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THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
BY GUIEU & THOMPSON.
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f From the .V; w York S lan, May 3.1
FIFTEEN DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
i The Great Western, which sailed from Bristol on
the loth ult., arrived at her bcrtii at 11 o’clock this
mornin-r,bringing copious files of London and Liv
erpool pagers to the 14th. The news furnished by
them will be found important.
Cotton is a shade lower, the poorer qualities hav
ing fallen oil id per lb. Tiie demand, however, was |
quite brisk, and the market animated.
The money market looks much bettor. Money !
was easy, and consols had advanced considerably'.
Orders have been issued by the British Govern
ment for making reprisals upon Chinese commerce.
Active preparations arc making for prosecuting the
war against China both bv sea and land.
Sir James Graham introduced in the House of
Commons a resolution censuring the ministry for
their conduct in reference to China. A warm party
debate occurred, which occupied the sitting for se
veral days, when a division was had, and the resolu
tion rejected by'a majority of ten. The result was
claimed as a great triumph by the friends of the Mel
bourne ministry. It will serve to keep them in
office a spell longer.
In the House of Commons on the 11th ult. a con
versation ensued on the subject of the late order in
Council, providing reprisals on Chinese vessel -'.
Sir Robert Peel suggested that, in case of cap
tures being made, the ships should for the present be
detained,and not forlbw itli adjudicated upon;and then
inquired if tho reprisals were to extend to all Chi
nese vessels, in whatever seas, they might be met
with ?
Lord Pahncrston answered this question in the
affirmative; and added that prices would be retain
ed tili it should be ascertained whether the Chinese
Government were disposed to make reparation.
To another inquiry by Sir Robert Peel,
Lord John Russell replied that, in the existing i
state of his information from China, lie should not
advise a Roy al message to the House on the sub- 1
J JCt ‘
On the i tli ult., in the Ilouae of Commons, Lord
John Russell varied his motion for the second read- ■
ing of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues bill, |
by which,amongst other tilings, some of the richer ;
sinccoures of cathedrals arc to bo abolished, and !
others reformed, and the money thus saved from the
rapacious cormorants of the Church is to ha appro
priated, not to any lay purposes, hut for the benefit
of the poorer clergy. The A rebbishops of Canter
bury and York, and the Bishop of Loudon, voted for
this measure.
On the same day the Bishop of Exeter brought
forward his motion respecting the Clergy Reserves
of Canada, and concluded by moving a resolution to
the effect of annulling the recent Act of the Cana
dian Legislature which interfered with these Cler
gy Reserves, and he carried his motion by a
maturity of 17—the division being 57 to 10,
The Duke of Wellington was again attacked by
a violent fit on the 14th, while riding through Drury
L ine, and w ould have f; Hen from his horse, but that
his servant and a sergeant of the police, who was
near, came to his assistance. They' carried, rather j
than assisted, the Duke to the nearest medical us- |
sistance.
I From the London Globe , April 13.]
MONEY MARKETS—-This Day.
City, twelve o’clock. —We have nothing later
from tho westward to-day, hut the British Queen
steamer is daily expected from New York. The
Mexican packet also is anxiously looked for, as she
is expected to bring a largo amount in specie.
We have scarcely ever known any season like the
present where there has been so little excitement or
speculation in commercial affairs; if it were not for
the partial interruption to the Chinese trade, we
should be quite at a loss fora subject to interest us
in any manner; and even on this .question tho more
sober class of persons seem to oppose the prevailing j
disposition of certain parties to take advantage of |
the circumstances favorable to an advance in tea,
which is therefore with difficulty supported.
However, the accounts of tiie national revenue
just published, show that the actual consumption of
merchandise has not fallen off, hut on the contrary',
that it is increasing, notwithstanding the apparent
dullness of trade, which proceeds in a great measure
from t lie absence of speculative sales and purchase,-.
In our export trade, also, there are slight indications
of increased activity during the last ten days, but
we fear nothing very flattering can ho expected on
this head for some months to come, so long as the
monetary difficulties in America continue, and in the
absence of demand tor articles suitable for the China
market.
The reduction in the value of Spanish bonds at
Paris has caused a re-action here, tho price lias re
coded about 5 percent, from the quotation of Satur
day', but there is little doing in them at present.
Portuguese Bonds are firmer, in anticipation of some
thing favorable being communicated by the Lisbon
mail, expected to-morrow. In other Stocks, both
foreign and domestic, there is nothing to notice.
The opening prices to-day were—Consols 01 to 91]
for money, anil 1)15 to 91] for the May'Account; New
81 per Cents, 994 to 991; Exchequer Bills are 23s to
25s prem.
London, April 14.—This being settling day m
the British markets, the brokers and jobbers are
busy in squaring their accounts against to-morrow,
which is pay day. 'The settling will go off very easy',
the extreme fluctuations having been only shout ]
per cent.
Consols opened at 91] Money; for the May Ac
count 91 - 2 ; Exchequer Bills 2 1 a25 premium; Bank
.Stock 1751.
Half past One.—The settling of the British
Account is going oil" well, and it turns out to lie a
Bear one, although we continue to the present hour
without any news or arrivals of consequence. The
British Funds have a linn appearance, and rather
improved since the early part of this morning. Con
sols have been done at 91] for Money, and 91] for the
2Gth May. Money' continues to be obtained at a low
rate of interest, both in the British and Foreign
Mar! tets.
The Lisbon Mail, and the British Queen steamer
are anxiously looked for by the merchants, both of
whom are expected to-morrow.
Consols at present are 91 - ] for the 23th of May,
and 94] far money; Exchequer Bills 212 G premium;
India Bonds, 4 premium; Bank stock, 175; India
stock 2491.
In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 28 2-2 5-3;
Deferred, 14]; Portuguese 3G to 36]; Three per Cents,
241; 3lcxican,2B; Dutch Two and-u-llalfper Cents.,
544; Five per Cents, 99| 100.
Closin g prices.—British Funds.—Bank Stock
175; 3 per Cent Red. 90]; 3 per Cent. Cons. 91]; 3]
per Cent Red. 98|; New 3] per Cent. 90]; New 5
per Cent. —; Long Annuities to expire Jan. 1860, 13-,
do. Oct. 1859,13]; do. Jan. 18G0.—; India Stock
249]; do. Bonds 4; do. Old Annuities —; do. New
Annuities 89]; Ex. Bills, £IOOO, 2d, 2G pm.; do.
£500,26 pm.; do. Small 2G pm., Dank Stock for
Acct.—; India Stock for Acct. —; Consols for Acct.
91].
Manchester Cotton Market. —Friday evc
nnig, Apt tl 10.—There has been a fair business doing
tins week m all kinds of light power and hand loom
cloth, but without any improvement in value. In
heavy .abnes, known as domestics, things have been
excessively dull, and prices now lovven The con-
v nC | ° V‘ C sta P\ e only favorable
feature in tuts department ot the trade. There has
been a large business doing hi Twist, especially in
60?, adapted fur the India market, which i some
cases has changed hands in favor of the Dinner.
The situation ot the calico hand loom waver is
painful to contemplate, 1 hese operatives up now
compelled to do work forOd, which in the chip and
prosperous year of 1336, tiny were paid I3R for.
On .Monday, 13th, 4,050 bags of cotton sold same
as the prices reported above.
INDIA AND CHINA.
The Prometheus steamboat, which left Acxan
idiia as late as the 22d ot .March, hrough udvi- S
j ces from Canton to the sth of January, fron Cal- ‘
I cuttu, to the 10th, and from Bombay to thcJOthof
i February. Lord Auckland arrived In Calcu-ta on
, the i 1 tli of February, and was actively ensrstredm
! forwarding and completing the preparations"against
j China. Tim expedition was to lie ready by the first
1 ul .May, and was to consi t of the following troops :
'File gist and 2 Ith regiments, with two regim-mts j
of Native Inl’antrv from Bengal, one regiment of the >
Line, four of Native Infantry, one regiment ot Ar- ‘
till tv, and one of Engineers from .Madras; and one j
regiment of the lin . from Ceylon, making > :l me |
| whole a force of about men, which was to lie j
j ready to proc >ed to its destination by the Ist Mai .
| That destination w..s supposed to be the Island of
| Formosa, hut it was the opinion of the best inform
| cd persons that the object of the Governor-*.General
I was rather to alarm than to subdue the Chinese,
: and to bring them to a proper sense of the value of
English commerce and friendly relations. The
whole armament was to be placed under the com
mand of Lieut. Gen. Sir it. Arhuthnot, while Gene- j
• rah Oglander and Walker would act under his or
; ders.
Nothing had occurred at Canton to render it pro- I
1 bable that commercial intercourse would he renew- !
: ed ; on the contrary, an attempt by Captain Elliot ■
to induce Commissioner Lin to allow the resump- j
j turn of legal traffic had been met by a positive refu 3
j sal, and a statement that the Emperor of China had
1 positively interdicted nil trade between his subjects
and the English, and had ordered that no British
1 goods should, upon any pretence, he admitted. Up
on this point Commissioner Lin had issued an w
: edict, prohibiting the conveyance and introduction
I of the produce and manufactures of the country in
j foreign vessels.
FRANCE.
The secret service appropriation bill still rested
iii the Chamber of Beers, wit re it encounters serious
opposition. The reports of the committee, it is sta
ted, would be hostile, but tiie bill was judged to he
Sillk*.
The motion r.f M. Remilly for excluding Depu
ties from nil offices, except from those of the card- •
, net, has passed ail the bureaux and was before the
j Chamber.
There seems to he a great difference of opinion
i between the Baris press and the Deputies on the
■ subject of Algiers. The former is anxious for glo
jry and conquest,.and will have nut only the coast
j hut the continent kept under French rule, “if it rc
j qaired 100,000 men and 100 millions.” The Dcpu-
I ties, however, who are to vote the money and pay
; for tiie glory, hesitate to make the sacrifice. Eight
I out of nine members of the committee thought the
| money demanded by Government too much; but
the fire of the press having since opened, the recal-
I citrants ot' the committee have succumbed, and re
j commended the grant unanimously. M. Thiers has
j acted very frankly on this subject, never disguising
f the enormity of the expense, and declaring that if
the French would have this “whistle,” they must
pay, and pay dearly for it.
The Toulon papers of the Ist and 2d nit. arc fill
ed with details of the occupation of Cherchcll and
the capture of Miserghem, and other operations
of the French army in Africa. The Arabs, it ap
pears, were displaying extraordinary activity, and
continued to harrass the French army, to interrupt
their communications, and to attack weak postsand
stragglers with extraordinary audacity. The prin
cipal fact mentioned is, the mutiny and desertion to
the enemy of a company of the foreign legion, chief-
Ily Spaniards. These miscreants butchered their
| captain (a Bole) in the most shocking manner, nm-
I tiluted his dead body, and then, to the number of 35
| or 10, pas si d i v r to the Arabs with their arms and
j baggage. Surprises, assassinations and devastations
continued to he committed by the Arabs. So late
ly as the 23d, three inhabitants of Donera were
butchered. Their heads and the cattle they were at
tending were carried off’. The troops were kept
constantly on the alert, yet were not able to prevent
| these horrible event:-.
[Front the Savannah Georgian.]
INDIANS IN FLORIDA.
MORE OUTRAGES, VTTENDED WITH BLOODSHED.
Wc learn from an officer,arrived here on Sunday,
j in the General Clinch, from Gurey’s Ferry, that on
1 the 27th or 23th nit., as Capt. Ruins, 7th Infantry,
j with 13 men, (all mounted) was returning from a
| scout, he and his party were fired upon near Fort
i Iving,'by a largo party of Indians, concealed in pal
mettos, near a hammock, and four of his men killed
and five wounded, Ccpt. Rains himself having been
severely wounded. Capt. R. and tiie survivors were
compelled to retreat before superior numbers.
Capt. it. rallied his men, and returned the fire,
killing three of the Indians, (who are supposed to
j have been sixty or seventy in number.) This new
outbreak is presumed to bo owing to the destruction,
by Major Loomis’ command, of some of the crops
of the savages, in the vicinity of Annuttalliga and
Humosassa, 130 acres of corn, four feet high, Having
been destroyed l>y the troops, as also some sweet
potatoes, partly ready for use, and a variety of other
vegetables.
Capt. Rains, previously to leaving the Fort, had
concealed in the hammock, a shell, covered with
blankets, which the Indians removed, and tlle shell
exploded, some of them, it is presumed lost their
I lives, as blood was seen about the spot by the troops.
| A volunteer, named Sanders, of Capt. Hinely’s
j company, was killed about the same time by ludi
j ans, about four miles from Newnansville, and ano
ther man wounded. These white men were alone.
On the same night, Stanley’s plantation, within
throe miles of Newnansville, was visited by ihe in
dians, and houses, with the crop of last year totally
destroyed.
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CJOSJNCI-I. CHAMBER,
April 18tli, 1840. 3
His Honor, the Mayor, appointed the following Stand
ing Committees for the present vear.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF COUNCIL,for IS4O-’4l.
On Accounts—Harper, IJishop, and Bones.
On Bridges—Warren, Harper, Parish, and Bishop.
On Streets—Parish, Flemming,Robertson, and Dunlap.
On Magazine—Crump,'Dunlap, and Flemming.
On Pumps and Wells—Bishop, Dunlap,and Flemming.
On Engines—Jackson, Warren, and Miller.
On Hospital—Bones, Id iller, and Jackson.
On Drains—Richards, Harper, and Robertson.
On Health—Robertson, Bones, Jackson, and Miller.
On Charity—Dunlap, Crump, and Flemming.
On City Hall—Miller, Jackson, and Richards.
O.i SouthCommons—Flemming, Parish,and Richards.
On River Bank and Wharf-—Bishop, Warren, and Har
; per.
On Police—Warren, Miller, and Jackson.
On Water Works—Harper, Bones, and Bishop.
On Jail—Crump, Dunlap, and Robertson.
Oa Market—Parish, Richards, and Flemming.
RECAPITULATION.
Harper—\ccounts. Bridges, Drains, River Bank and
Wharf, and Water Works.
W: trren—Bridges, Engines, Police, and River Bank
and Wharf
Parish—Streets, Bridges, Market, and South Commons.
Crump—Magazine, Charity, Jail, and Pumps and Wells.
Bishop—Pumps and Wells. Accounts, River Bank and
Wharf, Water Works, and Bridges.
Jackson —Engines, City Hall, Police, Heath, and Hos
pital.
Bones —Hospital, Accounts, Health,and Water-works
Richards —Drains, Markets, City Hall, and South Com
mons.
Robertson —Health, Streets, Drains, and Jail.
Dunlap—Charity, Magazine. Pumps and Wells, Jail,
and Streets.
Flemming—South Commons, Streets, Magazine, Char
ity, and Markets.
Miller—City Hall, Police, Hospital, Engines, and
Health.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk of Council.
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('i BIER’SGEORGIA ANDCAKOLIIVA
W ALMVNAC FOR 1840. —For sale bv the Groce or
Dozen, by THOMAS RICHARDS.
Saturday Ittorniug, May D, IhR).
C 27 = Tin Missouri Argus of April 29, informs us
that at tire land sales in lowa Territory, which ter
minated on the 4th ot April, at Burlington, the
amount received was $360,000, of which §300,000
were in specie. Thees sums were carried down by
the Receiver of the Public Moneys, and deposited in j
I the bank of Missouri,at St. Loai ', and placed to tire j
Treasucredit of the rer of the United States. The
Argus further remarks:
“A deposits, nearly equal in amount, it may be re
membered, was made by the same gentleman a year
• since, and smaller sums have been deposited by him
ht several times during the intervening period. The
; total receipts at Burlington since the opening ot the
| Land Office at that place, a year ago last October, |
) exceeds, we are informed, A MILLION OF DOE- ,
! LARS. More Van a half of this large amount has j
i been paid in specie, and about one hundred thousand (
j dollars of it ia gold! thus verify iug, to the letter, the ;
propheev of Col. Benton, so much sneered at by the i
federal partv. Gold has actually, it would scent, been ,
“flowing up the Mississippi;” and that in no small
quantities either. ... - ■
“At least tour-fifths, it is estimated, ot the funds ;
received at Burlington, have come from the settlers
of the country, who are actually occupying,or pre
paring to occupy their lands- Much of the specie,
j is known we are assured, to have been in the Terri
- tory for mouths, and in some instances, for two or
three years past, vigilantly" guarded by its holders
: until the period should arrive lor appi; ing it in pay -
i meat for their lands; and win! ? this has been tiie ease,
! a much larger proportion of the circulating medium
; in lowa, in ordinary and daily use, has been in spe
j cie, than in,perhaps, any other portion of the Union.
I The reason of this need hardly he mentioned. Bank
rags have not been invited into the Territory, and
encouraged to drive specie out.
D3 3 Wc subjoin the resolutions offered by ?da
jur John 11. Howard at a recent meeting at Colum
bus of the state rights party, which were sustained
by him and Col. Seaborn Jones, at groat length with
much force and eloquence. It must he.a pleasure
to all admirers of political virtue and independence,
( to find that political apo.-tacics and delinquencies, so
j unhlushingly manifested in our days, are met and
rebuked, and will he arrested, by the timely exer
tions of high-minded, patriotic, and independent citi
zens. When such men as Howard and Jones stand 1
I on the rampart of r. puhlicanism, to repel the assults j
• of modern whiggi.- in and old federalism, instead of
feeling apprehension for die result of the contest,
j every southern man—every friend to this country —
! must anticipate the most signal victory, and the
j down-fall of an opposition which is composed ofhe
j tcrogeuous and opposite elements. The meeting at
which loose resolutions were offered, was adjourned
to the Cth instant: we shall have in a day or two the
result of the proceedings.
To the following resolutions a preamble was pre
i fixed, which vve shall publish whan we receive the
j proceedings on the 6th instant:
Resolved, That our support of the candidates,
! should lie influenced wholly by comparing their
principles, and the principles of the parly ia support
of each, witii our principles and measures; and test
the correctness of their principles by the approxima
tion to, or departure from our own.
Resolved, Therefore, that as the people have ever
been, they are still opposed to the incorporation of
| a National Bank; believing it not only unconstitn
j tiannl, hut inexpedient, particularly destructive to
| Southern commerce ami dangerous to the liberty of
! the people of the whole Union,
j Resolved, That they cannot support the candi-
I date or the party" in favor of a National Bank, vvith
| out abandoning the principles of the State Rights
j party, and the best interest of tlicir country,
j Resolved, That they" cannot support the parly
j whose purpose, when in power, is to levy a tariff lor
I protection of domestic manufactures, to construct
internal improvements, and who yields to the right
'of petition upon the subject of domestic slavery, with
out surrendering every principle dear to the South.
Resolved, That they cannot support the parly,
which they believe will, if advanced to power, as
j some the public debts of all the States; thereby im
j posing upon tiie United States Government an euor
j mousand unjust burthen, which can be discharged
j only, by genera! taxation, or the more odious system
1 of a renewal of a high tniirf.
Resolved, That it is the avowed purpose of the
Whig party, to incorporate a National Bank and that
General Harrison is the candidate of the Wings.
Resolved , That the Whig party, with a few hon
orable exceptions, are composed of the old Federal
party of the United States; entertaining all their
views in relation to the unlimited power of Congress;
and supporting all the measures which have ever
; characterized that party; and that Clcn. Harrison is
j tiie candidate of that party.
Resolved, Therefore, that we cannot support Gem
' Harrison.
Resolved, That although we were in opposition
I to General Jackson’s administration, ami to all who
j approved it; yet, wc are able to distinguish between
I Republican and Federal principles, no matter from
vviint quarter they emanate.
Resolved, That the Independent Treasury sys
tem, was the old system of collecting and disbursing
the revfcnue, until the establishment of the Bank of
the United States.
Resolved, That Mr. Van Boren in recommending
the S&b-Trt usury,y ielded to the system which has
: ever been the choice of the Republicans, and that
I that system of collecting and disbursing the Public
: Revenue is best calculated to keep the revenue with
j in the actual necessities of the Government, and
i more exempt from the influence of Executive pat
! rouage, than any yet devised.
Resolved, That, although Mr. Van Boren has
recommended our system of dissolving the connex
ion between Government and Banks; still it should
not therefore alter our opinions of our own policy.
Resolved, That the pledge of the President to
veto any bill for the incorporation of a U. States
Bank, or to abolish slavery, even in the district of
Columbia, and the opposition in his .Messages, to in
ternal improvement, by the United States Govern
ment, and a tariff' for the protection of domestic
manufactures, places him as the antagonist candi
date of the Federal party ; and in that situation, be
ing the only" candidate in opposition to tiie measures
of the Federalists—he is entitled to our support.
Resolved , Therefore that in the contest between
Mr. V an Buren and Gen. Harrison, we are compell
ed to support tiie former or yield our principles as
a sacrifice to mere opposition .
Resolved, That as we would prefer Mr. Tyler for
Vice President, we would recommend the State
Rights Convention to nominate Electors for Van
Buren and Tyler. But iu the event the party should
nominate Gen. Harrison; we in preservation of our
principles, feel it our duty to declare to the party
generally, that we shall support the Electoral Tick
et already nominated for Mr. Van Buren.
POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA.
A post office has been established at Pittsburg,
Henry county.
The following postmasters have been appointed :
Pitt \V. liner, Pittsburg, Henry county.
Seaborn V> . Buck, Hebron, Washington county.
S. Tourtellott, Hawkinsville, Pulaski countv.
BANK OF TIIE STATE OF GEORGIA. /
At an election held at the Banking House of the
Bank of the State of Georgia, at Savannah, on the
4th inst., the following gentlemen were elected Di
rectors, on lire part of the individual Stockholders,
for the ensuing year;—F. Densler, Jos. W. Jackson,
John Balfour, John B. Gaudry, Horace Smith, Hen
ry. Roser.*
The Directors ou the part of the State are, Wm. i s
B. Bulloch, George Schley , M. H. McAllister, John i ti
Milieu. j -
The next day, at a meeting of the Board Wm. p
Bulloch was re-elected President. 1 (
* lu the place of Wm. Taylor, Esq. deceased. t
[from our correspondent.] N> ! 1
WASHINGTON, May 4. *
You will perceive ere this, that the appropriation
bill has passed the House of Representatives bv an
j almost unanimous vote. After several of the oppo- !
sition using every effort to detain its passage, thev '
i have thus, for the the third time, been compelled to j
give their unanimous support to that which has met '
with such extensive calumniation at their hands.
The bill was not passed until late Saturday evening,
i It will he taken up in the Senate to-day, and proba
bly passed, as the wants of tiie public creditors \re
1 said to ho pressing. The Representatives will not
I meet again until Thursday, and the upper House |
will adjourn over to Friday, after the bill mentioned
has passed.
| ...
1 will visit Baltimore to-morrow, ou which day
our Convention meets. During the last week, 1
have seen delegates from nearly every part of the
country, and have no cause to he dissatisfied with I
the correctness of my statements regarding the next !
V ice Presidency, although a desperate effort will be
made against the present incumbent, who has pre- j
pared a very excellent and patriotic letter to the j
members, in which he expresses his willingness to !
withdraw, should that course he thought expedient, i
A few, facts however, will show, that if a nomination ,
he made, (and the friends of the other candidates, i
save Col. Polk’s, arc i:i favor of one) Col. Johnson
must receive it from the number of delegates in his
favor. He now has New Hampshire,Pennsylvania,
Maryland, iveutucky, Ohio, Indiana, .Missouri and
Arkansas, a majority of the States represented,
pledged for him, or rather instructed. The course
of the New York delegation will he to gather pre- !
vailing opinions in order to secure strength to Mr.
Van Buren; hut a majority are known to he iu favor
of Col.J. Mr. Forsyth’s support will probably con- j
sist of Georgia, Rhode Island, Maine and \ ennout. i
| Col. Ring will oi tain the voles of Alabama, Loui- i
j siana, and perhaps New Jersey. North Carolina is i
divided, and the others are in the same situation, j
save those who have refused to send delegates, the 1
two principal {hr Col. Poik—Virginia and Massachu- 1
setts. Not more than 20 States will he represented.
There was a party at Mr. Gilpin’s on Saturday I
night, and this was about all that could he judged
of, as the result of our deliberations.
The contest for the Presidency will ho no closer I
from present appearances, than it was last vear. Iu
fact, if tiie opinions of old and tried men from the
| West are to he relied on, wc will gain ground iu that
I quarter. Gov. Shannon, of Ohio, is a visitor, just
j now, on public business, and ho expresses theopin
j ion that ail is safe even in that assumed stronghold |
:of Harrisouism. Whatever may he the result, the |
3 fall elections will he a death struggle to the Whigs,
| and no means -visible or invisible, will be left untried
!to keep up the vital spark of tlicir existence—if they
j lose it then, all will he lost to them. I tru.-t that
j Georgia will take the broad ground, as I perceive,
by your papers and letters received here, that the
Bank men havejoined in the hurrahing for Harrison. :
The grand question to fight upon, is, whether the
Banks or the people shall govern? and the sooner
the issue is made, the better.
During the past week, we have had a succession
of amusements —the principal being the .May Balls, I
i which were crowded to suffocation. Tiie array of j
beauty excelled any thing of the kind 1 ever saw—
the Queens were Miss Alary Blake Jones, and Miss !
3 Bradley. Some of your Harrison members seemed
very much attached to Loco Foco demoiselles—l j
| saw one doing the agreeable to tin daughter of a !
i distinguish .1 Missouri Senator, half the evening. ,
j Ou Thursday evening next, the American Baroness, j
3 Henrietta do Boilisco, gives her first party, and the ‘
■ Baron lias been persuaded to reduce his moustaches.
\ inconsequence.
| The sub-treasury hill is now the third on the cal- ■
I endar, and if our opponents wish to see whether it
i will he abandoned, they have only to permit flic rc- !
j maining appropriation bills to be passed immediato
i ly—a very easy matter, as they must pass in the j
j end.
The young gentlemen of the Whig party will !
probably have a row in Baltimore, as they were
3 fighting among themselves on their arrival. My I
next letter will probably be written from the mon- 3
urnental city.
WASHINGTON, May 5.
I write on my way to Baltimore, not having had
time to notice a letter of Air. Thompson, of South
Carolina, which 1 was favored with yesterday mom- i
i ing by a member of the House. Mr. T. does not
I deny the fart that he voted for the amendment of Air. 3
i Profit, giving an appropriation to the Cumberland :
Road.—With the explanations of the letter, I have, f
| nothing to do.—-T have never failed to furnish these I
1 things in any instance, when they were given to me *
and I need only refer to tiie numerous instances in
I which I have done the “fair thing” by the members
of your Delegation who have concluded to support
j Gen. Harrison. Insupportof this fact I have follow
ed your own course in that respect, and done justice
to all where there was an opportunity allowed me; i
and if the party 1 act with, were to desert the stand- ;
\ ard of truth in any instance, “my name ivuvld he i
Haines," as well as that of Governor Reynolds, of
Illinois, who used the quotation in the same man
ner last week in the House. Air. T. does not be
lieve that any colleague of his said what 1 had sta
ted.—ln answer, I state, it was a colleague, and I
believe, a relative—Col. fianqison 11. Butler, of
Richland District, South Carolina. I knew nothing
of tiie fact, until that respectable and distinguished,
though young member, told me of it. He has lately
been suffering under indisposition; hut having seen
Gen. McCoy, of North Carolina, who was present |
jat the time, 1 feel no hesitation iu re-statingit. Alore: i
I Judge Cooper, of Georgia, who saw tiie letter, has
| voluntarily told ms that Col. Butler’s statement
! (written by me) is wholly correct, viz: that Air.
Waddy Thompson, Jr. voted for an appropriation to
the Cumberland Road, on passing through the
tellers. lam glad—exceedingly glad, that he
states that vote to have been made under a mistake.
/ I perceive that some of your wiseacres in po--
/ ' litical affairs,have been attacking Gov. Lumpkin, for
presenting the resolutions of your Legislature re
lative to the conduct of Alaine, in the slave case.—
The “Recorder” in Milledgeville has, for a wonder,
supported him in the measure; and it is only aston
ishing to me, that any Rtate Rights man who bawls
loudly about the sovereignty of States should so
soon forget the recognizance of the doctrine of in-
'iruotion. Tue repr«ngiiUlivcs wh nts
tiicse resolutions, arc atnemil le to ! ,| ( -
—the Senators to the I.t'-rislaturo. *
so man, be lie m favor u
Consolidation
Von have seen Mr. V nf
to his constituents—one ot the he-
Vv ith such St
util ho <
1 hv 1 call for public nice
r pn.,.,.
« w nmu
-
11 is said it that Mr. \\ ooilhui
shortly , ami the Treason 1 Kquutim
to a (lisiinuuisho.i norths rn
J . I )i>!iolsoi;, of Tennessee, will
ter to Spam, in place oh Mr. Eaton,
1 he Senate on yesterday passed
tion Till Ironi tlie House
amendments ot an unimportant I
ed. 1 here \vas a bare quorum jnvseu^|
all in Baltimore just nmv. / ,
HOAR!) OF HEALTH.
i’.uaol aim airrivc-ililyto apiuuuuiiciit^^^H
W art! No, 1. Javk-.ui, MvK‘mi/,ic
Oliver. B',’,
"‘aril No. 2.—Messrs. Hones, Harris.*bin , % i.
W urd No. 3.—Messrs, Eve, Cohen, and F
VV ard No. 4.—. Messrs. Miller.H *all,and
11. 15. Beall, Esq., was called to the chair,
appointed secretary.
The « hn\ ii.ir stale.l the eh; ■, i of ih^^B
be to organize the hoard—mi ni.Uioii,
cit lir.nan an.) secretary a then --me into. a^Bßt
the ballots, Dr. i. I’. (.an in vv as ele, t
ami S. il. Oliver, Secretary ol'the Board. In
On inot'.on of Mr. Beall that a coinnilitee. ]
three appointed to draft sm It I
lations as may be accessary for rite }
Board, and report thereon at the eeM me.
aii.i I'oi.l, e.nd Mr. .1. J. Cohen, were appuiaii '
The Hoa.d then adjourned to Saturday , *
COMMERCIAL. hT® ■
IHTKS *
OATKS KKOM (
.1 ROt April 17.—Since
for Colton consumed good. vv tilt .-!•
still the sales ol'Cie week ending 7UI i n ■•I., \., ,
:m of ahont id- tlir aeeonut-^^H
in iaufarlannc dist, ie.> continuing more I
LIVERPOOL, v
The ad vie rcciev ed h y the <lre n Western i, H
.Macell from New 1 ork, unfavorable ||
titestate of p nil business is Hie I mini St
sanguine expectations can I." enlm l .in ol tar
IUI l.nln-tip. here and on (lie eimlnieiil iv. ei^^H
eoiisi.ierahie impulse by hove orders from \meHH|
inn -Il ihs.. j> point m -111 is e\p •rieileed in
The aeeoina- from onr in imifai lining districts
as yet to lie iiidilferent, nor do w e look for am h. i
prove,il"n t lor . ome I one in come; Ihe mom tar\ i
been too severe, and Hie e.mseipienees of Iw o |
grain crops have been too deeply felt, for the
immediately effaced. Bat the business of the
progressing steadily, ami if we should be favored
abundant harvest, the temieney ol'Hie % -ac v. ill
towards an improvement, slowly at present and
mere decided ils
What is now chiefly wauled is the re-estahli
eon lid cnee, widen is lint too much - link en, and ; ie
w hit’ll are appr.'headed to follow riie late
Tea, and the lame impoi tat i 'ns of grain, winch
re-commencing, are not calculated to fortify
The weather has been y cry favorable for the labors
Ii■'.d, uml the ('orn in irke - In■ in -nI h , ,d■
: l elide ne y I low nu a-; i a nl heal i- at oi'-
■ •d. per 1111 ai ter. at hull it wdl r-• 111:1 ■ u prob.dilv lor
weeks, and then lake an upward turn.
Hreat ‘xin tin:is have been ill nl" to old tin a total
ol the present Corn l.aws, but by asking too nun ii
hi v noth iny will lie obtained. (Inc A in-rican < 'll
(•oniiiieree sent a depntat ion to London wiili
i’ai liameiit for a inoditl" a! ion of Ine pre.-ent - v : ■
I tixed duty, wliieh w onld admit onr friends in the I
i States to a larger share in tho Corn trade, and place
j the same lime upon a s Her footimr, but we
i thine will lie done duriiiir this session.
The money market is at present easy, but it remains
s■nai live, and the foreign e\c!iaim r es do not get into
: ended favorable position. B^|
i’riun the alioy e tallies i* will lie observed that onr
phes ol ('((l'lViN' !i lieen hea\ y dnrinsr the last
j niolil !is; til ’ V wiuild h iv e been mm h Imav ier. but for a
tinuaiiee of easterly w inds. Th" d"liveries for i o.a-on^H
tion have been large, averntring 24,950 bags per
i against 20.500 I ags in 183:i and £ T2,6'dObags hi IK'S.
j slocks in tin; hands ol the trade have lieen increased
I not to a large extent, as they tire working freely and
simiiog probably between Si to vM.IMKI bags per we.'li.B
There w as a large business during the week
! 27th March; the sales reached do.OOO bags, viz; dO.hCU
American Cotton. 1,500 bags of which on speculation,
| lOOt) bags for export. Import 1(1.000 bags American, aH
■lOiK) lings snmirirs. Prices remained without change ll
, were tightening. Dm ing the sie:eeeding week 32,000 b- JB
were sold, viz ; 27,000 bags Ame-ienn. F|ieenlaloi >
• ■non bags American, exporters 2500 b ‘gs Aiiicrieaii,
l 1000 bags smulriee; ordinary to fair Ain-rican advancil
I ’d per lb. and the better qualities fetched very full prietfl
Import 40,000 bags American, and 7500 bags sundries. I
During the last week there has been less activity as til
trade wait for the expected further arrivals, which novß
that a change o< wind hasset in, a-e coining up. The low. I
qualities of \tiiericau Colton are freely ofl'ered at'd p.-r II
decline, wuiilst tlie belter descriptions are firmly held fn
very lull rates. '.V ehave never seen so large a propo; tion i
indifferent quality so early in the season; although no sab
have been made below 4Jd per lb. yet there is Cotton ii
t i“ market for w Inch 4 d per lb. would be taken,
r Brazil Cotton is very scarce; it lias advanced Id per lb
I and will continue to rule high, as it is understood that flu
import will be short. Egyptians have advanced Jd per lb,
during the la>t fliree weeks: they are held firnilv by the
orders of tlie I’acha. Jurats do not meet a ready sale; the
simply will not be heavy until the latter part ofthe year.
Ihe .)• iin lieiH r market has been active for Yarns; the:<;(
is a good demand from the north of tin: continent, and also
from India; the stocks are not heavy, but the prices obtain
ing are at most barely remunerating. For Goods there is
but an indifferent demand. The situation of the Spinners
is therefore but little improved.
LIVERPOOL, April 13.
P. S.—Saturday’s sales amount to 40(i() bags, to-dav’s (<►
about the same. Exporters' have taken 2000 bags chiefly
for Russia. The market is not active.
Extract of a letter received in this citv,
LIVERPOOL, April 14.
Sir,—By the “British Queen,” which sailed Ist ult., we
had the pleasure to wail upon you with a sketch of tint
operations in our Cotton market to the 29th February.—
We have now to call y our attention to the following table,
w iiich show s the amount ol business done during the suc
ceeding six weeks.
Import during tlm week ending fth March, 5,091; sales,
20,250; export, 1.320; speculation, 1,000; trade, 17,930-
moderate demand principally from the trade—prices
steady—Brazil rather higher.
Import during the week ending 13th M7rch.L--.73fi: sale-,
14,350: export, 530: speculation, 500; trade. 13,320 —mar-
ket in the same quiet state as last week—limited inquiry
from the trade—prices unaltered.
Importduringtheweek ending9othMarch,66,23o; sales,
20,170; export,i-50; speculation, 1,200; trade, 18,120 hea
vy import—market heavy—decline of £d. in better, :|d. in
middling American.
I mport during the weekending 27th March, 13,966; sales,
35,300; exjKirt, 1,500; speculation, 1,00 C; trade, 32,800 —
good enquiry, but prices of inferior American fd. lower,
Brazil and Egyptian i a .’d. higher, S.lsland J aid. higher.
Import duringthe week ending 3d April, 46,931; -ales,.
32,240; export, 4,400: speculation, 5,150; trade, 22,690 —
good demand—American Brazil and Egyptian id.
liigher; full prices for Sea Islands.
Import during the week ending 10th April, 28,131: sales,
27,670; export, 1,500; speculation, 2,000; trade, 24.170
moderate demand—inferior American id.lower, Brazil, id.
higher.
q’ o ta! —import, 179,078; sales, 149,980; export, 10,100;
speculation, 10,850; trade, 129,030 bales.
.Since the 10th iu~t. the demand has been steady—s.ooo
bales were sold on the Jlth—4,ooo on the 13th, and 3,000
to-dav, of which 2,000 are for export. Until the latter end