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[From the New York Evening Post ]
We have had before us for some time, a pamph
let Published in London, to parts of which we wish
to arnw-the attention of onr readers. It is the re
port of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce on
“The effects of the administration of the Bank of
England upon the commercial and manufacturing
interests of the country.” The writer of it is Mr.
Kir-hard Cobden of Manchester, a young man of fine
abilities, rapidly rising into political distinction, and
who has given a great deal of thought to investiga
tions of this nature. He shows clearly that the
management of the National Bank of England is
conducted altogether on selfish principles, or by pro
ducing suspensions and contractions of the currency
to suit its purposes; and in his uevelopement of its
disastrous action upon commerce, manufactures and
trade, has brought to light many instructive facts.
This pamphlet reviews the course pursued by the
Bank from the year 1835 to the present time, but is
particularly directed to a history of its agency in
bringing about what is known as the crisis of 1837.
For several yearsjprevious to the close of] 835, it ap
pears there had been in Great Britain a uniform
prosperity in all branches of business. At that time,
the Bank threw an unusually large amount of mo
ney into the market, and by the facilities furnished
to bill brokers and joint-stock banks, gave an exces
sive stimulus to trade. A rage tor speculations jm
mediately set in; schemes of vast extent but of an
impracticable kind were rapidly undertaken, pur
chases w ere many and brisk, and a general rise of pri
ces imparted an extraordinary activity to production.
In July of 1836, the Bank becoming embarrassed by
its too liberal policy, sought by raising the rata of
interest, to administer a check to the fearfully in
creasing business of the nation. But its interfer
ence had been too long deferred, as toe specula
ting mania, had seized a greater part of the com
mercial world. By the close of the year 1336, the
stock of Bullion in the Bank bed sunk to tour mil
lions, whilst its liabilities amounted to thirty mil
lions, which was more than twice the proportion,
that, according to its own statement made in 1832 to
the House of Commons, was necessary toits safety.
An immediate increase of its gold and silver then,
became a primary object. But a supply or specie
from abroad could only be procured by effecting a
reduction in the prices of commodities. 4be Bank
instantly set to work to accomplish that result. In
less than two months, the rate ot interest was ad
vanced from four to five percent. By this the fears
of prudent minds were excited that mischief was in
the wind, and ti e trading community upon w hom
flic slightest restrictive measures operate with elec
trical effect, suspecting some impending catastrophe,
wore seized with a blind eagerness to dispose of their
stock, and place themselves in a position secure
from the approaching danger. Before the summer
of 1837, the prices of all commodities, which in the
smallest degree have been made subjects of specu
lation,had receded to a point much lower than had
been known for many years. As the extent of the
depreciation of property, we quota the subjoined
statement from the report:
“Without attempting any thing like an accurate
estimate of the amount of the sacrifices incurred,
sufficient proof may be adduced to show the extent
of the pecuniary loss, and the still more serious na
ture of the moral mischief indicted on the manufac
turing and trading world.
“It may be estimated that in the manufacture of
cottons, woollens, silks, linens, and hardwares, ca
pital, fixed and floating h employed, amounting to
an hundred millions sterling.
“The rates of depreciation, caused by the late
panic upon all of those groat articles of production,
mav be gathered without difficulty, from the prices
current of the spring and summer of 1837. They
fell in price variously from 20 to 50 per cent,
‘To estimate the amount of loss upon these man
ufactures, they must also he followed into the hands
of wholesale and retail dealers, whoso losses upon
stock consequent upon the operations of the Bank
ofEngland on the currency, are incurred simultane
ously with those of the first producers. Scarcely
one of these escaped in 1837, without the sacrifice of
the whole of the ordinary profit bf the year’s trade
and many lost in the value of their stock the whole
of their capital also. In proof of the latter fact, it
may he stated 1,939 fiats in bankruptcy wore issued
iu 1837, the average of the four previous years
amounting to 1,266 only ; whilst a proportionate in
crease occurred in the number of private composi
tions.”
The report continues:
“At a moderate computation, from twenty to thir
ty millions of capital may bs estimated to be em
ployed by the wholesale and retail traders, engag
ed in the distribution of the five great manufactures
enumerated above.
“It has been shown how the policy of the Bank of
England affects the foreign trader, by compelling
him to import, at heavy sacrifices, the bullion re
quired to replenish its exhausted coffers.”
“Ofall our produce and manufactures consumed
in foreign countries, the greatest portion is sent
abroad by British capitalists. Nearly the whole of
our exports to India and China, at least seven eighths
of the amount shipped to South America, and a
third of the exports to the continent of Europe, with
the whole of our colonial trade, are forwarded by
British merchants. From thirty to forty millions of
British capital is probably employed iu the foreign
commerce of the country.”
The amounts of British capital thus enumerated
are aa follows:
“Employed in the production of the five great arti
cles of cotton, woollen, silk, linen and
hardware, 100,000,0007
“In the wholesale and retail distribution
of ditto, 25,000,000
“In the whole of the foreign commerce of
tho country. 35,000,000
160,000,000/
Lowest estimate of loss thereon 25 per ct. 40,000,000/
(Equal to near two hundred millions of dollars.”)
The report goes on: “without embracing the pro
minent branches of our domestic manufactures, in
cluding that trade in a thousand articles of daily con
sumption, and omitting the traffic in agricultural
productions, all of which were more or less affected
ny the revulsion of prices; reference has here been
made to a capital of one hundred and sixty millions,
upon which we may trace a tangible loss, varying
from 20 to 59 percent, bv the forced depreciation of
value in 1837.
“This sacrifice of forty millions, at the least, and
which constitutes a fraction only of the losses sim-
sustained by the entire commercial
world, was incurred in order that the Bank of Eng
land might regain possession of six or seven millions
ot specie, which it had previously' forced out of the
country bv the undue expansion of the currency.”
But the effects of this stagnation of business, not
stopping with the commercial classes, were tar more
severe upon manufacturers and workingmen. As
the exports of 1837 compared with those of former
years, had diminished more than ten millions of
pounds sterling, and were followed bv a correspond
ing curtailment of the home trade and censation of
the demand for labor, large bodies of workmen were
suddenly stripped of employment, and cast upon
their ow n scanty means for support. Statistics *ars
collected by the w riter before us, showing the extent
of the misery which was thus The first
resort of workmen, in times of distress, is to the pit
piaceef*. gathered from a lif? of toil, in the banks for
: savings. Accordingly, it was found that in all the ;
; manufacturing districts, the sums drawn from the i
| Savings’ Banks since the crisis, greatly exceeded j
the sums deposited with them during a long course :
otyears. V* hen these reserved funds are exhausted,
j destitute workmen mast next apply for relief to the ’
• parochial poor fund, and it appears from the repoit
1 | of the Poor Law Commissioners for that year, that
j they were wholly unable to comply with the frequent
! i and distressing demands mad? upon their assistance.
■ ; Though they had extended their charities, and en
-1 larged their accommodations, they sought in vain to j
- ; relieve the wants of the thousands of unemployed 1
• I operatives who solicited their aid. At the same time, |
• charitable societies of every description found the J
• demands of destitute families increasing upon them j
j beyond their ability to respond. Large subscriptions, ;
- | made by the rich i.i different parts, were soon ex- |
haiisted, and every scheme devised to relieve for a j
1 time the spreading poverty, seemed to fail.
j “Iu Birmingham large subscriptions were raised ;
. 1 to relieve the distress of the almost unprecedented j
j numbers ot' unemployed work people. Sheffield j
■ I was divided into districts and upwards of fifteen !
j thou°and persons were at one time supported by j
' | charity. The committee of the distress fund stated, j
j in a public appeal, that in hundreds of families child- 1
i ren were cry ing for food to parents unable to give it;
i and in others, sickness, arising from the want of the
j necessaries of life, threatens, without a speedy re-
I lief, to bring tiie sufferings of the wretched individuals
| to a close. The eighth annual report of the Liver-
I p«<o! Visaing Society for the year 1830, states that
j during the four proceeding years, the average mun
j her ol cases relieved by the hoard was two thousand
eight hundred and ninety two, at a co«t in provisions
of 557/ 4s lid; whereas during the lastyear the num
ber was Pina thousand nine hundred and two, at the i
cost of 1.338/ Is 2d; and by a table of the number of ;
inmates of the Liverpool Asylum for the houseless 1
poor, it has been found that fifteen thousand seven I
hundred and eighty one wore admitted in 1837, whilst |
I the highest number admitted in any one of the three j
preceding years, amounted only to ten thousand five
| hundred and fifty-nine.”
It appears, also, that:
“Scotland w as the first, as usual, to feel the effects |
j of a pecuniary crisis.
j “A public meeting was held in Glasgow on the ]
19th of May, 1837, to raise a subscription for tho re
lief of tho distress of the working classes. Upwards
of eight thousand pounds was placed at the disposal
of the committee. At one time about eighteen thou
sand five hundred persons were fed from the soup
‘j kitchen, of whom upwards of three thousand eight
hundred were grow n persons. Large bodies of la
borers were at the same sime thrown out of employ
ment, ami rendered destitute in Dundee and other
large towns in Scotland. In Paisley, a public meet
ing was held on the 11th of April, 1837, to raise a
subscription, ami in June it was calculated that
twenty thousand persons were unemployed, and at
Strath? ven and other towns and villages in the west
of Scotland, destitution and disease prevailed to an
al inning degree.”
Whicn was true of Ireland, as the returns of be
nevolent societies and public institutions indicated
Hospital and prison statistics proved at the same
time that there had been an alarming increase of dis
ease and crime—diseases of the most fatal character,
and crimes of the most tearful kind.
Now, all this dreadful suffering was brought upon
the nation that a monstrous hank might recall a re
quisite amount of specie to its vaults. Most truly
does the report observe that such a power over the
! property, and, as has been seen, the health, morals,
and very lives, of the community, should be vested
on the hands of twenty-six irresponsible individuals,
f tr the exclusive benefit of a body ofbnnk proprietors,
must be regarded ns one of the most singular anamo-
Irsof the present day. That the secret nets of
these individuals, veiled, as they are, even from the
eyes of their own constituents, should decide the ‘or
tnnes of capitalists, and the fate of artizans; that
upon the error or wisdom of their judgement should
depend the happiness or misery of millions; and that
against the most capricious exercise of this power
there should be neither appeal nor remedy—that
such a state of things should ho allowed to exist,
must be regarded as a reproach to the intelligence of
the age. and as totally irreconcilable with every prin
' ciple of public justice.
Tuesday .Horuiag, Jtay .5, I b-W.
j CL? *Th? result oflh? election in Virginia,for the state
j legislatnrure, is not so favorable as we could have
wished itto be. But considering all the means em
ployed by the whigs to bring about such a result, we
are surprised that it not worse. The fact is, the state
was inundated with pamphlets and handbills, writ- i
ten purposely to lead the unwary astray,by misrep
resenting facts, and falsifying public documents. Not
content with resorting to such disgraceful means to
bias public opinion, the principal leaders of the op
position, with the distinguished VV. C. Rives at their
head, visited many of the counties of the state to de
liver speeches, in which any thing but a fair and hon
est expression of opinion upon the great topics of
the day was exhibited. Our friends in that state re
lied more upon the justness and goodness of their
cause for the votes of the people: but they have
momentarily failed. There is no doubt that at the
, next election in that state, an independent and high I
. . 1
minded people, will distinguish between their true I
j friends and those who are ambitious only of power. ;
j and of perpetrating in their own hands an absolute |
j sway over the country.
• j I
OCTVv e publish in this day s paper the proceed- |
ings of a meeting held on Saturday evening last, by !
| the friends of the re-election of Mr. Van Buren, in !
opposition to General William H. Harrison. The ■
I meeting was the largest held in this city, combining j
j much of the yomanry of the county, and the indus- :
; trious substance of the city. It is with pleasure wc
j have to record that the meeting was visited bv a few
our citizens friendly to the election of General Har
-1 risen. We say with pleasure, because they will
bear witness with us, of the harmony and enthusiasm,
which prevailed among those which constituted this
large assemblage of citizens, and of the absence of :
angry feeling towards those of our follow citizens i
’ \ who unfortunately differ from us on the principal i
1 topics of the day, and on the choice of a chief magis- 1
j trnte of the union. From the organization to the !
adjournment of the meeting, nothing occurred to i
mar the pleasure which every one present felt, at
the harmony that was exhibited, and at the resolu
tion every one seemed to entertain, to carry out the
object of the meeting. Indeed it was a pleasure to
us to find associated together on the occasion, men
' who, firm and unwavering republicans, were estran
ged by former divisions, but now entirely forgotten.
At this meeting all former opposition were not per
mitted to enter the sittinghall, and all present strove,
with patriotic zeal, to give to the proceedings that
importance which cannot fail to be attached to it, by
our fellow citizens of other counties, for the number
the respectability and the known devotion to south
ern interests and institutions, of those who called
and were present at the meeting.
General Glascock’s address was eloquent and im
passioned; he placed before his hearers in strong
, language, the great objects to be attained by the re
election of Mr. Van Buren; the evil consequences
. to the south, should General Harrison be elected;
1 and the danger in which the union would be placed
bv raising to power a party which npver felt any
' regard for the south, and which would strive to par
r alyte southern industry, destroy southern institu*
! lions, and reduce every southern stale to colonial
vassalage.
Mr. Wigfall, of South Carolina, present at the
meeting, was called upon to address his fellow-citi
zens of the Georgia side of the Savannah. He ac
cepted the invitation, and with much eloquence,
■ gave his views at large upon the great topics of the
j day. We heard this gentleman with great pleasure,
and the more so, because at one time we were act
-1 ing with a partv which opposed the doctrine oi that
: party to which Mr. Wigfall then belonged, and which
| we believed could not he sanctioned by the pririci
j pies of the great republican party to which he as
■ well as ourselves claimed to belong. Mr. \V . allu
ded to those differences, in a conciliating and forci
: hie manner; he eloquently portrayed the objects the
party lie then belonged to w’ished to attain; and in a
masterly conclusion, he exhibited the necessity ol
; oblivion of all past divisions, in order to create a
j close union between all the members of the repub
! lican family, which cannot fail to save the country
and prevent the high destinies of the South from
falling into the hands of those who would sacrifice
all, at the shrine of power, official distinction and
emolument. The address of Mr. Wigfall must have
! a happy effect. It must show to the state rights
men of onr own state, the necessity of rallying the
members of the republican party, for the purpose
of forming hut one solid phalanx. Indeed patriot
ism must he aroused; all former divisions must he
: obliterated ; and the republican party of the soutl
| must, with its concentrated strength, present to the
! people of the whole union, the principles and the
! policy they wish the federal government to follow
! they must present themselves with the federal con
stitution in one hand, and the doctrines of 1793 am
’99 in the other, and declare that these are their guide
| and that to no other will they submit; and they rans l
i also declare, that they cannot give their support foi
j the public offices of the country, to no other citi
zens but those w ho arepledgcd to take as their guide
the federal constitution and the political doctrines
of 1793 and ’99. The question of re-electing Mr.
Van Buren, besides the great interests of the conn
fry which will he promoted thereby, has effected at
object of lasting benefit to the south. It has re-uni
ted the democratic party, and led all that have claim?
to be members of it, to act together for the common
good ; and Mr. Wigfall may rest assured that the re
publicans of Georgia will not forget his patriotism
and the motives which led him to urge with such
eloquence and force the necessity of union among
ns, in order to accomplish, by a common cause, the
great objects for which the south iscontending.
Mr. George Schley addressed the meeting also in
a few remarks, with much force and effect, which
evinced a determination to act in such manner as
the crisis required.
A resolution was adopted at the inerting, for a
general celebration of the 4th of July at Milledge
: viile. We approve greatly of this plan. At this
celebration, where citizens from every section
of the state, will he congregated, our congressional
ticket may be so altered as circumstances may re
quire; for we have understood that several of the
citizens upon that ticket have expressed a desire to
decline the nomination. On the 4th of July a con
gressional ticket may he so arranged ns to be accept
able to the democratic party of the State, and to re
ceive an undivided support.
CGr It is with pleasure we find that the publica
tion of “The Emigrant and Old Countryman,” has
been resumed in New York, with new and beautiful
materials. This is a large weekly paper, entirely
devoted to intelligence from Great Britain and Ire
land, and to all the news from Europe and other
quarters of the world. This paper deserves the sup
port of all those who take interest in what is pass
ing in the “old country.”
THE LADIES’ COMPANION.
We have received six numbers of The Ladies’
j Companion, a monthly magazine, published in New
j York, by Mr. W. W. Snowden. This periodical is
embellished with engravings, music,embroidery and
the fashions. The terms are three dollars per annum.
It is neatly and elegantly printed, and the contents
selected with great care and much taste, and all ori
ginal. We have read several of the articles, and
can say with truth, that we were exceedingly pleased
with them. Many of the pieces exhibit literary ac
quirements of a high order, with ability and genius.
We would recommend the periodical to our friends,
Among the contributors we find names of high repu
tation in our country, such a? Mrs. Lydia H. Sigour
ney, Mrs. Frances S. Osgood, Professor Ingraham,
Mr. Park Benjamin, and Mr. John Neal. The num
| hers of the work can he seen at this office.
POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA.
! A post office has been established at Coopersville,
I Cass county.
The name of Shivers’ ?,Tills, a post office in War
j ren county, has been changed to Mayfield.
The following postmasters have been appointed:
■ A. B. Barker, Newbridge,Lumpkin county.
Win. Harris, Mayfield, Warren county.
J. L. Gresham, Social Circle, Walton county.
T. J. Walford, Coopersville, Cass county.
E. S. Candler, \ ilia Rica, Carroll countv.
The Fredericksburg Arena says that the storm oi
| thunder, lightning, wind, hail and rain, experienced
| there on the 25th ult- was the most violent evci
known there. The rain fell in torrents, resembling
| the outpouring ofa water spoilt, and tearing the stir
j face of the land into enormous gullies.
! The Havre-de-Grace Advocate says that the Shad
! and Herring fisheries in that vicinity are yielding
large supplies.
The Annual Conference of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, recently held in Philadelphia, refused
by a nearly unanimous vote to petition the General
Conference to make a change in the rules regulatin' l
slavery.
Resumption of Navigation on the Lakes. —The
steamboat Chesapeake, of the Clinton line, arrived in
Biulalo, on tue 24th inst. The navigation is now
free.
The city ofLondon is supplied by 18 Gas works,
—They consume 118,000 tons of coal annually,
The consumption has doubled within the last two
periods of tenyears.
A letter from Camden, received in Charleston on
Saturday last, states that the steamer Camden, Capt
Donald, on her trip from that place, snagged about
twelve miles below 1 Camden, on Thursday last, 3fith
ult. It is thought she will not be raised. She had
on hoard 230 hales Cotton, 30 bales yarn end 8 hales
Cotton Osnaburgs. A portion of her cargo is in
sured.
1 PUBLIC MEETING. t
In pursuance of previous notice, a very large and t
; respectable meeting of the citizens of Richmond t
- county, friendly to the present administration, and
- opposed to William H. Harrison for the presidency,
, assembled at the Masonic Hall in this city, on the £
2 evening of the 2d inst.
■, The meeting was organized by calling JOHN «
- PH INIZY ,Esq. to the Chair, and appointing James
i ! T. Gray, Willaim R. McLaws, and A. G. Willis,
It j secretaries.
i- i Gen. Titos. Glascock moved for the appointment
3 i of a committee of five by the Chair, to draft resolu
.- j tionsfor the consideration and adoption of the meet- i
i- ' ing:—Whereupon the Chair appointed the follow- |
e ing gentlemen that Committee —Gen. Thos. Glas
a cock, John Bones, Janies McLaws, George Schley, |
if and Gen. V. Walker.
a The Committee having retired for a short time, ;
; returned with the following preamble and resolutions 1
v I which, after being supported in a very spirited and |
„ | eloquent manner hv Gen. Titos. Glascock, George
e | Schley,Esqr., ami Col. S. T. Wigfall, were unani- j
t j mously adopted.
e The Committee appointed to prepare and report |
g Resolutions for the consideration of this meeting, i
e REPORT,
e That they have found no difficulty in executing their
t . task; they find all here Union men — all States Rights j
e men—all southern men in principle and feeling. !
j, It is now fully ascertained that in the choice of our I
e next Chief Magistrate, the country will he confined |
e in its selection to MARTIN VAN BUREN, fhepre- ;
- sent incumbent, and Gen. WILLIAM H. HARRI- j
j SON, of Ohio. In such a contest, and particularly ;
( | | at such a crisis in our affairs, your Committee do
| not hesitate a moment in recommending to yourpre
; ference MARTIN VAN BUREN,ofNew Vofk, the
»r i present Chief Magistrate of onr country, and he
i- I liove that he should he the choice of every southern j
e i man, and every citizen throughout llieUnion, who is j
s • for the maintenance of the Federal Constitution in j
-. j its purity, for the rights of the states and especially '
i- i for the sacred observance of theCoinpronti.se, under ,
n | which alone the southern states joined the Compact, ,
j. a compromise, which was not more essential to the j
s formation of the Union at first, than its non-obser- |
n vnnee, in regard to the domestic institutions of the |
.. south, would be fatal to its longer continuance. It j
cannot be longer doubted, that if Mr. Van Buren is •
], re-elected, he will be generally indebted for that rc- I
t r suit to the concentrated votes of the Republicans i
c of tiic Union, who, forgetting their former divi- |
sions upon matters which may never recur to es- i
ii trange the members of the same family, generally, ;
h : and with patriotic zeal, have come forward to wrest
s their country’s destiny from men who w ould only j
drive the vessel of state into channels from whose i
a shoals and quicksands the republican party have so i
-- long struggle dto save her, and whoso political coin- '
s pass, would direct them on a course directly op- 1
n j posed to the great principles of government, which |
-i! Mr. Van Buren is solemnly pledged to sustain in j
.. 1 practice. Under such circumstances the committee j
e I cannot believe that the southern section of the Union i
n | will for a moment doubt, as to the choice it becomes !
. i its interest and policy to make.
. | The vital interests of our section, the permanency ■
. j of the Union, an impartial administration of the Fed- !
j oral Government, the Lest interests of our beloved ;
| country, all require at onr hands the support of |
i Martin Van Buron. In pursuing this course wewill ■
■ | he cheered hv our Republican brethren of the i
|( * *
‘ | North and West, who at all times, at periods ofalarm j
• ' ' and danger, have rn-united with us, heart and sonh |
■j to rescue the country and the government from the i
r ! hands of Federalism and the base vassalage ofa |
j monied aristocracy. They now unite with us in ,
resisting tits dangerous combined influence of North- \
ern Whigs, and their infamous co-adjutors, the Abo- j
litionist*. Your committee desire the facts to he |
,> prominent, that to the manoeuvres of the abolitionists, I
v principally, was the nomination of Gen. Harrison
s owing, and that, therefore they considered him the 1
f j most likely to answer their designs on the domestic ;
. institutions of the South, In accordance with these i
»• #
a views, your committee bog leave to recommend the j
I following resolutions :
I Resolved, That we give our support to Martin
j Van Buren : because,
Ist. Ho has given a pledge to veto any Bill to a
bolish slavery in the District of Columbia.
2ndlv. He. and his friends generally, unite with
us against the introduction of Abolition principles
and petitions.
i 3rdly. He and his friends have sustained the poli
’ j cy of Georgia in all her Indian difficulties,
i Resolved, That we can in no event support Wm, *
I Henry Harrison for the Presidency : because, I
i Ist. He has never given, and refuses to gwe any ■ !
i pledge to Veto any Bill for the Abolition of slavery
’ i in the District of Columbia.
2ndly. He is indebted for his nomination to the 1
| combined influence of the Federalists and Aboli- j
! tionists of the North, whose feelings and interests I '
i are at war with the great principles of tits Federal *
| compact, the rights of the South, and its domestic ‘
' institutions. , '
i 3rdly. He voted to sell white persons into slavery, 1
i who were unable to pay the fines and costs imposed ;
| by a Court of Justice.—And
if: 4thly. Because we believe him wholly disqitalifi- ; !
d ed ami incapacitated to preside as their Chief Ma- j
r gistrate. over tbs American people. ; *
g Resolved, That although willing to yield to the 1
•- general wish, the expression of which may he given I
j by the approaching National Convention at Baiti- i
more, we would be highly gratified to see admitted,
d the claims to the Vice Presidency of our distinguish
-5 ed fellow citizen John Forsyth, as the just reward
■ of his past Republican career, and as evidence of j
1 the full confidence with which the nation trusts in j
’ his talents for future services.
“ | Genl. Glascock offered the following resolution : (
i Resolved, That such of our fellow-citizens
a | throughout the State, as can make it convenient, : ?
I and are friendly to the present administration, and (
opposed to William H. Harrison for the Presidency, i
; be requested to meet at Milledgeville on the 4th of
July next, for the purpose of uniting in such ar
rangements as may be calculated to insure success
and maintain the great interest ol the South.
, Mr. James McLaws offered the following resolu
r> tion.
0 Resolved, That a copy of the proceedings of this
meeting be forwarded to our Republican Delegation
at the Baltimore Convention, with a request that
n they use their influence in procuring the nomination
t- of our fellow-citizen the Hon, Jolin Forsyth, for
t the Vice Presidency.
1 On motion of Genl. Glascock, (
fl Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting I
s be signed by the Chairman and Secretaries, and a
- copy furnished to the editors of the Constitutional- j
ist for publication; and that all papers throughouj i
the State friendly to the present administration and
opposed to William H. Harrison for the Presidency,
be requested to publish them.
All of which passed unanimously.
On motion of John Bones, Esq., the meeting then
adjourned.
JOHN PHINIZY, Chairman.
Jas. T. Gray, A
VVm. R. McLaws, > Socrriariaa.
A. G. Willis, )
It is estimated tliut 50,000 emigrants will reach
America from Europe, this year. 6,000 Irispmen
will embark from Limerick, in May.
TheJevs . —A Hamburg paper, the Dorpxeitunp,
says “the Jews of Constantinople have, with their
j ILibbi, declared that they will wait no longer tharv
I another year for the Messiah.—ls, within that time r
I he (,OC!< not appear, they will conclude that he has
j alread - v ™ me , Bnd then they will try and discover by
| what religion he is already recognized. The Rnbbr
; is entirely ol this opinion, and has even proposed to
his congregation to profess Christianity forthwith.”
[from oik correspondent.]
WASHINGTON, 28 April.
I closed my last letter at 9 o’clock this morning
leaving the House in glorious confusion, and the de
cision of the question under consideration verv un
co tain. I take up my “grey goose qvjll” now at 2
o’clock, to record for the benefit of the people tha
course of their Federal servants; and I do it more in
sorrow than in anger, inasmuch as the course of tho
latter is as jar from doing honor to themselves ns it
is to their country. Every petty quibble is resorted
: to by those who arrogate to themselves extra prin
| triples of honor, in order lo do—what? Certainly
' not to increase their reputation with those who are
i looked up to as guardians of public morals or po
i lilical purity ? No! It is a mean pursuit of popu
! larity, or notoriety rather, which has for its object,
ami only attains, an evanescent squib from partisan
speakers or writers, digraceful alike to the donor
ami receiver. Scenes from these causes have be
come so frequent among tiiosc who are supposed t »
! be representatives of the people, that u record of them
very often leads to their repetition, just as a popular
| writer describes public executions, to be one of the
| greatest provocations of crime. Ido not agree with
i this whole proposition, for I bcli *ve that if the pres- '
I out House had followed the example of the IVnnsvi
| vania Legislature, in expelling the first individual
| who dare to insult our country ,by disgracing tho
Hall with either a fisticuff nr personal rencontre
of words, we should have had no more of them. As
the matter now stands, however, reporters onlvhave
been blamed—while they have merely been engaged
in describing the disgraceful scenes of those who
assume to he, without foundation, tha acme nfgentil
ty, in contradistinction to us who write of their acts.
We have had laughter, drowsiness, personalities,
and the usual characteristics of noisy bacchanalian*
during the session, and last night and this morning
followed in the sun: train. The slang of party was
put forth in all its bitterness by our opponents during
a sitting of twenty four hours, which was ended hv
nothing being done. Your delegation were g n -ral
ly at their posts, and those that were not, came hack
in custody of the Scrgennt-at-arms, and were con
demned to pay their dues for absence. The princi
pal topic under conversation was a proposition to
increase tiie salary ofthe Commissioner of Pension*),
from §2,500 as reported in the appropriation hill, to
£B,OOO. As this person was found out to be a whig,
and had his salary reduced hv the whigs, (not being
aware of bis poliiics.) his good natnred fri nds wish
ed to restore to him his old salary on the nroaent oc
casion. Mr. Black, of Georgia,opposed (bison the
ground stated, in a sharp debate with Mr. Briggs, of
Massachusetts. Exception was taken to Mr. Black’s
remark* hv a S. C. member, and “confusion con
founded” followed. Mr. Black acquitted himself
very handsomely iu this affair, though there are ve
ry little laurels to he gained in such things general!}-.
With ti ie exception of the chairman of the Com
mittee of Wavs and Means, no Democrat detained
the House with orations; the principal speakers
were Ohio or New York abolitionists. The rest ac
ted tolerably decent during the morning—that is the
usual gentlemanly portion of them. Wo had all
the customary buffoonery of the actors, however, du
ring both night and morning.
The appropriation for the Pension Agent was fi
nally struck from the hill, on motion of Mr. Johnson
of Maryland, a gentlemanly whig, with the intent of
providing for him in a separata bill. The next do
zen sections were passed very smoothly, until we
arrived at something relating to clerks in tho Topo
graphical Bureau, when Mr. Rice Garland objected,
and Mr. Jones was, as usual, ready with all necesn
ry explanations.
After Mr. Garland was satisfied, we linn up Mr.
Graves, of Kentucky, and some of his colleagues.—
7'lien followed a few other random shots from tho
rank and file of tho party, on small matters, such as
Clerk hire, <fcc. Notwithstanding this, however, wa
succeeded in getting through with about tw o-thirds f
of the bill by 7 o’clock, when, after a continuous sit
ting of thirty one hours, the House adjourned. In
all probability, the bill will pass this morning (29th)
as the whig choler is almost exhausted in its own
smoke. r
The Senate are waiting upon the House, amusing •
themselves ad interim with passing whatever ori- |
vate bills may be thrown in their wav.
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL. \
Council Chamber, }
May 2d, 1840.}
Saturday, 11 o’clock.
Present, Hon. D. Hook, Mayor, Aldermen Harper,.
Rones, Miller, Crump, Fleming, Jackson, Warren, v
Parish, Richards.
The minutes ofthe last meeting were rend and-,
confirmed. i
The following cases from the Police Docket were 1
then called and fried: *
City Council versus —
Thomas Lallan, violating ]Bth sec., guilty,,
fined $5,00. ’ j.
Morgan Sweeney, do do do
fined $5,00. ’ „
W. R. Tant, do do dis®- ~
missed, the case being carried up to Sup..Cou rlj
W. R. Tant, violating 18th section, guiltrd,
fined SIO,OO.
do do do do
fined SIO,OO. -
do do do do
fined SIO,OO. »-
The petition of A. Reed, with the accompanying
communications, were read, end, on motion, thi
praver of the Petitioner was refused. id
The Committee to whom was referred the mem *l*
rial of C. J. Jenkins, in behalf of himself and uthe#-
heirs and distributees of Seaborn Jones, deceafe*
reported unfavorably to the Memorialist.