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8U3rEaaA.KK.VN* SCRKeS IS SEW roaK. " IrvHM-t,” hi tlio list N *\v York Qwerver, 1'l >t<*» from ike notes of a firm 1, the Allowing siil account yf a roc..* it exp'oratioil of one of tli t livin ' tails in ilint city, which ronolioratvs the reports hc.-etof iro ma Io l»y I) cknis 5 ' it w is md.tight. We had m<ilu an ap. '• »t itm • it wiili ;t i officer of the city police, one 'l'tlic ill lost an 1 tru -st of tint department, to •."■i s*t in ai iln- .—— H nme, and We were all ready*- 1'-h> nc phbnrliood we proposed to vis- •• it, wit-r-tmssfj 1'ir-nny mat to eitfor in tlie night a a Vst w .|1 pr.o'ectcd, nnd we had therefore tdfteir ssca procmiliu is :is the first law of na- t .i odi :t it-n it s'ic'l cases. Turning down 1/ '•’■* O- ' ■ * 'Intel, wo came to tr I.trgc white wished <J.>nr at whiclrthe officer tupped ss ;f giving« signal to he understood within,— Hi: d air w ii cju'iously opened and we stood envelope I in d irk ness, buVthe flouu*l of distant nvisic liroko upo * our cars. We groped our ■ way to a-flight of staiis time.i which we march ed, I'ftmffi tor bei at the In n I, till we came .» «i other d-ior guarded by a porter, who prov ed i.i bathe presiding genim of the establish- mout. He knew tlie officer at a glance, and was as complaisant ns if a new costumer had come ; an I in being info'nted that we wrro on a pit-is'irc excursioi thrnugh his donti.lions, lie thre'-v opet) his inferinl ball room il-nir, and there, as sjre as life, was a sight such as the disordered brain of a madm m rriigu conjure, but wlrc'i wc had never ventured t > believe was one of nightly similar seen-\s in this Christian city. A motley multitude of me i and women, y a flow and white, black a d dingy, «1J and young, ugly and no not l-andsonc; God forbid that beauty should ever bloom in such n h it bed as this—hut there they wt re, a set of ni ilo niid fern ile, Bicchanals, dancing to the tambourine at d fijdlc ; giggling a id laughing in a sty'c peculiar to the remote descendants of Ham, ui>d making ‘‘night hideous’’ with their lascivious orgies. Talk of tlie degrada tion of the lr-adieu; of savage powwows, and pagan carnivals; asid stir up sympathy for tlie slaves of sir in the'depths of Aftica and Asia. II t# wa were within a stone’s threw of the City Hall, in the centre of the first city in the most Christian country'on the earth, and here •was a sight to make the heart sicken and bleed. On one si !e of the room was a liar, tended by a nscally looking wretch who dealt out tins li quors to tiic frequent calls of his customers, and •as the drnkiitg and fiddling went on. tlie fury of the company waxfd fiercer, until die scene was as mire i] and bawd lering as if we bad been suddenly ushered into the revelling h ills of tlie Prince of darkness. Wandering through this horrid g'oup was a young man whom we recognised as of a re spectable fam ly, but his bloated face and bloo- dy eyes, arid the loose familitriy with which he addressed tlie company, Showed that he was at home among them, and was already near! the nadir point ol his downward career. We thought of the mother that gave him birth, and whose heait would be wrung widi agony at the ruin of her son, were she not one of the m my mothers in tIni ranks of fishiun aud*pride, per haps this moment flaunting at a more splendid tall, yielding to the voluptuous blandishments of elegant vie' 1 , and listening to the fl titering tongue that will lure her to meet her dost boy at the door of u lower hell. That gaudy girl, ^said tbq officer,) ’decked «illi so much fi icry, mnkos it her profession to decoy men inio l.ous' s kept lor the purpose, •nJ there she robs them. Many men from the country, prompted by curiosity, follow such . persons as .you see her to. be, and before they! are aware of jlieir d mger, they are in a snare from which escape is impossible. ResistanC; is useless, and to complain to the Police is at tended with an exposure worse than the loss ofj money. In fact ihe robbery of their victims is] the chief pursuit of the class of women of whom that girl is one of the queens. But we wore g'ad to emerge from this den an 1 bicathc again the pure air of heaven. " A bright full moon poured on u? a fl md of light as woga nod tlie upper regions, and what a con trast to the muk'.-y a mosplicre from which ve had just escaped ’1 It was a beautiful tfght! Tlie mild moon sailed-in glory over us, nnd the stars “ whose purity and distauci • mike them fair," danced like celestial virgius ■“in the blue ethereal sky,’* and we could scarce ly believe, that under such a canopy; there could be such scenes as we had just left,” * . • WAtt. - -, i\jr several y ears past the nations of Europe have been talking of war, and threatening each other in a 1 directions. France menaced Eug- iiuJ, because she was deceived in rela’ion to the quintuple treaty. Ill her turn England was exasperated because France,-pro opted by the Americin Minister at Paris, escaped the toils that tho wiley Englishmen haJ spread for her id relation to tin* right of search. Wow war, <m all h inds, is aJmittcJ to be one of the great est curses that can befall a nati >n, hut at the . same timo, who i a nation liko- E igland per ceives thither grea'ness, roll lively to-that ol other ni<io u, is dimiu shmg in tim; of jie ice, her st.itemi in b’gin to cast about them for tlie means at least of retaining their position. The geographies! position of Ejglan I place I her at the bead of mtratiine and commercial nations, and during tlie iong wars of tho Continent she bocitmo the work-shop of the world. Thirty ve irs of peace have witnessed an advance in the. commerce and iudustrial pursuits of other nations more rapid than hers, and she is losing vault as the first commercial nation. Tke Lon don Quarterly, therefore, admits that “never theless, it ;s quite possible fur nulio .3 to be so circumstanced, mat the prolongation of peace; instead of being a blessing must prove a curse to them, because it must d mulish tlieir lioiior.’’—. Now, however jealous England may-become of •tho advancement of other nations, war is no longer the means by which her supremacy can be restored or sustained. Since tli’i last war, events have transpired which make the next an experiment, the results of which are unknown, and cannot bn estimated, because they have no precedent. When France went to war with all Europe, for the purpose of preventing the inter ference of foreigners with.a people struggling iwith their own government. It was • matter -of military calculation, according to the then stele of the science, that assembled Europe would put down revolutionary France. An iiiiiwpoctcd event, however, reversed the state of afTiits. Tli-s was the app-jaranco on tlie field of a »oung soldier, who had discovereJ a new principle of military science,’and he con quered all iturope before.he hud taught others the secret. .'Htis successes and victories were apparent to all,,yet no glimpse of light appear- ed to guide •the-speeulation of the soldier or the statesman on theicivusos of these results, until near the close of thc<cnreer of the “Immoler of kings,” “done to dentil* by’that English oligar ch v now so near extinction. The discovery of ’friapol on decided the ulti mate independence.of European nations, by demotisttMtingchat the.cotiiral is the good mili tary position for .a vigorous government. His discovery and «« .resilta .apply', however, to 1 which, by the numb‘r of her.ships ami thc.su- piriority of her nnm rous seamen, she reig ied suprein \ A new discovery lias now, however, b-en made in naval warfare, and thr.t is the ap plicability of steim power to nalioial vessels; and its iff ct* upon the maritime influence of England wi I probably he aim lar to thr.t of Na poleon upon the military power of the Conti nent. Tlie supremacy on the ocean will, a- mnrg the nations of Europe, at least he divided by France. If she lias fewer sailors, she has as brave material and excels in scientific and en gineering attainments. At a distance steam fleets, from their natme, cannot long be main tained for offonc *, while for difence tli :y arc invincible,. Tlie alternative of it war does not tliercforo aff>rd England the means of ma’ntai- ning her rank—on the other hand, it will only hasten the loss of it. 'flic intern il contentions of Europe have ceased, and the commercial and industrial principle is in full activity. Twenty years more of pence may advance the nations of Europe as much ub -ve England as she has here tofore been above them. A rupture would not ] now disturb tlie advance of industry in Europe, while it would be ruinous to that of Engl md.— Of all nations on the earth, England has most to lose nod least tog iin by war. N'eveitheless, like her blundering hero, Wellington, who on more than one occnsion exposed hiinself to the alternative of a baircn victory or a complote ovcrdimw, she nny rush into dang T without his good luck to get out of i\ From the AuguiU C«nstituti->nalUt. The Hon. A. II. CiMPect.i. has been nohi- ilia ted, by the Deniocraiic party, for the Sen atorial District composed of 13 bb and Twiggs. It is iutima’ti-d by a Whig paper in M non, ]that the Whigs will run no oppising cundi- d ite. Now, if this tribute to profound talent,! lofty integrity, and great moral worth, b-* the; [Voluntary movemu-t of the popular mind, heartily ashamed of the unhallowed proscrip t tion which they so recklessly displayed last fall towurds that pure and spotlc-e' man, because lie would nut change, at sh u t notice, the set tled opinions of a consistent life, to suit party exigencies, then it is creditable to the Whigs actuated by these motives. But, if this be a political ruse, dictated by party leaders—if it be the*mere semblance of in jgnauimiiy to gain apoml in the approaching'canvass—to concil iate the offended spirit of'Georgians, who, as southern men, will now coolly review tho histo. ry of the pa-t two years, and will inquire, why ?it is that the whig leaders treacherously aban doned every soutliern interest, every cherish ed doctrine, and every great conservative principle, which they were previously loudest in advocating ?—the miserable artifice will not succeed. Georgia will indignantly repudiate a set of men that, in the hour of her utmost need, repudiated her; and combined with her oppressors. The ruthless proscription of-Mr. Ciiappei.l deserves a most emphatic rebuke.— It was qne of the gravest sins, looking at il in its moral aspect, of all the monstrous and shameless sacrifices of principle for the sake of He.nrv Clay, which must ever make this por tion of the history of Georgia memorable. •To travel over the same ground of discus sion ; to have the noble and conscientious course of Mr. Chappell portrayed side by side with those whigs. quondam state rights men, who after abandoning every state rights principle, sought tbcrusli-onc of its purest and ablest advocates—tor have poin'ed out again,, step by s'op, how they became advocates of a protective-tariff, that gigantic system of injus tice, partiality, and fraud—of the reestablish ment of a Colossal moneyed power, fixing on us a sordid nnd soulless oligarchy, more cor-! rupt and more tyrannic than that of tho worst days of Venetian profligacy—of the abroga tion Of. the veto power, that last hope .of a. down trodden minority for relief from the heartless oppression ofbrntc force majorities— ] and, last, not least, how madly and fiercely they resisted the admission of Texas into the Union— j all this, the Whigs of Bibb and Twiggs dure' not encounter. Tlie pale ghosts of these evil, deeds so effectually strangled last fall by the j strong hand of democracy, would sadly affright them. They know full well that all these and more would rise up in judgment against them, a jd would not “down at their bidding.” It ;« for these reasons tlie whigs dare not ruii a candiu.’tle. They dread these questions, and not especiiii.'/ '.0 Mr- Ciiappxll’s district, but everv where thru. 0 ^ 1011 * ^ State; more reiular ; sometimes being scarcely porcepti 11 -, at other times strong and violent. The basin is said to b-a very ceep, and many igno rant people suppose it lias no bottom, i -lie most remarkable feature however, abaut this singular spring, is a low rumbling noise, heard at short intervals, resembling distant thunder, or tlie low rnutterings of the tempest. This spring was held in-a g°<»l deal of ven eration, we are told, by tlie Indians, who im-- agined it the laboratory of thunder, and they had an idea, that by agitating the water, they could cauie il to thunder and rain. Nearly on the lop of the hill over the. fountain, is u deep sink or pit, which they say was the for mer situation of the Spring, and that the Thun der "Spirit removed it down to the valley to hide it from the whites ! [Macon Telegraph, 1831. Savannah Chamber of Commerce. To tlie Planters of Upland Cotton of the State of Georgia : Gentlemen—A communication was address ed to you by the President of the Savannah Chamber ofCommercc on th<?.3ist May, 1842, on the subject of packing Cotton in round bales, which, it is believed, Iihs produced a partial effect, but the evil still continues to a great ex tent. On the 21st January hist, a meeting, was held by the Purchasers of Cotton iji this city, and the result of their deliberations is now laid before you, in a report of a Committee of tlieir body, together with a resolution of the Cham ber of Commerce, passed on the 28th instant, to which you are referred for the opinions and suggestions of tho Merchants of Savannah. Tlie average value of Cotton in Square bales this year has been about a quarter of a cent per pound soon than in Round, and the preju dices against the latter description of packages, is rapidly increasing in Foreign and Northern Markets. Tlie importance of this question will doubt less commend it to your Careful consideration, and il is earnestly hoped the ensuing crop of Georgia will be in such packages as to enable il to compete with the Cotton produced in oili er Slate-*. By ordw of the Chamber. GODFREY BARNSLEY, President. Savannah, 31st May, 1845. days, whilst with bales v they »• d r.arily reach our market! nt least three weeks would be occu pied in completing her lading. We are avvaie that it may lie urged that in the present depreciated condition of the staple, any additional investment of capital in its culti vation nud preparation is impolitic; but to this, we would reply, that the very necessities of the planting interest, furnish the strongest argu ment for ! he change now recommended, as the cord of almost the last hours Of the General’* I life, has been opportunely placed at our dispo-l sal, nithough. when it reaceed the direction, the I demise of its snbji-ct was not anticipated as soon | by the writer. We submit it to our readers in I lieu of any remarks of our own, considering! that it is in itself on obituary, worth more than All the panegyric which a lull heart could lavish. It has the recommendation of placing one,! known chiefly to his countrymen as a soldii.-rj constant demand for Square Bales, even in the? and statesman, in a new light—*‘in the bosom jullest periods of the markets, must have shewn Planters how large a preference such packages have with tlie Buyer, and how soon the cost of a Colton Press would be more than defrayed by the additional price secured fur the crops. In conclusion, the Cotton Buyers of Savan nah would hope the facts adduced, will satisfy tlie Planters of Georgia, that the common inte rests of both will be permanently advanced by abandoning a mode of putting up tlieir crops, which, excusable in the earlier history of our ag- riculturo, becomes an anomaly when the suc cessful application of mechanical power to the departments of labor, has been so fully con firmed by patient, practical experiment. We are, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servan’s, (Signed) . . KOBT. HABERSHAM,) ~ „ -„ on . CHARLES GREEN, / Committee. 05^ The size most approved for Square Bales, is as follows: Length, 5 feet 4 inches; depth.2 feet 10 inches; width,20 inches; weight, 400 lbs.and with not less than five ropes, At a meeting of tho Savannah Chamber of Commerce, held on-the 28ib May, 1845, it was * Resolved, That this Chamber concurs with the Colton Buyers of Savannah, in considering the number of Round Bales in the crop of Geor gia ns a serious evil, and that next to the disad vantage imposed upon the Planter, bv so putting up his Cotton, may be reckoned the loss arising from the use of Bagging manufactured from Colton, which is so generally deficient in strength, as to be an unfit covering, and when used lor Round Bales, tlieir condition by the time they reach the seaport, renders them un merchantable.” scenes of life,” and tinder tho most trying cir cumstances. Tlie vast range of the military genius of General Jackson; his creative facul ties; his power in applying resources; hi* vigor, vigilance, activity; his stern resolution as a mil itary leader; his sagacity, his probity, his firm ness; his patriotism as a statesman; making a combination of splendid characteristics surpass ing nil his cotemporaries in public life—extin- ouished in the general gaze the halo t ; -at sur rounded him in the retirement of domestic life. His lofty bearing, his courtesy, his magnanimity in his personal commerce among men; the proud spirit which would ask nothing that was not strictly right, and brook nothing that was wrong—traits in keeping with his public career —had commanded attention to “tlie man of the iron will.” But the gentler aspects, the hum bler virtues of the master of the Hermitage, were known only to its inmates and its intimate friends. In his own house, all were ever in dulged but himself. There, gentleness, affec tion, and hospitable kindness attended him at every step, and all were made sensible, that in the comfort and enjoyment of those around him his own consisted, und that no persona! self- denial was too high a price to payfbr if Tlie traits of character so artlessly exhibited in the subjoined fitter, show the source of the endear ing domestic virtues in which the hero and statesman were lost at the Hermitage. The soul of General Jackson, when not called to combat violence and wrong, was made up of the deepest devoticn and the kindest sym pathies. SAVANNAH, Jan. 21, 1845. Godfrey Barnsley, E<q. President Savannah Cnamber of Commerce: Sir—At a meeting of the Fon-ign and Do mestic purchasers of Cotton ia the city of Su- vauiiah held this day, to take info considera tion the great and increasing injury of the port anj the general interests’of the State, by the prevailing custom of packing Colton in Round Rales, it was unanimously. Resolved, That the preponderance of Round Bales among the receipts of Cotton at Savannah, is a serious evil, prejudicial tin the interests of the grower and embarrassing to the commerce of tho port; and that umil Square Packages prevail as in other places, the plan ters ol Georgia must of necessity look for di minished prices for.tlioir products in all mar kets in which they find their way in so conve nient a shape. And it was deemed duo to the Savanna li Chamber ol Commerce, to place the result of this meeting before it, in order that, if approved, it might bo dtaemiunted under the sanction of the Association, accompanied bv such sugges tions as that body might think expedient to add: and in so doing, we are directed to state the accumulated inconveniences which have in duced this meeting to appeal to i|i« planter* to discourage the preparation of Round Bales, a ltd these are: ’ 1st. Tlio increased expense of transporta tion by Rnil Road mid other means. 2d- The ind fferent order in which such packages reach the *en board. 3d. Thi-ir additional liability to dnmage. 4th; Tlie additional rate of freight charged in conveying Round Bales to the few Foreign markets where they arc tolerated. 5th.. Tlio extensive injurv inevitably accru ing to the bales while being “screwed” on ship board. 6th. The much greater loss in weight upon Round Bales than upon Square, and 7th. The entire unfimei-s of-Round Pack ages lor the Continental markets. It i< presumed by this meeting, that the acu men of the people of Georgia, will at dneo lend especially do they dreao «o answer fpr their 1 , o« w.iiat onco lean e.pecia ly a uey a them to perceive, that under the increasing conduct on the Texas questn.'n. lb* I competition of growth, they cannot, in prepur- A. H. Stevens, after the fall eleo. 1 i Sing their crops for the rivalry of trade, intclli- ill'll Clrv«w«tfV IV liDll hral rnto nnrtlf lul.ll.Mfl ■■ t ^ . .. * _ _ . j that sagacity which a first rate party poi’.H'Mn j ri ., a , JIiere fo „ form of ack which 'alone possesses, and a mind p arable aWoOcucd in every State in the Union, lorce of arguments before unheeded, but which, [seeing their validity, lie espoused with a liber [aliiy truly heroic, was, soon after Congress ! met. found to be an annexation man. ■ We con- [grutulate him. He tv.'S truly fortunate in a position which gave hint so early an opportu nity for recantation. It was as narrow an es- j cape os that of which Sir Roger I)e Coverly I speaks: “ I should have inevitably fallen in [battle, bad I not prudently left .the fi-dd the From the Washington Union. THE DEATH OF A GREAT MAN. Tlie death .of Gen. Andrew Jackson was announced in this city this morning by the following letter,'brought from General Hous ton to the President by Colonel Eldridge, who came express from the Hermitage, lie ar rived in Washington on Sunday evening, about six o’clock. Col.. Eldridge is a native of New York, is a secretary in the State Depart ment of -Texas, and accompanied General Houston to Tennessee; Oil Sunday, (being .the’Stli inslant,) the General and his family, who had just arrived at Nashville, set out for the Hermitage to see- General Jackson, but did not arrive there until about two hours af ter his death. Colonel Eldridgo, hearing of Gen. Jackson’s death on the same night, hast ened to the Hermitage, whore he arrived about twelve b’clock." He remained till about two o’clock in the morning, and then consented to bear to Washington, General Houston’s letter to the President. He wa«, of course, not long enough iu the Hermitage to collect many in cidents of General Jackson’s Iasi moments.— He had been tapped for the dropsy a few days before his disso'ution, hut lie had not suffi cient strength left to recover from the op -ra tion. Healy had completed his admirable portrait of him a day ortwo before his death, fi*r the King of the French. He died like a Christian .ind hero. We publish this evening, the testimonies of public respect, which have been adopted by the President an i his cabinet. Tlie general orders,. i<sued to the navy and army, tiy Mr. Secretary Bancroft, are among the finest'composiiions we have ev r read.— It contains a just and eloquent eulogtam upon one'of the first men of his country and his age. ' It. is left to the city authorities cf Washing ton, and ner citizens, and the citiz -ns of every part of our country, to testify tlieir respect for liis .memory by every tribute which can' be paid to the illustrious dead. Hermitage, Juno 8, IS45, 12 o’clock, night,’ My Dear Sir: In deep sorrow I address you this hasty note. At six o’clock this even ing, General Jackson departed tlirs life, lie retained his faculties to tho last hour. I la ment that I was denied the satisfaction ofs'e- ing him in. his last moments. I was unfortu nately delayed in ascending the Mississippi, so that ! did not reach Nashvilio till half-past six this evening. I jmmediately procured a conveyance, and came out with my family— having understood that the General’s health was exceedingly precarious, and being anxious [j4 Diary about (jvmro/Jackton.] Hermitage. May ‘.’Sih, 1845. Mr Dear Sir : Aware of your desire to know tlie con dition ot die patriot of tlie Hermitage in 'lie closing scenes of liis tile. I write down, from dsy to‘ day. during the short visit I make him. what occurs of interest. On my arrival I found ex President Jackson more com fortable than lie iiad been, although his Uisease is not aba* ted. and bis long and useful life is rapidly drawing to its close. He lias not beeu in a condition to lie down during the last four months. His fee: and legs, his hands and arms are very much swollen with dropsy, which has invaued his wliole system. Bandages are drawn tight around ihe parts most afl'ected to prevent, as much as possible, the increase of the water. He lias scarcely any use of his bands. Tlie bandages are removed several times in the 24 hours, and the parts rubbed severely- to restore animation and the cir culation of the blood. He has not strength to stand. His respiration is very short and attended witii much uifficulty. and the whole progress of. the disease accompanied with great suflering. He geis^no Jsleep except by opiates. His left lung was ruptured many years ago, during the Seminole campaign in Florida, and is entirely destroyed, and tlie oth er much diseased. When the dropsy commence:, the cough was extremely severe, and expectoration profuse.— These symptoms, which had continued for years, nnwjgra- duallc gave way and almost entirely ceased* This was lol- lowed by floss of appetite and constant nausea {and prostrai- tion. This change took place early .in April; and aUouuhe) first of May a diarrlinmVominenerd which seemed to threa J ten an imimldiatc dissolution. This continued far a few days with great suffering, but fortunately" reduced the swelling of the wlmle system. The abntcm’ent of the iliar- rlioic was succeeded by the swelling in-all parts, with vio lent pain and extreme difficulty cf breathing, when nature would again rrlieve itself as abi ve described. T/iuitday. May 29 1 .—Gen. Jackson is rather more com fortable, having obtained from opiates some sleep. This day be sat awhile-m Mr. HenJy. who had been sew by Lou- is Philippe (tlie Kin>'of the French) to paint hit portrait - .Mr. Healy told me that it was tlie design of the King of ti French to place liis portrait by tlie side of that of W'asbin - ton. wliich already lia-gs in Iris gallery—the most celebra ted ami inleresiing-liistorical gallery in the worij- ussur- round them with tire pictures of ihe most eminent or Amer- jj ican generals am! statesmen. Mr. Healy is commissioned byr lire king to paint the portraits of some Awelvr iff rbe most distinguished revolutionary}potriots. Ur surround those nf Washington and Jackson—the greatest and bvst men our country ever produced; also some of tke most prominent Kvinp politirians of the day. Messrs. John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay were named by Mr. Healy to me. Mr. Healy was enabled to make morn progress in bis work to- j day; and, as usual, the General received many visitors, more than diirty. who were admitted <o take the venerable’ chieftain by the hand, and bid him farewell. Among the visitors was General Jrsup. an old friend and comotnion ill arm-. The meeting ofithese most faithful and gsjlant sol diers and servants of the republic was deeply interesting and affecting. A reverend gentleman called to inquire in regard to the General’s health, his faith, and future hope.-"- •The Generi! said: “iSir. I nm in the hands of a merciful God. I have full confidence in his goodness and merev. My lamp of life is nearly out, and :hs last cKouner'bae come. 1 am ready to depa-t, when called. The Bible is true. The principles and statutes of. that holy bonk havr been tlie rule of iny lifr. and X bare, trier? to conform to its spirit as nearly as possible. Upon that sacred volume I re*i I otir countrv - ■ I n, „ , „ , | r-f till* on tht part or the cliiratott, ms hasbm ste.wrTVr the admission! of the English ministers on referring IsPsf liamcnl to the King's map. on which the true boimdSrL,. were delineated, and of which they were apprised ursine their demands. ■■ Right ou the side of the American prsple. and firmness in maintaining it. he continued, with trust in Gcal alone, »j|i secure to them the integrity of the possessions of which the British government would now deprive them. I am satis, lied that they will assert and vindicate'what justice award them ; and that no part of our territory or .country will t,r be submitted to any arbitration but of the cannon’s moot), •• He fait grateful to s merciful Providence, that had t| ways sustained him through all liis struggles, and in the da fence of the continued independence and prosperity ofbi beloved country, and that he could now give up his stew* ardship, and resign his breath to God who gave it, with th cheering reflection that the country was now settled down' upon a firm, demon atic basis; that the rights of the lihor iug classes were respected and protected, (for. he adds it is from them that tlie coautry derives all its prosperity and greatness,) and to them we must ever luok to defend our soil when invaded. ■* They have never refused. No sir; and never will. Give them an honest government' freedom from monopolies and privileged classes, and hard' money—not paper—currency for their bird labor, and all will be well " At 2 o’clock P. M.. liis distress became suddenly vsrv great, and the water increasing to an alarming eitent. ,\a express was sent to Nashville, twelve miles, for surgi,' aid. An operation was performed by Doctor EileHiis with sneress ; much water was taken from his abdomen wliich produced great relic', although eitreme prostrsuon' Tuesday, June id.—Much distress through the night —' Opiates were freely administered, but sleep appeared tu have passed from him. Calm and perfectly resigned to tb e will his Redeemer ; and prayed to God to sustain h'tc in this liis hour of dissolution. At 10 A. M.—Doctors Robinson end Walters arrived from Nashville. Doctor Esleman having remains.' whi ttle General through tlie night, a consultation was held, an',1 all that hid been done was approved ; end all that could be done was toconfortn to the General’s temporary wants At 4 o'clock P. M.—I left life house for home. He ex! pressed great solicitude in my behalf, but I was silent ■ the scene was too affecting ; and I left this aged soldier, slate,, man, and Christian patriot, with ell the pious and hott>' table inmates of the Hermitage, without the power of s, v ^ ing farewell. Yours, truly, WILLIAM TYACK To Paul T. E. Bobus. Esq.. City of New York. » By the President of the United' States.- Andrew Jackson is no more! He de parted this life on Sunday, the eighth instant, full of days and full of honors. His countfy deplores his loss, and will ever cherish his- mory. While a nation mourns, rt is proper 1 that business should be suspended, at loast ftfi one day. in the executive departments, as a tribute of respect to the illustrious dead; I accordingly direct that the Departments of State, the Treasury, War, the Navy, the Post Office, the Office of the Attorney General, and tlie Executive Mansion, be instantly put into mourning ; and that they be closed duringitftd whole day to-morrow. JAMES K. POLK,- Washington City, June 16,1845. GENERAL. ORDER. Washington, June 16, I84i. The President of the United.Stufep, with' heartfelt sorrow, announces to the nrmy, th« navy, and the marine corps, the death of An drew Jackso?, On Ihe evening of Sunday the eighth day of June, about six o’clock, fi- resigned his spirit to his heavenly Father." Tlie nation, while it learns with grief tho death of its most illustrious oit’zen, finds solace in con-* tcmplating his venerable .charaeier a-ad- swil ces. The valley of the Mississippi Beheld*iip j him the bravest, und wisest, nnd most fortunate nf its defenders. The country raised him | 0 the highest trusts in miliumy nnd in civil fife, with a confidence that never abated, and an af. fectiori that followed him in niidiininulird vigor ti retirement, watched over lira lattst hours and pays its tribute at his grave.. Wh, rover his lot was cast, ho appeared among those around him, first in natural endowments ami esourres, not less than first in authority ami station. The power of his mind impressed it- self on the policy of his country, and sii)| |; vr , and will five forever,, ift the memory oftts pen- pie. Child of a forest region, and a s, ttler of the wilderness, his was a genius which, »s it came to the guidance of afisirs, ii siii ctirp/y atti.cfur i itself to general principles, and, spired by tta truth which Wi» own heart rey al- ed to him io singleness nnd simplicity he found always-a sesponad i» the bieist of hi, countrymen. Growaed. w :b glory in w.ir in h : s wliole career, ms a statesman, he showed himself the frend and lover of- peace. With an American heart, whose throbs were all fur’ republican fiei-doni and liis nwfive land, he let iy hope fur tte'rnal salvation, through the merit, a,,,) blood 4 longed to promote the widest intercourse »ml foiir blessed Lord and Saviour, Jesus Chrisi." Kothime a.i .v. iinher was said upon the subject s fllhe most tnti.witc commerce,, between the ma- * ny. nafions' of mnnk nA T * — except .‘I'err u>rn? Florida with wealth ai d op portunities fiir inlerior to those of Georgia, has ontirely adopted the Square Package for. her 2 to administer, if I could, some comfort in the crop, and Carolina lias so jiea'Iy ceased to put up Hound Bales, that it is presumed four-filths of the few seen in her market are deiived from this State. Those interested, will no doubt bear in mind, that the Cotton of the United Stales bps already closing scene of his eventful life. Oil m3’ way, a few miles from the city, I met the fumily physician, who informed me that the Generul was no more. further Friday, May 30 1 —The General passed a bart nighl; no alecp—extremely tenble this morning. Mr. Healy. v»ith considerable exertion* on the part of tlie General, was ana- bled to finish the portrait* on which he l.ibore.S with great care. It was presented to the General. After examining it for anme minutes, he remarked to Mr. Healy, “I nm »vi- isfied.sir, tbat you stand at the bead ol'your profession; if I-may be allowed tojudge of my'own likeness.-I can safely concur in the opinion of my family; this is the he« that has been taken. I feel Tery much ubliged to "you, sir, for the very great labor and care you have'beep pleased to beatow up >0 it." The family were all highly, gratified with its faithfulness. I consider it tlie most perfect.representation I have ever seen, giving rsther the remains of the heroic personage, than the full life that made him the most extra‘ ordinary combination of spirit and energy, with t slender frame, the world ever saw. At 9o'clock, ns is the custom, all the General's family except the few who take tlieir turn to.watcli by his aide took their leave of him. Each of the family approached him, received his blessing, bid him farewell, kissed him »s it would seem an eternal good night—for he would ssv my work is done for life. After'liis family retires it is touching 1 • i .• i__ l. r t •. o night before the action.” His ‘bear story' told with such happy effect last summer, to il lustratc, as lie said, the neutrality of the dem ocrats, when Texas was struggling fur her lib erties, forgetiing, at the same tim-, that some of the most conspicuous heroes of San Jacinto were American volunteers, is now most ad mirably adapted to his own case. He descri bed n large bear attacking a house, and ma king good liis entr3’ into the door after a wound by a rifle shot fired by the ladu of the house. The husband had readied the lofi in safety.— The wife despatched tlie bear w;fh the butt end of tlie rifle, when tlie husband, d scen ting ex claimed: *• Ar’nt we brave, Nancy?—ar’nl we brave?” Now tlint the Honorable gentle-i man is, as it were, on the Texas side, where; the rest of his parly would Le dol'ghted to be, if they only knew how they could giacefully get there, ho may well exclaim: " ( Ar’nt ive brave?” but none oilier than a political Miss Nancy will respond in tlie affirmative. nf\ j. England *■> r4!c A at sva over Thundering Spring.— In a deep glen in the northwest corner of Upson county, is u curious fountain, popularly known as the Thun dering Spring. It is sitinted in the middle of a cany branch, at the bottom of a high steep hill. The basin of the spr.tig is about ten feet over, perfectly round, with shining zones a round it, resembling gold and silver belts, caus ed by the deposition of fine yellow sand and isinglass. Tnough the sand boils up below with considerable vehemence, the surface of the water is jicif cll\’ smooth and-transparent, and runs off so gently that its current is scarcely perceptible, and many suppose that the witter sinks as fast as rises ! The trans parency if the Water extends six inches. Be low that depth, it appears like boiling sand, or a soap Kettle in a state ol ebullition. The water is nearly blood warm, and lias a slight sulphurous taste and smell. The ebullition is so strong that it is said to be impossible for a person to sink in this spring. Bathing here is s ml to bo «i certain cure for rheumatism and many cutanoous affections, 1’hc boilino tr io contend with the products of India and other quarters, and to secure to our growth tlio advan tages it naturally possesses, aitificiul aid* should not be wanting. • Planters who see Round" Bales only in the Gin House, or country market, before they’ have un tergone wear and tear, can have little idea of tlieir condition upon reaching the shipping port, and still less when the bales have been driven by machinery into a narrow space on shipboard, from which they have to be forced again by hooks and tackles at the poit of destination.— A ship f rom Georgia is easily recognized in Liverpool, by the mass of loose and soiled Cot ton accumulated-in her hold at the time of her discharge, involving a los> to Plun'ers, not tlie less operative because unseen, as, in originating shipments of Round Bales, tlie purchaser must necessarily provide for such waste by paying =o much less for the Cotton. To France, the M*-diteranean, and the North of Europe, Round Bales cannot be shipped, evt n at a fair difference in price, as thsy would About three hours before bis departure lie 3 conversed fjr some time with his family, and §.. ... . & , ee ■ 1 pi , -if 1 " wanes* tins heroic man. who has faced every, dao-ec tOOK an affectionate leave Ot them, ns rilso of ^ with unyielding front, offer up his prayer* for those whom H*3 the 2 1’rprldence has committed to his care; that Heaven would hie domestics. His phvsiciun j-epresen’- ... BCenb .3 roott.fiectioj; und remark. Uml l» j 2 departed with perfect serenity of mind, and « the Union, and the people of the United Slates from all for- 5 with full faith in the promises of salvation § ***** MjflvmcB »od intnsioo—teoderii^ hi* forgiveness to tbrough a Redeemer. 1 Jm'S seen the corse since my arrival,. The | visage it.* much as it was in life. Thp fut,pro. 1 .will take place on Tuesday I [ftekt. at 14 o’clock, n. m. A nation will feel Jiis enemies, and liis gratitude to God"for liis suppoifatid-] success through a long life, and for the hope of eternal sal vation through the meritsofonr blessed Redeemer. ' The General exeris himself to discharge every dutv, and wi;h all his anxious care that is possible ; but tils debility, end the unremitting anguish he suffers, lias almost extin guished every power except that of his intellect. .Oc-ca- ahinat'y his distress produces spasmodic affections; yet .. * c ls |* a4 j "w uiimcbs piuum us spnprnouic orieciions ; yet in this loss, as a naijon nas received Ule Iruits Ol a ihe midst of the worst paroxysms of pain, not a murmur, not bis toils durinrv the Lest veers of his life*. 9 ev< ; n a S roan crapes liis lips. Great and just in life, calm , T r, , * r-..: ...i C amt resigned tc death. Very truly, your fnoiin, “ 6 SAM HOUSTON. His excellency James X. Polk, Sec. &c. DEATH OF GEN. JACKSCN. •We gave, in a slip of this mottling, the letter I resigned Saturday, May 30.—Tiie General passed a distressed tight; no sleep—extren;p debility this morning, attended with increased sweiling of the abdu'trien, and all his limbs, and difficulty ot breathing. He said,‘-i hope Hod will grant roe patience to submit !n his hoiy will; he does aii filings j well, and blessed be His holy and merciful name." His- Uibleu always near him ; if he is in liis chair, it is on the table by Ins Side ; when propped up in bed, that sacred vol- ” • . . —. proppeu up in Dea. tnat of Gen. Houston announcing to tilt* Presideot ■ u,t,e 15 ! a, d by him, and he olten reads it. He h .1 i r. . ^ er. and is lifted in and out of hi. .tiring nr..*.. tlie death of the great man “toho filled the mea sure of his country's glory." We republish Gen. Houston’s letter, for there could be no bet tei herald to proclaim the close of a bright be unsaleable, and the scarcity of Square Bales *• career, which imparted to him so much of its lias driven from Georgia to her more sagacious I lustre. neighbors, a lucrative and steadily increasing trade: tlie exports to Fiance and the Continent from Charleston, since the commencement of this season, having been five times told those of this port to those quartets. Again, in the British ports, the demand for Colton for export, is exclusively supplied from Square Bales, and to the majority’ of the orders now received from Liverpool, the condition of ‘•Square Bales” is annexed. Round Buies be- ing saleable with difficulty in Great Britain as well as in’ the Northern Markets of the United Stales. It may not be generally known, that with all the advantages Georgia possesses in her safe bars nud deep harbors, her ports are sought un willingly, alike by American and Foreign ships r because of the sacrifice of time necessarily caus ed by tlio screwing of Round’Bales, and the se rious deficiency in ihe freight list weight of such a cargo. A ship of two thousand bales would be loaded with Square Packages jn twelve It is not tho scope of a hurried obituary notice to do justice to such a man as Gen. Jackson. His life h a volum.e of his country’s history.— At this moment the nation’s sensibility will be most solicitous to learn something of the last thoughts of tlie great mind—the last throbbings of the honest lieai t. which, for so many years, have made die public welfare tho chief concern. We have it in our power through the indul gence ol an old arid esteemed friend of the ven erable patriot-patriarch, to bring Ids country men to his bedside, and enable them to see how worthy of his hfc has been its close. Capt. Tytick, of the city of New York, to [ whom we are indebted for the simple narrative of his intercourse with General Jackson during a few days preceding his death, left the Her mitage on Wednesday week. While there ho wrote out, at the request of a friend—whq could not accompany him as he wished on hjs pilgrimage—a diary of the occurrences of his visit to General Jackson, 'fltis autljentip rc- er, and is lifted in and out of Jiis sitting posture in his chair, j AOthing can exceed tt e affectionate care, vigilance, and [ never-ceasing effi.rts nf liis pious and devoted (amity to ad minister to his relief; and yet. in the midst of the affliction which valla for go much attention and sympathy, kindness and hospitaiitv to strangers is not omitted*. . Jane l.-—"i'itis day," the Generul said, "is the holy Sab- b * tit. ordained by God. aiid set apart to be devote.1 to his worship and praise. I always attended service at church when I cuuid; but now I can go no'more.” He desired the family to go, as many as could, and charged them to coa’in ue the education of the poor at the Sunday school. This new system of instruction, he said which blended the ties of religion with those of humanity, he considered of vast importance; and sjioke with an emphasis wliich showed It anxiety to impress it on the family. Mrs. Jackson, and tier sister Mrs. Adam3, regularly attended to tlieir instruction on the Sabbath. A part of the family went to church. Th< General looked out ot the window and said, “this is annn- •" •** • « . . . . * * . . t, rciilly the list Sabbath I shall be with you. God’s win be “ te S ,lns W| H be fired, beginning at 12 ocloc* done; He is kind and merciful.” Tlie General’s look is of- ten fixed with peculiar affection on his grand daughter, Ra chel, named after his wife, so beloved, and whose memory he has so tendeily cherished. The young Rachel has all the lovely and amiable qualities for which the elder, Mrs. Jackson, was so remarkable. Jie was the scrvnnt -ol Immaiiity. Of a vehement he wa* pq. tient til council, deliberating long, hearing all things ‘ T yet in the moiiirai of action, .decditif with rap dity. Of a nobfc nature.^and tnespa- ble of disguise, hrs thoughts fey ojren to all around him, and won ttair confidence by hit ingenuous frankness, lift* yudgmrnU was sf that aid id ny, that lie ever tempt red rigor wirii prudence. The flushings of anger could taver cloud his faculties, but rather kindled. ana'Hglttl ed them up, quickening fheir’energy without disturbing their balance. In war, his eve .it's glance discerned his plans with DnCTringsaga city ; in peace, lie proposed measures witiV instinctive wisdom, of which the inspiration* were prophecy. In discipline stern, in ajurt resolution inflexible he was full of the gentlest affections, ever ready to solace ihe distressed, and to relieve the needy ; faithful to his friends, fervid for his country. Indifferent to other re wards, he aspired throughout I fe to an honora ble fame, and so loved liis feHow-men, that he longed to dwell in their affectionate remem brance. Heaven gave him length of davs, and lie-filled them with deeds of greatness. Be* was always happy’; happy in his youth, which shared tlie achievement of our national inde pendence ; happy in liis after years, wliich be held tho valley of the West cover itself with the glory of free and ever increasing Statesr happy In liis age, wh ch saw the people multi plied from two to twenty millions, and free dom and union make their pathway from ihe Atlantic {o the Pacific; thrice happy i n death, for while lie believed the lihert Cs of hjs conn* try imperishable and was cheered by vision* of its constant advancement, ho dep j.-ted from this life in full hope of a blessed immortslitj. through the merits- and atonement of kisKe- deemer. Officers of the army, the mvy r and the m 3 ' rine corps, will wear crape on the left art»#J on their swords ; and the colors of the serifd regiments will be put in mourning, for (he )>«• riod of six months. At the naval stations, snJ on public vessels in commission, the flags W® be worn nt lial-mast for one week ; and ontb* day after this order is received, twenty-one Monday. June 2.—The General pasred a bar! night.— No sleep. An evident increase of water on the chest He read many letters as usual. Some of them were from per- sons of whom he had no knowledge, asking for autographs and making other requests. The letterc were opened by some of the fatpily. Mr*. Jack»on or Mrs. Adams were at- m«« constantly with him. H» looked over them; those of importance wore opened *t|d rpad. Among them wa* one from Major Donelson, c))*rgg de a(f*iig» to Texa*, giving anqroopiil ot ti}e almost iucrgdible p-qcredingsof ;he Brit- i slim gent. EHiocto prevent tlip anpexatjon of T.eyas to the United States. Tlie Genera! said, "tve have made a dis- eful sacrifice of our territory; an important portion of Al each military station, the day affer the r c ' ception of this order, the national flag will ^ displayed tit half-staff from sunrise to sunset' thirteen guns will be fired at day-break ; hour guns during the doy ; and at the closed- lie day u general salute. The troops will paraded at 10 o’clock, and this order read.-o them, on which the. labors of the day will <***?' Let the virtues of the illustrious dead,f etJI ’ tlieir influence, and when energy and urc called to trial, emulate his example* GEORGE BANCROFT- Acting Secretary of War, and Secretary of (itc Ns 1 '. 1