of Mex
ico ; and the undersigned requests that
they may not be repeated. If intended
for intimidation, they will have no effect;
and if as a warning, they are not neces
sary : for his country is always in a con
dition to meet any emergency.
“The undersigned begs leave to add,
that “the glorious republic founded by
the immortal Washington” has its char
acter in its own keeping, and needs no
admonitions from any quarter to prevent
it from stain or dishonor.”
M. de Bocanegra, in reply, says r—
“Mexico does not threaten, and still
less does she provoke and excite ; what
she says is that which cannot be denied
to her—that she will regard the annexa
tion of Texas to the U. States as a hos
tile act, inasmuch as this act involves a
violation of the law of nations, and par
ticularly of international law, by its in
fraction of the tirst article of the treaty of
April 5, 1831, which says: ‘ There shall
be a firm, inviolable, ‘ and universal
‘ peace, and a true and sincere friendship
‘between ‘the United Mexican States
‘and the United States’of America, in
‘all the extent of their possessions and
‘ territories, and between their people and
‘citizens, respectively, without distinc
‘ non of persons or places.’”
Mr. Thompson protests against the
order of the Mexican Government pro
-1 hibiting the retail trade to foreigners, as
| in direct contravention of a subsisting
I treaty which secures the privilege of tru
-1 ding without restriction, and as calcula
ted to produce a greater sacrifice of
; American interests and property than all
! the previous outrages of Mexico upon
: our citizens united. He expresses the
opinion that this measure is part of a
I policy upon.which the present Govern
ment has resolved to cut off all foreign
commerce.
The Mexican Secretary declares, that
the decree of the 23d September being
(as it is) general, and not special, Mexi
ico has respected her engagements by
by continuing towards citizens of the
United States the treatment of the most
favored nation, to which they are enti
tled ; and in issuing that law, in place
of the Spanish laws which were in torce
in the Republic, she has used a right in
herent in her sovereignty, granting at
the same time, as she conceives that she
has, a reasonable period of delay, such as
is practised in other cases, for its being
carried into execution ”
From the reply of Gen. Thompson
we quote the following paragraph :
“ Nor does the undersigned find any
mitigation of the act, nor any alleviation
of the sufferings of his countrymen from
its effects, from the consideration that ail
other foreigners suffer equally ; no more
than if, in reply to a complaint that fifty
of his countrymen had been, in violation
of all law and justice, decapitated, lie
should be told that the same number of
Englishmen and Frenchmen, had suffer
ed a like fate.
“ The undersigned would, in conclu
sion, most respectfully express the hope
that, upon lurther reflection upon the
subject, the order in question may bo
countermanded, and the many inconve
niences which will certainly liow from it
be thus avoided.”
In reference to these proceedings, the
U. S. Secretary of State, in a despatch to
Gen. Thompson, uses the following lan
guage :
“Your letter to M. do Bocanegra, in
reply to that which he addressed to you
on the 23d August, is certainly in no re
spect too spirited or positive. The lan
guage of M. Bocnnegra’s letter, particu
larly in its concluding sentence, is highly
offensive, and you would have been fully
justified in requiring him to withdraw it.
The warning which you have given him
against the use of similar expressions in
future will, it is hoped, have its effect.—
If, however, you should again be address
ed in terms so assuming and so dispara
ging to the United States, you will de
mand that the letter bn withdrawn, or
that suitable apology for it be made.—
You will at the same time inform the
Mexican Government that you can hold
no intercourse with it, except on such
terms of courtesy and respect as are due
to the honor and dignity of the United
States.”
The Secretary further says :
11 The order of the Mexican Govern
ment prohibiting the importation of cer
tain articles of merchandise, and subject
ing to forfeiture the same and other arti
cles already imported, unless they shall
he disposed of in one year, is beyond all
doubt, in violation of the spirit of our
treaty with that country. It is, to say the
least of it, a very extraordinary proceed
ing on the part of a Government which
professes to feel a sincere desire to culti
vate friendly relations and to he Id a libe
ral intercourse with other countries. So
far as the prohibition of future importa
tion extends I do not perceive that it vio
lates the treaty. The third article of the
order which subjects to forfeiture, after a
prescribed time, goods already on hand,
“the importation of which was never au
thorised,” probably does not involve any
wrong or injustice; hut the fourth arti
cle which subjects to*!ike forfeiture goods
lawfully imported, unless they shall be
sold or shipped within one year, is a man
ifest violation of the liberty of trade se
cured by the treaty. It subjects Ameri
can merchants to liabilities which were
never contemplated, and utterly destroys
the trade which the treaty was intended
to secure. It is a fraud upon the Ameri
can merchant. The treaty authorized
and invited him to fill his warehouse
with imported goods, and as soon as he
has done so, they are subjected to forfeit
ure by ati ex post fade decree, with the
conditions of which it may and probably
will be possible for him to comply. The
United States will by no means submit
to such injustice, and so plain an iufiac
tion of treaty stipulations. It will le
proper for you, therefore, to complain of
the illiberal character of the whole order,
and to protest, in the strongest manner,
against the provisions of the fourth sec
tion of it. Any loss of injury which cit
izens of the United States mtiy sustain
from any proceeding under that section
will be ground for reclamation against
the Mexican Government.”
General Almonte, Mexican Minister
at Washington, in a communication to
Mr. Upshur, writes as follows:
“If, contrary to the hopes and wishes
entertained by the Government of the
undersigned for the preservation of the
cood understanding and harmony which
should reign between the two neighbor
ing and friendly Republics, the United
States should, in defiance of good faith
and of the principles of justice which
they have been constantly proclaimed,
commit the unheard of act of violence
[inandi/o atentaar —the expression is
much stronger than the translation] of
appropriating to themselves an integrant
part of the Mexican territory, the under
signed in the name of the nation, and
now for them, protests, in the most sol
emn manner, against such an aggression;
and he moreover declares, by express or
der of his government, that, on sanction
.being given by the Executive of the
Union to the incorporation of Texas into
the United States, he will consider his
mission ended, seeing that, as the Secre
tary of State will have learned, the Mex
ican Government is resolved to declare
war as soon as it receives information of
such an act.”
Mr. Upshur in reply reminds the Mex
ican, that his government had already
had experience of the inefficacy of this
sort of gasconade in its negotiations with
the United States, and concludes his an
swer with the following rebuke r
“The undersigned reminds Gene - '
Almonte that this Government is urick
no necessity to learn from that of Me*
co what is due to its own honor or to tl
rights of other nations. It i s theres,
quite unnecessary that General Almoi r,
in his future communications to this R
partmenf, should admonish this Goveri
ment either to respect its duties or t 0 t ; , r ..
care of its reputation in any contingent..
which the Mexican Government mn
choose to anticipate.”
General Almonte, in his letter of tR
11th of November, in answer to the ] e (t er
of the Secretary of State treating the In
gunge above referred to as an offensive
tii real, says:
Tim undersigned considers it his d uty
to appeal to the Secretary of State, in <•,.
der that he may be pleased to commnn,'
cate it to his excellency the President
that neither he nor his Government have
intended, and that it should not him
been supposed that they would have in.
tended to cast imputation {agraviar) up.
on the Legislative body, and much Jesj
to admonish the Executive as to itsdn.
ties, his desires have tended solely tn
the maintenance of the peace and har'mo.
ny which ought to subsist between two
neighboring and friendly nations; and
though the undersigned has declared, tv
express order of his Government, that
war will be the inevitable consequence
of the annexation of Texas to the United
States, he certainly has not done so with
the object of intimidating the Govern
ment of the honorable Secretary of State,
but with the view of showing how far
Mexico would carry her resistance loan
annexation of that nature.”
He states, also that he should “highly
value a formal declaration” to the effect
that no design of annexing Texas to the
United States was entertained by tk
American Government.
From Mr. Upshur’s reply, which con
chides the correspondence, we make the
following extract:
“The Mexican Minister informs tk
undersigned that lie would be pleased in
receive him from a formal disavowal of
any purpose, on the part of the American
Government, to annex Texas to the Uni
on. The Mexican Minister must lie
aware that it is not in the power of the
undersigned to give any such disavowal,
so far as the Congr ss of the United States
is concerned; and he cannot fail to per
ceive that, considering the attitude which
Mexico has chosen to assume, such a dis
avowal on the part of the President can
not be reasonably expected, whatever b
views and intentions may lie. It is due
however, to the frankness, which it isti
desire of the United States to display ia
all their dealings with other countrii
that the undersigned should make to the
Mexican Minister the following explicit
declaration:
“Near eight years have elapsed since
Texas declared her independence. Du
ring all that time Mexico lias asserted
her right of jurisdiction and dominion
over that country, and has endeavored to
enforce it by arms. Texas lias success
fully resisted all such attempts, and lias
thus afforded ample proof of her ability
to maintain her independence. Tits
proof has been so satisfactory to many of
the most considerable nations of the
world, that they have formally acknowl
edged the independence of Texas and es
tablished diplomatic relations with her.
Among these nations the United States
tire included ; and indeed they set the
example which other nations have fol
lowed. Under these circumstances, the
United States regard Texas ns in all re
spects an independent nation, fully com
petent to manage its own affairs, find pos
sessing fill the rights of other independ
ent nations. The Government of the
United States, therefore will not consider
it necessary to consult any other nation
in its transactions with the Government
of Texas.”
The following timely and sensible re
marks we take from the Savannah Re
publican —
Falskitood put down. — Amongtb
many devices used by the opposition lint
via Augusta and the Georgia Rail Komi,
to injure the travel via Savannah and
the Central Rail Road, and to prevent
passengers from coming this way, it ha*
been asserted that the steamboat naviga
tion was very dangerous and nncertan
The Boats have been running just sit
months to-day, having commenced on
the Ist of June last. We yesterday call
ed on Copt. Brooks to ascertain how ma
ny times they had failed to arrive in sea
son for the cars during this time, and he
assured ns that there had been but on s
failure, and this was in consequence ol
his putting back, there being no passen
gers for the Rail Road. Hod there been,
he would have taken the inside passage
and kept on.
During this time the boats have been
compelled hy stress of weather, to take
the inside passage the whole way brief
only. About a dozen times they ba'
put in at some of the numerous inlets
and completed the distance inside.
The fact is, there is not a route on tk
whole coast less dangerous and less lia
ble to failures than this. The sea na'
gation is only 70 miles, although it ha
been represented by the opposition l> ne
as being 120. Misrepresentation n l9 '
prevent lor a time the travel which lcif
imately belongs to this line, but the
will sooner or later liecome known, s' l
then it will be appreciated by the trave
ling community as it deserves.
we are happy to have it in onr po' ver
say that the travel is constantly incrcT
sing, and the route becoming more a' j
more popular every day.
The Emperor Nicholas has
his intention to reduce the rates of
age throughout Russia, and tax l ettc
from foreign countries on the prlucip
of reciprocity.