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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.