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r From the Journal of Commerce of Kept. 17. ]
ARRIVAL OF THE BKiTISTJ tJVEEy.
SIXTEEN DAYS LATER FROM K’JROPE.
A little beforel2 o’clock last night, we received,
by the Steamer British Queen, Captain Roberts,
London papers to the Ist inst. inclusive.
She reports 14 days and 13 hours from the Needles
to Sandy Hook. About ICO passengers.
The most important news which site brings, is the
rejection of the ultimatum of the Four Powers,
(England, Russia, Prussia and Austria,) by Mehe
mit Alt’, the Egyptian Sovereign. This intelligence
is contained in a Postscript in the London Times of
the Ist inst. The question was thus rendered more
complicated than ever. It was, however, generally
supposed that in some way or other solution of it
would be brought about, consistently with the peace
of Europe. At the same time there were serious
apprehensions lest an unfortunate turn of affairs I
might lead to a contrary result.
The weathercontinued favorable to the harvest, al- ;
though there had been occasional rains. About an (
average crop was anticipated. W heat and flour
were tending downwards in price. Cotton was -d
lowerthanat the date of our previous advices. In
the manufacturing districts there was a good degree
of activity, most ot the mills being in full opera
tion.
Thcre-were two fires in London on the 27th An- |
gust, which together destroyed property to the. a
mount 0f£70,000. One destroyed the warehouses
on Hore’s wharf; the other, the steam saw mills of
Mr. Frea. On the 25th, Mr. Thorn’s mill at Dundee
which with the machinery, which cost £20,000, was
destroyed by fire.
There was a severe storm at Liverpool and vicini- j
tv, Aug. 17th. The only serious disaster to the
shipping was the loss of the bark Minerva from
Dantzic, which was driven ashore .and completely
wrecked. Crew saved. * $
Eleven lives were lost on Sunday evening, Aug.
30th, by the upsetting of two boats in the river Lea.
There are. advices from China to Ihe 27th April.
The American vessels had all left with full cargoes,
np.d the British trade was carried on under the Dan
ish flag.
The newsof the suppression of the Syria rebel
lion is confirmed.
Sir Moses Monteflore, delegate from a Cwnvei.-
lion in London, had arrived at Alexandria, and had
an interview with the Pacha relative to the perse
cution of Jews in Damascus. His arrival caused
great joy among his hretliern at. Alexandria. He
requested a firman empowering him freely to ex
axrnine the transaction. The decision of the Pacha
bad not been announced.
There was a insurrectionary movement at Lis
bon en the night of Aug. 11th. It was speedily
.suppressed.
A slave vessel under Arab colors was captured
by H. B. M. ship Curlew on the South African
■const, 21st May. She was called the Yaruga She
bad 19 slaves on board. About the same time
a s aver brigantine was captured by H. B. M.
brig Wizard, near Cape Frit*. The crew escaped.
London, Monday Ere ring, Aug 31.—Upon ref tr
ainee to the transactions of the underwriters at
Lloyd’s, which may be received as a test among
ethers of the state of public opinion on the subject
of war, it appears that in the case of French risks,
and risks likely to he involved in the consequences
of a war, there has been a considerable alteration,
though nor at present of a very definite character,
each insurer being disposed to act on his own
views of the impending danger. With regard to
distant voyages, w hat are termed “capture' risks”
are daily coming forward. Some politics have
been entered into, inclusive of capture risks, hut
accompanied with a condition to return that por
tion of the premium should no declaration of war
take place previous io termination of die voyage.—
In ordinary business the effect is chiefly shown in
the unwillingness to underwrite at all, rather than
in any actual increase of premium. Thus it is seen
that among a very large and sagacious class of men
t e notion ts a war is very prevalent, though some
allowance must be made for their natural anxiety
to protect their own interests in the matter.
Consols closed at 90r (sellers). For immediate
delivery, after fluctuating between 89a-to y, they
closed 80f (sellers). Exchequer hills remain 18s.
to 20s. It was settling day in the foreiun house, hut
«o little excitement was occasioned, that this was
nut to be distinguished from an ordinary day.
iLondon , Aug. 28.—The settlement in consols
Which took place to day, was to a large extent in
amount than we have had occasion to notice for a
■very long period. The extreme quotations have
amounted to about 3 percent., which combined with
■the intermediate fluctuations, lias caused much em
barrassment to the jobbers in the management of
their options, and made the differences payable by
speculators to be unusually large.
London, Aug. 29.—The state of the foreign ex
changes continues to excite considerable uneasi
ness in the commercial circles of the city and lends
to an expectation of some early measures on the
pant of (the Bank of England for checking and con
trolling tflhe existing facilities in obtaining discount
accommodations, and htf this means carrying on ex
tensive-speculative operations in corn, cotton, and
foreign securities. That some check must early or
late be resorted to appears now no longer doubtful.
Paris, Bourse, Aug, 2d, half past 3 o’clock, P.
M.—LastPrices. —Five percents, 113 f. 70c.; Three
Eer Cents.,86f. 40c.; Rent de Naples, lOOf. 35c.;
■elgian Three per Cents. 68f. 75c.
BANK OF ENGLAND.
Quarterly Average ofthe Weekly Liabilities and
Assets ofthe Bank of England, from the 26th of
May, 1840, to the 18th of Aug. 1840, both inclusive,
pursuant to the Act Sand 4 William IV., cap. 98.
Liabilities. Assets.
Circulation £17,128,000 Securities £23,152,000
Deposits 7,701,000 Bullion 4,560,000
£24,829,000 £27,712,000
Downing street, Aug. 20
London, Aug 31.—Another week has passed over
without anv improvement in the mercantile markets,
indeed upon the whole they have not maintained so
finnan appearance as previously, though prices of
produce have suffered very little alteration.
Monev continues much the same as it was last
week: the Bill brokers discount first Bills at 3s,
and in some instances at per cent.
London. Ang. 31.—The Paris National publishes
a letter from Warsaw, dated the 21st instant.detaii
ing the “plan of campaign of the four Powers for
the execution of the treaty of London.’ The
writer states that “warlike preparations were ma
king wi’h considerable activity in that city, and
that extensive magazines were being established
in the southern provinces of the empire. The Rus
sian troops collected between Kiew and the Black
Sea, amounted to 80,000 men. This corps was to
tee the name of “Army of the South,” to distin
guish it from that of the East, which occupied the
Transcaucasian provinces, and was estimated at
150,000 men. These two corps are to be shortly re
inforced by 50,000 each. War was accordingly
deemed inevitable in Warsaw, where a genetal
belief prevailed that France would confine hersell
to mere demonstrations. “ Phe Powers will
gin by blockading Syria, and taking possession oi
the Gulf of Scanderoon,in order to menace Ibra
mm Pacha’s flanks, and intercept his communica
tion* with Syria. Should Meherait Ali resist these
■ measures. Syria and Candia are to be invaded by
English and Austrian troops, whilst a Russian and
Ottoman force will march through Asia Minor and
seize on St. Jean d’Acre. Jo the event of the ad
vance of Ihraluni on Constantinople, Mefiemet Ali
’ ' s to he attacked in I- gyp! by an English army, sent
from Bombay ar.fi landed at .Suez, al the same lime
that the Russian fleet from 8e bast pool wdl land on
tlie banks of the Bosphorus-a force sufficient to
? check the progress of Ibrahim. The Emperor
Nicholas, accompanied- by the Grand Duke ins son,
1 was supposed to have arrived at Kir w, where Gen.
Paskewiisch had established his headquarters.-
" The report of the death of General Witt, who had
1 been appainted the chief of his staff, is confirmed.”
M e find in the same journal a letter from Berlin
of the 27th inst., announcing that the news of the
; ratification of the treaty c,f London by the three
northern powers had created a most !iv ly irapres
i si- uin that capital. War was deemed imminent,
ami it was teared that it would involve the whole of
Europe. ...
n i he hit iff cat inn by the Emperors of Austria and
Russia, and the King of Prussia, of the convention
for (he maintenance of the integrity and indepen
dence ol the Ottoman empire, have been received
in London; the ratification by the Sultan is expec
ted to arrive in about ten days, and upon its arri
va the exchange of ratifications will lake place.—
London (‘hserv r.
An active enlistment for sailors ingoing on at the
Welsh ports. These men are intended for manning
■ the vessels now getting ready at Pembroke, «sec. lor
i tne royal navy,— Courier of Wales.
Portsmouth, Aug 29.—Orders wore received here
on i'hnrsday to send the Britannia, 129, to Spithead,
i to take in her guns and stores, to complete hercotn
| p'emeut of 820 men, and lit her for foreign service
j with all possible despatch. The Calcutta, 84, has
! been commissioned this week at Plymouth; and the
j Queen, 110, at this port, is ordered to he masted and
! f'ggefi, and fitted for commission forthwith. ICO
“pensioners have also been ordered to be entered on
board the Victory as A. B.’s and Ordinary, for the
vervice of the Ordinary, to retain their pensions, and
will be employed during the w-inter, or longer, il re
quired.
Manchester, Aug. 25. Slate of Trade, —Our
i market yesterday was in pretty nearly the same
state as on the preceding Tuesday—a fair amount
of business being done though at very moderate
prices. The lower counts and inferior qualifies of
5 am are in good demand and sell freely at previous
rates; whilst superior qualities of 40’s are worse to
sell, and in smile cases a slight reduction has been
submitted to. lathe Goods market there is an im
proved demand for very light and thin Calicoes, but
other articles remain without alteration.
\Fran Ihe Richmond Enquirer ]
APPEALS TO THE SOUTH.
More Startling T>tvelopements.
Among the documents which vv°re submitted to
the Cltarlrttesv |!e Convention, was the following
remarkable and thrilling Letter from Gen. M Dal
las, of Pennsylvania, to Mr. John Wtljis, a Dele
gate of the county of Orange. .Mr. W. 1-fid it bc
fme the Convention, and made some strong and
eloquent remarks—and a resolution was finally
adopted to incorporate it with the proceedings of
the Convention. We recommend it to the Public
to read this bold and powerful appeal to the South.
It comes from the highest authority. There is no
citizen in the Keystone State, who is more distin
guished for his talents and principles than Mr. Dal
las—nor for his servees in the S*ate and National
councils. If any Southron can lay down this let
ter, without deep emotion —if any citizen of North
Carolina, especially, can rend it without deep re
grot, he is not made of “the penetrable stuff,”
which should belong to a Southern man :
“Philadelphia, 29th Aug., 1810.
“Dear Sir :—Your introductory letter of the fifth
inst with the introductory one from Mr. J B. Smith,
reached me some days ago, and I have impatiently
waited for a moment of leisure to reply to it.
“The proceedings of rite I )emr-cratic State Conven
tion, at Charlottesville, on theOlh of September,
wall exercise a strong influence upon the public
opinion of Virginia, anil may be feit throughout the
whole South. Indeed, they must he regarded, at
the present time, with great interest in ali parts of
the country. The politics, the measures, and the
sentiments of your Commonwealth, when forcibly
and distinctly enunciated, are habitually and justly
respected everywhere.
“The N -rthern and Central Democracy find it
impossible to imagine that, in a contest, such as the
one now waging, they are in danger of being de
serted hy Virginia. They have struggled vigorous
ly, for many years, to repress and subdue, not the
Federal doctrines of ’9B alone, hut, with them, the
new fanaticism, whose aim, however di.-guised,
ennno' he accomplished without subverting the
Constitutional rights and domestic institutions of
the slave! olding States. H» til that fanaticism al
lied itself to the relics of Federalism, it was kept
powerless Virginia must have imperceptddy un
dergone an inexplicable revolution of character, if
she consent to embrace, in combination, two prin
eiples, which, singly, she has uniformly denotmetd
and detested.
“It is perfectly well known here, that the nomi
nation of Gen. Harrison, at Harrisburg, wasexto t
ed by the dictatorial violence and infl ited promises
of Ah dirionists. They do not perhaps constitute
the whole of the Opposition; hut they are its ru
ling cabal, its master spirits, and the Presidential
candidate is notoriously their nominee. They ex
u'ted, publicly anil privately, in their success
j- They are, in all directions, eager, indefatigable and
, controlling directors of his canvass. They regard
him as their cunningly selected representative, in
whose elevation they fores e. if not the immediate
attainment of their destructive purpose, eerfain'y
, its rapid advancement. They deem the battle
theirs, and anticipate reaping the only substantial
harvest which a victory can yield.
t “Although it might be unju-l to say, that every
Whig is an Abolitionist, by direction or indirection,
I it is. obviously, not unjust to say, that every Whig
r is willing to incur the risk and responsibility of
countenancing and encouraging them. The mass
of Northern and Central Whigs are far from hostile
! to their principles and projects—and the few of
. them who disclaim row-, would hasten to send in
’ their adhesion, were Harrison elected, or would
cease to have the slightest influence. As on all
1 similar occasions, the practical eff -ct wan'd he, to
f place the policy’, the power, and the patronage of
the successful combination in the hands of its most
’ zealous and least scrupulous fraction Every
Whig‘would feel, that Abolition had chalked out
the road to triumph—that Abolition had furnished
the efficient partizans — that Abolition had filled the
ballot-boxes —and that Abolition was entitled to
fair treatment. The day which ascertained Gen.
Harrison to be the Presidentelect, warn'd not close
r without a proclamation for an Abolition Ju ilee.
‘T am not unwilling to believe, that many of the
’ Southern Whigs cordially hate Abolition—although
fj 1 cannot help suspecting that some of them would
like to see raging its threatened storms, in the deln
t sive hope of attaining, amid the general confusion,
some personal distinction—clear it is, that their
party spirit is too strong for their patriot.sin; or,
I they do not know’ the fiend with whom they have
made a compact; or, they are fool hardy enough
• to take to their bosom a serpent (numbed by
. Northern blasts) whose fangs have been specially
prepared to strike deep into ‘heir own system.—
I Surely they cannot vainly imagine, that hy associ
[ ating and campaigning with Abolition, they may
c.ieck il more effectually than by openly encount
ering it as an enemy, if they think to curb,guide,
sooth ©r tame it in ihe hour and arni! the spoils of
victory, their ignorance of its real naure, of its de
lirious fanaticism, is as childtsfi as treacherous.
“It should be recollected, that the Northern and
Central Democrats have maintained the fight
against Abolition for years, actuated solely by a
and honorable sense of Constitutional obliga
tion and attachment to their Southern brethren.—
Its ascen lancy could do them no harm. Its virus
is not poison on their palate. However unpatriotic
and ungenerous it certainly wou'd be, then might
facilitate their local politics and iranquilize their
local feuds, by disclaiming all concern in the ques
tion, by permitting, like a neutral, tbe invader to
pass unmolested through their territory; and by
leaving l« domestic servitude its own defejice -
Such a course, 1 freelv admit, would be a derelic
tion of public duly —But, then; my dear sir. it Sou
thern Democrats allow themselves to be cozened
and cajoled info welcoming and comforting tins very
! foe, whose progress to ihe.r regions we have stead
ily- impeded; if, at the crisis of .ts pernicmus career,
we discover, that so far from seizing the occasion
in unite in extinguishing it. the slaveholding Mates
abandon our long-med friendship and co- operation,
to achieve a measure which hits Abolition from
the dust, and seats u«n the right band of power,
what are we to do? What can we he expected to j
do? For mv own part— a very humble one—l am ;
r»ady for unremitting and uncompromising war
against a principle, whose mere enunciation in this
country sounds in my ears like a tocsin to rebel
lion and treason to the Constitution. But Ido nut
i think that our knowledge of human nature war
I rants us in anticipating, under the circumstances
I have supposed, a like resolution tube generally and
I permanently evinced In fact, Ido not think to at
the election of brn. Harrison, if achieved with she
aid of a sinrie leading slaveholdmg < omnionweah.i
Cold fail to dissolve the existing league against
Abolition, leaving it to range in the hasten) and
. Middle Slates unresisted, d not constantly reciuit
| mg. _ ~
"Entertaining these impressions, you may vvei
■ imagine my gratification, on receivfng your assn- j
I ranee tlint noble old Virginia,though deceived and
| mislead for a season, had speedily and be
| inti convinced of ''the unity between the cud
Abolition parties," would snstian the good cause,
by a m-q »ri rv T of at least five thousand. My infor
' maiion justifies a confident expectation of the same
1 enlightened patriotism, from New Jersey, Maiy-
I land, Delaware, and even North Carolina-nor
I have I vet seen or heard, in any one slaveholdmg
j State, a substantial enuse to apprehend a different
result. Ist Pennsylvania, the General Election
j takes place on the 13th October, and the Eifecmrai
;on the 30th of he same month 1 shall be surpriz
|ed ilWe do not give to 31. Van Boren a maj irity <
• exceeding twenty thousand. Os Maine, New
Hampshire, 3lassachusetis, New 3 <>rk unci Ouio,
j our friends send us accounts which relieve us from
every apprehension.
I am, dear sir, respectfully and truly,
Your most obedient servant,
G. 31. DALLAS.
Joux Wn lis. Esq.
-—' ’ t
f From the Richmond Enquirer .l
CHA RLOTTESVI-LLE CONVENTION.
Virginia, firm and immovable as her vw:i Mountains. \
\ We bios? the dav which brought the Charlottes- |
\ villa Convention together. We bless the day, which
j collected so-many. Delegates a t that celebrated and
I beautiful village, favored with the finest scenery
1 which Nature c.o.Li pour around it, honored by its
I vicinitv to the tomb of Jefferson, and graced with
i the first Literary Institution of the State. W e bless
i the dav which brought together so much true V ir- .
I ginia spirit, so much latent, so much eloquence, so
; much devotion to principle, so much order, so much ;
discretion,so much noble bearing, such elevated sn
timents. We hless-the flay, whicii lias dissipated
I every possible doubt, that Virginia is still true to her j
i own great principles, ns unshaken and immovable j
j ns the base of Mouticello mountain itseif —and
| which showed moreover, that the genius and rlo
| quctice is not yet gone, which has cast so much ius
| tra upon her annals, and which only a waits the prop
i er occasion loexciie and bring forth in all its beauty,
j We shall never cea«e to hail the day with sincere '
i satisfaction which brought us into contact and ac
i ouaintance with so many men of whom we have
I heard so often—and whose persons were more
unknown to us than their reputations. But we have
! not come to-day- to enter into the details which the
publiccuriositv demands* and we must refer to the
I short sketch which we copy from our worthy friend
; Leake’s paper, and to the journal of its procee lings.
We have parted in cordial brotherhood with all ;
I onrfellow-delegates, and w i h th 1 most undoubted
I conviction of the success of our cause in November
next. Not a momentary doubt flits across our ima
gination. A Committee was constitute of 23 dole'-
gate*, ono t > each Electoral District. It was compo
sed of gentlemen of tbe greatest discretion and high
est character —Dr. Butler, of Smitiifiehl, and of the
Ist Electoral District at th ir li ml. They took ev- j
erv pains to ascertain the probable votein each coun- j
tv in each District, without forcing the result—They j
appealed for the most accurate information to the |
Delegates of every county —and they assured us, j
that their calculation was made upon the basis of a j
j liberal allowance to the Whigs, and of a mode)ate i
i allotment to the Republicans. The balance sheet j
presents a majority for the Republican party in 15 j
Districts, and eight to the Whigs—and a n tt sum- |
mary majority to Mr. Van Burcn of 5,918. —For our
j own parts, we have scaled some of their calculations ]
by the. information we had previously received from i
numerous counties; and we have come to the con- •
.elusion, that if our friends do their doty, we shall
I carry- the whole State by at least 7,000. We learn, j
that our cause is gaining in all directions, as light
pours in upon the people, and the humbugs of the
Whigs dissipate into thin air. There was not a dele
gate, with whom we conversed, and we talked lo at ;
least a hundred of them on the result in Virginia— j
who did not seem to have made up a definitive opin
ion—and there was not one of tiieni who did not
count upon a strong and triumphant majority. We
therefore, announce to our Republican brethren ev
ery wh-re, that Virginia is sate, perfectly safe, for
Martin Van Buren.
The Convention lias rendered the most essenti 1
service to the Republican cause. It has distributed
about 70,000 of tbe best pamphlets of the day, and
several thousand of the Electoral Tickets. It has j
agreed upon an Address to the People, which pre
sents in the strongest and most eloquent manner, the j
great principles of our party, and the superior quali- j
ideations of our candidate. It has agre -d upon an
elaborate and general plan ofCountv Organization,
for bringing all our Voters to the Poll, for excluding
fraudulent votes, forming Democratic Associations, j
and muring the People. It has enabled us to ealeu-|
late the popular vote upon the safest elements, and |
• to understand the devices, tricks and humbugs of
the Whigs in every section of the State. It has en- I
aided us to supply Corresponding Committees in
man v of the counties, which were not already sup
plied with them. We shall publish the«e Reports
• as soon as possible; and then no man can say, that |
we went in vain. In fact, we have chalked out a
plan of General Organization—and iii tructed onr
brethren how to arm to the teeth. The. number of
the Delegates, as recorded on Friday morning, was
more than 000—hut they were not all (hen put down.
1 Some too had gone off without being recorded—
Some who were present did not carry out the requi
sition of the Committee for their names. The whole ■
number was in all probability more than 700? Some
estimated it as high as 690. Some counties were
' prevented from sending Delegates by their great dis- j
tance- and some appointed alternates, who did not;
act for them. Several of the Eastern counties yvere j
cut off by sickness; some by the rumors of nninmr
rectionarv movement; and some by the rains ol Fri
day and Saturday preceding. But we have never «ren
1 a meeting more spirit’d and decided, more orderly |
and dignified—more discreet in their proceedings,]
and scarcely more eloquent in their Speakers And ,
we are now'satisfi nl, if we entertained any doubt be- j
fore, that the Orators of the Republican party out
strip their competitors as much in their speaking
talent, as they do in the justice of their cause. \\ e
have never seen a more august and imposing Con
vention in Virginia—one, which assembled in finer
spirit, and adjourned in greater harmony and more
buoy ant hopes. None has done more service to the
State. It seals henceforth the fate of VVhiggery in
the Old Dominion.
A SENTIMENT BY AN OLD GUARD. — The
j yhig model for a Presidential Candidate. —A mil
itary chieftain yvlio tights by deputy; a statesman
who corresponds through a standing committee; a
lawyer who provides for ihe poor by selling them at
auction; and a trading partisan offering to join every
faction in the country— 'provided it don’t get into
the newspapers:'— Bay State Democrat.
faBW—CTTWI* ■QM—BMg—aDgB—M—M——PWPi
Tuesday rooming, Sept. D 3, IS4O.
CCF* V* e publish below the ticket which the De
mocratic party of Richmond County will support at
the elections in October and November next. The !
Congressional and county tickets on the sth ot
October next, and the Electoral Ticket on the 2d of
November next. The County ticket now published
is the one nominated by the Committee appointed
for that purpose at a general meeting of the Demo
| cratic Republican Party on Wednesday last.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT.
MARTIN VAN EUREN.
I
FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
JOHN FORSYTH.
EII2CTOJ A¥i TICTiKT.
THOMAS WOOTTEN, of Wilkes.
3. W. WOFFORD, of Habersham.
W. B. BULLOCH, of Chatham.
JOHN P> AT ES, of 31 urray.
MILNER ECHOLS, of Walton.
SAMUEL BEALL, of Wilkinson.
JOHN ROBINSON, of Jasper.
SAMUEL G ROVES, of Madison.
SEABORN JONES, of 3luscoger.
EDWARD K A RDEN, of Clark.
JAMES ANDERSON, of Burke.
Cif- i¥«H 2*l SSSJONAS. TSC RH T.
ROBERT VV. POOLER, of Chatham.
i>. c. Campbell, of Bibb.
ALFRED IVERSON, of'Muscogee.
JUNIUS Hi LEVER, of Chirk.
J. S. PATTERSON, of Early.
J.H. LUMPKIN, of Floyd.
W. T COLQUITT, of 31 uscogee.
MARK A. COOPER, of Hall.
EDWARD J. BLACK,ofScriven.
FORSTATE SENATE.
GEORG E S C S 3 SL EY.
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,
«KN. TISO3BAS fiLASt’OCK,
WAKKSN«T«IV MAV.NfiK,
tIAKBV F. PARISH.
MAINE ELECTION.
Tire New York Evening Past, of the J7lh inst.
says—“ According to the accounts contained in
the Boston papers received this morning, the re
turns from Nlaine do not justify the extravagant ju
bilations in which the wings yesterday indulged
i “It is still doubtful.” says the Bay State Democrat.
1 “whether any Senators are chosen in Cumberland
County, or if any choice Ins been effected in the
Congressional District, as the run between Fesson
derand Smith is elo«e,arul the scattering votes are
| said to he numerous.”
The returns from Cumberland and York Counties
are nearly complete, and show the following result;
In Cumberland, 24 towns give Fairfield 533-1; Kent,
6031 —the seme towns in 1838 cave 5929 for Fair
field, and 5320 for Kent In York, 23 towns gave
Fairfield 5105. and Kent 4193—in 1938 the same
towns gave 5211 for Fairfield to 4225 for Kent.
The following is the state of the vote in Lincoln
county :
10 4 0 1 ono
JO4vJ lO'JO
Fairfield. Kent. Fairfield. Kent.
-Rath, 263 638 245 53S
Wiscasset, 129 366 145 282 i
Georgetown, 162 63 164 55 \
Richmond, 91 192 102 171
j Woolwich, 32 237 32 206
The gain of the whig?, therefor-’, thus far, i? 70
votes in York county-, and 189 in Cumberland. The
| vote for Kent and Fairfield in the Cumberland Dis-
I trict isverv nearly equal, but Smith the candidate
for Congress, runs G 3 votes behind Fairfield in the
towns hoard from. “We are only surprised,” says
I the Democrat,“that the difference is not greater.”
| Fessender, the opponent of Smith, is a warm Aln
| litionlst, atul was President of the Ladies Abolition
Convention, held in Boston last May, at the Chapel
i in Chardo i street.
MASS MEETING AT POUGHKEESIE.
The great Democratic gathering at Ponghkecp
j sie, took place on the 16th inst. and went off with
spirit. A correspondent of the New York Post says:
■ —“This meeting was immense, thirty thousand peo
ple at least being upon the ground; delegations pour
ed in from seventeen counties, and nothing could ex
ceed tiie. enthusiasm of every man of the assembly.
There were five steamboats, crowded with demo
crats, fro m New York, three from Albany, two from
| Troy, and one from Hudson, Catski!!, Kinston, and
many other places along the river. The meeting
will have a grand effect. The democrats are arous
ed,and the determination with which they resol-.ed,
upon separating, mat ‘New York must he redeemed,’
was an earnest of their success at the coming olec
. non,
[From the Savannah Georgian .]
FROM FLORIDA.
By the steamer Forester, Capt. Way, we yester
day received the Jacksonville Advocate of Tuesday
last, with the St. Augustine News of the Friday
previous.
I We make extracts from these papers, and subjoin
I a letter from our correspondent.
ST. AUGUSTINE,Sept. 11. |
Indian Fi-rhi. —On Sunday last, Lieut. Hanson,
7th Infantry, discovering numerous signsaround his
postal Wacuhoota, proceeded with 30 men in search
of the trail. II? had not advanced far before he
received a heavy fire from the enemy who appeared
in large force. One of his mm was killed and four
wounded, whom he succeeded in taking back to the
garrison. There were overall hundred Indians.
JACKSONVILLE, Sep. 15.
Indians. —Lt. Hanson, at Wacahoota, has recent
ly had an engagement with the enemy in which lie
lost one man, and had four wounded. Same day
(6th inst.) a young man by the name of Geiger, was
murdered at the same place.
On Saturday, the 12t!i,an Indian with two ponie=,
was seen about 17 miles of this place. One of the
ponies was taken, lint the Indian with the other es
caped. He is supposed to be one of a large party
concealed in a large swamp near that place. A j
scout ofeilizen volunteers started this morning to
scour the hummock. ; i
I t
(From a Correspondent.)
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 16th, 1340. I
Dear §;,■ —In addition to what you will find in the
Advocate, 1 have learned the following particulars, j
which I send you. If of sufficient interest to merit ,
publication, they are at your service, ,
I have just conversed with a gentleman direct from <
Newnansville, who states that the body of Geiger
was not found until Thursday 10th. \\ lien found, f
it exhibited one of the most revolting spectacles ol f
fiendish vengeance, seen since the commencement
of the war. He was fir<t whipped until his hack I
was a mass of clotted gore; his legs were ripped t
from his feet to his hips, then cut with a knife entire-. a
lv round, his upper parts were nearly separated from
the lower, his heart taken out, and his head cut off.
His head has not been found. He of a par
tv of volunteers stationed at Fort Walker, who car
ried the express to Lt. Hanson, informing him of the
Indian sisn. His companions had left W acahoota
but a few minutes before, and passed the battle
ground unmolested. There were about 100 Indi
ans.
The above may be relied on.
“DAMN YOU! IF I HAD KNOWN YOUR
POUTICS, YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE
WORKED FORME!—Sueb was the loud acvla
ma'ion of a Federalist a few days aso, in the streets
of to a laboring Democrat! I bat exrla
ma'ion was overheard, and if the insolence of the
I office seeker’s Journal dare- deny it, we will bring
jit home, and pin u where if belongs! In the name
of God! is ibis liberty ? Are Democrats to ho
HUNTED down STARVED OUT and DRA
; GOON ED, by the hirelings of the aristocraey! Is
this ruthless spit it of oppression and tyranny to he
suffered in this free country. Damn yai! f I h'nl
known your politica, yon should never have worked
[forme!" Is this spirit to he tolerated torn mo
ment by the sons of 1776?— Angus a (Me.) Age.
[From she Savannah Georgian.]
j Extract of a letter from a distinguished gentle
man at Washington, to his friend iu this citv :
‘•ft i> strange to me that there should he so many
; intelligent Southern men blind to the real nature of
this contest. It is in reality one in which the South
I is far more interested than the North—one in which
j the Northern Democracy are standing hv those
great political questions which are essentially
Sonthe n ones, though from the nature of our union
(so long as its compromises are honestly maintain
ed) equally binding on the North. They are the
qn *stjons on which from the days ofthe Convention
of 1709, the Democrats of the North have been the
allies of the South; if Mr. Van Buren lias lost any
thing in the North, it is because stu b is the nature
of the contest, in fact we are now contending for
the honest compromises oftlie confederation, against
local and sectional feeling—for democratic princi
ples made applicable to the measures necessary in
these times as contrasted with the Federal mode of
construing and using the Constitution for the purpo
ses ofthe day. I cannot believe the South will he
wanting in this crisis; if so, I think there is a fearful
state of things ahead, for every State and everv cit
izen that views ih? Constitution and mode ofGov
: eminent in the same light that the Republican
Fartv of 1798 did The opposition here boast loudly
1 of Georgia, and are encouraged by the vote of
i North Carolina. Is there any doubt in reality? I
' think th?re cannot he, nor do I believe, the result
iu the latter State w ould have been what it was if
1 reasonable diligence had been used to give the peo
: pie information on the real points at issue. Are \on
j doing soin Georgia?
We think here that the whole result of the contest
! will he very triumphant. Pennsylvania stands erect
in that noble Republican attitude which in fifty
years she has always maintained. Os Virginia, we
; have no reason to doubt but that our majority will
jhe large. In Ohio and New York the best spirit
prevails—our friends are amazingly activeand quite
confident of success. Indeed in those two great
States and in Maryland and New jersey, we have
in reality nothing to apprehend hut from frauds in
the ballot boxes; to perpetuate these, there is no
doubt a fearful system organized, hut I trust they
will he met and thwarted with the same resolution
that they were in Pennsylvania in 1933.”
Hoir Vie Fe IcrrVists turn their own .scurrility !■>
account in more wans than one. —For the 1 purpose of
raising the outcry that the friends of the ndministra
-1 tion persecuted and iiis'iilted Gen. Harrison, hi-! par
tisans have again and again imputed to us and nr!i r r
supporters of the President, the origination ofthe
charge of cowardice against the hero of whiggerv.
From a communication in oar paper on Friday, it
will he seen that a friend has taken the pains to hunt
j through she files of old newspaper*, and found that
in 1835, when Mr. Webster was afraid of being su
| per«efledas the Federal candidate hv fiarri-nn, some
. nfiiis leading organs, the Bangor Whig and Courier,
I denounced him cxpmsslv ‘••Jar his cowardice at San
i duskyf and, proclaimed that lie “had a petticoat
! voted him " —and now to excite sympathy for him,
i they charge what they said to us and other Demo
j crats !; — Globe.
aaamafamammamatssrai y nv-
SO SITE* CAROL IN A R.lfL UOA».
i iO* Consignees per Rail Road, Sept. 2i. —T 1) iw»o; r
T .1 Panaelee, S Simmons & Co., Rceseor Beall, W Fullo ,
5 Kaeebnd &Son,P McGran, W Hattier, Rankin,Reg; *
6 Co. A B Mallory Sc Co., W 11 Crane & Co., Collin-,
Pomeroy,Russell & Hutchinson, G Parrott, J F Benton,
i Haviland, Risley & Co. C J Cook, W Philips, Force,
Brother & Co. A Frederick, R C Baldwin and II 1. J ffers.
COMMERCIAL HEAD.
:
LATEST DATES FHOM LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 31
■ LATEST DATES PROM HA?RE AUGUST 31
LIVERPOOL, August 23. — Cotton —The operations in
| cotton tiiis week being nearly Df, to the trade demand,,
i there has been little animation in them .irket.but no cluing"
worth notice in the prices of American Cotton since las-,
i week, at these rates the market is steady. There is n »
change in Sea Island cotton. Egyptian cotton has bee »
I in demand, the common qualities at former rates, while in
: many cases ,fd peril), advance bis been paid on the belter
qu ilities. Brazil cotton lias been in less demand, and in
j some instances $d per ib-under fast week’s rates has been
j taken. Surat cotton has been in demand, and hasadvan-
I ced |d jier lb. during rlie week. Thesaies of the week
amount to 17,700 bales, including 1500 American on spe
culation, and 600 American for export. 200 Sea Island 13}
a 17d; 90 stained do. 5 a 121, 6,450 Upland 5 a 64,3,340
Mo' i’e, &c. 5a 6 , 5580 New O-leans 5 a 74. 1170 Egyptian
9 a 11 }d, 350 Pern-mis, &c. 8§ a 0 , 250 Bahi i, &,c. 8} u 9d;
350 Peruvian 8 a 8 d.
LIVERPOOL, August 29.—The market lo ci y hrsbecut
very quiet, and the busine s does not exceed aOOO bales,
nearly all Americans, at vest rday’s prices.
COMPUTED STOCKS.
A«gust2l, 1840 515,300 '
Same period 1839 502,700
LIVERPOOL. August 31.—The demand has been less
animated th in for some time past, and prices of American
below fair have declined -A per lb.; Brazil is heavy, and
sells with difficulty at a similar reduction; Egyptian re
mains without change, and Surat is rather higher than last
week. Speculators have taken 2200 American, and ex
porters 250 American. Sales ofthe week 22,260 bales.
HAVRE. August22.—Tim business in Cotton during
the last eight days was of less importance than the prece
ding week, and consisted of only 2848 bales, composed of
1588 bales very ord. to g*od ord. and good ord. Louisiana
at 65 t092'f.;767 inferior to ord. Mobile at C 9 to 88, 2GO ve v
ord. to ord. and good ord. Georgia C. S. at 68 to 82 112 do
do. Florida.* at GO to 78,109 ord. Pernambuco at 109, and 12
bales ord. Bahia at 9Sf., against which were fresh imported
from New Orleans, fee.. 7661 bales, bv which our stock in
creased to 134 or 135,000 bales.
HAVRE. August 25—We hav" a better sale f or Cotton
this day than for some time pa-t, there having been dispo«-
P,J If. . h F IeS >r °' ,i,e at to 82}f„ 237 Louisiana at G 8
tO -7’ Georgia C.S. at 72 to 854, and 150 bales Florida
at 18 tn 81 £
HA\ RE,August26.—OurCotton prices remain the same
a> iiefore, but the demand for the article has rather increas
ed, the sales of this day h ivingtaken out of the markef2Gl
hales Georgia at 73 to 63“-.. 772 Louisiana at GS to 88, 83
F'ondas at 654, 223 Mobile at 72 to 82, ami 32ba’es Tiniv
eilv at 65f.
HAA RE, Ang. 31. —The demand for Cotton has become
limited again, aad the month closes rather heavily. The
sales ofthe week are 5197 hales, viz; 2542 \-w Orleans at
66 a 93f.50; 2033 Mobile at 65f.50 a 87, 1584 Upland 6f.50 a
8of.o8; the receipts are 9556 bales, stock 133,744 bales, last
year 63,182.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 16.— Remarks. —The markets
in general have since our reiiew presented quite an ani
mateu scene of activity, altogether unprecedented at this
time of the year; the transactions in cotton and other de
scriptions of produce, have been unusually large, and pre
sent indications are decid°dly iu favor of a very active
and profitable business campaign, which we already now
consider fairly opened for the season.
We see no reason as yet to alter our views .as regards
the extent of the cotton crop; and although the account*
from the various growing sections of the Union are simul
taneously disastrous in the extreme, we still continue to
adhere to our former estimate of a growth of about 1,906.-