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TEE CONSTITUTIONALIST
JAMES GARDNER, JR.
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(From the Liverpool Chronicle .)
The Consumption of Cotton-
The following communication will be found
to possess some interest for a large class of
commercial persona at the present time. J
At the present time, when it is of vital im
portance to the interests of a large class of
manufacturing capitalists and of the indus
trious population dependant on that great
branch of our national manufactures, to as
certain how far an adequate supply of the raw
material, at a sufficiently moderate price, may
be secured, it is desirable to consider the ques
tion more calmly and comprehensively than
is usually done by parties embarked in specm
lative operations, whose opinions, as well as
their statements, are naturally biassed by their
interests.
Whether the immense rise which has taken
place in the price of cotton during the past
twelve months, be altogether the legitimate
result of consumption increasing in a greater
ratio than production, arising from a dispro
portionate amount of industrious capital in this
and other countries having been directed to
manufacturing operations, compared with that
employed in laising a correspondingly increas
ed quantity of the raw material; or, whether a
considerable part of the advanced price is to
be attributed to the abundance of unemployed
capital in the hands of bankers, and the con
sequent facilities afforded for speculative opera
tions, it is certain, that in this, as in all similar
cases, nothing could be contrived more effec
tually to stimulate an increased supply than
the recent enhancement of price.
When the expense of freight and other char
ges is deducted from the market prices at both
periods, it is apparent that the American plan
ter has now the stimulus held out to excite
his diligence and activity, of double the price
for hie produce, that he could have looked for,
this time last year. If such an incentive proves
inadequate to bring forward an ample supply,
it will be the best justification of the late ad
vance.
But though au advance of price is the na
tural and effectual remedy of a real or antici
pated scarcity, it is as important as it is desira
ble for all parties interested in this great de
partment of indmtry, that these fluctuations
should not be greater than is necessary to ef
fect the desired end: it is especially to be wish
ed that the supply and consumption may be
so accomodated to each other, that no portion
of the working classes engaged in the manu
fastuie be deprived of employment, or even
materially stinted of the usual reward es their
industry.
It in not one of the least of the advantages
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among nations, that it tends to diminish the
frequency, as well as the extent of those vio
lent fluctuations in prices, which, though to
some extent unavoidable, from the vicissitudes
of the season, &c. are often greatly aggravated
, by the injudicious interference of ill informed
Governments. The effect produced by the
audden interference of new and inexperienced
capitalists, eager only to grasp at a sudden in
crease of wealth, but ignorant of some of the
circumstances bearing on the question of prices,
though the result of a different cause, and of
a nature calculated to work its own cure, is,
for the time it operates, as baneful as legisla
tive meddling.
The error generally made by persons imper
fectly informed on the subject, and by their
interested advisers, is, in considering the con
sumption of cotton too much as a fixed quanti
ty. They know that it is the interest of a mill
owner to continue to work his machinery not
merely without profit, but even at such a loss
as does not exceed that which he would incur
though his works were idle, from loss of inter
est on capital, insurance, local and national
taxes, expense of keeping his machinery in or
der, &c., Sic.; and therefore they calculate that
the ordinary consumption of cotton will go on,
aotwithstanding a considerable rise in prices,
provided the margin is not overstepped when
the necessity of stopping the machinery be
comes indubitable.
It is quite a mistake, however, to suppose,
that at all limes when a cotton mill is at work,
it must necessarily be consuming the same
quantity of the raw material. ■ It is true that
when a mill is erected and filled with machin
ery, there is not only a particular description
of yarn, but a particular size, or range of sizes,
which it is intended to produce, and for which
it is, therefore, best adapted. According to
the description and size of yarn to be made
will depend the quantity of cotton capable of
being used. For example, and not to take a
very extreme case, a mill adapted to spin coarse
Nos. of water twist, will manufacture a quan
tity of cotton equal to eight or ten mills of the
same extent arranged for spinning No. 60
mule warps. When we hear, therefore, of
certain mills being stopped or put on short
time in consequence of the advanced price of
the raw material, it is necessary to know the
description of yarn spun by them to be able to
judge accurately of the effect to be produced
on the quantity of cotton consuming.
But while there is a particular range of num
bers, for which each mill is best suited, it is
neither impossible nor very inconvenient to
vary this range to a moderate extent, accor
ding to the demand and other circumstances,
as well as to the cotton market. Such changes
isrolxe neither outlay nor los* of time, and aie
retorted to, in individual cases, every day to
meet trifling alterations in the style of goods
wanted. And to show the important bearing
of such changes on the consumption of the
raw material, it is only necessary to state that,
supposing the arerage number of yarn spun
In this country to be raised only from No. 35
to No. 40, the quantity of cotton consumed in
a year would be diminished not less than a quar
ter of a million of bales, and yet neither the
time of working nor the dumber of persons
employed be at all reduced.
It is in this manner, indeed, that rapid chan
ge* In the quantity of cotton consumed are
generally produced, rather than by a sudden
increase in the number of mills, or from im
nroveme.us in machinery, to which causes the
variations in consumption are frequently as
cribed, though it must be obvious that they
operate slowly and gradually.
In coarse yarns two thirds of the price arise*
from the C°* 1 As the raw material, and that
proportion cona”* diminishes as you as
cend to finer nunT* I ® l,B ’ cotton is
cheap, therefore, the cost ol heavy good#, which
are made from coarse yarn, is diminished in a
much greater ratio than the lighter descrip- 1
lions made from finer yarns; the demand will
always increase with a diminishad cost; these f
heavy goods, so long as the raw material re
mains cheap, will relatively be the most pro- j ;
fi table.
On the other hand, when c. von is dear, the
cost of such heavy goods is increased in a
greater ratio than others; but the extended }
consumption having been the result of lov pri- j
cea, can only be maintained by the same means. ;
The manufacture becomes unprofitable, part of
the machinery is directed to a somewhat finer !
range of spinning; another part is put on re- \
duced time, and perhaps, a portion stopped
altogether, till either the diminution of pro
duction creates such a scarcity of the manu- <
factured article as leads to higher prices, or a j
reduction in the price of the raw material
again assimilates the cost to the selling price
of such goods. The present aspect of things
in the cotton manufacturing districts, nfi.rds
a striking illustration of the working t f this
natural process, and is calculated to open the
eyes of those who are apt, in judging oi .he
probable prices of the raw material, to confine
their attention to the prospects of supply.
And the inference to be drawn, from the con
sideration of this reciprocal action of prices
upon consumption, is not limited to the cbt k
which it imposes on an undue rise in the price
of the raw material; it ought, also, to impart
confidence in ihe grower, that he need lear no :
excessive depreciation from abundant crops,
since a very slight decline in the average value
is certain to stimulate a greatly increaa d con
sumption.
[From ihe Baltimore Sun.)
The Supposed Murder of Dr. Parkman,
Excitement in Boston—Abbest oi Du.
Wkbstek, oe the Medical College.—The j
Boston papers are full of the mysterious dis- |
\ appearance of the T -t sslthy and eccentric Dr. !
• Parkman, already r ud ito in the columns of |
the Sun. Search fi. \early a week had been
i made every where to. him, the river was drag- j
ged, and every cornt' searched where it was
. possible to get any information ot him. The
half-consumed remains of a human being,
found under the room of Prsf. Webster, in the '
( Medical College, on Friday, it does not seem j
, certain, from the despatches, has positively '
> been identified as that of Dr. Parkman, or be- t
ing identified, the inference would rather be
i drawn, from the place where found, that it •
> ; was that of a “subject,” while the excited I
I ! mind of the public has been led to believe it
. I was that of the missing doctor. The reported ;
. murder in the quarter attributed, and under ,
r the circumstances, would appear more strange
. j than the absence of Dr. P. If true, it is a sort ;
i of Coolidge affair over again. The following, !
! from the Boston Transcript, of Saturday eve- |
. ning, will show the excitement consequent
l ' upon Dr. P.’s disappearance, and the arrest of
. | Prof. Webster :
. 1 The city has been thrown into great excite- ■
. : ment to-day by the announcement that a por- j
, 1 tion of the body of Dr. Parkman had been dis
s j covered at the Medical College, Grove street, ;
, j and that Professor J. W. Webster, of Harvard !
. j college, had been arrested and committed to |
jail, on suspicion of having caused his death.
. The following statement is the most authentic
: that we can obtain at the present moment: —
. | In the early part of the week the attention
. j of the police was directed to the Medical Col- i
g j lege, from information received, and since j
. then the building has been the chief centre of
. 1 operations. Last night at about 6 o’clock it
9 ' was announced to Marshal Tukey, that by
! breaking through a brick wall, a Mr. Ephraim ;
. Littlefield had found the lower part ot the
! body of a man, one leg being gone, and also
r the toot upon the other leg.
The room where these remains were found
a was directly under Prof. Webster’s own room,
- which was entered bv
e These remains have not yet, so far t we 1
. know, been identified as the remains of Dr.
0 Parkman, but the fact of finding them in this 1
a place, and also the finding ol the part of a man’s
1 jaw, some buttons, and a small quantity of
i gold in the furnace, where tne Proiessor has
e been known to have kept a fire for the past j
i week, which is rather unusal, led the authori
. ties, after some consultation, to send four offi- j
a cers to Cambridge to arrest Professor Web- j
, ster. In fact the police have had information
f in their possession sufficient to have justified t
the arrest several days ago, bad not the Pro- |
. fessors character been so high above suspicion. !
It was about seven o’clock that the officers
. reached the Professor’s residence, and with- i
r out stating their real business, informed him
. that a new search of the Medici ,*l College had
. been decided on that his present was required.
1 After get ing into the carriage wa- intonn
t ed of the charge against him, when he mani- :
8 nested great excitement, and seveial times fell !
r back into the officers' arras. He also made use
-of expressions of a doubtful nature. His j
I family were not informed of his arrest until
. this morning. The college is now undergoing ■
t a thorough search, and also the Professor’s
, apartment at Cambridge.
~ Among other facts, it is stated that the Pro
i lessor was having a large tin box made.
The whole matter is now in the hands of
the coroner, who will probably hold an inquest
, upon the remains this afternoon, after which
, the accused will be brought up for examine.- j
8 tion, if the jury should think that the facts
t elicited warrant a farther prosecution of the
. affair.
! Dr. Webster has held a high rank in sociel. ,
, and hao been remarkable for the amiability of
i his disposition. His arrest upon the susni- j
) cion of having been accessary to Dr. Parkman’s :
8 death, has occasioned the most intense and !
f painful excitement in the community, and we I
i cannot but hope that an investigation of the j
s circumstances will result in exculpating him :
. from a charge so dreadful, and so repugnant '
j to his general character.
I Some account of the peculiar character of
f Dr. Parkman, who was worth half a million of
: property, is given as follows :
f lie was in the habit of carrying large sums
3 of money about his person. A gentleman
> who once went to him for SI,OOO, tells oie that i
[ Dr. P. answered him by thrusting out his I
forefinger ami remarking. “The~e is jus* the
. sum.” On examination, the gentleman nmnd
i that the Dector had i thousand dollar bill
) wound round hie tinge The Doctor was a
. large owner of real esi; md had numerous
, poor tenants, from w:.om u.e uade his collec
j j tiona himself. He w. , punctilious in his bu
i | siness habits, but bestowed much chsrity in
> an unostentatious way. A politician once
, stopped him in the street and asked him to
, subscribe to a fund for firing a salute in honor
; of some party victory. “ Just step with me
, round the corner,” said the Doctor. Taking
[ hi c* up a dirty alley, through a dark door
; way, and up three flights of ricketty stairs,
t the Doctor tapped at a door, which was open
. ed by a wre:ched pale-faced child. The poor
, woman, apparently in the last stage of con
i sumption, was sitting propped up in bed, and
feebly attempting to sew up a ihirt. There
was no fire in the stove although it was a cold
. j ifarch day. “ Now,” said the Doctor, turn
k j ing to ths politician, “ here is ten dollars;
j you may either fire it away in powder or give
ulit to this poor woman; I won’t attempt to
, | bias ypu.” The Doctor dirted out of the
I room and down stairs,leaving the non-plussed
i politician standing by the bedside of the in
faJid* did not hesitate long as to his dis
.-'vsillon of fh® njPfjey. He deposited it in
the hands lU%fer, snd departed a wiser
man. _ .
Dr. Parkman has been
j y**rs to slight aberration of mind ; and, *
one time, I believe his property was taken out j
■ of his charge.
THE CONSTITUTIONALIST. ;
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SATURDAY MORNING. DEC S i
Editorial Correspondence
MILLEDGEVILLE, Dec. 6. 1849.
A CORRECTION.
The bill introduced into the Senate relative
to the sale or removal of free negroes, was not,
as stated by me, introduced by Mr. Bailey, but
by Mr. J. W. G. Smith.
This bill provides that if any free negro or
tree person of color, shall be found in any coun
ty in this State on the Ist Feb., 1851, it shall
be the duty of any Justice of the Beace, on
information given him on oath, to issue execu
tion directed to the Sheriff, to seize said per
soß, who shall levy and advertise and sell, un
der the same rules as other sales, said person
or persons to the highest bidder. The person
giving infoimation against said free negro or
free persons of color, to be entitled to one third
of the amount of the sale.—Citizens may enter
Into bond, payable to the Inferior Court, to
remove said persons out of the limits of the
i State within three months. If removed and
ht or they again return, shall be sold without
the privilege of being removed. —Theremain-
| ing two thirds of the sale to become a part of
j County Treasury, to be applied for the educa
| tion of poor children. G.
j j
We have received from our correspondent a
copy of Mr. Walker’s bill. It is lengthy, and
as there is but little probability of its passage,
we leave it out for the present.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
REPORTED FOR THE CONSTITUTION A LIST.
IN SENATE, Dec. 5.
The .Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. A. J. Miller moved to reconsider the
Journal of yesterday, so far as relates to the
action of the Senate on the “ bill for the pro
tection and preservation of the rights of mar
ried women”—which was decided without de
bate.
On motion of Mr. Bailey, the bill was re
committed to a Committee of the Whole, and
made the special order for to-morrow.
The engrossed bill,to pardon John Hunton,
of the County of Wilkes, was read a third time
i and passed.-
YEAS.—Messrs. Anderson, Bird, James E.
Brown, Joseph E. Brown, Clayton, Dunham,
Eberhart, Ferrell, Gonder, Grubbs, Hines,
Micajah Johnson, Thomr»s Johnson, Love, Mc-
Rae, Andrew J. Miller, J ames A. Miller, Mose
ly, Purse, Rawls, James R. Smith, and Woods
—23.
NAYS.—Messrs. Bailey, Augustus Beall,
Elias Beall, Bryan, Chiso m, Clark, Cochran,
Win, Jones, John Jones, Long, Mcßee, Mur
phy, Napier, Sanford, Stell and Turner.—l 6.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Woods. A Dili to divorce Ebeuezer
i Chisson and Margaret Chisson, his wife.
By Mr Dunham. A bill to appropriate
certain, hands to do road duty on the west side
j of the ol I post road, and north of the Satilla
j river in Camden county.
By Mr. A. J. Miller. A bill to authorize
the issue of Bonds of the State in lieu of oth
ers outstanding.
| Mr. A. J. Miller laid on the table the fol-
I lowing Resolution :
Betolved, That his Excellency the Governor
i be, and he is hereby, authorized and request
ed—after the payment or redemption of the
I Sterling Bonds, for fifteen thousand pounds,
| sold tor the State by Reid, Irving & Co., to
apply any annual surplus remaining in tlxe
Treasury in redemption of Bonds issued for
; the construction, and«pon the pledge of the
"'estern & Atlantic Railroad, under the act
ol the General Assembly of 1845.
! The bill to require the payment of interest
on open accounts as on promissory notes and
other liquidated claims in this State, was lost.
The Senate adjourned to 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
i HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Dec. 5.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
On motion, the House reconsidered the
Journal of yesterday, so far as relates to the
rejection of the bill to repeal an act further to
I regulate the granting of retail licenses. Also,
j the indefinite postponement of the bill to alter
! and amend the several acts incorporating the
j city of Macon.
A message was received from the Governor,
I accompanied by his assent to a resolution re
j Vrtive to the binding and safekeeping of books
in the Executive Department. Also resolu
tions relative to the death of Gen. Duncan L.
Cliuch. A resolution relative to the assign
ing of all matter concerning the slavery ques
tion to the Committee on the State of the Re
i public. A resolution at the Chief
Engineer of the Western & Atlantic Rail-
Road to purchase a certain negro slave—and
a resolution to authorise the Chief Engineer
of the said Road to receive the books and pa
pers appertaining thereto,
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr. Shackelford, of Cass : A bill to com
pensate physicians who may hereafter be com
pelled to make post mortem examinations at
coroner’s inquests.
By Mr. Harris, of Clarke : A bill to change
and define the mode of electing field and
company officers under the militia laws of this
State.
By Mr. lompkins, of Heard : A bill to pre
vent lawyers from practising in Justices'
Courts, and punish them for the same.
By Mr. Riley, of Lumpkin : A bill to amend
the judiciary laws, so tar as relates to the stay
of executions.
By Mr. Robinson, of Macon: A bill to pre
vent betting on certain elections in this State,
and prescribe the punishment for the same —
which was referred to the Judiciary Com
mittee.
By Mr. Jenkins, of Richmond; A bill to
probtoiC Sheriffs and their Deputies from be- '
coming purchasers, q’.fectly or indirectly, of j
propenj* Sheriff’s eales, tq revoke i
all tides taken or held by ? or 1
so purchased, and to make penal the viola
tions of this act.
By Mr. Wiggins: A bill to grant to the
Southern Botanic Medical College of Macon,
the lower half of the tract of land lying below
said city, and belonging to the State.
By Mr. Wellborn, of Warren: A bill to give
the Justices of the Inferior Courts the power
to alter and establish election precincts.
RESOLUTIONS.
By Mr. Harris, of Clarke: That the Com
mittee on Education and Free Schools, be
instructed to inquire into the propriety of
altering and amending the poor school law of
this State, and of introducing a bill for the
establishment of a general system of common
school education.
Mr. Shackelford called up his resolution,
offered a lew days since, that the House should
order to be printed 5,000 copies of the Sermon
delivered by the Rev. Mr. Talmadge. The re
solution was amended by the substitution of
1,000 copies and agreed to.
The House then adjourned until 3 o’clock,
P. M.
Three o’clock, P. M.
The House met pursuant to adjournment,
and was engaged on local bills during the
evening. Adjourned to 9 o’clock to-morrow
morning.
The Speakership-
The Washington correspondent of the
j Charleston Courier writing under date of Ist
inst. says : “The Whigs met in full numbers.
The Free Soilers were not with them, but half
a dozen who incline that way "were present.
Eight Southern members, among whom were
Mr. Toombs, of Ga., Stephens, of Ga., and
Cabell, of Fla., withdrew from the caucus,
upon offering some propositions that were not
acceded to. Mr. Toombs, representing these
gentlemen, offered resolutions to the effect
that the Whigs should not sustain any mea
sure for the exclusion of slavery from the Ter
ritories, or its abolition in this District. Ihey
were opposed on the ground of irrelevancy to
the matter in hand. With the numbers thus
reduced, the caucus nominated Mr. Winthrop
unanimously.
“ I have not met with a single Democratic
member who is of the opinion that Mr. Cobb,
or Mr. Winthrop, or Mr. Wilmot can be elect
ed. Very few Whigs are so blind as not to
see that Mr. Winthrop is beaten.
“ A distinguished Northern Whig remarked
to me, in reference to these results, that Mr.
Winthrop was defeated—the Administration
prostrated and the Union probably de
stroyed !
“ It is not to be believed that, under the
present circumstances of excitement, any com
promise can be immediately or easily made
between the conflicting parties. It may be a
week before any Speaker can be elected. But
in my opinion, there must be a compromise,
by which a Northern Democratic Speaker will
be chosen.”
The correspondent of the Baltimore Sun
writes :—“ The Southern Whiga who receded
from the Whig caucus voted lor i>ar.
They were Messrs. Stevens, Toombs and Owen,
of Ga.; Morton, of Va.; Cabell, of Florida,
and Hilliard, of Alabama.”
Collision at Sea and Dreadful Ship
wreck. —The barque Fashion, Capt. Sher
wood, from Annapolis, Md., for Halifax, was
run into on the night of the 21st ult., by a
ship, supposed a New-York packet, in lat. 43,
lon. GO, cutting her in two. The Captain,
first mate and steward, had just time to take
to the boat, for in about three minutes the
barque sunk. The head of the mainmast
struck the mizzen mast, and knocked the man
at the wheel overboard. There were 18 souls
in all, including the officers, the crew, and
two female passengers—one of whom was a
sister of the Captain, and the other, Mrs.
Johnson, wife of the late English Consul, who
was awaiting her arrival at Halifax—all of
whom, except those who took to the boat,
perished. Those in the boat were at sea four
days, without provisions or water, when they
drifted on Old Orchard or Ferry Beach in a
bewildered and almost insensible state.
The Treasurer of the United States pub
lished his official account up to the 26th No
vember last, stating that the money subject to
draft, is $7,964,256, and the apprehended loss
of public funds under the present system, in
the last year, is about S2OOO. The amount in
the hands of the Treasurer in Philadelphia is
$1,396,091, and at the Mint, $841,150.
The amount received on the Canals of the
State of New York from the commencement of
navigation to the 22d of Nov., was $3,196,712
50; being a decrease from last year of $21,462
40.
The Double Eagle.— The Philadelphia
Ledger was informed by the director of the
mint, on Saturday, that the dies for tbe dou
ble eagle, or twenty dollar gold piece, autho
rised by the last Congress, were in a state of
forwardness, and would probably be ready for
coining in all next week*
Southern Wool. — lt has been a matter of
much surprise, says the Cheraw Gazette, that
scarcely an effort to grow wool as a staple ar
ticle for market, has as yet been made in this
State. Our extensive pine barrens and our
mild climate, are both peculiarly adapted to
this branch of husbandry. It is with much
pleasure, therefore, we learn from the Winyah
Observer, that Col. R. F. W. Allston has
made a highly satisfactory experiment in the
production of this article. We are not informed
of the extent of this experiment, but think
the inducement in the price of his samples
sufficient to stimulate the Colonel and others
to try it upon an extensive scale. The house
at Kinderhook, to which Col. Allston sent his
samples, in a letter, an extract of which ap
pears in the Observer, say, “ your wool has
more of the good properties of the wool grown
in the Southwest part of Pennsylvania and
th">se parts of Ohio and Virginia adjacent
thereto, than that grown in New-York, Ver
mont and the Eastern States. These sections
referred tq, produce the best wool in the coun
try.” This is certainly very encouraging ■
and we hope it will induce i J g 6 °Dee ■
planters to try the experiment.
Col. Allston’a samples sold at the following
prices: 6 lbs. sold at 50 cent*; 15 at 43* ii <
at 39; 21 >1 36; 1? at 34; l 8 « 32 : Iti 3 '
Hm. at sg centa, ’ w .
I
[Reported for the Baltimore Sun.] |
Thirty-First Congress—lst Session.
Washington, Dec. 4, 1819.
Senate. —Messrs. Rusk, Tu rney and Day- .
ton, appeared in their seats to-day.
The Rev. Mr. Sheer offered a prayer.
Resolutions were adopted foi furnishing new
Senators with copies of the Constitution, and
for printing extra copies of the Senate Journal,
and then the Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.— The Rouse
met at 12 o’clock. The proceedings oi yes
terday were read. ,
The following members, in addition to inosc
announced yesterday, were in attendance to- |
day, viz.: Mr. Brown, dem., of Mississippi;
Mr. Hubbard, dem., of Alabama, and Mr. .
Sheppard, whig, of N. C.
On motion of Mr. Boyd, the House pro
ceeded to'vote viva voce for Speaker. Ihe i
same tellers as yesterday. The vote resulted
as follows: . Ino
Mr. Cobb, of Georgia
Winthrop
Wilmot 1( ?
Gentry £
Richardson ~
Root *
H. Mason “
Haralson, of Georgia j
Cleaveland *
J. Thompson.. i
Stanton *
Potter 1
224
Necessarv to a choice 113. There being no j
election, the House proceeded to the 6th vote, i
which resulted as follows : Cobb, ot Ga., K ,
Winthrop, 97 ; Wilmot, 9 ; Potter, 3 ; Gentry.
6; Richardson, 2; Julien, I ; H. Mann, 2,
James Thompson, 1 ; Stanton., 1 : Cleavelan ~
1. The tellers reported that 224 votes were
given ; necessary to a choice, 113.
There being no choice, the House proceed
ed to 7th vote, which resulted as follows:
Cobb, 100; Winthrop. 97; Wilmot, 9; Potter,
3; H. Mann, 2; Gentry, 6; Boyd, of Ky., 1;
Richardson, 3; Cleveland, 1; C. Allen, 1. r.
Stanton, 1. Ihe tellers reported that there
were 224 votes ; necessary to a choice, 113—
no election. .
The Bth vote resulted as follows, viz : Cobb,
of Georgia, 99; Winthrop, 97; Wilmot, 9;
Boyd, ot Kentucky, 1; Gentry, 6; Richard
son, 2; H. Mann, 2; J. W. Howe, 1; Bailey, 1;
Potter, 4; Cleveland, 1; Stanton, 1—224 votes.
No choice.
The 9th vote 'resulted as follows: Cobb, 100;
Winthrop, 97; Wilmot, 8; Boyd, 1; Gentry. 6;
Horace Mann, 2; Potter, 4; Johnson, of Ar
kansas, 1; Richardson, 2; Cleveland, 1; I*. P.
Stanton, 1; Durkee 1—224 votes. No choice.
Here a motion was made to adjourn, but,
after some discussion whether it could be ta
ken by yeas and nays without a majority of
the House so ordering, instead of one-fifth as
provided by the constitution, it was ■with
drawn.
The 10th vote was then taken, and resulted
as follows: Cobb 99; Winthrop 97; Potter 4;
Wilmot 9; Richardson 3, Gentry 6; H. Mann
2; Stanton 2; Cleveland 1; Durkee I—total
224; No choice, and there being no prospect
of one.
The following are the names of the voters
on the 10th ballot:
For RobnrtC. Winthrop —Henry P. Alex
ander, Josiah M. Anderson, George R. An
drews, George Ashmun, Edwd D. Baker,
Henry Bennet, David A. Bokee, Rd. I Bowie,
Daniel Breck, Geo. Briggs, Jas. Brooks, Lor
enzo Burrows, Chester Butler, Ihomas B. But
ler, Joseph P. Caldwell, Samuel Calvin, Ji>-
seph Casey, Jo-eph R. Chandler, Charles E.
Clarke, T. L. Cfingraan, Orsaraus Cole, Har
mon S. Conger, Conrad, M. B. Corwin,
u. ociiCu >, j. o. Livi,,,, N. F. JJiauu, Win.
Duer, Jas. H. Duncan, Alex. Evans, Nathan
Evans, Grin Fowler, John Freedley, Rufus K.
Goodenow, Daniel Gott, Herman D. Gould,
Joseph Grinnell, Ransom Hallo way, Moses
Hampton, Andrew K. Hay, Thomas S. Ray
mond, William Hebard, William Henry, John
W. Houston, Wm. F. Hunter, Wm. T. Jack
ston, J. L. Johnston, J. B. Keer, D. P. King, G.
G. King, Jas. G. King, John A. King, Lewis
C. Levin, Horace Man, Humphrey 7 Marshall,
Orsamus B. Matteson, Edward W. McGaughey,
Thomas McKissock, Finis E. McLean, Jas.
Meacham, Henry D. Moore, Chas. S. More
head, Wm. Nelson, Henry Nes, William A.
Newell, Andrew J. Ogle, John Otis, David
Outlaw, J. Phi lips Phcemx, Charles W. Pit
man, Harvey Putmm,Robert R. Reed. Gideon
Reynolds, Elijah Risley, Julius Rockwell,
Robert L. Rose, David Rumsey, jr., Wil
liam A. Sackett, Robert C. Schenck, Ab’ra.
C. Schermerhorn, John L. Schoolcraft, Augus
tine H Shepherd, Peter H. Silvester, Elbndge
G. Spalding, William Sprague, Edward Stan
ly, Thaddeus Stevens, John L. Taylor, Jon B.
Tnompson, John R. ihurman, W alter Under
hill, John Van Dyke, Samuel F. Vinton, Al
bert G. W r atkins, Hugh White, Christopher
H. Williams, James Wilson.
For Howell Cobb— Nathan Albertson, Wm,
S, Ash, Thomas H. Averett, Wm. V. N. Bay.
Thomas H. Bayly, James M. H. Beale, Wil
liam H. Bissell, Thomas S. Bocock, Franklin
W . Bowdon, James B. Bowlin, Linn Boyd,
Albert G. Brown, Wm. J. Brown, A. W. Buel,
Joseph Cable, G. A. Caldwell, David K. Car
ter, Williamson R. W. Cobb, Wm. F. Colcook,
John R. J. Daniel, Milo M. Dhniuick, David
T. Disney, Cyrus L. Dunham, Henry A. EJ
mundson, Andrew Ewing, Winfield S. Feath
erston, Graham N. Fitch, Thomas J. D. Ful
ler, Elbridge Gerry, Alfred Gilmore, Willis A.
Gorman, James S. Green, Thomas C. Hackett,
Willard P. Hall, Wm. T. Hamilton, Edward
Hammond, Hugh A. Haralson, Andrew J.
Harlan, John 11. Harmanson, Isham G. Harris,
Samson W. Harris, Thomas L. Harris, Wm.
Hebard, Moses Huagland, Alex. P„. Holliday,
Volney E. Howard, Samuel W. Inge, Andrew
Johnson, Robert W. Johnson, Geo. W. Jones,
David S. Kaufman, Emile LaSere, Shepherd
Ltffler, Nathaniel S. Littlefield, Job Mann,
John C. Mason, John A. McClernand, Joseph
E. McDonald. James McDowell, James X.
McLanahan, Robert M. McLane, Fayette Mc-
Mullen, John McQueen, William Me Willie
Richard K, Meade, John K. Miller. s!
Milson, Jonathan D. Morris, Isaac E. Morse
Edson B. Olds, Richard Parker, Charles u!
Peaslee, John S. Phelps, Emery D. Potter
Paulus Powell, William A. Richardson. John
Robbins, Jr., John L. Robinson, Thomas Ross
John H. Savage, Cullen Sawtelle, Jas. A. Sed
don, Frederick P. Stanton, Richard H. Stan
ton, Charles Stetson, Wm. Strong, Charles
Sweetzer, James H. Thomas, Jacob Thomp
son, James Thompson, William Thompson
Abraham W. Venable, Hiiam Walden, Daniel
Wallace, Marshall J. Welborn, Wm. A. Whit
tlesey, Isaac Wildrick, Amos E. Wood, Timo
thy R. Young.
For David Wilmot—Charles Allen, Walter
Booth, Charles Durkee, Joshua R. Giddings,
John W. Howe, Preston King, Joseph M.
Root, Amos Tuck, and John Wentworth, all
Free Soilers.
For Emory D. Potter—Kinsley S. Binghan,
D., Chauncey F. Cleveland, D., Jos. D. Doty
D., Loren P. Waldo, D.
For Wm. A. Richardson—Ai mislead Burt,
D., David Hubbard, D., and James L. Orr, D*
For Meredith P. Gantry—E. C Cabell, W.
Jeremiah Morton, W., Allen F. Owen, W \
H. Stephens. W., Robert Toombs, W„ Henry
W. Hilliard, W, 3
For Horace Mann—Lewis D. Cambell, F.
S., and John Crowell, F. S.
For F. P. Stanton— lsaac E. Homes, D., and
J, A, Woodward, D,
For Chauncey F. Cleveland, D-Lucm. n
Peck. D. '
For Charles Durkee—David Wilmot, p v;
Those who voted for Howell Cobh a re ’,l,
Democrats, and those for Mr. Winthrop »*
Whigs. To the scattering votes we have
ed the politics to the name of each voter. j v
McQueen and Wm. F. Colcock, of jSouth C&
rolina, who were called Taylor Democrat!
voted for Mr. Coob, and Messss. Isaac £
Holmes, and James L. Orr, who were called
Taylor Democrats, threw their votes amoir
the scattering.
On motion, the House, at 3<i, adjourned ti
to-morrow at 12 o’clock.
Supreme Court.—Yesterdiy being thedav
appointed by law for the commencement o{
the annual term of the Supreme Court of th-
United States, the following members of the
Court at 12 o’clock took their seats upon ths
Bench, viz ; Mr. Justice McLean. Mr. Ju S t lCe
Catron, Mr. Justice Woodburry.
The absence of Chief Justice Taney and
other members of the Court is sufficiently ac
counted for by the severity of the
storm on Sunday and yesterday.
The Court adjourned to 11 o’clock thij, , ,
National Intelligencer, 4lh inst.
f Telegraphed for the Baltimore Sun.)
Boston, Dec. 4—6 P. M
Further Particulars or the Murder oi
Dr. Parkman—ldentification or the Bod/
&c.—The excitement with regard to the n lUr .
der of Dr. Parkman still continues, but the
judicial investigation has not yet taken place
as to the charges against Protessor Webster
The jaw-bone and the teeth found in p ro f
Webster’s furnace have been identified by Dr
Keep, who operated upon Dr. Parkmatu
mouth, a short time previous to his disappear
ance. The jaw-bone fits the mould taken at
the time.
The family of Dr. Parkin on have claimed
the body found in Prof. Webster’s apartment,
and enclosed it in a leaden coffin prepantory
to interment. The body has several s abs sr
the ribs, and in some places through into the
cavity.
Professor Webster is still in jail, and con
tinues perfectly calm.
One Hundred Thousand
Pledges.—The distinguished Teir.p eria(lf
Apostle, Father Mathew, adminis <tere( j t!c
pledge to several hundred at Glo ucestpr< near
Philadelphia, on Sunday, ar.d the
| says :
| “He stated that one h undred thousand had
taken the pledge at hi ~ hands during th m
months he had sp en t in New England, and
ayas encouraged ii\ further effort, particularly
among his countrymen in this country, is
. the hope of wiping from the Irish charact ;
its only 7 slain, and rendering them worthy ol
the happy Republic that has adopted them u
its citizens, h ather Mathew looks remarkahv
well in person, the only 7 perceptible effect ol
the paralysis with which he is afflicted being a
slight difficulty of utterance, which occasion
ally mars the fluency of his delivery.”
New York and Savannah Steamer
We yesterday made our valedictory to the
1 Cherokee, and have since learnt front tht
agents of the line, “that the keel is .aid, an .
. the frame got out, for the hr>t ship t 0 rep i -
the Tennessee, and that ail bespat c h possib.-
, will be used for her completio iin M,\ uex!
, [ Contracts are already in nrogr fur "these
, j cond one to replace the Cherok. e .
. | “Before next auium we sh.al! see two net
. j and superior ships on the re ate, ot a character
. j defy all competition. An object in veiling
I steamers was, to av- a ji Q f lhe rapu f pr , J
, ! gress that has been mn d« m the art of ship.
, | building, since the lir ir . was started, and beik
I af J rfesh with superior vessels, alter having
• | ct * business, ami found, from expenecct
, j was wanted. Without any d’spua*-
i j iLunl ‘O fbe Cherokee or Tennessee, whies
when they started, were the best and most sue
i | ce f ßfu ! afloat, no doubt the newve
i Se * s "'*** sr *B stronger, more durabV, an
, ; more convenient and comfortable to ymm
i H was, therefore, a great thing to bt
| ab e to seu the old ones at a profit, so &•* to b*
i J ao 0 t 0 re place them so advantageously to th
{ Company and to the public.
P ie new steamers will be about the siiec
i the Old ones but will have more steam c r ip;
I c,t y a sa loon on deck—lop-gallant fore-ca;
I -berths two tiers high—and other m n
I but important changes, Tne improvement!:
j the paddle alone will cost $1,500 in each ship
■ believe Capt. Lyon, so favorable known!
| travellers, will superintend the fitting up tb
| first ship and command her.” —Savannah Ges
. ! gian.
Melancholy Accident.- Mr. Holbe-rtW
born a respectable citizen of this countv,wa« a
cidenlally kiiled on Monday evening Ja.-t, b'
, a son of Mr. Henry Bowman’s at his mill, t»
I miles from place. Young li. was hold
ing a loade . gun w ith the muzzle towards u.r
i deceased, which went off, shooting Mr. h
; through the lungs, and killing him almofnr
i srantly. He was about 23 years old.—j
| cute Standard, Qth mst. ' I
married.
} hursday evening the 9 .ij v„_ bi tu«
• btLLiv«.R, all the citv of
M.?h the Rev. WilU» Me
m r ' U ILEr C - tT 7 KRv. of Hutu county
Wi t I vi ,ZA . BE ™ C. Moseldaughter ol K‘ v
Mul am Moseley, Dl Henderson county ■
Commercial.
ROME, Dec. 5. (lotion. —Owing to ihe *nce
juency of the weather hut liti.e coming u; m >
> 'old, finding an active demand at prices r>W
l. n ~ lron i to 9^ —advance on la.st week’s aiv
full Jc.
MONTGOMERY, I*e c . 3. SP. J’ j -
Our market since the a.rr va! of the* 3, J >a,b
been very active. wir. n arl upwar d *
e market bad set' t i e d down to 9| for 'W " - ,1,
mgs. (hi 1 ri(’ a y f xv c ■were put in pnjies.*inD
8 f V? e * .p.T 6 '* later, .'bowing a further adriste
ot Ju. 1 h,, imparted new vuor to our own
-aturday, u -e notice sales ot several lots at hV"
" ® * H, w’ quote middlings 9s, fair 104 c,
*fock on hand Ist Dec., 1848,15,444 bales
ORIFI IN. Dec. 6.— Cotton. —Since on 1 j
•ne there has been a farther advance of 5 of a
m our market. Sales brisk at the followin'
tations: Inferior, - aOrdinary , 84 a |
dbng and (>ood Middling, 9 a 94; Middling
» »r.9g a 9j; Fully • air, 9J cents.
SAVANN4H, IW 6 —Arrived, sebr Horni
1 adelford,fro-u t harleston.
Lid. stuaiMship Cherokee, Lyon, N. York; set
enrj, . Baker, McLaughlin, Havana
V ■ en L to steamship Cherokee, Lyon.
1 ork; Rr, ship Yeoman. Purdon, Liverpool; f-
Star Republic, Jamison, New York; «chrs. f
da. Corson, New York; Julia Eiizi, Higbce, P' l
delphia; Octjau, Parker, Baltimore; Avon, C.f !!
en, do,
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