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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sheriff's Levies, ,10 days. $2 50 per levy ; COdayx. s.i. Executor's. Administrator's and Guardian's .Sales, Real Estate, (per square. 12 lines) $4 75 , Do. do. Personal Estate 3 25 j Citation for Letters of Administration.... 2 75 l>o. do. Dismission 4 50 Notice to Debtors and Creditors 1 25 Four Months' Notices 4 00 Rules Nisi, (monlhlv) $1 per square, eaeli insertion. .7* ALL REMITTANCES I’ER MAIL, akb at OCR lIISK. Passing Through an Iceberg. The N. y. Tribune publishes the following ! extract from a journal kept by a seaman who ; served ill the American Artie Expedition of j IN",0-51: " Moored to an icehnrg: weather calm; sky cloud less, and “beautifully blue:” surrounded by a vast number of stupendous bergs, glittering and glistening beneath the refulgent rays of a mid day sun. A great portion of the oretv had gone on shore to gather the eggs of the wild sea-birds that fre quent the lonely ice-bound precipices of Baffin's liny, while those on board had retired to rest, wearied with the harassing toils of the preced ing day. To me, walking the deck and alone, all nature seemed hushed in univeral repose. While thus contemplating the stillness of the monotonous scene around me, [observed in the offing a large iceberg, completely perforated, exhibiting in the distance an arch, or tunnel, appearently so uni form in its conformation, that I was induced to cull two ol'the seamen to look at it, at the same time telling them that I had never read or heard of any ofour Arctic voyagers passing through one of those niches so frequently seen through large bergs, and that there would be a novelty in do ing so, and if they chose to arcoinpaiiy me, I would get permission to take the dingy (a small ho.it.) and endeavor to accomplish the unprece dented feat. They readily agreed, and away we went. On nearing the arch, and ascertaining that there was a sufficiency of water for the boat to pass through, We rowed slowly and silently un der, when there burst upon our view one of the most magnificent specimens ol nature's handi work ever exhited to mortal eyes, the sublim ity and grandeur of which no language can de scribe—no imagination conceive. Fancy an immense arch ol Sill feet span, 50 lee t high, anil upward ol 100 in breadth—as cor rect in its conformation us if it find been con structed by the most scientific artist—formed ol solid iceot a beautiful emerald green, its whole expanse of surface smoother than tile most pol ished alabaster, and you may lorn i some concep tion ol the architectural beauties of this icy tem ple, the wonderful workmanship of time and the elements. When we got about half-way through the mighty structure, on looking upward I observed that the berg was split the whole breadth of the arch, and in jierpendicular direction to its sum mit, showing two vertical sections of regular sur face, “darkly, deeply, beautifully blue,'’ here and there illumined by an artie sun which darted its golden rays between, presenting to the eye a picture ol ethereal grandeur which no poet could describe, no painter portray. 1 was so enrap tured with the sight hat for a moment t fancied the “blue vault of heaven” had opened, and that I actually gazed on the celestial splendor of a world beyond this. Hut, alas! in an instant the scene chuiged, and I awoke, as it were, from a delightful dicam to experience all the horrors of a terrible reality. I observed the fracture rapidly close, then again slowly o|ieii. This stupendous mass of ice, millions of tons m weight, was alloat, constantly in motion, mid apparently about to lose its equilibrium, capsize, or brust into frag ments. Our position was truly awful; my feel ings at the moment may he conceived, but can not be described. 1 looked downward and around me! the sight was equally appalling; the very sea seemed agitated. lat last shut my eyes from a scene so terrible, the men at the oars, as if by instinct, “gave way," and our little cruft swiftly glided from beneath the gigantic mass. We then rowed round the berg, keeping at a respectable distance from if. in order to judge of its magnitude. I supposed it to he about a mile in circumference, and its highest pinnacle ‘>so feet. Thus ended an excursion the bare recollection of which at this moment awakens in me a shud der, nevertheless. 1 would not have lost the op portunity of witnessing a scene so awfully- sub lime. so tragically grand, lor thousands of pounds sterling; lmt 1 would not again run such a risk for a world. \\ e passed through the berg about 2 P. M.,and at 10 o'clock the same night it burst, agitating the ocean for miles around. I may also observe, that the two men who were with mein the boat did not observe that the berg was rent until 1 told them,after we were out of danger, we having agreed previously to entering the arch not to speak a word to each other, lest echo itself should disturb the fragile mass. The Arctic voyagers differ as to what portion ol an ice-berg is under water. Some sav one lilth, some say one-seventh, and some more. 1 refer the reader to the works of Ross and Parry as the best authority. Nashville \ Chattanooga Railroad.— We learn from the able and energetic Principal Assistant Engineer. Jas. A. Corry. Esq., that on the first of tiiis month, he received from the Contractor all that portion of the road between the point of its intersection with the Western \ Atlantic Railroad and a deep cut around Look out Bluff, a distance of near three and a half miles. This speaks well for the progress of the road. A few months since, the formidable ledges of the rock which presented,seemingly,‘an almost insurmountable barrier, did not promise so early a completion ol' tiiis portion of the road. Both Contractors and Engineers have displayed com mendable energy in prosecuting the work. We regard the selection of Mr. Corry for Re sident Engineer on the Chattanooga division as a most fortunate appointment on the part ol' the Engineer in Chief. James H. Grant, Esq., under whose management every tiling seems to be moving ahead to the general satisfaction of all who are interested in the enterprise.—Chatta nooga Advertiser, lU/h inst. Si range Coi BXsmr. —Some time ago a shoe maker in Harris, being in want of a wife, adver tised for one. and at the time and place appoint ed was met by a female. Both were in earnest. The suiter,however,unluckily seemed to be of the same opinion that Kiug I’edro was w*th regard to his wife, Mary of Arragon ; that she was not so handsome as she might be good: so their meet ing ended in a mutual disappointment. The man advertised a second time, appointing a dif ferent place for the meeting, ami varying the words of the advertisement. He met the same lady, they recognized each other, could not choose but smiled at the recognition, and perhaps neith- < er of them could choose but sigh. The perse-1 i vering bachelor tried his lot a third time, and a* ; a third place of appointment he met the equally persevering spinster. At this meeting neither ; could help laughing. They began to converse j in a good humor, and the conversation became so 1 agreeable on both sides, and the circumstances | were so remarkable, that the third interview led , to their marriage.— lnverness Courier. The Methodist Church Case. The Savannah Republican furnishes the fol lowing brief sketch of the history of the Meth ! odist church case recently decided by Judge ! Nelson in New York: j Under the judgment of the court, the Meth odist Church, South, is entitled to and will re ceive its share of what is called the Book Con. I cern' The amount involved in the case is es- I timated at The counsel for the South were Messrs. Webster, Meredith, Johnson, | Lord, Corwin and Bryan. As the case is one of much interest to a large portion of our readers, we propose to recall a few of the prominent facts in the controversy which j led to the suit which has just been decided. At the General Conference held in New York. May, ' 1844, the following resolution was adopted against Bishop Andrew, who resided in this j State, simply because he had married a lady who : owned slaves: “ Resolved, That it is the sense of this General Conference that he desist from the exercise of tiiis office (of Bishop) so long as this impediment remains.” The Southern members of the General Con ference presented a protest against this action; and a declaration that the interests ol'the Church I in the slaveholding States demanded a separa tion. This matter was referred to a committee j with instructions, that if they could not devise a i plan to adjust the difficulty, “they devise, if pos ! slide, a constitutional plan for a mutual and | friendly division of the Church.” The com mittee reported a plan for the division of the Church, which was adopted. The first resolution in this plan left it to the Annual Conference in the slaveholding States to decide whether they would organize a sep arate Church or not; and proceeded to specify the rule that would regulate the lioundary line between the two Churches, should the separa tion take place. This resolution was adopted, yeas 135, and nays 15. The plan then goes on to provide for an “equitable division of the book concern and chartered fund,” which jiassed by a vote yeas 147, nays 10. The Annual Conferences in the slaveholding States, except Maryland and Delaware, elect ed delegates to a Convention, which met in I Louisville, Ky.. May, 1*15,t0 decide upon the necessity ot a separation under the above cited plan. The Conferences were fully represented and after mature deliberation and free discussion, the Convention by a vote of yeas ti l and nays 3. liesolved , That it is right, expedient, and ne cessary to erect the Annual Conferences rep resented in this Convention, into a distinct ecclesiastical connection. The three in the negative were from the Kentucky Conference. Anxious still to keep up friendly and frater nal feelings and intercourse with the North, the Church South, thus organized, appointed I)r. L. Fierce, of Georgia, a delegate io the next Gener al Contort nee of the Methodist Episcopal Church North, to tender thechiistiaii salutations ol Un church South. lmt he was unceremoniously re jected. Three commissioners were appointed by the General Conlcience in 1“!!, a "like number to he np|K>inted by the Church South, should one lie formed.” to make the division of the property as provided for by the plan of sepa ration thus adopted. The Convention of the South, after resolving to separate, appointed three commissioners to act for the ‘'Church South,” in carrying out the division of the property. But the commissioners for the Church South leliised to act. This left the question unsettled till the Gen eral Con ferauee of the Church North met in ISIS, when the Conference assumed to annul the whole proceedings of the General Conference of Is I I, touching the plan of separation, and ut terly refused to give the Church South a parti cle of the property-. Cut oil' from all hope of justice at the hands of the Church North, the commissioners fort he Church South commenced a suit for their portion of the funds, according to the plan of separation of 1841. And it is this suit which has just been decided. The Church South have only been suing for their share of limds which they held jointly with the whole Church, and which the General Confer ence of the whole Church, by a voteof 117 to 10, in IS I I, declared was the due of tile Church South, should they separate. The Chuch South did separate according to the plan adopted la the General Conference of the whole Church: and yet the northern portion refused to abide by the contract. Having possession, they meant to keep it unless the strong arm ol'the law could unclench their grasp. There are otiier suits still pending in the courts of Ohio and Philadelphia, where por tions of the Church property are located. The decision in this cas q however, will he binding in those, as the questions involved are the same in all. Il the northern Methodists will not volimtaiily do unto others as they would have others to do unto them, it is gratify ing to know that their courts are determined to make them do it. Till! Poultry Exhibition. —During the Fair week, we are to have quite a novel exhibition, which will attract much attention. An Asso ciation has been recently formed in our city for the improvement of Domestic Poultry, and will hold its first annual public exhibition on Mon day, 17th inst., at Hatch's Hall, Hasell street, next east of Meeting, to continue lin'd the Sat urday following. The Committee of Arrange ments have extended invitation-: to all persons \\ ithiu the State, who have choice specimens of any of the rare varieties of poultry or birds, to send them to their care, previous to the 15th inst., free of expense of transjxirtation to the owners, with cards and descriptions attached to the coops, with the assurance that they will be ■ taken care of by the Association. Asthere will doubtless he a very large representation of farm ers and naturalists among the many visitors, which the entertainments of the coming week are already beginning to draw to our city, this exhibition must elecit its due share of encouage nient. and meet the expectations of its projectors in creating a proper spirit of emulation in this department of enterprise. At the late Georgia Fair, we are informed by an eye-witness, speci mens of thirty differnt varieties of fowls, ducks and geese were exhibited,and sales to the amount ol 5-1.000 effected on the ground by a single pro prieior. A lew representatives of the giant species of fowls rai-ed by Mr. Michel, of this city, found their way into the Military Hall, last November, and were well surrounded with spectators. The exhibition of Poultry is dis tinct from that of the South Carolina Institute, but the main objects of these Associations are identical, and tend, each in their sphere, to the same great and important results.— Charleston Courier, 13 lit inst. Sudden- Death. —A valuable negro girl be longing to our townsman. C. \Y. C. Wright, Esq., named Edy. dropped suddenly in the yard of her owner, on Saturday evening last, and died in stantly. She was a large, athletic and industri ous woman, and did the washing of a large por tion of the town. Her loss will be seriously ielt by her owner, and half Griffin will miss her open, good-natured face.— Griffin Jeffersonian. Vith inst. An Irishman passing down the street the other i day, discovered a one dollar hill lying on the pavement. He eyed the ermtur sufficiently to ascertain that it was of the same stamp of one i which the day pre\ ions he had lost ten cents by ] way ot discount. ‘Bad luck to the likes o' ye! exolamod Pat, as lie passed on: ‘there ye may lie : devil a finger will 1 put on ye. for I lost ten cents 1 by a brother of yours yesterday.’ t AIGUSTA, GA. SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15. THE LARGEST CIRCULATIONS THE STATE." Mr. Toombs—The Democrats. A good deal has recently been said about Mr. Toombs’ becoming a Democrat. He seems, however, from the report of his recent speech, in Milledgeville. to be inclined to stick to the Constitutional-Union-Masked-Battery Humbug a little longer. Ho wants to wait and see which ' of the National parties will come out strongest i f° r the Compromise, and then, his idea is to , tumble over the whole Constitutional-Union- Masked-Battery rubbish, right into the arms of that party. 1 his is all a blind. The object is i to linger long enough to see as far into the ■ chances of the future popular vote as jiossibie. It may be that Mr. Toombs actually does intend i to turn himself wrong side out, and like a clown i in a circus, make the amusing declaration to the country—“ Feller citizens, scorning all honest | fame, and, unchangeable as the chameleon, I proclaim myself a Democrat of the first water, and I shall stick to the declaration as long as Big Indian me can be benefitted by it, and no longer! Democrats, your most humble, obedient servant— (Aside. Cobb, don’t tell them about ■ my speech in ISIS. You heard me abuse them like h—l, but you know how we’ve fed some of I them on the curd of asses’ milk lor our mutual benefit!) It may be that Mr. Toombs has a ; pretty strong apprehension that if either party comes out in favor of the Compromise, or any . thing that looks like favoring the South, it will . be the Democratic. True to his recent deelara • tion, he could then go with the Democratic party, and, if successful, we vouch for it, he would claim the credit of the Democratic vic tory! Toombs and Democracy! Democracy and Toombs!—not spitting fire at each other, but locked in a tender embrace ! If it could Le looked upon only as a joke, it might do: but, in making Toombs the jest of the country, it would 1 not leave the Democratic party altogether tree I from ridicule. However, let all that pass for the I present. Union Democrats have aided the , Union Whigs in making Mr. Toombs a United • States Senator. We design now to introduce to our readers some of Mr. Toombs" fluttering entvm- I turns upon the itemnrrutic party in ISIS. They will lie found so exceedingly Mirate, so gentle, and generous , that, without doubt, some who have voted for him, will stand in a trance for . some time after looking over them. Alter de scribing the country as almost ruined by Mr. l’olk, lie goes on to abuse him in his peculiar , style, lie then dies off" to General Taylor, whom he makes a second Washington, but whom heatterwards denounced as a traitor and a hum . bug. He then goes on and declares that the Democrats in Congress, for some of their acts, had covered themselves with eternal disgra.e! He intimated that a high tar ill" would be neces sary for many years, when a low one has an i swereil the purpose admirably, and said that the ■ Independent Treasury was an “ obsolete idea,"’ when it had worked so well in war as well as peace. How he exhibited his wisdom in all this alHiut Taylor, the Tariff; and the Sub-Treasury ! He denounced the whole Democratic platform as a scheme to delude the peojde, ant/ wheedle them outoj their vote* —and said that the Democratic party did not hold a single principle which was held by the Republicans under Mr. Madison's administration. Hut read the following beautiful extracts from the speech ot the Hon. Robt. Toombs, delivered in Committee of the Whole on th ■ State of the Union, (.Mr. Root in the Chair.) while the Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill was under consideration, July Ist. IS-1S: "These are some of the bitter fruits of the elec- I tion of Mr. Polk, and the success of the Demo cratic party in 1811. In this condition of our atlairs we need wisdom, firmness, justice, am! moderation in our public councils. We need a patriot, and not a partisan in the Presidential chair. For the last twelve months the people have realized this necessity, and with a unanimi ty unprecedented in our day. the public judgment marked out General Taylor as that man. This popular preference was manifested in a great variety of ways : it was clear and mnnistakeahle, and was admitted even by those, who at first sought covertly, but now openly, to defeat his election. * * # # * The opposition to General Taylor began here i with the Administration, and by it, aud its mer cenaries and dependants, lias been steadily pur- I sued to this hour. Those who live upon the abuses of Government; those who are lavishly paid for the defence ot public crimes and corrup tions ; all those who rely for immunity from pun ishment solely upon the suppression of inquiry : into their practices, very early banded together I to defeat General Taylor. Sir. Polk seconded their efforts. He was marked as a victim b y the 1 Administration, solely because he had become a favorite frith the people. The Administration began by crippling his resources, hoping thereby to disable him from accomplishing brilliant re sults in the field; his genius triumphed over their machinations, and the inadequaov ot liis means : but gave additional lustre to the glory ot his achievements. The President then turned mili tary critic, and censured the capitulation of Mon terey. The public, and General Tavlor, received I the censure with contempt, lie then charged ; him with giving “aid and comfort to the enemy’’ in the publication of the Gaines letter. A shout of scorn and indignation at so base a charge burst from the national heart, which made even the calumniator tremble in his palace. Driven to desperation at the failure ot all his schemes for the destruction of General Taylor, he determin ed to supersede him with another gallant soldier, whom his petty jealousy had kept out of the field! but with the treacherous intent to supersede both, under a contract with adistiuguised Senator ot his party. The latter part of the disreputable scheme was deteated by the honesty and firm ness of the Senate. But lie succeeded so tar as to cause Gen. lay lor to be stripped of his forces in the very lave ot Mr. Polk's favorite general. Santa Anna, at the head ot twenty thousand oft ' the best troops Mexico ever brought into the 1 field. In all human calculation this last act of I treachery had compassed the ruin of Gen. Taylor ’ and the little band ot four thousand patriotic citi- ‘ zens soldiers who were standing with him under : ' the stars and stripes upon the plains of Buena ' Vista. The official organ of the Government I ’ predicted his safety in ail inglorious retreat upon , Monterey. "Its hope was father to the thought." ! But during the whole forty years of his life, he ' had ne\ er turned his hack upon the enemy. The * nation knew him better than official organs, and I stood mute, breathless with anxiety, straining its + eyes looking towards the Western frontier * * * * * c “The courier came; he had fought and won the ! « unequal fight, and made one of the most brilliant j i pages in our annals." **** * i u "His military genius and success undoubtedly 1 first attracted to himself public attention,but it at * the same time subjected him to popular scrutiny, i r j The result of that scrutiny disclosed in him moral | - ! and intellectual qualities for which the people ■ ! grappled hirn to their hearts, as it were w ith hooks of steel. They admired the soldier, but I they loved and trusted the man. They loved him, not because he was “without fear,” but be cause “was he without reproach." They found him a man of spotless purity and integrity— modest, truthful, honest, great, and wise. Mod r - est in his estimate of his own greatness; truthful s, and honest in all things; great in action, in rnoul- I, ding events; wise in his knowledge and judg ’ ment of men, and in his conception of practical 1 truth, in his adaptation of the best means to the ! 5 accomplishment of useful and noble ends.” :h : * * * * * ‘His present position before the American j people is consistent with his character, and in 0 harmony with his whole life. He has not sought >* the office of President; he has entered into no A schemes, nor intrigues, nor bargans; he has giv en no pledges or promises to induce party mana n gere, or great or small factions, to foist his name ie upon any party, or a reluctant people. He has e. not bargained otf the public patronage to become d its laithless keeper." n |** * * * j “Important measures,affecting the immediate e welfare of the collective body ol the people, dis st approved of by them, and by their representa ] tri es, have been from time to time extorted from r their reluctant yet faithless representatives. The ’ most recent and memorable instance of thisspe ,s cies of legislation occurred during the last Con :o gress. to the eternal disgrace of the majority ot ,t that body.” ***** “Party action is now based upon the avow ed n and admitted fact that the Executive is the all if controlling power in the State. Party juntos j| | make partisan platforms, require the test of sub scription to them by their candidate, and expect a him to bring the power and patronage of the y Prcsidental office to dragoon, seduce, or corrupt y ihe Representatives of the people into recording U their edicts upon the statue book. This has been the ordinary action of the Government lor the l " ! A fifteen years.” c * * * * # e “ The tariff question, and the question of dis _ tributing the proceeds of the public lands among those to whom they belong, have been effectually >' settled by the reckless and extravagant policy ot r, the present Administration. The proceeds of e the public lands are already mortgaged to the h public creditors for twenty years, and could not " be otherwise disposed of within that time with “ out a violation of the plighted faith of the na ■e tion. 1 nave already shown that a large public lU debt, an increased pension roll, (the penalties of _ war and price of glory,) distant conquered pro- I \in cos, (Iruitful sources of large expenditures.) an increased army and navy to ke-p the new mem o her of the family in order, together with the uu bridled extravagance which has prevailed in every department of Administration, have great ly augmented the annual demands upon your •'t Treasury. To supply these increased demands, in the staunchest protectionists has rather to tear )r t hat your standard of duties will be too high for the prosperity of commerce, than too low for the wants of domestic industry. The “oonstitu r - tional currency.” (hard money.) has become an ir “obsolete idea," and finds no place in the vol j. imiinoiis Baltimore resolutions. The Sub-trea sury was smothered at its birth under the enor- II mous ristie of paper money by the Governme it; i- to quiet their own fears of the working of their ,> experimeuf, and those of such as apprehended monetary troubles from the great accumulations ■ of coin in the sales and boxes of the Government, such accumulation was rendered impossible by I- j increasing the wants of the Government beyond [. ! its ordinary means for at least this generation, and these financiers gave us an additional securi . ly against the folly of their own measure by furnishing a paper circulation, receivable for pub s lie dues, nearly equal to the average circulation s ol the last Bank ol the United State during the , whole period of tls existence. The effect of this issue is,that the Government creditor only pays 11 coin, when it is cheaper than Government pa il |>er money, and commerce is less liable to be dis turbed by this foolish financial quackery, amt leaves its evils to tall chiefly upon the Goveru ' ment in the insecurity of its funds and the unne s ; cessary expense attending their transfer to dis tant points. These evils might be greatly niiti ’ gated simply by legalizing the daily exactions and violations ol this financial abortion. ‘1 " But the Democrats affect neither to umler e j stand our position on these questions, nor our ;i ■ candidate or his principles. This does not sur prise us.wheu we consider that although they suf r I'ered one defeat and gained one victory on their ! own “platform,” and have again called upon .j “ the party” to rally upon it; yet its cardinal . points receive directly opposing interpretations ~ from the northern and southern wings of the ,1 Democracy even now upon this floor, as 1 shall n presently show. Even the commentary of their L | , candidates upon at least one ol the most inipor e taut resolutions of the platform is not free from . opposite constructions— the southern Democrats (. reading it one way. and the northern another s and different way. I heir difficulties iqion this t point arc not likely to be relieved by their cundid , ate lor the “noise and confusion” have already so t perplexed the old gentleman, that he il .-spans of s being able to understand himself. Besides, sosud- I den and frequent are his “interesting changes" of opinion, that his position to-day offers no guaranty s j of wiiatit will he to-morrow. 1 shall therefore . direct my attention chiefly to “the platform” ■ which " the party seem to consider less vulne , rable than their candidate. This business of ; : making “party platforms" for Presidential can [ '• didates is a modern innovation. It was unknown in the better days of the Republic. Washing . ton had no such sponosrs for his good character, j. j He stood belbie his countrymen upon his char [ actor for wisdom, virtue and patriotism, without . promises, without pledges, upon grounds select , ed by himself. This example was followed un , |IB 1832, w hen a scheme was set oil foot to . make Mr. Van Bureu Vice President, and then successor to Gen. Jackson. He is the father of . this whole system of national cauctissesand cun . ningly devised formula of words to delude the ! people and wheedle them out of their votes, lie is the father, too. of this Democratic party. It ! is true, they elaiti a more ancient and honorable ; paternity; it is but a fiction invented to conceal I their real origin. This was the common prac tice in ancient times with those nations and men who had good reason to he ashamed of their progenitors, it is for the same reason that this Democratic party claims to he identical w ith the old Republican party. They have not a single principle which was held by the Republicans under Mr. Madison's administration. The po pularity ol General Jackson had attracted to his standard men of all former political parties. Air. \an Burea's ascendency over him produced a series of measures which drove from him the great body of the Republicans who brough him < inti, power. The residue, consisting of Repub lic .ms. Federalists, and renegades from all par ries, banded together under the standard of .Mr. i Van Buren, and called themselves "the Deuio- I cr atic party.” Their leader having but little : strength w ith the people, having many hard i j points in his political career to be gotten over, 1 I I”d being vyell skilled in Talleyrand's definition olthe useoi words, " to conceal our thoughts,” this scheme of passing evasive, ambiguous, equi- 1 i voeating, Delphic resolutions to bolster him up, ' : was suggested and adopted by his party.” I Deepening jVewt York Harbor.—Lieut. W. i A. Bartlett ot the U. S. Navy, reports that he 1 made a thorough examination of Pot Rock, in J Ne w lork harbor, on Friday, and found not less £ ; than eighteen and a quarter feet of water on any 1 ot the rock at low tide. At the commencement ’ of operations the rock was 54 feet.high, and stood in water 62 ieet deep on one side and 60 on the ( | other, feeing within 8 feet of the surface at mean ’ i low water. Air. Grinnell’s subscription of two J ; thousand dollars becomes due when this rock is ( j removed to the depth of twenty feet, and he has 1 I also promised a further sum of three thousand j i dollars when it is removed to the depth oftwen j ty-four feet. To obtain the results so far accom [ plished. one hundred and I'orty-three submarine ; ; charges have been fired, consuming 16,429 pounds _ i of powder, and it is estimated that one thousand 1 . I kegs of powder will yet be required to remove 1 ' the rock to the desired depth of twenty-four feet. Mons. Adrien 1 Gives his last entertainment this evening, at ; Concert Hall. Mons. Andrieu also appears, and will sing several favorite airs, in imitation of t celebrated female singers. Notwithstanding the 1 inclemency of the weather, there was a fair t house last evening. We perceive from the N. Orleans Crescent - that a petition and schedule were filed on 7th - inst., in the second District Court of N. Orleans. j by Mr. P. Conrey, Jr., showing the exact con- ; dition of his affairs at that time. The assets are 5i,072,294,-34, and the liabilities $£24,008,43. 2 The amount of property, shown by this state ment as held by Air. Conrey. is immense, ex i ceeding, by a sum which of itself is a respccta - ble fortune, one million of dollars: and all is sur rendered for the payment of debts nearly a qiiar j ter of a million less than the assets. He attributes his embarrassments to the failure of Messrs. Jaudon & Co. of New York, who neg j leeted to pay over 5.300,000 worth of bills which s he had sold drawn on them, and to meet which - he had remitted the specie, in his petition, he 1 prays that a meeting of his creditors be conven* j ed—that a cession of his property be accepted by , r the court for the benefit of his creditors—ami i > , i tnat, in the meantime, all proceedings against i him be stayed, etc., etc. Governor Cobb has selected as his Secretaries - Capt. Wm. Steele, of Baldwin, Arthur Hood, of “ Gordon, and W. W r . Paine, of Telfair. f - - —..—.- . . (Telegraphed for the ISaltimorc Sun.) • Boston. Nov. 11. ■ Massachusetts Election—The Result. —The en t tire State has been heard from, and the vote ■ stands Winthrop. whig, 63,300; Boutwell, dem., • 13.795; l’alfrey, tree-soil, 28,491. I'here is, there ' fore, no choice of Governor by the people. Last I • year the vote stood Briggs, whig 56,778; Bout* • well, dem., 36,023; Philips, tree-soil, 27,636. The i Senate is probably coalition, and the House doubt ■ lul. Strand Dts/tatrh. * i Boston. \ov. 11th, 4 I‘. M.—The following - I is the full vote of the State for Governor:—lßsl ■ r Winthrop, whig, 04,610: Boutwell,dem., 13,882; | >. Palfrey, f. 5.,28,593. 1830—Briggs, whig. 56,- j r 775. Boutwell, dem., 36,023; Philips, f. s., ‘27,- 1 r 636. Whig increase, 7.762 ; democratic, 7.859 ; j e tree-soil. 959. The probabilities are in favor of a Whig Le- \ i gislature. The character of the House will depend upon - the elections yet to take place. Parties row - stand whigs 162; coalition 113; no choice 135. i : j A number of towns have voted to send no rep- , r • resentatives. I The majority against the convention to frame 1 s a new constitution is 3,322, and the majority j , against amendment to the city'charter is 2,514* I TIIIKD DISPATCH. 1 Boston, Nov. 11. The Coalitionists have to-day chosen repre sentatives in Concord. Grafton, Millbnry, Sutton. I t Webster, Oxford, and other towns, where there • was no choice yesterday—The whigs elect two i representatives in Chelsea. The House is un- j • doubtly coalition. Banks, coalition, and late s Speaker, has been chosen front Waltham. The 5 Senate thus far stands 18 coalition. 20 whigs, ■ and 11 no choice. 1 Albany, Nov. 11. j _ New York Election—Still in Doubt.— . The election for State olticers is still m doubt and . nothing but the official vote can decide the mat . ter. The reported returns so far, give Wright, 1 I Dem., for Comptroller, so majority, which, if correct, gives the Democrats a majority ol one in . the canal hoard. The House is in doubt, with the r prospect of a Whig majority. The Senate is pro- i . bably a tie. [Telegraphed for the Charleston Courier.] Baltimore, Nov. 13, P. M. j Further per Steamer Baltic. 1 The Corn market was in favor of buyers. In; ’ Flour there has been a moderate consumption, j consequently the business has been moderate j I likewise. The stock on hand, however is de- j creasing, which renders prices rather firmer, j Western Canal is quoted at front 14s. to 18s. (id.. 1 and Southern at 18s. to 19s. There lias been; ’ no change in Indian Meal. Wheat is fluctuating, i and some descriptions are one penny higher. For Provisions there is a brisk demand. High er terms have been obtained for Bacon. There 'is tto American Pork in first hands—new com- j mauds ready sales at extreme prices. Lard has reached two shillings. Sugar is in good demand I hut is sixpence lower. The Coffee market is languishing, but prices are unaltered. Fifty tierces ot Carolina Rice have been sold at 17s Gd. Ihe market is quiet. A fair amount of business was doing in the manufacturing districts, but the accounts received lrom India were unfavorable. Money was abundant, and discounts were easy. Consols had fluctuated on account of French af fairs, and had closed at 97 j. Foreign stock ! particularly American,remained inactive. England.— Kossuth had been received in j London with great honor and enthusiasm. He ; was to have left on the 12th inst., in the U. S. I mail steam ship Atlantic, for New York, with ; : his family. The banquet given to him at South- I j ampton was brilliant. The London Times, con- j tinues to attack him, and to some extent hasaf- j i leeted public opinion. 1 Columbia, Nov. 13, 7.20 P. 31. I ! Cotton continues in active demand, and prices j t to-day had a decidedly upward tendency, Six ' s hundred anu fcixty bales were sold at from 51 to ' 71 cents. New-Orleans, Nov. 11,7 P. 31. t There was an animated demand for Cotton in ‘ this market on Tuesday, and seven thousand ’ bales were sold at very lull prices. Strict Mid- c dliug was worth 7>. Sugar has declined a quarter t ot a cent. Alolasses lias declined, and 700 bbls. were sold at 244 far Prime. Three thou- I ' sand bags of Rio Codec were disposed of at from , S to SI cents. C Newepateks in the United States—Hoi- J dritlge’s Statistical Almanac for the year 1552 estimates tire number of newspapers published in the United States, annually, at 412,550.000. being-equal to sixteen and a half copies a year for every- man, woman, and child. While in the British Empire only one is published for every 2,000 ot the inhabitants; in Belgium, one to every 25,000; in Persia, one to every 20,189; in Russia only three copies to every- 1,000,000. Life and Language. —A Spanish journal contains the following singular summary: T "There are 3064 languages spoken throughout the world—sß7 in Europe, 937 in Asia, 276 in Africa, and 1204 in America. The number of tt males is nearly-equal to females. The average 7j of human life is nearly equal to 33 years: a fourth of the population die beiore the age of j <-o four years, the half before that of 17 years; such j *t. as survive these periods enjoy a measure of j health which is denied to the other half of the ! human race.'* T1 " gi' Ministers Deposed.— We learn from the Churchman that at St. Paul's Church. N. Y. on 3 Tuesday- last, the Right Rev. Bishop De Laneey pronounced sentence of suspension for one year ce lrom the ministry ot the Protestant Episcopal Church, of the Rev. John Canfield Sterling, un- fu : less he should in the meantime engage to con- 1 tor™ to the doctrine, discipline and • the Protestant Episcopal Church. also pronounced sentence of deposition from the himselt with the Church of Rome. necte ' Melancholy Casualty.—Mr. John Schum pert, an aged and respectable citizen of our “ I trict, came to his death on the Ith inst ! tbe following melancholy circumstances He j was on his way to market, with his wagon heavily loaded with cotton. He had not . one T e l el S ht or nine miles from his residence when the unfortunate mishap occurred which ended his life. While driving his team himself his saddle horse commenced kicking and C ve- - tually threw the old man over his head across the road when both wheels of the wag»on nm I over his body, crushing the small of ids back lie survived hut a tew minutes and spoke scarce ly a word. The deceased was 59 years of a> e j , lle ' vas upright citizen, and had be..: for fiw last ten years of his life a member of tin. L->herau I Church. -Many friends and relatives mourn his sudden death . —Edgefield Me., 13 th <£ommcrcia Augusta Market, Nov. 14—p. M. COTTO.V.—There lias been a good demand to-d.o and all offered met with ready sale at ye-tordai' [.rice. The steamer Cambria's advices, though unfavorable hare had no effect on our market. SAVANNAH. Nor. 14 —Cotton Arrived -ince th 6th instant. 5.660 bales Upland (4.755 ~rr Kaih .1,1 v‘ from Augu>t i. andso by wagon*.} and 17 do. I-UiM I Tin* exports lor tin* saint* p**riod amount to 'J I ' i. t >,. j Upland*, and 14 do. Sea Islands, viz t., Boston b j,.' : !° Xew Y >rk U2o-3 bah* l plat'd and l4.it' j ?:; :i U-tauds; to Bhil.aklphia3ol b..h> Upland. and t„ 1 harlestou I*o bale* I pl.v.nl; l,o\h.g ..u « . u „] . i « shipboard not cleared, a stock of IVT.’O lvh*. I -.i,„'i | and 601 do. Sea Wand, ngni: -t *W7I bales Upland an I : 010 do. Sea I lands at the same time hut vt-. tr . j * ll6 week has been the busiest of the n Cotton transactions. The market opened dull ou Fi day. and the mwc fueling prevailed on Snturdav—tft • sales of tli»»twod,iv?*bi-intr but 75n bales. On Sunday. ti , day** later ad\ ices from Liverpool w* re received liy tie Baltic, and on Monday the market opened witli a fair it - quiry. The .ab-s of the day were 476 bale,, the prices l*eing about J<\ lower than those pai 1 on Snturdar Tuesday this decline being gonerallv submitted to the market was quite active, tin* sales aui,.m. : in- i.i 1,0*4 bale*. Oil Wed n o day th.-ie wm a -u.iuin sales bis bales. Yesterday there was m»t > turn !i >!• - sire to operate as later advice* are now considered full due: the sales of the day were 4 v o bale*. Tin • : J.-i closes firm at our quotations, which are n.*aue«r<i L ’from currant prices of la t week. We quote : Ordinarv to Good Ordinarv (*, «j Middling to flood Middling -i Middling Fair 7; , -> Fair to Fully Fair. s J u * i The sales of w -ek amount to woll l.;des. u t tin* fol fowiug particulars : -at 6. 4:> at »iS; 0 ; ,- ( t 64. 11 ,t 6 • 7 J at 7. H4at 7U 117 at 7J. 16 at 7 r.-Ui. m a ‘t ,i ,;r. 7j. 7iM «t 74. 914 at:. 46 *» 7 1:1-91. J7t> at 71. jat«. 9 bales extra five at sf. and 2do ut cents. Corn. —We have no «.de to report. Tie* d ! maud i> limited ;we hear of sab*, of ahou 1» (-0 . from tore in lots at 7 > con* per 1-usb.d. Cron rin —lVi* have in. change to notice in prices I of tie- leading articles under ibis head. The market ; during the past week bus been \,- r y ,i,jjp rhe* stock - ] sue very large. Karon.— We have no 1,-iry * transact ; ons to report ; The stock on sale is iiyht. but • eiul to th** demand I ntocU has rucrivi' i come., ruble additions ! '* ll >"’>»? V M ‘ wliich has h:,d the efleet to di presq prices. Me* hear of sal *s of about 300 bales Fa-t --i »* rn * **‘ little damaged, at f »o cents, and upwards ..f 10Udo j Northern from wharf at <d a <»■.»;, cents per hundre t l.i.ur. One cargo has been received *iuee our last rc j p«»i t. :;<XI bids. i,r w hich wcredi .po iel of at j Salt. — There has been one cargo received since during j the week, consisting of ! oil sacks—d hud not »»o.*nK.dd : . vo tordiiy when w<- closed our enquiries. The last sal< * of importance were mad at 85 cts Exchange.- Sserling :■% prem. sth— The Banks are selling Sight i hocks on nil Northern cities at 4 et prem.; and purchasing sight to 5 ihv bills at k*. prem j 30 day bills. * » h\ di,.: 60 day . if a If?, di*.: and lu OATH discount. Freights. —We continue our quotations of ia t week To Liverpool id and very little ollcring To Boston ! t’’ for Cotton, for Biee. To N w York the rate ! has advanced—we quote 20 cents per hundred for r. t | ton. 75 cent* per cask for Hi -e. To Philadelphia je. fa I’otton. 75 cent* ner cask li»r Iti< e. To Baltiiuort* b, j for Cotton and cent per cask for Bic * t !! UILKSION. \ov. 11 ('oiton.—— The*e was a f.ia demand for this article during the previous w- -k. and i moderate amount of business wa done, but flit* maiket j ..uit * early exhibited a drooping appearance, and wl»-u ; we closed our inquiries. pre]»arutor\ to our i* , *rt ot tl c j 7th inst.. most qualities had suflPved a reduet!.j:i of 4 t-> | le.. and the subjoined quotations were con-: i* r.-d a. the time a fair ex|.onent of the stay-it the inurkt*. viz i Middljng to <loo.l Middling. a 71: Middling Fair, j *l’ ami Fair. S a >1 cents. The market, open jed on Friday last—the fir*t of the week under reviev - | with a very good demand, and tin* earlv tran-»a. t oin ; sustained the above raturc of figures: as tin* d,v . j vance l. however, the market a-, amed a certain - of buoyancy, and at the close «,| b u ine-s the sale, in dicated a decided upward tendency in prices; and the , market su*»tftinetl this position throughout Saturday j although tie* transact ion- were l»v’ no in* ins so ext* j sjve as on the preceding day. On Sunday we root .11. 1 •* 1 Baltic s ad\which thr* w a «I.• mll ron our market. { and the sales of Monday were not. only t omparafiv- y light, but (lie tran.-actioi:- most generally indicate ! a . decline of a full f*. but the operations oi Tm i being heavy, took a large portion of the c vailabl.- . J off the market and former i itc* were full \ r»-e t.b]>!, i. ; Buyers were early in at. *• :idan-. •* on -lies, -r. I | they were unable *> make much pro.ares.-i. in con-- j quenee of the limited supply on sale ami stringent terms i demanded bv sellers, and these remark* may to a gn at i extent apply to the busine- of yotmday.' Pri* • . un der the iutlnence of a gradual!v s< re:i*,t!ieniiig mark'd, j «re *c. better at the clo-a of the week, end havii. al tered our figures to correspond with this iinpro’ ♦•ii’. *nt. , we would with confidence refer to tin *ubj».ii:« /» quota* j lions, which will give the true position of the mark* * at | the clone of bu>iin*sM’e mu t again remark that we j have no quotations to offer for lie* exiretm- gra-ie . a$ S there is not enough doing in them, owing to their scarcity, lo establish a market. The receipts of the • week leach 10.60*2 bale-, and the sales iu the same per " I inay be classed as follows, vi/.: —Friday 2219: Saturday 1563: Monday 040; Tuesday 34 1 0; M'edr.o-dav 1 ’00: ; r.d Thursday 613—making an aggregate of 02*7\* bal- at the following prices:—*2s bales at 6: 33 at 64; 51 at O'* : 23 at 6): 24 at 6|: nr, at 7: 61 at 7{;~162 at 7i : *SO at 7 5-16: 210 at 75: ,‘tt) at 7 7-16; 670 r.i 7 i. : 7 v:{J at 74:66 at 7 11-16: 1»: 1 *7; li-> at i 13-16: o‘ij :t f 7£: ;.'*'t4 at S; 225 at M.; ..-I 7> bale-i j at 8 il-iOths. We quote Middling to Cood Middling 7$ i a Middling Fair7? aS- Fair *»; and Fnllv Fair as i i uoi< ... Cotton hai I been limited to some 60 a7O bales, at extr* rui £ i from 22 to 32. as in quality. Corn. —M e have no new feature to notice in the mar ket. and therefore renew the quotations give*: ia our I* r mer report, but so limited have been thetra»,..n-ticns recently, in consequence of the absence of arrivals, that we are inclined to look upon these figure* a- being nominally the market value. Jhe rec* ipts .since our last comprise I*o6 lm--hels ibiltiinoro white, which were sold at 60c. per bushel. Huron. —Sides and Shoulders have boon very musj neglected, and such has been the state of the mari/* during the week, that holders have been « ompelled f > submit to a further reduction in price, in order to n!ri:e sales. Some 100 lihds. of the former, comprising three lotß. have beon sold at 11c. The trap, actions in the : •*- t**r have been confined st-Kly to the retail trade at p:. ces ranging from b to 9 14c. flood liams are scarce and in demand, and would probably bring something abo\e our highest quotation. Coffee. —The business of the week in this article has been confined almost esc hi lively to the sale at auction of 3000 bags Rio. of direct importation, at prices rang ing from to 9|c. the average, ho .ever, was £j?c. Frt ig-h * ■ —We have • new the quotations of the previous week, *: To Liverpool Cotton in square bags at 5-ldths. d. Havre, Cotton l fit le.; Rice s2f per 609 lbs. To New York Cotton 25c. ; ’r 100 lbs., and 75c. per tierce for ltice: and to Boston 23c. for the former and 75c. per tierce for the latter. COLUMBUS, <Ja., Nov. 12, ISSI. Stock on hand. Oct 1 -69 Received this week 7 S Received previously 3064 4.22 Shipped this week S 3 Shipped previously i-,i Stock on hand 447 S No change to notice in prices since our hud report. The receipts still continue light. Prices 6a Os cents. | GRIFFIN. Nov. 13. Cotton —There has been a small * decline in our Cotton market since our last Nsue; but ■ the staple selisbri-k)y at 7c. —one lot of 30 bales sold at B • t cents. I CHATTANOOGA. Nov. 12.—M’e are yet unable to re- || 'ord a revival in trade, owing to the continued low I tage of the river. The slight rise of a week ago. ena dt*d the boats Ellen White. Union, and lady of Augus- H a. to reach om* wharf—the two latter bringing together H »'•' bales Cotton, consigned to C- E Grenville u: Co H she water lias again receded, but the lowering -sky H fives come hope of immediate rain. m There is a small quantity of Bacon yet in <tore. which ■ s selling at Id cents, wholesale. Pork, fresh, sell- at .bout 6 cents. A sale of Km) fat Hogs was made l ist peek at of. gross. Smaller lots have been engaged at 6 S| euts, nett, delivered here. I 1 Corn can be had at 45 and 50 cents, d* livered—Hack< fl urnished by the buyer. 1 Wheat—none offering. No Cotton offered so: sal# in this market.