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THE CONSTiTUrioMLiST. JAM ES GARDNER, JR. ; TERMS. ] 50 oo { rnn £ Tri-Weekly, per annum 0 uu \ If paid in advance ’ Weekly, per annum * OO . If paid in advance ' ~ i i To Clubs, remitting $lO in advance, FIVE ] ’COPIES are sent. This will put our Weekly pa per in the reach of new subscribers at TWO DOLLARS A YEAR. Qtj’Subscribers who will pay up arrearages, and senxi' four new subscribers, with > the paper at % 2 00. I fIXAH new subscriptions must be paid in ad vance.- UXPbstage must be paid on all communications avid letters of business. 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