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i [From the. Charleston Mercury 23 d inst .]
A Horrible Story of Shipwrecks
Yesterday we published a deplorable' ac
count of a shipwreck, given by the survivors
from the wreck of the schooner Carolina, Capt*
Wm. Smith, bound from Savannah for Bath,
j Capt Smith has arrived at Boston-, and furn
ished the following to the editors of the Tra-
veller:
Captain Smith states that he left Tyhce
Light, mouth of the Savannah Iliver, Oct. 24th,
On the 26th, took a heavy gale of wind from
N. E. and sprung aleak in lat. 32 43, long. 77.
Laid to all that day. At 7P. M. was thrown
on her beam ends, hut on cutting away the
weather lanyards she righted.
On the 31st, spoke bark Isaac Mead,
Brown, from Savannah for New York; the bark
laid by us from 7 A. M., to 4 P. M., but a
tremendous sea prevented them from render
ing us any assistance. Our provisions and water
were all stored in the trunk cabin on deck,
save one barrel of water in the run. By the
disaster, both provisions and water were car
ried overboard, save that below, which it was
impossible to get at. Thus we were without
food or drink.
Our only shelter was one berth, which re
mained of the cabin on deck, the hold being
flail of water. Three days after, Henry Hughes,
- one of the crew, went on deck and was never
seen afterwards, he was probably washed over
board.
On the 3d inst. we caught water enough
from rain to last twenty-four hours. From that
time to the 10th, were totally w ithout water
or food, and began to feel as if death was very
near us. The gale had lasted eight days. We
had nothing to eat for ten, or to drink for six
days. We then began to discuss the question
of drawkig lots to see who should suffer death
to save the lives of the others.
It was agreed that we should use sticks. We
drew and it fell to the lot of an Irishman, nam
ed Ci.-aies Brown, wdio had S. I), marked on
his arm. He was a large athletic man, weigh
ing about 175 or 180, had shipped at Savannah,
and was unknown to the rest of the crew.
He also was armed with a sheathe knife,
which he drew and declared he would plunge
into the heart of the first one who approached
to carrry out the fatal chance. Upon this the
captain retired to the cabin, saying he would
have nothing more to do with the affair, think
ing that they were all near their end.
At th’s moment, a boy named Hughie Bose,
of Bangor, Wales, aged 19, spoke up and said
that the youngest should die first; this free
will offering was about to be accepted by
Brown, as the captain with the boy went into
the cabin. Captain Smith states that as he
threw himself upon the berth his eye was at
tracted to a handle sticking up near, which he
thought belonged to an adze. He told the boy
to fetch it, and it proved to be an ad/.e.
Thinking that something wrong was about
to be enacted on deck, he followed the boy
when he returned, and saw the boy seized
round the waist by the now desperate Brown,
with the intention of making him the victim.
At this moment the captain states that he felt
gifted with extraordinary strength, stepped
forward and drove the adze twice into the head
of Brown, and he fell dead upon the deck.
» It is supposed by Captain Smith, from the
fact that S. D. was marked upon the arm of
Brown, that he shipped under a feigned name.
He was about 35 years old.
After he was dead, the captain bled and
dressed him. His flesh was partialy cut into
thin strips and laid upon the deck to dry. But
the crew did not hunger for food, water being
their chief desire. His blood was used for
dink until the morning that they were taken
off, when about a pint remained, which had
turned black.
On the morning of the 13th, early, three ves
sels hove in sight, one of which, the brig Tam
pico, Capt. Brown, bound from New Haven for
the West Indies, took off the three survivors,
viz: Wm. Smith, of Biddford, Maine, the cap
tain, Horace Smith, of do, the mate, Hughie
Rose, of Bangor, the boy preserved from death
by the action of the captain. The two former
were transferred to the Br. schr. Splendid, and
arrived at Philadelphia, as stated in the other
article.
The boy was retained on board the Tampico,
the captain promising to take core of him.
Captain Smith states that if Brown had sub
mitted quietly to his fate, they would not have
had the heart to have killed him; but he did
not think it was right that the boy, after run
ning one chance for his life, should after all
become the victim, and he appears to think
that he was suddenly gifted with strength to
save him.
An idea may be formed of the nearness of
death to this unfortunate crew from the fact,
that the captain’s feet and nails both turned
black, and his nails have not as yet obtained
their natural color. The blood of Brown,
probably, saved their lives, as they subsisted
on it two whole days.
The Caroline is a total loss. She is insured
at. the Neptune office in New York lor SSOOO.
Nashville and Chattanooga Hail Hoad-
Thirty-live or forty thousand dollars worth
of stock was taken in this company at Murfrees
borough, Tenn., on the Bth inst., at the conclu
sion of a speech delivered by Ex-Gov. Jones.
. This makes about $200,000 subscribed by
Rutherford county alsoue, and the Telegraph
thinks the amount will be finally increased to
$300,000.
Acquitted.— The trial of Peter J. Shannon,
indicted for the murder of Alonzo Brown, came
up before the Superior Court, Judge Eloyd
presiding, on Saturday last. The trial consum
ed nearly the whole of Friday and Saturday.
After a patient hearing of the evidence, and
the arguments of counsel on both sides, the
esse was submitted late on Saturday evening
to the jury—who after retiring a short time,
returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Macon
Telegraph, 23 d inst.
CHARLESTON, Nor. 24.— Cotton. — The ad
ditional telegraph despatches, which were received
yesterday morning,in regard to the advices brought
h-y the Acadia, and which we give in another co
lumn, placed the Upland market in a very de
pressed condition. There were no buyers, and
only 100 bales, said to be of good middling quality,
were forced off at 6g cents.
Rice. —The market was inanimate, and the few
eales made, ab ut 250 bbls., were said to be at a
decline of 5 a 3-16. Prices
Ctorn—iecim to be somewhat improving. The
receipts continue light, and asking prices are
easier obtained by holders. \V e quote 68 cents,
Without bags. .
F’»su r —Country brand*, are firmer at a£6
f From the N. Y. Journal oj Commerce.]
Thirtieth Congress-
Senvte.— The new Senate will comprise 58
members, without including the two who may ;
shortly be expected from \V isconsin. Os the
whole number, 52 are already elected : and of
these, 20 arc whigs and 32 Democrats. There
are six vacancies, viz : 2 in lowa, 1 in Ten- |
nessce, 1 in Georgia, 1 in Alabama, and 1 in ■
Texas. Whigs will be elected in Tennessee j
and Georgia, Democrats in Alabama and Tex- i
as, and probably two Democrats in lowa, the }
Legislature of which State is now said to be |
Democratic.
Senators Elected.
Term expires Term expires
g,4th March. 4th March.
MAINE. ALABAMA.
John Fairfield,... ...1851 Arthur P. Bagby 1819
J. W. Bradbury 1853 fA Democrat 1853
NEW HAMPSHIRE. MISSISSIPPI.
Chas. G. Atherton 1849 t Jefferson Davis 1851
§Jo!in P. Hale 1853 Henry Stuart Foote... 1853
VERMONT. LOUISIANA.
William
Samuel IS. Phelps 1851 S. U. Downs 1853
MASSACHUSETTS. TE NNES3EE.
Daniel Webster 1851 Hopkins L. Turney.. .1851
John Davisx 1853 *A Whig .... 1853
RHODE ISLAND. KENTUCKY.
Albert C. Greene 1851 John J. Crittenden 1849
John II Clarke 1853 Jos. R. Underwood 1853
CONNECTICUT. OHIO.
John M. Niles 1849 William Allen 1849
[RogerS. Baldwin. ... 1851 Thos. Corwin 1851
NEW YORK. INDIANA.
John A. Dix 181:9 Edvv. A. Hannegan.. .1849
Daniel L. Dickinson. ..1851 Jesse D. Bright 1851
NEW JERSEY. ILLINOIS.
William S. Dayton 1851 Sidney Breese 1849
Jacob W. Mi11er. ...... 1853 Stephen A. Douglass.. 1553
VENN9VLV ANIA. MISSOURI.
Simon Cameron 1849 David R. Atchison... .1849
Daniel Sturgeon .1851 Thomas H. Benton 1851
DELAWARE. ARKANSAS.
J. M, Clayton -....1851 Ambrose 11. Sevier,. ..1849
Presley Sprnance 1853 Chester Ashley 1853
MARYLAND. MICHIGAN.
James A. Pearce 1849 Lewis Cass 1851
Reverdy Johnson 1851 Alpheus Fetch 1853
VIRGINIA. FLORIDA.
James M, Mason 1851 J. D. Westcott, Jr....-. 1849
Robert M. T. Hunter..lßs3 David Yulee ;...1851
NORTH CAROLINA. TEXAS.
George E. Badger 1849 Thomas J. Ru5k...... .1851
Willie P .1 lan gum 1853 A Democrat 1853
SOUTH CAROLINA. IOWA.
A. P. Butler 1349 Probably two Democrats.—
John C. Calhoun 1853 Legislature said to be De
georgia. mocratic, in consequence
Walter T.Colquitt.... 1849 of new elections to fill va
*A Whig 1853 cancies.
♦Whig Legislature already chosen.
tßy appointment of the Governor.
a Democrat—elected by the joint votes of
the Whigs, Abolitionists, and a section of the Democratic
party. We have classed him as a whig, though we are
not sure he would class himself so.
fDemocratic Legislature already chosen.
HoUiE or Representatives.
The following is a complete list of the mem
bers of the House of Representatives,—there
not being at this moment a single vacancy.—
Whole number of members, 228. At the date
of the last apportionment it was 223; but
there have since been added, 1 from Florida,
2 from Texas, and 2 from lowa. The States
are ranged according to the dates of the elec
tions.
Members Fleeted.
Illinois 31 Dudley Marvin, W
Districts. 32 Nathan K. Hall, W
1 ♦Robert Smith, D. 33 Harvey Putnam, W
2 ♦Jas. A. M’Clernand, D. 34 ♦ Washington Hunt, W.
3 ♦Orlando B. Ficklin, D. new jersey.
4 ♦John Wentworth, D. 1 ♦James G. Hampton, W
5 Wm. A. Richardson,!). 2 Wm. A. Newell, W
6 Thomas J. Turner, D. 3 ♦Joseph Edsall, 1)
7 Abraham Lincoln, W. 4 John Van Dyke, W
Missouri. 5 D. S. Gregory. W
1 ♦Janies B. Bowlin, D. Massachusetts.
2 John Jamieson, D. 1 ♦Robt. C.Winthrop,'
3 James S. Green, D. 2 ♦Daniel P. King,
4 Willard P. Hall, D. 3 ♦Amos Abbott,
3 John S. Phelps, D. 4 John G. Palfray, -
Arkansas. 5 ♦Charles Hudson,
Robert W. Johnson, D. 6 ♦George Ashman, fi;
Vermont. 7 ♦Julius Rockwell,
1 Wm. Henry, W. 8 ♦J. Quincy Adams, “
2 ♦Jacob Collamer, W. 9 Artemas Hale,
3 ♦George P. Marsh, W. 10 ♦Joseph Grinnell.
4 Lucius B. Peck, D. Michigan.
Maine. 1 ♦Robert M’Clelland, I)
1 David Hammons, D. 2 Charles E. Stuart, D
2 Asa W. H. Clapp. D. 3 Klnglcy S. Bingham, B
3 Hiram Belcher, VV. texas.
4 Franklin Clark, D. ♦David S. Kaufman.
5 E. K- Smart, D. *T. Pillslmry.
6 James S. Wiley, D. Delaware.
7 ♦Hezekiah Williams, D. ♦John W Houston, W
GEORGIA. NEW HAMPSHIRE,
1 ♦Thomas B. King, W. 1 Amos Tuck, W gain
2 A. Iverson, D. 2 Chas H Peaslee, D
3 John W. Jones, W. 3 James P Wilson, W p’n
4 ♦Hugh A. Haralson, D. 4 ♦James H Johnson, D
5 ♦John H. Lumpkin, D. Connecticut.
6 ♦Howelf Cobb, D, 1 ♦James Dixon, W
7 ♦A. H. Stephens, W. 2 ♦Samuel D Hubbard, w
8 ♦Robert Toombs, W. 3 ♦John A Rockwell, w
Pennsylvania. 4 Truman Smith, w
1 ♦Lewis C.Levin,Native. rhode island.
2 ♦Joseph R. IngersolljW. 1 ♦Rnbt B Cranston, w
3 C. Brown,d- g’n o’er N. 2 Benj B Thurston, D g’t
4 ♦Chas. J. Ingersoll, 1). Virginia.
5 John Freedly, W. gain. 7 ♦Archibald Atkinson, I
6 J. W. Hornbeck,w.g’n. 2 Richard K Meade, D
7 ♦A. R. Mcllvaine., W. 3 ThosS Flournoy,vv g’n
8 ♦John Strohm, W. 4 fThomas S Bocock, D
9 Willian Strong, D. 5 Wm L Goggin, w gain
10 ♦Richard Brodhead, D. 6 John M Botts, w gain
11 Chester Butler, w. g’n. 7 ♦Thomas H Bavly, D
12 ♦David Wilmot, D. 8 R T L Beale, D
13 ♦James Pollock, W. 9 ♦John S Pendleton, w
14 George N. Eckart, W. 10 ♦Henry Bedinger, D
15 Henry Nes, W. gain. 11 James M’Dowell, D
10 Jasper E. Brady ,w.g’n. 12 Wm B Preston, w gain
17 ♦John Blanchard, W. 13 Andrew S Fulton, w
18 ♦Andrew Stewart, W. 14 Robert A Thompson, E
19 Job Mann, D. 15 ♦Wm G Brown, D
. 20 John Dickey, W. Indiana,
21 Moses Hampton, W. 1 Elisha Embree, w gain
22 J. W. Farrelly,w. gain. 2 ♦Thos J Henley, D
23 ♦James Thompson, D 3 John L Robinson, D
. 21 Alex. Irvine, W 4 ♦Caleb B Smith, w
south Carolina. 5 ♦Wm W Wick, D
L 1 ♦James A. Black, D 6 Geo C Dunn, w gain
2 ♦Richard F. Simpson,D 7 Richd W Thompson, w
L 3 ♦Jos. A. Woodward, D 8 ♦John Petit, I)
4 ♦A. D. Sims, D 9 Chas W Catchcart, D
5 ♦Artemis Burt, D 10 Wm Rockhill, D
6 ♦lsaacE. Holmes, D Kentucky,
. 7 ♦R. Barnwell Rhett, D 1 ♦Linn Boyd, d
ohio. 2 Samuel O Peyton, d g’l
1 ♦James J. Faran, D 3 B L Clark, d gain
2 David Fisher, W gain. 4 Aylett Buckner, w
' 3 ♦R. C. Schenrk, W 5 John B Thompson, w
[ 4 Richard S. Canby, W 6 Green Adams, w
5 ♦William Sawyer, D 7 Garnett Duncan, w
. 6 Rodolpus Dickinson. D 8 Charles S Morehoad, v
i 7 Jonathan D. Morris, D 9 Richard French, d gain
8 .1. L. Taylor. W gain. 10 John P Gaines, vv gain
9 T. O. Edwards, W g’n. iowa.
10 Daniel Duncm, W 1 Wm Thompson, d
11 John K. Mißer, D 2 ♦Shepherd Lesser, d
12 ♦Samuel T. Vinton, W alabama.
13 Thomas Richley, D 1 John Gayle, w gain
I 14 Nathan Evans, W 2 ♦Henry W Hilliard, w
[ 16 JohnD. Cummins, D 4Wm M Inge, d
17 *George Fries, 3D 5 ♦Geo S Houston, d
[ 18 Sam. Lahm, Indep. D 6W R W Cohb, d
19 John Crowell, W 7 ♦F W Bowden, d
20 ♦Joshua R. G ddings, W north Carolina,
[ 21 ♦Joseph M. Root, W 1 ♦ThosL Clingman, w
Florida. 2 Nathaniel Boyden, w
E. C. Cabell, W gain. 3 D 51 Barringer, w gain'
new York. 4 ♦A II Shepherd, w
1 Frederick W. Lord, D 5 Abram W Venable, d
i 2 Henry C. Murphy, D 6 ♦James J McKay, d
. gain over Native. 7 ♦John H J D aniel, d
3 Henry Nicoll, D gain 8R S Donnell, w gain
over Native. 9 David Outlaw, w gain
• 4 ♦Wm. B. Maclay, D Tennessee,
- 5 Fred’k. A. Tallmadge, 1 ♦Andrew Johnson, d
W gain over Native. 2 ♦Wm M Cooke, w
6 David S. Jackson, D 3 ♦John II Crozier, w
* gain over Native. 4 lIL VV Hill, d
7 Wm. Nelson, VV gain. s>*George W Jones, d
8 C. Warren, W pain. 6 Bolling Gordon, d
( 9 D. B. St. John.,W gain. 7 ♦Meredith T Gentry, v
’ 10 Eliakira Sperr:ill,w g’n. 8 Washington Barrow, v
11 P. H. Sylvester,w ga : n. 9 ♦Lorenzo B Chase, d
12 Gideon Reynolds, W 10 Fred P Stanton, d
13 J. I. Singeriand, Anti- 11 WmT Haskell, w
Rent W gain. Maryland.
14 Orlando Kellogg, W 1 John G Chapman, w
15 Sidney Lawrence, D 2 J Dixon Roman, w
16 ♦Hugh White, W 3 T Watkins Ligon, d
17 George Petre, I) 4 Edward M McLane, d
13 Joseph Mullen, w gain. 5 Alexander Evans, w
19 William Collins, 1) 6 John W Crisfieid, w
20 ♦Timothy Jenkins, 0 Louisiana.
21 G. A. Starkweather, D 1 ♦Emile La Sere, d
22 Ashburn Bird-sail, D 2 ♦B G Thibodeaux, w
23 Wm. Duer, W gain. 3 ♦John M Harmanson, t
24 Daniel Gott, W gain. 4 ♦! E Morse, d, probably
25 11. S. Conger, VV gain. Mississippi.
26 W. T. Lawrence,w g’n 1 ♦Jacob Thompson, d
27 J. M. Holley, VV gain. 2W S Featherston, d
23 ♦Elias B. Holmes, VV 3 P W Tompkins, vv gait
29 Robert L. Rose, W 4 Albert G Brown, d
39 D. Rum =ey, W gain.
♦Re-elected.
f The Richmond Enquirer states that Mr. Trving, whig
has abandoned the idea of contesting the seat.
represented the 2nd district in the last Con
press, but under the new arrangement he falls into the
3rd.
Recapitulation by Pigures
-1816-7. 18il-. r >.
States. W. D. W. I).
Illinois 1 6 I 6
Missouri 5 5 f
Arkansas 11 t
Vermont 3 13 1 t
Maine 1 6 1 6 j
Georgia 4 4 4 4 i
Pennsylvania. 171 7 10 12 2 Natives, j
S. Carolina... 77 c
Ohio 11 10 8 13 >
Florida 11 j
New York —23 11 9 21 4 Natives, i
New Jersey... 4 14 1 «
Massachusetts*!!) 10
i Michigan 3 3
Texas 2 2
Delaware 11
N. Hampshire. 2 2 3 & 1 vac’y.
Connecticut .. 4 4
Rhode Island. 112 (
Virginia 6 9 1 14 !
Kentucky.... 6 4 7 3 j
Indiana 4 6 2 8 ,
iN. Carolina... 6 3 3 6
Alabama 2 5 16 1
I iwa 2 2 ■
i Tennessee .... 5 6 5 6
Maryland . 4 2 2 4
Louisiana.... 1 3 1 3
Mississippi... 1 3 4 <
118 110 79 142
110
i in House ,8 s
D. maj. in Sen’e,!! probably.
! I), maj. on joint
ballot G probably.
tlncliuhng Levin, Native, who for all practical
purposes is a \\ big.
The amount of the matter is, that if parties
cohere according to their old distinctions, each
1 is check-mated by the qther. No strong par
( ! ty measure can be carried on cither side, nei
ther can any law now in force which is cherish -
jedas a party measure, be repealed. The Ta
j riff certainly cannot be disturbed.
In- case the election of President should de
volve upon the House, the votes would be
■ reckoned by States. In this point of view,
the delegations stand as follows ;
Whig. Democratic. Equally divided.
Vermont, Illinois, Georgia,
Pennsylvania, Missouri, N. Hampshire,
f Ohio, S. Carolina, Rhode Island.
: Florida, Michigan*, Total 3.
New York, Texas,
New Jersey, Virginia,-
Massachusetts, Indiana,
- Delaware, lowa,
2 Connecticut, Tennessee,
- Kentucky, Arkansas,
2 North Carolina, Alabama,
t Maryland. Louisiana,
, Total 12. Mississippi.
5 Total 13.
[From the New Orleans Mercury , 18£/i i/wt.]
From Matamoros-
By an arrival this morning from the Brazos,
we have the Matamoros Flag to the 6th inst.
The Flag of the 3d states that a bearer of des
-7 patches from Washington City to Gen. Tay
lo ■, was landed at the Brazos on the 31st ult.,
from the steamer James L. Day—arrived in
Matamoros same day, and pushed on post
haste for his destination. One hundred and
fifty teamsters arrived at the Brazos the day
previous, from New Orleans, and vamosed by
= here on the 2d inst., adds the Flag, for the
S same destination. This portends something.
- What ho ! Has it at length been determined
- upon that Gen. Taylor shall move upon San
Luis. It looks so really—and rumor will have
it that it is so ; and that the despatches now
going up, orders the movement to be made
immediately. Then again some folks who
wear knowing faces and dont give ear to ru
mors, say that the bearer of despatches is on
an unimportant mission, and that the team
sters are sent out to supply the places of those
now in service and whose term of service is
about expiring. Quien Sabe.
There was a report at Matamoros on the 3d
11 inst., that Gen. Taylor, on his way to Mata
moros, with a train, had been attacked by the I
Mexicans. Another rumor is, that Canales
died, a few days ago, at a rancho near Cerralvo.
This much we gather, says the Flag, from the
gossipers about town, without being able to
trace the rumors to any probable source.
The same paper states that the warm weath-
D er has produced an increase of fever at Mata
moros.
A paper printed at Guadalajara, dated the
i sth ult., was shown us yesterday, says the Flag
of the 3d inst., which gives the particulars of
the destruction, of an entire city, (Ocotlan), in
the State of Adisco, by an earthquake, on the
3d ult. We could not got the article trans
x lated, but gather from it that the city, a very
considerable*>wie, was entirelydestroyed—not
D a house left standing, and nearly the whole i
population buried in the ruins. The extent of
, the disaster was not known at the time the !
article was written, but the scene presented is |
described as awful. The earthquake was not
confined to this one city—its effects were felt i
over considerable extent of the surrounding
v country, and caused serious injury to several
monasteries and small villages.
The same paper states that the steamer Mon
roe, Capt. McGowan, bound from the mouth
of the Rio Grande to Lavacca Bay, Texas, in
attempting to get to sea,a few day since,struck i
on the bar at the mouth of the river, and was I
afterwards driven ashore, becoming a complete
wreck. The Monroe has been running for j
.v the last year, on the Rio Grande, and was re- |
1 cently purchased here with a view to run her |
1 on the Trinity river in Texas. The captain
was chief owner,~and suffers a serious loss by
the wreck of his boat.
The Matamoros Flag, of the 6th instant,
complains of existing regulations regarding
Point Is ibcl. Giving an account of the elec
tion returns of Texas, the Flag says—“We
understand that no election was held at Point j
Isabel, and we cannot forbear making a com- I
ment on the circumstance? which have led to
it. This important commercial point, by or- I
der of a U. S. Government officer, remains
with but a very small population of private
citizens, and without private improvement— f
all such improvements being pi'ohibited with in four
miles of Fort Poik —which prohibition includes
the locations most desirable for commercial
purposes. What ground exists for this ex
tensive boundary for this particular Fort, we
cannot imagine. It cannot be doubted that
very considerable private improvements would
| have been made, and many good citizens have i
»’ 1 settled there but for this strange prohibition
w which prevented it. As w« have before re
marked, it is the only place on the coast where
private improvements can be made. Had it :
not been for this (to us inexplicable order) we
have no doubt there would have been a very
considerable vote to record from this Point.
The same paper has the following: Captain
Adams, one of our citizens who has just re
turned from a trip in the vicinity of San Fer
nando, where he has been for several days ac
d companied by a single Mexican, states he
y was treated throughout with the utmost hospi
tality. The people, he says, expressed to him
freely their conviction that further resistance |
a was totally useless, aye mere madness. Their
great desix-e seemed to be, either to have a 1
separate union of states—a northern confedera
r, cy —or that Tamaulipas should form a state of i
our Union. They say they now* see the true !
'■ value of that protection which was to be af
e forded them, by their combination with the
pow ers at the city of Mexico, Our informant !
states that in his conversation with the Mcxi- j
cans he discovered that this was not a momcn- j
tary feeling, but appeared deep-rooted, and a
feeling that had been growing even anterior to
the war. These views accord with informa
tion received from states above this on and ad
jacent to the Rio Grande. “The truth is
mighty and will prevail.” It affords us true
pleasure to hear of and record these expressions
of feeling by the Mexican people. In the vista
we see a bright future for the dow n-trodden
people of Mexico. The dawn of a brighter day
is upon them.
Augusta, ©tor 5 i a.
THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 25.
LITTn the notice of the fire on Tuesday
evening, the compositor made us say that a ne
gro woman was consumed. The article was
intended to read —“A small house on Reynold
street, on the lot of Mr. John Mann,was con
sumed. It w r as occupied by a negro woman.”
Thanksgiving- Day
As this day has been set apart as a day of
Thanksgiving and Prayer to the great Author
of all blessings, no paper will be issued from
this office to-morrow morning. It is proper
that all should enjoy the opportunity of unit
ing, w hether they embrace it or not, in the
sublime ceremony which this day will witness
of an entire nation rising up with one voice
and one spirit to acknowledge its dependence
on Providence, and to give thanks for the un
numbered blessings that during the past year
have been showered upon this much favored
people. It is a spectacle sublime in its simpli
city, and the more imposing from its being the
voluntary outpouring of gratitude from the
hearts of a free people. It is to be hoped that the
day will not pass without making a profound
and salutary impression. No people that have
ever flourished in the tide of time have more
reason to be grateful. They are enjos'ing the
fruits of a good government and good laws —
of free institutions ami equality of rights—
the w r ant of which more than any other causes
have plunged other countries into the abyss
of national distress and bankruptcy. Long
may our admirable system flourish to illus
trate to the world the blessings of republican
government! Long may it stand the hope of
the human race—the beacon light to guide
them on to happiness and freedom !
Removal of the Scat of Government*
After an interval of several years, this ques
tion is revived in the Legislature. The strug
gle was for a long time between Milledgevillc
and Macon. But Milledgeville triumphed—
finally triumphed, as it w*as then thought, and
the question seemed put at rest for an indefi
nite time. Macon could not set forth advan
tages in favor of the removal sufficient to offset
the established claims of Milledgeville. The
objections to a removal on the ground of the
moral obligation to vested interests, the large
sums expended in public buildings, and the
great inconvenience attendant upon a transfer
of the archive-, and other incidental objections
proved paramount, and Macon, for a time at
least, yielded the contest.
But another competitor has of late years
sprung into existence, and the indications are
that she will prove formidable and pertinaci
ous. We allude toAAtlantaa —a city that is
even yet half buried in the native forest, but
is growing and expanding with remarkable
vigor into a city of large trade and importance,
i Her location gives it many advantages for bus
iness, and the owners of property there and
1 her resident population, fired with the true
spirit of enterprize, will make them fully avail
able.
But allowing Atlanta to be all that is claim
ed for her, and to be destined to fulfil the
brightest dreams of her citizens, it becomes us
to examine coolly all the inducements she can
hold forth towards the removal to that place
of the seat of government, and to compare
them with the reasons which urge themselves
83 strongly against the removal.
Are there superior accommodations at At
lanta than at Milledgeville r Whoever has
visited the two places will be enabled at once
to answer this question in the negative. If
the Legislature were required to convene
there, more than half the members w-ould have
to camp out. Her hotels are perhaps as good as
any others in the up country, but we believe
there are but two of them. They are small and
wholly inadequate for such an. exigency.
But it may be urged that in due time the
accommodations would be extended,and would
j keep pace w*ith the demand. This is matter
of conjecture. We can have no assurance that
the accommodations would ever be superior*
I or cheaper than they now are at Milledgeville.
Would it be healthier? This is very doubt
ful. On the score of health Milledgeville is
unexceptionable. We are not aware that in
this respect, whether in winter or summer,
Milledgeville is inferior to Atlanta, though the
latter is daily fanned by the pure breezes of
the mountains.
We might enumerate, health, pleasure, com
fort and convenience, and institute compari
sons on all these points. But it would be fo
reign to the purpose; for we believe that the
■ whole question is narrowed down to the all
important consideration of accessibility.
Now’, we conceive that in this active age of
Rail Road improvements, this is of itself no
very weighty argument in favor of any place
in Georgia, unless it can be made to appear
I that it is competing with a place not onlj at
present inaccessible, but destined and doomed
from the nature of its location to remain
: so. It does not become a new’ place like
Atlanta, which but yesterday as it were, was
buried far away amidst mountains and in the
primeval forest, and wholly inaccessible to the
great body of the citizens of Georgia save by
days of w'eary travel over rough and rocky
roads, to claim for herself exclusive superiori
ty in all time to come over her sister cities.
She has sprung to life and power in a few years,
| through the magical effect of Rail Roads, con
necting her in continuous lines with the ex
tremities of the State—with the mountains on
the one hand and the seaboard on the other —al-
| most with the tributary w aters of the Gulf and
of the Atlantic. But is it reasonable to suppose
i that this grand achievement is the dying effort
of Georgia enterprize in the way of Rail Roads r
j Are these wonderful results upon local inte
rests the last that are to be produced upon the
nrmvm iiii jiiini ■mi _ i Luiuwijiiiw ■iTirri a
face of oW State ? Have we come to a pause,
a resting point, and are we now’ to legislate as
if we had seen a full demonstration of acces
sibility in reference io our principal towns ?
To suppose this would be to place very narrow
1 mils to the enterprise of our citizens. What
a few years have done for Atlanta and Macon
in respect to making them accessible to a large
portion of the State, will, in a few r more years,
be done for Milledgeville. This State is sure
ly destined to continue her enterprizing ca
reer in the construction of Rail Roads. The
indications of this are most palpable. Mil
ledgeville will not much longer remain isola
i ted, and probably in less time than it would
require to legislate a change in the seat of go
vernment, prepare the necessary buildings and
make the removal, the Central and Georgia
Rail Roads will be connected by a line of Rail
Road passing through Milledgeville. If this
is done, it will be the result of compromises
and consents, for such a connection could not
be forced by legislation on either Road. Their !
charters protect them from that. But if the
Southwestern Rail Road be constructed, as :
contemplated, from Macon to Fort Gaines, and
Alabamians construct a Road from that point
to Pensacola as they are desirous of doing and
will do if this Road is built, it will be the
obvious interest of Augusta and the Geor
gia Rail Road to favor a connection with the |
Central Road. It w’ould be to their interest to
favor the Wilkes County Rail Road project,
with some modifications which could no doubt j
be amicably agreed upon. The Road from
Milledgeville to Gordon would be one link in
the connection, and then it would be advisable
to extend the Wilkes County Road through
Sparta to Milledgeville. This is one project
we have heard discussed. Another is said to be
under negotiation by which a material modifi
cation in the Wilkes County project may be
agreed upon satisfactorily to all parties, and
wdiich in that case will result in placing Mil
ledgeville in direct Rail Road communication
with Augusta, Savannah and Macon.
In the meantime, it w’ould be very hot head
ed and injudicious haste to move or attempt
to move the Seat of Government. It might
throw a damper on the spirit which is now
prompting some most commendable and useful
enterprizes.
The convenience to the public would not be
great enough to justify the removal, unless it
were a settled point that Milledgeville was
never to be accessible by railroad. If it should
become so accessible, as we have indicated
above, it will be unquestionably the most con
; venient point for the Seat of Government.
. It is, geographically, nearer the centre of the
> State than any other city that ca ibe named.
; There are moral obligations binding on the
State to retain the Government where it is.
■ When Milledgeville was selected as the site
i for the Government buildings, it was declared
by solemn act of the Legislature that it was to
ibe the permanent Seat of Government. This
i ’ gave value to city property. It induced citi
: zens to purchase lots and build upon them. It
I has been an element of value in estimating
i property there ever since, and purchases
i and sales have been made accordingly. We
\ were informed that on the faith of this
- ; pledge one lot in the town of Milledge
■ j villc, on which is now a substantial building,
L , sold, in the woods , for four thousand dollars.
' j Other investments have been made in the
■ I same proportion. W ere the Seat of Govern
| ment removed, not only the public buildings
’ but much of the private property in that city
> would become valueless, and all of it greatly
1 depreciated. This would be a gross wrong to
1 a large and meritorious class of citizens, done
J them by the State. No adequate inducement
J i can be held out to the State to do that which
? would S66ni like a violation of a conti act, or at
least an express understanding between her
• and the citizens of Milledgeville.
s The way thing's are done in the Legisla
i ture
f The Committee on the Executive Mansion
; reported a bill for the appropriation of S4OOO
for furniture and repairs. This was not in it
self an unreasonable amount. As the btate
| has thought proper to expend over $60,000 to
erect a fine mansion that its Go"vernor might
live in a style of suitable dignity, it ought to
? ' have been consistent with itself and to have
i furnished it properly. It is a mockei} to
place a man in a splendid building destitute
r of the proper comforts which a family requires.
b ! Yet this is the condition of the Executive
Mansion. There is nothing but bare walls and
empty rooms in more than half of the estab
lishment. It never has been completely fur
nished, and much of the furniture put there
1 * in times past is worn out. Four thousand dol
’ lars would scarcely have qflaced it in complete
3 order. But the Legislature spent portions of
three days, debating the question, and finally
appropriated $1,500. The cost q>cr day of the
session is about SBOO.
In the result, the State Treasury is not much
‘ better off, and the State has got the credit of
2 having doled out the appropriation in a nig-
gardly spirit. Would it not have been better
| to have passed the original bill without a waste
f of time ? The cost would have been but a
5 trifle greater.
Mineral Wealth of Georgia
r We have been shown specimens of copper
t ore from the mine of Mr. A. T. Weaver, of Polk
I
county, Tennessee, which is evidently very
1 productive. We arc informed that this ore
- extends from that point in beds of varying size
3 and through a wide belt of country into Gil
-5 mer county, and a small portion of Murray.
2 Operations are about being commenced in Gil
-7 mer county by a former resident of this city,
r on a lot having a large supply of valuable ore
-of the same description.
• This ore also contains a considerable portion
, of silver which of itself will repay the
- labour of extraction. Every day is bringing to
- light new evidences of the great mineral re
i sources of the Cherokee counties, which re
- quire only the application of capital and en
-1 terprize to render them prolific of wealth to
2 our citizens.
t Georgia Legislature
r In addition to the intelligence furnished by
. our correspondent, we find in the Federal
3 Union, the following:
*la the Senate, on the 18th inst., Mr. Lawton
1 introduced a bill to establish and make per
manent the county site of Scriven county.
Al“o, a bill to repeal an act to cxcmptDourney
mea Mechanics and Laborers of this State
■ Lom garnishment of their wages.
Mr. McLeod introduced a bill for the relief
of Simon AN ard of Richmond county—passed
with an amendment.
A bill was passed to empower the Inferior
Court of Decatur county to establish a check
or plat of the town of Lain bridge, and for
other purposes.
Theatre-
This is the last night but two of the engage
ment of the celebrated Lehman* ftunily.—
Those who have not paid them a visit should
do so.
The Foreign News
AN e were disappointed last evening in not re
ceiving full particulars by the Acadia. Hcf
letters due here failed to come to hand, al
though we understand letters by her were de
ceived in Charleston. AA’hy is this ?
To our friend Mill ex, of the Literary De
pot, we are indebted for a New York Sunday
Herald, but we find only telegraphic advices
in it. They are more full, however, than
those received by us on Tuesday evening, and
we make some extracts, Which .. 11l be; found
below. The commercial advices are the same
! as published by us yesterday.
AVe have since been favored by a friend with
the loan of a copy of AATllmer & Smith’s
European Times of the 4th inst., but not feel
ing at liberty to mutilate it, we must content
1 ourselves with a few extracts.
In noticing the former failures, the Times
says—“lt is satisfactory to state that Messrs.
Barnett, Iloare & Co. have announced the re
ceip s of am le fund to cover the drafs of the
Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company at
New York, on Go wen, Nephews & Co. and
re the presentation of the bills for tho(
needful; and it has also been notified, that the
drafts of the Gore Bank, Upper Canada,
drawn on Kcid, Irving & Co. will be protected
by Glyn & Co. ample funds having been re
mitted for the purpose by that institution.”
The statement of the Lank of England
made up the 28th October, exhibit an increase
of circulation of £1,002,184; a decrease of
public deposits of £730,489; a decrease of
other deposits of £94,075; an increase of se
curities of £314,632: a decrease of bullion
£118,009; an increase of rent of £19,003; and
a decrease of reserve of £1,076,699.
The Failures of Merchants and Bankers
in Europe, since 23d October-
Adam, Warren & Co., Bankers, Shrewsbury.
E. Allessi &. Co., Corn Merchants, Genoa.
Larbib & Co., Merchants, Leghorn.
Barker, Silk Manufacturer, Abanchester.
H. Borthwick. late M. P., Loi.Jon.
Brodie Sc Co,, Bankers, Salisbury.
Brodie &, King, Bankers, Shaftesbury.
Handen G. Calcagno, Money Changer, Genoa.
Coates Sc Co., American Merchants, London.
Coates, Hilliard Sc Co., Agents, Manchester.
Cockburn,Gregg & Co.,Wine Merchants,Lisbon.
Cowans, Smith Sc Co., Commission Agents, Glas
gow.
J. P. Cruikshanks, AV. I. Merchants, London.
S.S. Curts, Hide Merchants, London.
R. Sc J. Farbridge E. I. Merchants, M anchester,
Roht. Gardner, Merchant and Spinner, Man
i Chester.
Galt &. Co., Medlock Bridge Mills, Manchester.
Gillows Sc Co., Spinners, Preston.
J. P. Howard Sc Co., Colonial Brokers, London.
L. W. A. Jacobi, Merchant, Hambur-h.
W. Jones Sc Co., Wholesale Tea Dealers, Liver
pool.
Kilgour & Leith, AV. I. Merchants, Glasgow.
McTear, Hadtield Sc Co., Ship Brokers. Liver
pool.
Martin Sc Hartwright, Yarn Merchants, Man
chester.
Morpurge Sc Tedescni, Merchants, Leghorn.
North Sc South Wales Bank*, Liverpool.
Pearson, Wilson Sc Co., Foreign Merchants,
G.a gow.
I\ Pegraguttiers, Merchant, Leghorn.
C. RivaA Co., Merchants, St. Petersbnrgh.
Roget M. Brierly, Spinners and Manufacturers,
Blackburn.
Scott, Bell Sc Co.. E. I. Merchants. London.
C Sutherland & Co., Colonial Brokers, Lend >n.
Swarason &- Birchwood, Manufacturers, Man
chester.
R. Tavlor, Soap Bo’ler, Liverpool.
J,L. Va'entin, Merchant, Leghorn.
J. A’an Zeller Sc Sons, Merchants, Lisbon.
W. Lambert, Merchant, .
Ventura, Merchant, Venice.
John Barton Sc Co., Merchants, .
M. Vermehren, Merchant, St. Petersburgh.
Salisbury Bank.
Shrewsbury and Market Drayton Bank.
*Has numerous branches throughout Wales.
London Money Market, Nov. 3. r. m
The dismal state of trade and money in this
countrj', described in our advices per Caledo
nia, continued to exist with unmitigated se
verity up to the 26*h inst., when the govern
ment, yielding at last to the popular cry
for succor, authorized the Lank of England to
depart from the Lank act 1844—and to make
advances on good security on sums of not less
than £2OOO, at interest at the rate of eight per
cent. A striking reaction at once took place
i in the funds ; public confidence appeared to
. have acquired a fresh impulse ; produce became
in better demand, and the entire fabric of trade
indicated returning strength and vigor. The
accommodation, however, was found to be mis
erably disproportioned to the necessities of the
public, and the result has been, within the
last few days, that trade has almost wholly re
lapsed into the same state of torpor and alarm.
From the manufacturing districts particularly*
advices are of a most unsatisfactory nature
. many mills having ceased to work, and numc-
P rous others working short time, merely keep
ing open from motives of humanity to the
workmen, and to preserve the appearance of
< occupation. It is, therefore, perfectly clear
th.it the preu u ‘e cannot be ameliorated if the
bank does not extend its accommodation*!. —
P Meanwhile, it is utterly impossible to form
any adequate idea of the fearful ruin which
must overwhelm every department of trade. —
: Day after day, instead of dispelling, has but
. deepened the shadows of approaching calami
ty, which, ths u ,h per ectly foreseen,cannot b«
1 averted, save by the interposition of the g° r ’
i eminent and the bank. Fresh failures to an
1 enormous extent have taken place within the
r last fortnight—many of them of the oldest e»“
tabhshraents in the land, and all affecting in *
v greater or lesser degree various houses ■w ho
f | have still continued to maintain their crecih
e The funds, which for some days following the
s departure of the Caledonia; hud fallen to a
point of depression beyond the recollection o
| any living man, have considerably revive ,
• i though suffering excessive fluctuation. Mon ay
- i is reported as having been a comparative v
quiet day, the funds rising considerably. 11
’ i Tuesday the fluctuations were very rapid . con
sols opened at an advance of i per ccn ,
quotations, for money, being 81 & toB2L r 0
i which point they slowly rose to 82| . son>
speculative sate* immediately t >ok place,v x
prices declined considerably. Yesterday
3 feeling was easier in the money markc ,
- less unsteadiness was perceptible; consols, w
-1 money, were quoted at 811 to 82|, ana
82| for account. Bank stock is worth *
I Foreign stocks are merely nominal; Mex
-3 bonds hare fallen to 15| to 16|.
The Messrs Baring’s Circular.
London, Nov. 3, 1847 —Confirming our US'-
reports, of the Bth ult. we have now
inform you that under the express sanctio
1 the government, and with a view to rehev «■
existing pressure, the Bank of England ou