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ALY \RaLO OR MU LTI-BOLLED COTTON.
The t'ollowi >•„- note re!.i':vc to this new species <>l cot- i
ton, Inis been pciiu ly handed us by the I lon. W ilsou j
f Lumpkin. Ui who know that distinguished gentleman, :
will be sitisfi d, i oi only of the correctness ot his slate- ;
nients, but of his ability to form an ft ci mate opinion on the |
subject. ,
ATHENS, September 23, 1839. j
J/D.-i CL.— . , |
D . u I'iie cotton seerl with which my son fur- |
nisl.ecl y■> t, '■ is gr.it' n in m r garden the present year, and ’
in <v hole J i>i the genuine new species ot cotton,
dosi ;n:ilcd bv ' i , : ' i' names, as Alvarado, Multicaulis |
I. . |, , Multicaulis, &c. Tito seeds from which
wo obtained oar p’.itiis (between 20 and 30 in number) i
were given to ttt bv General Stephen Coc\e, of Cuhnn- |
bus, Mississippi. _ I
Mvsin h 1 .I.ig furnished you with specimens ol both I
th ■ ip’e a.t I stuck, I deem it ummcessiry to attempt ti ■
<lrs rib? its peculiar habit or growth. Ymi are apprised
th it th.-' is in here Ins been excessively dry, so much so, |
as to cut off in mv estimation, more than one half of the
product of cotton. Vet our plants ol cotton will average .
fro n five to seven feet high, and about one thousand seed j
to a plant. I
I unhesitatingly believe it to be ft very superior specie', j
of cotton. Its pi incipal advantages consist in its early
maturity, requiring a shorter season to make a crop. Ihe
stapla being of a liner quality, and the quantity which
in iv be raised from a given space of ground larger than
tho ordinary cotton. Mv opinion of the superiority of this
species of cotton over oiKt kinds, is not formed alone by
iny own limited experiment, but is corroborated by every
person, with w hom 1 have conversed, who has made a trial
of the same. From different persons I have learned, that
this new variety of cotton, was first discovered by a plan
ter in the Stftte of Alabama. A single stalk in a cotton
field, where the cotton had been picked out, attracted his
attention, being without limbs, and the extraordinary clus
ters of bolls adhering to the stalk, by short stems in clus
ters of from two to seven bolls on a stem. It is said he
found no catton on the stalk,except a single lock with nine
seeds, from these seeds the variety has been propagated.
1 think the discovery was made in the year 1836.
\ vrv respectfully, Ac.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
ACCUMULATION OF MANURE.
Manure is the true source of the cultivator’s wealth.
Every farmer should tax his wits to the utmost, with a
view to the accumulation of this article, lie can never
have 100 much efit, and must fail for the want of r. com
petent supply. The barn, of course, w ill yield its heaps
in due proportion to the stock of cattle, and horses kept.
Sheep, too, varded in winter, will make considerable, and
this of an excellent quality. But the hog-yard is the. place
to m ike it in any desirable quantity. It is worth one’s
while to keep a lot of swine, if for no other purpose than
as manufacturers of manure. The yard should be on a
slid subsoil, dishing in the centre. 11 it is floored with
stone or plank, and has a cover, sosnach the better, as
then nci liei the s ilts will go downward, nor the gases up
ward. The whole strength will be retained. Put into
this, through (he whole vernal season, every thing of a
waste veg'-lablrrxkscrip'ie’.ithat you can rake and scrape
together. As fast, too, as the family makes soap suds and
dish water, in with every quart of it. Let none of it go
elsewhere. It is an excellent plan to consult road side
for tit!: sot! and low places for boggy substances, whirl:
have been washed down from elevated grounds. Cart
this home as so much gained, and let your hogs saturate it
with mine. Every load of it will come out next spring
so much excellent manure. Go out too, half a dozen
times in the course of llie-smnmer, with a stout scythe,
and mow down all thistles before they have blossomed or
gone to seed—cut tip brakes at a great rate, and all unne
cessary bushes. Then take your hay cart and load up.
Br ing the coll; tion home and pile it up outside the yard.
Every lii'le-wild" throw a lot of this over to the swine,
if von occasionally scatter a little corn or oats in the mass,
it will do the rdmciioo good by producing fermentation.
A great mmv !•-■■’- of the most valuable manure may be
maJL e-. year by some care and attention of this sort.
B irn yards, also, sho' id be constructed on principles si
milar to those widen we have mentioned for the manufac
ture of manure by swine. These must, we suppose, be in
the ot.en air, v, hereby much of the gases will escape ; stil
the d j. isil of much in those yards, made lowest in the
centre, ill soon become saturated and prove an excel
lent slim Gant to the soil, and food for plants.— Maine
Cu Itiralor.
NEWS PA' THE GREAT WESTERN.
The Morning Chronicle of the 17th nit. says, “ Intelli
gence from the Ametican money markets are received in
rather a favorable light, although it has not produced any
imprun itient in Brili.li funds. The consols market was
rather in an agitated state throughout the day. The U.
S. Bank shares '.ere at 1035 to 103}. On the 16th,
shires rs the U. .States Bank were sold to the amount ol
$100,006. The same paper s tys, that while the high rates
of interest continued, causing the bank to keep nionex
light, it is not expected that a great deal of business will
be done in that kind of investment.
The London Courier (evening p iper) of the 18th ult.
says, “ There has been more business transacted in U.S.
Bank series dating lb- pres—nt week, and from six to se
ven hundred shares have been dealt in at 20/ per share,
at which pi ice there are now sellers. The new debentures
J or new stock, of that institution, lately contracted bv Mr.
' Jamion, have been old at 951, or 15 per cent, premium;
B they may now be purchased at 945, indeed they are offer
ed at that.”
There w is no probability whatever of the Bank of Eng
land suspending.
Russia has offered to the Port 25,000 men t® defend the
capital against Ibrahim Pacha, if necessary.
JAverpnol Colton Market, Oct. 11. There is no change
in the market since Tuesday, prices continue steady, in a
great measure to be attributed to the expoi t demand. The
sales to-day arc about 4,0tt0 bales—3o(J American for ex
port; yesterday 5,000 bales—l,s*>o bales forexport.
October 16. Our market had rather a flat tone to-day,
but no decided change took place in the value of any de
scription. The sales amounted to a fair quantity, 4,000
bags hiving changed hands; 1200 were taken for export.
'The sdes consisted of 500 Surat, from 5d to 5Jd ; 100
Pernam, 1154 ;10 >0 Egyptian, lljd to 13Jd ; and 3,200
A me ican. Old to 8 1.
Manchester. 'The yarn and wool trade remains exceed
ingly gloomy, with very unfavorable prospects for the com
ing winter. Rochdale fl annel market, on the 14th ultimo
remained the same as at last reports.
The harvest has generally failed throughout the Otto
man empire, particularly the fine wheats, with prices of
grain rapidly rising in the Black Sea markets.
Ol things theatrical we can only say that Mr. Vanden
livff made bis first appearance, on the stage at Covent
garden on the Idih ult, as Leon, in Rule a Wife and Have
a Wife. Hackett, Rice, and Van Ambtirgh, were at the
Adelphi. Carter, of the Bowery was playing at Astleys
with his Ivons, with great applause. Power is at the Hay
market. Id! m Tree was fulfilling an engagement at Liv
erpool. Ainsworth’s ‘Jack Sheppard’ lias been dramati
sed lortlie Adelphi, Biickstone. Macready has received
a new five act play from Sir E. L. Bulwer, which is in re
hearsal for the Haymarket. The scene is laid in Devon
shire a.ll Cornwall. Ducrow was fifty years of age on
the 10111 ult, on which occasion lie gave a sumptuous en
tertainment in his theatre.
1 Louis I’uillipe i s scheming to marry one of his sons with
tbo y oung <2 le.-n ol Spain. The Conimcrce says sticli!
an alii.l rice is anxiously desired by him. Tli-t French Go-!
yernment lias recalled its squadron from flic coast of Spain. 1
I he British Queen arrived cut on the 15t!i ult. in 12 days j
and 22 hours. Iho Great Western arrived out in 12A 1
days. “
Important experiments have bei n made in the propcl
liu" of steam boats by tho adaptation of the A1 chimides ‘
mh w. A vessel has been propelled a mile in 4A minutes. |
Some sei ions l ints hav« taken place between the Eng- I
lish anti Irish laborers employed on the Birkinhead and ;
Chester railway. The military were called upon to sup- !
press the fracas.
There had been fair weather in England for some time
and the ersps were better than bad been expected.
[.Vctc York Sunday Morning News.
Atncritan Comnirrcr, and Abuse of tie American I'lag
cn the Coast of U’cr/crn Africa.
Washington, Oct. 31, 1839.
The recently announced resolution of.thc Navy Depart
ment to send suitable vessels to the African coast to pro
tect our commerce, and to prevent the further desecration
ot our flag, seems to give universal satisfaction. South
ern as well as northci n newspapers applaud this measure.
Abhorcnce ol the .African slave trade is national, not sec
tional, and the wretch who hoists the American flag on bis
slaver, and protects his guilty head under the stars and i
stripes ot our consecrated banner, inflicts tt deep wound '
on tho honor of our country, and deceives the severest
chastisement.
It is to be regretted that the vessels about to proceed
on this service could not appear on that coast without liav- j
ing been announced. They would capture more slave
vessels in a month than have been taken in a year by the i
twenty British ships of war on that station. It is painful- I
ly true, that almost every slaver on the coast has resorted i
to the use of the American flag and papers, in order to
protect himself from capture by the British. But if these i
slaves should be taken by surprise, by an American ves- I
sei, they would be good prizes, and their officers would
incur the penalty of piracy. The producing of their for- I
ged or fraudulent papers, their certificates of the captain’s
citizenship, ifzc., instead of clearing them as in case of seiz
ure by the British, would secure their conviction.
Dr. H., an intelligent merchant, well acquainted with
Western Africa, who, three days ago, returned from a
trading voyage on that coast, gives it as his opinion, that
two fast sailing American armed vessels, acting in concert
with th® British, might put an end to the slave trade from
the Gambia to the equinoctial line. This hellish traffic
once suppressed, the attention of the natives would soon be
turned from war and the slave trade, to agriculture and the
manufacture of palm oil. The native African is not slow
to discern his interests, or to change his pursuits. Let
inducements be offered, and he applies his labor to new'
objects of industry with as much facility as a Yankee.
This will appear from the following well attested anec
dote.
“ In 1820, Capt. Spence, an Englishman, who traded in
ivory, gold, and woods on the African coast, believing that
the manufactory es palm oil might be increased by the na
tives so as to become an article of commerce, left an emp
ty cask to be filled with oil by the time he should make
another voyage to the place, but the natives, who never
thought of obtaining more than a supply for their own lim
ited wants, hooted nt the idea of collecting so large a
.quantity, and did not even attempt it. Captain Spence
found his barrel empty on his return, but persevered in
offering inducements to the natives, until, instead of being
111 able to obtain a single barrel, he has for some vears
kept four ships employed in the palm oil trade, and ob
tains two hundred puncheons annually from the place
where he first set up his empty cask.
I he natives now furnish this article in such quantities,
that in .April last, eight thousand tons of British shipping
was loading with palm oil in the river Bonnv.
The course pursued by Americans in relation to Afiica
and the African trade, is unworthy of American enterprise
and character. We have yielded to the British the great
trade of Western Africa, which gives profitable employ
ment to hundreds of her ships, and have ourselves become
the ship builders and brokers of the slave traders. Balti
more furnishes the ship yard, Philadelphia, New York,
■ind Boston, the capital to cany on a large part of this
cursed traffic.
But let an .American squadron be stationed on the Afri
can coast, and veiy soon we shall have disclosures which
will make some gentlemen who now appear on Change,
hide from the scorn and indignation with which they will
be regarded by honest men. Six months after this, it will
not be very desirable t» furnish slave vessels and slave
capital. The vigilance of our officers will expose the
guilt of many who are not now suspected. Trials in the
Prize Court at Sierre Leone, hive identified some of our
merchants with this trade, who may yet see their names
innounced.
It is believed that the attention of the Government will
not be limited to the coast of Africa, but directed also to
the West Indies, where this trade is openly encouraged bv
lie authorities of Spain, and carried on under the Ameri
can flag, as on the coast of Africa.—ln July last, one hun-
Ired and forty chddren, between eight and twelve vears
old, were sold and landed from a vessel at Ponce in the
Island of Porto Rico, and entered ar the custom house as
bags of salt, and $32 for each was given as a bribe to the
custom house officer.
Little pains is taken to conceal the slave trade between
Cuba and Texas. With our squadron in the West Indies
tl:i» traffic can be broken up, and we have reason to be
ieve, that it will not much lonjur be carried on with impu
nity. Yours, &c. J. WILKISON.
A Trance of a Week's Duration.— .A young girl resi
ling in a houso back of German street, between Fouith
and Fifth streets, Southwark, a member of the Methodist
Church, known as the Academy, in Fourth street, near
Arch, on the evening of Wednesday, tin; 25t!i ult., arose
from her bed under religious excitement, and began to
pray. TFlie religious exercises, with the workings of her
own imagination, produced such a state of excitement in
her mind as to throw her into a Hance, in which condition
she has remained since yesterday week, insensible to eve
ry object and event aroqtid her. During that period she
has pai taken of no food, except such aliment as thin gruel,
which her friends or attendants forced into her mouth, be
tween her clenched teeth. Such a long period of uncon
sciousness and abstiner.ce lias had no apparent effect upon
her health; she breathes regularly, her respiration is sim
ilar to that of a person in a deepsiecp, and her checks and
lips have the glow and hue of health, the rtidy color of
which, »d<lrd to a face possessing regularity of feature,
gives liei an extremely interesting and beautiful appear
ance. 'I lie only motion that has been observed during
this length oflime, by those around her, is a movement of
the head, which is turned occasionally from one side to
the miter, as she lies upon her h ick, and a rapid rolling of
the eyeballs under the closed lids. She has n®w been
mgkt days iu this singular state, and seems no nearer a re
storati )ii to a state of consciousness than at the time ofthe
first attack, though yesterday one ®f her attendants heard
her whisper, indistinctly, something about her brother,
which made them believe that 'he fitof unconsciousness was
near its termination. She lias been visited by five or six
physicians, though it is not known to what they ascribe
her present condition, whether the effect of physical or
mental causes. The true believers, many of whom have
visited her daily, ascribe it, of course to supernatural cau
ses, and believe that her spirit is communing with the bias
sed inhabitants of another world, and that she will be able
to mak® some strange revelations on her recovery, a pe
riod to which many of them look forward tviilt feeling of
anxious hope.— Whatever may have been the cause which
produced and coutinues this singular effect, there is one
thing certain, that the facts detailed by her friends, in re
gard to her present condition, arc certainly to be depend
ed on. The name of the girl is Nancy Simpson.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Rouge.—A lady consulted Saint Francis, of Sales,
on the lawfulness of usim? rouge. ‘Why,’ says he,
‘some pious men object to it, others see no harm in it,
I will hold a middle course anti allow von to use it on
one check.’
From, the Michig in Free Pi ess.
HON. JAMES K. POI.K.
Ihe election of this gentleman to the gubernatorial
chair,of 1 ennessee, is one of the most astonishing polit
ical 1 evolutions which the ballot box ever before witness
ed in the United States. Tho result so highly gratifying
to every member of the Democratic Partv, was not bro’t
abojit by the ordinary means of accomplishing a political
tiiumph it was the achievement of a political campaign
tlie best planned, and the most valiantly fought that ever
distinguished a popular election. To the tact, talents,
energy ami eloquence of COL. JAMES K. POLK, the
late able Democratic Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives in Congress, and the conceded Governor elect of
1 ennessee, may this great political revolution be attribu
ted.
Upon the adjournment of Congress in March last, Col.
r oik, before Im left Washington for home, mentioned to
some of his intimate political and personal friends that lie
should offer himself to the People of Tennessee as their
candidate for Governor,&. that he would no doubt beelected
to the otiice. Upon his return home, he issued a sound,
able, and masterly circular to his fellow citizens, in which
he announced himself a candidate for their suffrages, un
folded his own views upon public questions, explained and
defended the principles amiinensutts of Mr. Van Buren’s
administration, and assigned the reasons why Tennessee
should return to her old position and give to the present
administration, the same decided support which she had
yielded to that of Gem Jackson and the other Dem. ciatic
Presidents. This circular which was scattered through
out the State, was followed up with addresses to the peo
ple in every county in Tennessee, so that every citizen
had an opportunity to see and hear him speak.* The in
sult is, that he has triumphed over a rival who was elected
Governor two years ago by 20,0 i 0 majority, over a citi
zen who enjoys a high and deserved popularity as a man,
as a successful officer in several military campaigns, and
as a chief magistrate against whose local administration
no serious objection was urged. And the Col. has not on
ly won a triumph for himself in his election as chief ma
gistrate, but in carrying a democratic Legislature and six
democratic. Representatives to Congress, he has gained a
proud and noble victory for his political friends.
For this important victory in Tennessee so auspicious
in its consequence to the democratic cause throughout the
Union, Col. Polk woo lias labored so ably, so promi
nently, and sc efficiently in its consummation, deserves the
gratitude of the whole Republican party. And if we
, could have our choice we would manifest this gratitude in
the form of a democratic nomination for the VICE PRE
SIDENCY, a station for which his character, his talents
and his long expel ienCc as a leading member of Congress
and for the last four years the dignified and popular spea
ker of the House ol Representatives, eminently qualify
him.
Vi e appeal to ev ry republican, to every lover of his
country, to the friends of virtue, and to the friends of man,
and ask, are you not rejoiced when you hear lire cry from
the mouths of such men, that “their difficulwes are great,
ami their dangers are threatening.”
for Mr. Clay we could drop a tear of pity. What
was he once, and what is he now? He was the brave, suc
cessful, and popular champion of the rights of man; the
eloquent defender of those principles which have fortheir
end and aim the moral and political elevation of MAN to
that rank in the scale of being for which he was designed
by his allwise and benificent Creator. He is now broken
down—broken in polities and in morals in his old age—a
monopolist of the worst kind in politics; the political ene
my of his race, ai d at once tho tool and leader of corrupt,
vile, vulgar, vagabond politicians.—TV. Y. New Era.
Death from Imprudence.— On Monday evening, about
7 o’clock, a young man, named Michael Welsh, lost his
life by an act of very culpable imprudence.—He was
walking with a companion named William Griffin, and a
stranger, on the Railroad track; Griffin warned him that
the locomotive came along very rapidly, and that it was
dangerous to walk on the track. In a few minutes the lo
comotive came in sight. Gtiffin again warned him, but
XV elsh suffered the engine to approach near him, and then
sprung, with the intention of avoiding it, but from fear or
mistake, instead of d< ing so, he threw himselfin the way
of the locomotive, by which lie was struck, knocked down
and killed instantly. Three of the wagons as well as the
locomotive passed over him. His head was crushed to
pieces, and almost every bone in his body broken. The
Coroner held an inquest on the body, at which Griffin and
several other witnesses were examined, whose testimony
went entirely to exculpate the conductors of the locomo
tive from any blame whatever.—lt was apparent that the
unfortunate man lost his life solely by h s wanton folly,
and the jury accordingly returned a verdict in accordance
with the above facts—“ that the deceased, Michael Welsh,
was accidentally killed by being run over bv the Harlem
Railroad Locomotives, the accident arising from his own
imprudence.”— New York Express.
IMPORTANT FROM 3 HE CHEROKEES.
The following important news is froiv file St. Louis
Republican of the 18th, received through the Louisville
Journal:
A letter dated Fayetteville, Oct.l, and enclosing Gen.
Arbuckle’s letter says: “ Yon will perceive that our pros
pects for a difficulty with the Cherokee. Indians are be
coming more certain than they have hitherto been. John
Ross has no alternative left him. He will be compelled to
resist the Government in the taking the murderers of the
Ridges and the Boudinot. If ho should surrender them,
be will be killed by his own party, the murderers being
his leading men and friends.” A postscript of the 3d, says:
“ I have just learned from a gentleman direct from the
Cherokee nation, that great excitement prevails among
Ross’ party ; and that Ross Ind refused to give up the
murderers, and that Gen. Arbuckle designs making pri
soners of John Ross and his ptincipal men.” Gen. Ar
buckle’s letter is addressed to Eon. A. Yell, Fayetteville
Arkansas, and is dated Fort Gibson, Sept. 26, 1839 .
“Sir: By the last mail, Capt. .Armstrong and myself
received instructions from the War department, to appre
hend and have punished the murderers of Ridges and Bou
dinot, and as these offenders are believed to be late emi
grants, we have demanded them of John Ross; and in the
event of his failuie to have them deliveied at this fort,
;hey will be taken by the military force, which may be
opposed by the Cherokees, or <1 portion of them which
will lead to serious difficulties. I have therefore to request
that you will give notice of this to the inhabitants of Wash
ington and the adjoining counties, that they may be in
readiness to promptly tturn out to defend their fron'tierand
to aid the military force if necessary. Col. Mason, the
commanding officer at Fort Wayne, is requested, to keep
you advised of the slate of affairs in (he Cherokee nation;
and in the event that the Cherokees shottld determine to
resist the orders of the government, it will be necessary
that the ordinance ai d stores at Fayetteville should be
protected by a strong guard. 1 have ordered an addi
tional supply of subsistence stores at Foi l Wavne, for the
purpose of furnishing stub vohmtceis of militm force
as may from necessity, be assembled to give security to
your frontier and tc carry out the instructions of the Gov
ernment. Yours &c. M. ARBUCKLE,
Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. Army.”
The Rhode Island Cattle Show at. Pawtucket. A
number of line blooded bulls and working cattle and cows
were exhibited—butter and cheese indifferent—ditto shop
and house manufactures—swine pre-eminent—tho plough
ing match (inc—pumpkins, squashes and beets enormous
—very little or no silk 1 yet we believe there is in this
State a dyeing factory for silk fabrics. Mr. Dennis, at
Portsmouth, R. 1., is a zealous cultivator and invented the
ingenious reel.
“How we printer, toss um,” as the monkey said ven he
was distributing type.
STATE RISIITS AND UNITED STATES RIGHTS.
tPV aY;!) A. f) O.; ; ' y' (i)
TI2E 'S’fJUE SSSUJE.
Shidl ours be a GOVERNMENT OF THE RANKS
or a GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE? Shall we
have a CONSTITUTIONAL TREASURY or <:n UN
CONSTITUTION. 1 1. N I TION ALitA NK ? Shall we
have a CONSTITUTIONAL CURRENCY of sold Ann
silver or one of IRREDEEMABLE PAPER? Shall
we live under the. despotism of a MON! ED ARI S'J'OC RAC F,
or under the safeguards of a. FREE C ONSTITUTI ON ?
[Washington Chronicle.
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TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 19, 1839.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
VAft BUKEiIT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
.9 O fiS N F O K S Y T E3.
ELECTIONS BY THE LEGISLATURE.
On Tuesday last the inemK rs of the senate chamber at
tended iu the representative hall, when, after balloting, the
following gentlemen were declared to be elected.
Wm. A.Tenuelle, secretary of stale.
Thomas Ilavues, Treasurer.
John G. Parks, Comptroller General.
Alfred AL Horton. Surveyor General.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Among the measures of a general character which have
been brought before the consickrati of the legislature, we
notice the following—,
A bill to repeal the act of the last session for the encour
agement ofthe silk culture.
From a message ofthe Governor, to the house, we notice
that but a small amount has been paid by the state as a pre
mium upon cocoons during the past year.
! A bill to repeal the general banking law of this state.
No company h is yet issued bills under tin law ; although
we are informed that all the preliminary conditions have been
complied with, and bills ready for receiving the signatures of
the bank officers, in one of our counties.
A bill to prohibit the circulation of change bills or “shin
plasters.”
A bill to repeal the laws lasing restrictions upon pedlars.
Rhe petitions about the repeal of the license law seem wot
to be in sufficient favor with the legislatuie, to claim any ac
tion agreeable to the petitioners.
We shall endeavor in our next paper to give a more detail
ed account of the legislative proceedings. Business has thus
far been merely preparatory. When any'definite action, on
any measure is taken, we shall inform our readers es it at the
eai liest moment.
We have net room this morning for remarks upon the
Bank bill which Gen. Glascock introduced in the house
es representatives yesterday morning. It will be found
entire in our paper this morning.
Our friend Hart, of the Theatre, has been catering
for the amusement of the public during the past week,
very successfully. He pleases his audiences, and we hope
that his exertions will continue to be rewarded.
1 he Bank of Pensacola has suspended specie payments.
Thomas D. Sumter, grandson of Gen. Sumter, has
been elected to Congress from South Carolina, to fill the
place ofthe Hon. John P. Richardson.
Mr; Janies Long, of Washington City, owner ofthe ce
lebrated horse Boston, has challenged Mr. John Camp
bell, owner of the equally celebrated hors® Wagner, to run
a match race, four mile heats, for fifteen to thirty thousand
dollars—the race if run to come off on some central course.
NEW YORK ELECTION.
The Evening Post of the 9th insl., contains the following
remarks in reference to the recent elections in rhe State of
Now York. ’l’he Whig papers are exulting in the hope of
having a majority in the Legislature; hut the final result of
the elections is not yet known ; the Democratic party have
just cause to triumph, even though their principles are not
completely in the ascendant in the Legislature. In the 42
counties heard from, the result for members ofthe assembly,
is 50 Democrats, and 45 Whigs. 'These counties stood last
year, Democrats 41, Whigs 62. The Democrats in New
Yoik, donot seem to claim any majority, yet it is certain
that the principles of genuine Democracy in that State, are
advancing with giant strides:
“ Whether we have carried a majority of the Legislature or
not. the prodigious increase of the Democratic vote in the
state is not to be rl< ni ul or explained away. The election of
last autumn showed that the antidemocratic party had lost
ground since the election of 1837. The election of the pres
ent autumn shows that their numbers are still rapidly dimin
ishing. Last winter the Whigs had eighty-four members in
the slate legislature to forty-six Demo, rats, marly two to
one. Now, if we do not actually obtain a majority in that
body, we shall nearly count man for man with our ad versa
ries.
“These arc great results, proofs of the spread of just prin
ciples in regard to finance and legislation, and omens ol their
final and speedy triumph. Whether we obtain a majority
n the legislature or not, we are perfectly satisfied with the
immense advance we have made since the last election.”
The Supreme Court have determined that Banks estab
lished under the General Banking Law of New York, are
corporations. It requires two thirds of the legislature of New
A ork, to pass >m net of incorporation, and, as the General
Banking Law did not receive that number of votes, it has
been determined to be unconstitutional It is likely that tho
case will be carried before the Court of Errors; mid w hit
the decision then will be, we presume not to'hazatd an
opinion.
Steam Comniunicotion,— The extraordinary fact was hap
pily commented on by Governor Everett, in his speech at
the opening of the Boston and Springfield railroad, that when
the line of steamers shall be ci.t. l.lisbed between Boston and
Liverpool, there will boa continuous length of artificial
commiiiiicatiun, almost wholly by steam, from tho Western
shores of Lake Miclugan to (tie Eastern coasts of British In
dia—a distance of one hundred and sixty degrees of longi
tude, including very nearly half the circuit of the globe, mid ‘
the whole of its civilized portion.
IN THE LEGISLATURE, YESTERDAY,
Air. Gf.ASCOCK introduced in the House, and Mr.
Jordan, in the Senate, the following bill.
A bill tube entitled an act to regulate the emission of
the paper of Bank, under certain circt- instances, and
to compel the resumption of specie payments with
in a give.'.’ time under certain penalties and condi
tions.
Whereas some of the banks of this state have sus
pended specie payments without any apparent over
riding cause, and it is seriously feared that others will
follow the evil example, and that some banks under
suspension (for the jniriiose of profit to the stockhold
ers,) will inciease the issues of their paper, and en
gage in and encourage wild speculations, and thereby
retard the period of resumption, or place themselves
in a position again to be obliged to yield to the first
panic that ensues, and subject the country to periodi
cal revulsions ; for remedy whereof,
7Jf if enacted U/ l!ie Senate and House of Repre
sent a lives ofthe State o f Georgia in general assembly
■met and it is hereby enacted by th authority of the
same, That from and after the passing of this act,
any bank which has suspended, or shall hereafter sus
pend specie payments of its notes, or which does not
promptly and on demand pay gold or silver for its*
notes, and which shall then have in circulation an’
amount of notes more than equal to tuo thirds the
amount of its capital stock aetunlly paid in, shall dis
continue any further emission of its notes or paper'
until the amount so in circulation shall have been'
called in, ami reduced to an amount not exceeding
two thirds of its capital stock actually paid in— and
thereafter shall not, until such bank shall have in full
resumed the payment promptly on demand in gold or
silver us its notes, circulate, issue, emit, or pay out
its notes to an amount exceeding the rate aforesaid—
and any bank violating the provisions of this section
shall forfeit the sum of one thousand dollars.
2. And be it further enacted, That from and after the
passing of this act, no Bank which has in circulation
a less amount of notes than the rate aforesaid, which
has now suspended specie payments, or shall hereaf
ter refuse to pay promptly on demand gold or silver
for its notes, shall circulate, emit, or pay out its notes
during such suspension of such Bank to an amount
exceeding the above proportion or rate, tinder a pen
alty of one thousand dollars.
3 And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty
of every bank in this state, which is now, or shall be
in a state of suspension of specie payments, to pub
lish once a month, at its own expense, in a gazette at
or near the place of its location, and in one of the ga
zettes ofthe town of Milledgeville, a succinct but clear
and full statement, on oath, of its specie and other
means, and of its notes in circulation, and other lia
bilities.
4. And be it further enacted, That during the sus
pension of specie payments by any Batik in this State,
such Bank shall not require of any one now indebted
by note to it, a reduction of such indebtedness be
yond the rate of twenty-five per cent, per annum on
the debt due.
5. A.ntl be it farther enacted, That no Bank in
this State after the day of next, shall on
any account suspend specie payments, or refuse the
payment of its notes in gold or silver under the pen
alty of a forfeiture of its charter, and fora violation
of the provisions of this section, it shall be and is here
be made the duty of his Excellency, the Governor,
upon the necessary information, forthwith to take the
legal steps to enforce the same, unless he shall in his
judgment think proper on the then condition of com
mercial and monetary affairs to extend the operation
of this act to a period not longer than the first day oi
December, 1840, which he is hereby authorized and
empowered to do by Proclamation.
G. And be it further enacted, That from and after
the passing of this act, and until the aforesaid day
of the act entitled, an act to regulate the intercourse
between banks and private individuals, so as to sub
ject banks to the payment of damages if they refuse
or fail to pay specie when demanded under certain
circumstances passed 24th Dec. 1832, be and the same
is hereby suspended, and declared inoperative until
the said day of and no longer, provided that
nothing herein contained shall prevent a recoyery ot
damages on all suits now instituted and pending in
any of the Courts of law or equity, in this State, un
der the said act of December, 1832.
7. And be it further enacteif, That from and after
the day of it shall be the duty of the cashier of
every Bank of this State, on the presentation of tiny
Bank note or notes at the Bank where the same are
payable, to endorse thereon the words following to
wit: “Payment refused,” and subscribe his name
thereto, with the day of the month and year; and on
all suits instituted on such note or notes, such endorse
ments shall be considered as conclusive evidence of
demand and refusal, and sufficient to entitle any hold
er to a recovery on the same, upon proof of the hand
writing ot such cashier, and on refusal of the cash
ier to make the endorsement aforesaid, he shall forfeit
the sum ot dollars, on every note presented.
8. And be it further enwted, That the fines and
penalties imposed by this act not otherwise provided
for, shall be recoverable 011 the criminal or civil side
ot the Court at the option ofthe prosecutor, one half
of which shall be paid to the prosecutor, and the other
half to the Inferior Court of the county where the
conviction, or recovery shall take, place, for county
purposes, and it shall be the duty of the Solicitor
Generals of the State, when a violation of this law
shall come to their knowledge to prosecute for the pe
nalty.
9. And be it further enacted, That from and after
the passing of this act, it shall be the duty of the se-
1 veral banks of (his State in their semi-annual reports
to the Governor, to specify the aggregate amount due
by their directors, the aggregate amount due by their
stock-holders, and the aggregate amount due by indi
viduals, without designating their names.
10. be it further enacted, Tliat all laws and
parts of laws militating against this act be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Tho House ordered that 210 copies of the above
bill be printed.
A Jack Tar's Idea of a Locomotive.—The following
description ot a locomotive engine bv 1111 lionest-liearted
sailor, appears to ns rather droll. 1 here is something,
however, romantic and sentimental in Ids language.
“Why, blast the thing,” said ho, “there is nothing ship
shape, above board, or manly about it. Watch a ship
now, with her canvass bellying out, laying down to it just
eimmjh to show she feels the breeze —tossing the spray
from her bows, and lilting her head over the seas as it she
stepped over ’em there’s something like life there—that
looks as if the brains God gave us had something to do
with it. There’s some!hint! noble too about a horse—-lie
steps as if he knew he was going, and was proud of his dtt
lyand able to do it. But that d d lubber—ah! that
I here concern is only the cursi! in the bible carried out. It
comes insinuating, sneaking along—-crawling on its belly
like a thundering long snake with a pipe in its mouth.