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From Georgia Telegraph. tetJTTi COUNTY PUBLIC MEETING- At a m nuro k meeting of the citizens of tfmis county, vnoip'jled according to previous notice, nt the court house, in tint town of Jackson, on Tuesday, the sixth inst., or t >«' purpose of taking into consideration the subject ot pro 11 biting, bv Legislative enactment, the vending ot < i»u > i liq iors. ’ When convened, th.- meetingtwas called to order Uv t’.ic utuni n jus .ippoinf nient <>t the Bev. Jason rter < Chairm in, and Thomas I’. Forril was req tested to act as The object of the mooting was exp! lined iu a distinct and intelligible style, by the Chair. . O i m ition of A. L. Robinson, E«q. . Resolved, Tnat the Chtir appoint « Committee .4 (ne, for iho purpose of icporiing to this meeting, at as cat i hour as practicable, what they shall deOni expedient, re lative to the subject matter ot the meeting. _ ■ Whereupon, Cornelius Sinton, Esq. Rev. Francis Pong lass, J (1 irkness, Y. Thaxton, and Parham Lindsey, Esqs. were appointed as that Committee. The Committee having retired for a short time, made the following Repott: , . . Whereas, the citizens of this county httvo witnessed wttli the deepest solicitude, the attempts recently made by a few individuals traversing various parts of the State, to obtain expression of public feeling, (as it is said) to pe tition the General Assembly to piohibit, by Legis a tie • nictnvnt, the free people of Georgia troni vending dis tilled liquors as a commodity of merchandize. \\ oen we view tho character ot the Government under which the States of the Union have, within tho hall century ot t.teir existence as a confederated Republic, gradually grown up from infantile weakness to the present manly power lb it characterises their national importance. U hen we regard the multiplied rights, tho innumerable sources tor human happiness, all secured to the citizen both in tho national and in our state form of Government: and when we see the freest people on earth, who have hitherto steadily di rected, with wisdom and w ith the aid ot the mot al inllu encc of practical virtue and patriotism, those ample means inherert in our political institutions to ensure the happiness of the people. And w>: contemplate the threaten ing dangerthat may piobably result by Legislative action, to direct, control, and manage every thing, and tne exert ing the power of Legislation to interfere with the most private affairs of the people, wo deem it a duty to ourselves, to posterity, and to the friends ot tree Governmen‘, tq jeizo upon this, the earliest opportunity to invoke the pru dent caution of the Legislature against these rcinttnttc ex cesses that 100 often have marked ‘he exercise of power. In renionstiating to the Legislature against abolishing avd prohibiting, by stat ttory enactment, the vending of •distilled liquors of any kind, we do not regard ourselves, bv implication or otherwise, to be understood as wishing to foster a practice of disgusting intemperance and sotislmess, ■or Io shelter the haunts of any ot those vicious indulgen ces from rebuke, which ever have, and from aught that human sagacity can foiesee, ever will remain asanincident of the social system instituted by man. But it is the concession that is sought to be extorted from the people, to permit those who are, and shall be, tempo rarily vested with tho sovereign powers of Legislation to gradually invade their private transactions in the most mi nute detail; allowing not even the vestry, the hut, or the parlor, or tlto pulice of the fireside, to escape Legislative censorship, against w hich we protest. As well might the L’gislalure assert the right and ex pediency of coiectiug tlm vicious indulgence ot the slug gard’s gluttony, by restricting, in any manner, the s tie ol agricultural products that constitute the luxuties oi the ep icuie; or to grraduatc to tho pastry cook the dimensions and number of his culinary aparatus, or the compounding •of his sauces and the variety of bis dishes. And as well might it be attempted to check the licentious prodigality of the spendthrift; that the jeweler and toilet-dresser should be restricted in their sales and contracts, as to prescribe, by Legislative resolve, either the kind or quantity ot li ‘ quors to be sold and bought. We trust that the Legislature will not abase its charac ter, by attempting to legislate upon freemen, so long as they aro capable of thinking and choosing for themselves a code of morals, and thus act directly in violation of ev ery true idea of public and national right ; especially when we believe that the only result to be gained in thus moving with violence the elements of society will be only to fur nish food to that spirit of romantic sympathy that has late ly awakened in the moral reformer. We sincerely trust that the time has not arrived, as yet, that it is expedient and proper to call into requisition the strong arm of Government to interfere in so private an af fair as that of regulating one's beverage. For, although the choice and use of our drink and bev erage mav, in some instances, be bad in itself; yet, by the silent surrender of this privilege, the results may be worse. Who can piedict when sanction is given once for the re former to operate by public authoiity ; no one can fore see the end to the modes and forms of his application, ei ther in privatejjfe or public affairs ; or it; the religious or political world. When we look back with all the cautious and impartial enquiry that we are capable of commanding to the many new-fangled notions that are conjured up by those who term themselves refer sters, of every varied cast and hue, and finally establishing themselves into high and formida ble associations, it is astonisi’ing that even that gem of great price, independence of private character itself, could have so long resisted their authoritative edicts, which they extravagantly deem paramount to all Government, to all ollierq ower. We believe that the present project of mo 'Tal reform is the offspring of that spirit that measures the bed of procuslrs, where fanaticism prbacbes the odious doctrine, that tin., long legged must be cut off and the short ones stretched out by force ; and if no check is given, the time is not far distant when lie who refuses to yield thus *.o be measured, will have the mark branded on his forehead und denounced as an enemy of society, because he does not agree in opinion with these men, as to the mode and manner of promoting its best interest. We cannot give our aid and sanction to bigotry and fa naticism, to hasten the period of millennial felicity, first, by magnifying any one in the numerous catalogue of vices to a kind of satanic pre eminence and dominion over all others, then to excite, the apprehensions and fears of wo men and children to wild ensliusiams, in executing the schemes of modern reformers and perfectionists; who have been, and still are, in other parts of this best of Go vernments and happiest of countries, assailing with the deadliest aim, those sacred principles of human rights, which constitute the very basis of our Government, that gives all its vitality and comeliness, and endears it to the heart. It is to us a matter of deep concern, and one that should alarm the friends of civil and religious liberty, wherever it may be known th.it this question has been presented to the consideration of the people in various parts of the country, by a class of citizens who to do so, have stepped forth mi dor tlie sanctified garb they have worn under different aus pices than to agitate political questions from the sacred desk; while they at the same lime announce to mankind that their calling in this life is from the most high God, as chosen vessels to inmister, while abiding on earth, in the holy service of the Lord. And who, by a strange intuitioc, leave discovered that the entire fabric of society is radi-{ rally wrong and defective, and requires to be dissolved at once. And who would establish upon its shapeless ruins the Utopian fancies of per fectionism in all existing civil, political, legal, and ecclesiastical institutions. They have thus at once stepped upon the ground of uni versal anarchy, renouncing, in their wildness, allegiance to all human Government, because they say it is badly con stituted, and ought to be broken up instantly, Such is perfectionism carried out; “and none can fail to see what this doctrine, reduced Io practice, will inevitably lead to.” It is tint gradual tendency which those who term them selves as lli ralds <>f rhe ('ross, exciting an interference of religion with politi s, against which wo protest. It is that crusading spirit that ever, from small begin- ’ Dings, hi* repeatedly in the history of the world, spread 1 consternation, in its increasing, wide-spreading reach, that sweeps before it al! that stands in its way. And which, i ere long, if the sanative influence of patriotic prudence is not applied, tho end of our Republic may furnish mate rial for the historian, that would cast a brighter shade over tho destinies of nations that have passed away, by the more gloomy picture of our own. Wo would not bo understood as imputing improper mo tives to, or disparaging, the patriotism of our fellow-citi zens, who wo have ever held to the warmest embrace of our affections, because they have deemed it expedient and politic to bring this subject to the consideration of the Le gislature. But tel ling ourselves as free to express our opinions as themselves, and holding them only as equals and in polit ical amity, have thus declared, settled and determined hos tility with the means which have been exerted, to accom plish a i end, that reasonable fears may be entertained, will, with the whirl wind’s destructive rage, sweep over our political institutions, leaving all in chaotic confusion and ruin. In conclusion, wo ut-uld add, that morality and virtue being the attributes of the affections, but rarely fail to re commend themselves to the enlightened understanding of mtn, from their loveliness anil beauty, and never needs the auxiliary hand of Legislation to implant them in the heart. When tho above was read, the same was adopted unan imously. On motion, it was Resolved, That tlm foregoing be presented to the General Assembly, by the Senator and Representatives | from the county ol Butts, as an expression ol the public feeling of the comity. Resolved further, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by tho Chairman and Secretary, and be for j w'atded to lite Southern Recorder and Georgia Telegraph I for publication. JASON GRIER, Chairman. i Thus- P. Ferril, Secretary. VAN BUREN CONSISTENCY IN GEORGIA. “ Savannah requires more Banking capital than she pos sesses,” quoth die V. B. Georgian. There is Banking Capital enough in tho country, and thrice more than enough, but the difficulty is in using it, as when we had not two th’.ds as much—and with a better currancy than wc now have—as before the days of experiment and humbug. [AT. K. Express. The above wo-extract from a Clay and Bank paper.— Hence the indisposition to allow tho claims of a Southern city. While Savannah has to the extent—about $2,200,- 000, which may be employed in Banking purposes, and a portion of that sum liable to be diverted to Internal Im provement, New York, and other Northern cities, over shadow her prosperity with their tens of millions: and in stead of the Banks of our city being able to meet the pres sing wants of the community and the claims of the interi or, our merchants and men of business have to seek the aid of capitalists in other States, whose interest it is to en tice from our own seaports the produce of the State, and by means of railroads touching our borders, to divert fiom its legitimate channel the rich products of our soil. Give us a Bank of the United States, say the Clay I presses of the North, and we will regulate your exchanges, !&c Yes,, with a National Bank located in New Y r ork or j Philadelphia, you doubtless will regulate exchanges, but I in return for doing so, rhe stockholders will not only be ; repaid by the great circulation all over the country which ' the bills of the Bank will have, thus enabling them to drive 'the bills of sound State Institutions out of circulation; but the National Bank Directors will take care that ex changes are so regulated as to be in favor of the North, in which section the Bank will be located. Now, apart from the unconstitutionalily of chartering a National Bank, for the .benefit of private capitalists, and to the oppression of State Institutions, and of locating such an Institution in a section of country, already rich and prosperous, from the tribute paid by the citizens of the South, for the years of the republic that have past, we pre fer to see that surplus of banking capital, which the New York Express admits there is difficulty in using, thrown among us, for there is more, we can readily believe, cen tered in Northern cities than can be profitably employed. Why, then, not let the citizens oft Savannah have a por tion of that capital, which is acknowledged cannot be pro fitably employed in New York. The Banks of Savannah ! have been conducted as ably as any Banks of any other State, and have always possessed the confidence of the State at large. Yet, crippled often by the operations of Institutions, alien to the interest of the citizens of Georgia, they are compelled to curtail their discounts and withhold from a community that relief, which the peculiar situation of its members may require. The Southern merchant purchases his goods from the Northern manufacturer, at what he conceives a fair credit, to enable him to meet his paper at maturity. lie disposes of bis goods for cash, or approved credit. When the time of payment arrives for Itis purchaser to respond to his demand, he is met by the cry of “ hard times,” “ the planters who aic my custom ers, promise to pay when their crops are sold, and other customers when they can collect.” "Give me two or three months more, and I’ll pay you promptly.” What, does the merchant do? If backed by Northern capital, he grants the time without fear or trembling, though, it may be, at great inconvenience. If not so backed, be has to do it, at lite risk of having his paper protested, and dis honored, and his credit prostrated, simply because the Banks arc deprived of the power of extending their ac commodations for the time required, to enable him to col lect from his debtors. Will a Bank of the United States remedy these evils ? We humbly think not. True, it might regulate the Ex changes, because with a powerful capital and Northern funds to back its operations, the State Institutions may be driven from the market, but our Banks with their inefficient captal, will also be regulated in their discounts by the de mand for specie or Northern Exchange at the current pre mium, which extracted from our vaults will be shipped to ritcrease the resources of the Northern Institution, and leave the customers of the Southern Branch to look to the State Bank (crippled in their resources) or to Agents of country Batiks for the modes of remittance or the means of liquidating their liabilities. As.far as we can judge, we would say that while we have, perhaps, too many Banks in Georgia, we have too little Banking Capital in Savannah. It should be the policy of Georgia to promote a mutual dependence between the seaboard and lite upper sections of Georgia. The Central Rail Road progressing to com pletion will soon be part of the Appian way of Georgia, and the increase of intercourse it is destined to effect, be tween tlia citizens of the seaboard and Western Georgia will demand more capital in our midst. Savannah, unlike New York, is dependent upon Geor gia for her prosperity. She seeks to make not the people of Georgia tributary to her merchants, but that those mer chants may be enabled, by the facilities required by the in creasing commerce of the principal seaport of a powerful State, to compete with other merchants, who can now, as agents of foreign houses with foreign capital at their com mand, elevate or depress the market more than should be in their power. We, to citizens of the seaboard of Georgia, desire to consume the bacon, flour and other productions of Western Georgia. In return we ask to supply those who send these articles to us, with those necessaries (and luxuries, accord ing to their means) which a thriving commerce conveys to our wharves. Our merchants are active—are enterpris ing. Their ships visit the ports of Europe and other for eign countries—their canvass swells upon every sea.— Will not the Georgian of the west and southwest, whose name is ours—whose feelings are out s—whose friends arc ours—whose interests in life tmd for eternity arc ours, not respond to the call for united action in our councils, and in responding blot out the charge of hostility to Eastern Georgia, and of indifference to the prospeiily of her an cient seaport. Add, next session, to the capital of her ex isting institutions, und the spirit which is now spreading over tho new lots of our city tho handsome public edifice, or tho comfortable mansion (even in these dull times,) will receive an impulse which will urge her on to that eminence which she should occupy as the commercial capital of a Stalo like Geotgia, and eventually make her the New York ol tho Southern Atlantic. Georgians want but tho will —the courage to effect it, and it will be accomplished. 1 hen tho taunts of New York presses will cease, for we shall be respected ; for then we shall deserve, as we Shall win their respect. 1 bink of these things, people of Georgia, and in party feelings, at times necessary for our political security, merge not the duty of the citizen ; yield not to party exclusively, what every son owes to his country- —to its social aggrand izement.— Savannah Georgian. from the Biunstrich- Aileocate, 17 th insl. We alluded briefly a short time since to the attempt of Charleston to cross the Savannah river by her rail road, in the hope that some other papers ip the State more ca pable than ours, would follow up the subject. The Savan nah Georgian made tin extract from our article, but not a woid have we heard or seen from any other quarter. A subject which ought to arouse the indignation of the whole State has apparently been looked upon as though it were an every day occurrence, and one not worthy of especial notice. Charleston seems to exercise a dictatorship wer the Southern cities from which there is no appeal. She orders, and bavannah and Augusta obey. The situation of these two last towns in reference to the first is necessa rily one ot hostility; it is unfortunate that it is so, but such is the fact, however much present appearances may i deceive the public. Does Savannah wish to improve the navigation of her river by closing up the norih branch, Charleston prohibits it. Does she wish to throw a bridge across the Savannah river, Charleston prohibits it-—it will take a few bags of cotton and some marketing from Caro lina. Augusta builds a bridge across the Savannah river to Hamburg; Charleston prohibits the use of it to tho cit izens of Augusta. Notwithstanding all this it is monstrous injustice if Charleston cannot have and do all she pleases. In our remarks above alluded to, we omitted the most important view of tho consequences to this State if the Charleston and Hamburg rail road should be permitted to cross the Savannah river. We hoped some one else would consider this pait of the question. Mr. D’Antignac did not allude to it in his minority report —he spoke only of the interest of Augusta and Savannah. But this is trifling compared with the injuty it would do the whole State. [ It is well known that Charleston has given up the chim erical notion of a rail road to Cincinnati. Let any one look at the map and he will find that if the Charleston and Hamburg railroad crosses the Savannah, she has as good a command, if not a better one, of the interior of Georgia, than Savannah will have with the extension of her central rail road, or Brunswick with hers. The distance is about the same. Now if Georgia is determined to crush her own towns and build up Carolina, let her no longer disguise the fact, but pass laws at once for the exclusive benefit of Charleston. Her Great Western and Atlantic rail road is to be built, it would seem, for the benefit of Charleston. Georgia is either to do something more for her seaport towns or Charleston is tho seaport of Georgia. If she de termines to take care of herself, a declaratory act ought to be introduced tind passed on the first day of the session of the next Legislature, prohibiting now and forever the city of Charleston from setting her foot beyond the Ham burg shore of the Savannah river. Wc have merely given a glance at this subject—less than that we could not do. More we will not attempt, while there are so many Editors in the St<te, better quali fied than ourselves to discuss the matter. INCENDIARY ATTEMPT. On Saturday morning last, about daylight, fire was com municated to the storehouse occupied by Mr. Nichols, which, but for the discovery and intervention of Doct. Hull’s faithful man Billy, would probably only have ter minated with the destruction of a great portion, if notour entire business street. No clue has yet been obtained as to the origin of the fire, but the almost universal impres sion is, that it was the work of some base incendiary. In this instance the attempt Providentially failed, but con siderable alarm has been excited, and in view of our i n protected situation, efforts are making to organize a com pany to meet such emergencies. Meanwhile additional patrolshave been establised; and if the author of the nefarious attempt cannot be ascertained, it is hoped that their vigilance may secure the town from further danger on this score.— Southern Banner. On the cotton ciop of Mclntosh County, the Darien Herald of 6th instant, says : “Nothing can be more grati ' lying to our citizens generally than to learn that the crops of the present year are abundant in all sections of the country. The cotton crop in this county looks very pro mising and we are told has not been better for many years. A few days ago we were presented with some grown on the plantation of our friend Mr. John Hudson, of a beau tiful texture. His crop is quite abundant, and so far ad vanced, that he intends to commence gathering it the pre sent week.—The Planters always have our best wishes for their prosperity—for when they have abundance, no body complains of hard times.” From the N. K. Evening Post. SPECULATORS AND THEIR FATE. The Rochester Daily Advertiser gives the following connected view of the various speculations in the great staple commodities of the country, in which adventurers have lately engaged with the help of the banks: “ At the south, as cotton is the great staple of the coun try, so it is the article in which the greatest speculations have been attempted. During the last year Mr. Biddle, with the aid of his bank, attempted to obtain the control of the cotton market, in order to equalize the exchanges and at the same time to secure an enormous profit to the U. S. Bank. To effect this he entered the market as an operator, purchased all the cotton he could obtain, sent an agent to Liverpool, to whom such shipments as were made were consigned, and thus controlled the Liverpool mar ket by retaining the bulk of his purchases on hand and maintaining a constant scarcity in the English market. The design was masterly comprehensive, and the results at which Mr. Biddle aimed, such as they were, were suc cessfully attained. At this point Mr. Biddle left the field. The southern dealeis then attempted to follow in his footsteps. But they had neither the magnificent means of an institution like the U. S. Bank, nor the unity and energy which characterizes the plans of Mr. Biddle. He was able to procure any amount of means by the sale of tho bonds of his institution, but the southern banks were enabled to lend assistance in the engrossment of the cot ton market only by the issue of post notes, having but a short time to run, and rapidly depreciating from the hour of their being issued. The southern operators have in deed been successful in engrossing the maiket, but cannot be successful ill their attempt to maintain the engrossment. The expiration of the terms which the post notes had to run will bring them back upon the banks for redemption, and they cannot be met by new issues, for tho credit of the bank is gone. The banks must therefore call upon the cotton operators for the payment of their notes; to meet this the cotton must he thrown into the market and the holder lose. This seems inevitable sooner or later; and such wjll be the result of the attempt at cotton “ hold ing.” 1 he “ holders” of cattle have already begun to expe rience the same effects which are in store for tile cotton monopolizers. That there was a real and extensive de ficiency in the amount of cattle in the markets, no one seems disposed to doubt. But the effects of that deficien cy were aggravated by the attempt of the speculators to engross the whole market, and force prices to an unnatu ral height. But this scheme was perceived by the public, and by strenuous opposition entirely defeated. So that the speculators in that article was subject to positive loss. At the west, and in some portions of oor own state, heavy capitalists began to operate in Flour. But they seem not to have understood the real quantities of grain harvest ed the last season. They went into the market early, and by the effect of their own operations tho prices of grain were kept tip with little diminution from those of the two or three previous years. The means of the operators were soen exhausted, and they then began to enact the parts of “ holders” asking for an increase of price. But as soon as their operations ceased, the supply of the unsold grain in market became greater than the. demand and the price fell, and still continues to f.dl. The attempted en grossers must sell—for they cannot continue to hold unless to incur still greater losses—and sell at a loss. Tho soon er they do this the better, for the wheat crop of the pres ent season, larger than any which has yet been harvested in the United Stales, will bring the price of wheat down to rates almost nominal as compared with those existing two yeais ago. The pork speculators arc mostly the managers of the local banks of Illinois and the far west. But that specu lation is rapidly coming to the same result in which all the others must end. Such engrossments cannot bo effected in small circles, for the increased demand will attract sup plies of the engrossed article from the markets immediate ly around; nor can they be profitable in an article like pork, for which, when its price is extravagantly enhanced, other articles of provision will be substituted by the con sumer, and the demand thus in a measure cease. The engrossment of the lead market is another specula tion which has been attempted, but in regard to which fewer facts lyive transpired. It may bi; safe, however, to predict a result similar to that which is in preparation for the other attempted engrossments, as there seems to be no particular reason to exempt this speculation from the operation of the general rule. INFORMATION WANTED. ADAM WISNER, formeily of Nortliumberland, in Pennsylvania, who was in the Revolutionary war, as a minute man, tinder General Potter, and Col. fames Mur ray, and whose papers have all been destroyed by the burning of his house, in which his all was consumed, wishes to know if there are now living any witnesses to his having been in that war, as without such witness be can not obtain a pension, to which he is justly entitled and which ha is very anxious to obtain, in consequence of poverty brought upon him by tinpropitious providences. Should this meet the eye of any individual who can testi fy to these points, respecting his Revolutionary services, which the law requires, in order for him to obtain a pen-, sion, they would confer a favor upon an afflicted old Revolutionary soldier, by communicating the fact, stating the name and residence of such witness, to the Rev. Oren Brown, or Deacon Abraham Harrison, of East Grove land, Livingston County, State of New York. Publishers of weekly Journals, in the United States, arc requested, for the sake of humanity, to give the above a few insertions in their papers. OREN BROWN. From the Tallahassee Star. MORE BLOOD.' Below will be found a letter from Captain Peyton, of the U. S. Army, now stationed al Tampa—it speaks for itself. That an officer so well known for his vigilance and experience should suffer himself “surprised,” by a party of Indians, from the fact of having “no defences”— no guard ’, is truly astonishing The truce, appears to have exasperated the Indians; they now make frequent at tacks; and inva'ritrbly effect most serious mischief. They probably considered it an insult to have terms of any sort, offered to them by the United States. Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay, July 29, 1839. “Col Harney established, some weeks since, a Trading House at Punte Rassa ; the Indians gradually collected in numbers to trade, and about 5 days since they surprised the Sutlers Shop'and Col. Harney’s Camp, at daylight, and 13 Dragoons and 5 other men were killed. Among them Dallam, the Sutler. Col. Harney, with 17 dragoons, and a few other men barely escaped with their lives by taking to the boats. This intelligence was brought by one of the boats, with two wounded men on board. Col. H. is on the way, but has not yet arrived ; they had no defen ces, and kept no guard, such was their confidence in the treacherous Indians.” Respectfully, Sir, Your mostoh’t. xerv’l, R.K. PEYTON, Capt. A. Q. M. Capt. W. S. Ketchum, A. S. M. St. Marks. Rail Roxn Accident.—Ou Monday morning last, about 10 o'clock. Mr. John Flemming, of this borough, of the firm of Murray & Flemming, whilst engaged in detaching one of bis burden cars from the train which had just arrived from the east, while it was yet moving, slipped r.ud fell, when the wheels passed over his left leg and thigh, dreadfully man gling him.— Carlise, Pa. Volunteer, Aug. 15. A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR. An affair happened in New York on the sth inst., which has caused great excitement in that city. A child five or six years of age entered a house in Elizabeth street, near the rear of tho Bowery Theatie; the mother went in pur suit of it, and having been told that the child went into the house, she applied, but the persons in the house denied that the child was there, and refused admission to any one, until some of the police officers arrived, who entered and found the child dead, and enclosed in a rough pine box. The inmates were all arrested and taken to the police office. From the Georgia. Constitutionalist, We copy tiie following article from the New York Star of the 14tli inst. Poor Major Noah, he had just began to fire off his big guns, and huzzaing for the glorious success of the whigs in Tennessee, when the dreadful news reach ed him that the democrats had Polk-vd the cartridge so well home through the ballot-box, that the 20,000 lb. Can non of the west had bursted, wounding, however, only whigs. The Major cannot account for this accident but in two ways the first that the whigs must have been asleep, or that money, the great whig lever, has been abundantly used. This latter must be taken by the whigs of Tennes see as a great compliment—but the Major is to be excused, he only measures other people’s corn by his own bushel, and knowing well what effect a little of the rhino has on himself, thinks it must have the same with every body else. The Major is puzzled that’s a fact—just hear him. ELECTIONS IN THE WEST. They say that the Ballot-Boxes “do not lie.” If they do not lie they tell some very unpleasant truths at the West. Have the Whigs been sleeping on their post, or has the money saved from contracts in the Florida war found its way into Tennessee and Indiana? Something unusual has occurred to have produced so extraordinary a revulsion, and we should be glad to know what it was. That this Government :s badly, wretchedly administered, that there is despotism, recklessness and fraud in the administiation, and that there is every where suffering in the mercantile and trading community, can scarcaly be doubted, Van Bu ren is not popular—the sub-treasury is not popular. How then arc we to account for these extraordinary changes? We know that personal populatity has great weight in the South and West—that personal exertions will do much— that the people are attached to favorites more than to any settled principle ; but all this could not, we are quite sure, have produced such extraordinary changes, Money has been used freely—it is the great and only lever of the administration. Defaulters run off with millions, are ex cused and forgiven—bow much of the spoils go to carry our elections? Has the government at last become too powerful for the people ? We hope the strict construction ists oi the South who have aided the administration, will answer that question. They must answer it—when they vote for the union of the Purse and Sword, wo hope to hear no mbre vauntings of devotion to the Constitution. 1 We here shall stand our ground—-unbribed and unterrified ( —the North and the East will not give an inch to the ad ministration, whatever strength it may purchase from oth er quarters. TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. The packet ship Shetidan, Captain Depeyster, ha* ar rived, bringing us Liverpool papers to Monday, July 15th, inclusive. There is no political news of importance. There seems to be no further change in the cotton market. On the night of tho 12th of July, the question of Post Office Reform came up in the House of Commons. Mr. Goulburn moved to postpone the consideration of die pro position for reducing the postage to the uniform rate of a penny. The mojion was defeated by nearly two vote* to one. Sir Robert Peel then divided the House against the pledge to make good any deficiency in the revenue which might arise from tho reduction. He was likewise de feated, many of his own political frierd* voting against him. On the samo day Mr. Attwood moved for a Select Committee to take into consideraiion the. prayer of ths “National Petition” for Universal Suffrage, Annual Par liaments, Vote by Ballot, &c.—a petition sinned by 1,- 200,000 persons.’ He enlarged on the distress of the peo ple and the hopelessness of relief under the present mon etary system. He was answered by Lord John Russell, who opposed the motion; he maintained that an influx of paper money was ne penacea for the evils which pressed upon tire working classes; he said ne feared that in every large manufacturing and commercial country occasional periods of distress weie inevitable, and remarked that some of the more intelligent of the Chartists disagreed with Mr. Attwood in his currency opinions. With respect to the great body of the people he did not think they con curred in the political views set forth in the petition. He remarked that it was highly to the credit of the working classes that they had remained orderly and peaceable, not withstanding the efforts to excite them to outrage. On dividing the House there were for the Committee 46, against it 235—majority 189. There was a meeting of the cotton spinners of Preston and Manchester on Saturday, the 13th, who resolved that their factories should work only four days per week for one month after the 15th of July. The same agreement has been concurred in by the manufactures of Ashton, Stalybridge and Hyde. The captain of the American ship Noruantum, lying in one of the Liverpool docks, was killed on Friday, the 12th, by falling accidentally into the hold of the vesSp). A destructive fire broke out on Monday the 9lh, in th® town of Collumpton, in Devon, about 159 miles west of London, which destroyed one hundred and thirty two houses, consisting of dwellings, stores, factories, &c. &c. A later account says,—We understand it has been as certained, that 145 dwelling-houses are burnt to the ground, and, in addition to that number, including out houses, barns, &,c., upwards of 170 buildings have been totally destroyed. It is impossible to calculate the amount of loss. When it is considered, that not only the build-""* 6 ings, but also a great deal of the furniture and stock-in trade in them must have been burnt, scarcely 100 Z. fur each building will be sufficient to cover it, and that will make a total loss of somewhere about 15,0001. We fear, however, it will he found to be much greater. Business is quite at a standstill in the town, aud the scene of deso lation is truly distressing, no object presenting itself to the eye in every direction but blackened rafters, dismantled buildings, and ruins still smoking. N. O. Commercial Bulletin, THE COTTON CROP OF THE WORLD. There is no subject connected with commerce or agri culture, which possesses a higher interest for the citizen* of the U. States, than the production and consumption of Cotton.— We have, on more than one occasion,devoted our columnsto theinsertion of information upon the subject, and our attention is particularly called to it just now, in conse quence of the publication of a letter signed ‘Cotton Plant,’ in a spirited New York paper, called the Whig. The wti- ' ter commences by stating that the entire growth of cotton in the world, is set down at 1,000 000000, pounds. Os this 550 millions are supposed to be grown in the United States —3O Brazil—B in the West Indies—-27 in Egypt—36 in |l>. - I [.VI ),. »1,.. OAjq DJeXICO and South America, Except Brazil—and 14 million* else where. Thus at ten cents per pound, a price below which it has rarely ever fallen, this crop is worth $100,00i),000. For the last fifty years, however, the value (though often fluctuating suddenly and widely) has averaged 19j. At this price, the present growth of the world is worth $192,500,000. Os this, about 350 millions of pounds are consumed and manufactured in England—about 150 millions in the Uni ted States—Bo in France—-259 in China and India -250 in South America and Mexico, including Brazil-- 35 in German}’-—45 in Turkey and Africa— lo in Spain —-20 in Prussia-—and the remainder elsewhere. The value of cotton manufacturers in England, is be lieved to be annually about 170 millions ol dollars— in France seventy millions-—in the United States, at sixty millions. The capitol employed in manufacturing by machi nery is estimated, in England, 200 millions ot dollars -•-in France, at 120 millions-—the United States, al 110 millions. The consumption in manufactures of raw cotton in all Europe, in 1803, was estimated at only 60 mil lions of pounds. (Die. of Span. Com.) The whole con sumption in Europe, in 1830, was about 387 millions of pounds. In 1838, it is believed to be nearly 500 millions of pounds. South Carolina and Georgia were the first states in this Union to grow cotton to any considerable extent. In 1791, two millions of pounds were grown in the Union—mil lions of which grew in South Carolina, and one half million In Georgia. In 1801 forty millions was the crop of the United States —of which, 20 milloins grew in South Carolina, 10 in Geor gia, 5 in Virginia, 4 in North Catolina, and one in Ten nessee. In 1811, the crop of the United states had reached 80 000,000—of which 50 grew in South Carolina. 20 in Georgia, 8 in Virginia, 7 in North Carolina, 3 in Tennes see, and 2 in Louisiana. In 1821, one hurdred and seventy millions of pnunds were grnwn in the Union—as follows : st) millions in South Carolina, 45 in Georgia 20 in Tennessee,2oio Alaba na, 12 in Virginia, 10 in North Carolina, 10 in Louisians, and 10 in Mississippi. _ In 1828, the whole crop of the Union was 348 J million*. Os this, Georgia grew 75 millions, South Carolina 70, Tennessee 45, Alabama 45, Louisiana 38, Mississppi 20, Viiginia 25, Noith Carolina 18, Florida 2, Aakansasntw half of a million. In 1833, the crop of the Union had increased to 437} millions. Os this, 88 millions grew in Georgia, 73 m South Carolina, 70 in Mississippi, 65 in Alabama, 55 in Louisiana, 50 in Tennessee, 50 in Florida, 13 in Virginia, 10 in North Carolina, and } in Arkansas. The next year (1834,) the crop had increased to 457 J millions, and was grown as follows : 85 in Mississippi, 85 in Alabama, 75 in Georgia, 65.1 in South Carolina, 62 in> Louisiana, 45 in Tennessee, 20 in Plorida, 18 in Vir ginia, 9£ in North Carolina, and £ in Arkansas. Subse quently, no certain dale are in our possession; but the estimate at this time is 550 millions as the whole crop of the Union. Thus it will be seen, from 1791 to 1826, South Caroli na, was the most abundant cotton growing Stale in the Union. In 1826, Georgia took the lead, and held it till 1834, when Alabama and Mississippi took the front rank. At this time, Mississippi is perhaps the most extensive cotton growing State in the Union, south Carolina and Alabama are next. North Alabama is beginning to deteriorate as a cotton country ; while tne worn lands in Middle Tennessee are thought to improve for this culture—maturity, the vite! desideratum, not