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KTOu rTeaderswil I find in this day’s paper, an
article relating to t!ie measures progressing in Eng
land, for promoting the growth of cotton in India.
This article we copy from the* New York U raid,
which no doubt transferred it to its columns from
an English paper received by the lute arrivals from
Europe.. In our next paper, we shall publish an
interesting essay on the competition of East India
Cotton with American Cotton, which appeared in
■the Boston Daily Advertiser.
i MAINE ELECTION.
i ue New A ork Evening Dost of the loth instant,
says;—■‘•The last intelligence from Maine is con
tain d in the Bay Slate Democrat of last evening,
which says that the result is still in douhf. “The
increase of the aggregnta vote from 1838 is snail
Fairfield having polled about the same number of
votes as in that year; while the increase for Kent is i
some two thousand. We still think Fairfield is re
elected l>y a small majority; and our ground for that
Ir'liof is, that his vote of 1833 is* ; , majority ofall the
votes cast tit this election, and that Kent will he una
ble to increase his vote =o as to overcome the -4(1,2] 6
cast for Fairfield in 1838, which is now maintained. |
Os course, after the unexpected result in Peoob- |
scot, the returns yet to he received are a matter of i
uncertainty—a day or more will give us the true 1
result.”
It is said that in the lower portion of the state the
•divisions existing in regard to the Boundary Ques
tion have been made use of to the disadvantage of
the state and federal governments, and that should
1 airfield he defeated it is no certain indication that
Mr. \ mi Buren will not succeed in November next.
Ihe returns, so far as received, stand thus I>v coun
ics i
■ 1840. 1833.
V I' airfield. Kent, Fairfield. Kent,
f Cumberland 6.308 6G*9 6317 Oil”
i N ork f,418 4.320 5.376 4
Lincoln, al! but 2 towns 4040 til GO 48uS .OGr e
Waldo 4581) 24-41 4752 2166
Kenneheck, all hat 2 towns,
including majorities 33.37 6323 372,3 6.332
Oxford, 25towns 3G!B 3351; :'G:v( fi >53
Soniersent, 14 towns 1.3!! 2283 1.320 2140
1* I’iscatarjuis 4 towns !3G 113 l ift 1> i
Franklin, 7 towns 1.-G5 281 IG4G Old
Penobscot. 23 tow ns 3114 3868 g.tOO 3!6!
Hancock, 6 towns 7c\B 7G3 823 3:1!)
3.3,005 30,183 3.3,092 31,73 5
“Whig” nett gum 2133.
The ranjoritv for Fairfield over Kent in 1R33. V vas
3319; so the remaining towns must give Bdo ne r
gain for Kent, or Fairfield is re-elected.
Speaking of the returns published in the Boston
A Atlas, the returns upon which the whig calculations
A are founded, the Bay State Democrat says:
H “The Atlas Extra, issued this mornitig, claims
the election ( f Kent as Governor of i'Tainv, !>v 1000
majority; hut its figures do nor prove that sum, n s .
will be seen. In 213 towns the Extra makes Kent’s
V mmoritv and says That Fairfield’s majority iu
■ 1838 iu the sn.ne towns, was O'l 1 ; concluding with
■ the remark that the remaining towns w ill give only i
f about 5110 majority for Fairfield. Now th ' ‘acts are.
Jt In- the figures of the Atlas, that thes- 913 towns
gave in 183.3, 8.3.568 for Fair-field to 34.587 for Kent;
•and h*» the whole vote, of that vein- was 46,916 to I
49,887, if follows that the tow us to In? h ard from,
gave 10,647 Fairfield, to 8.310 fur Kent—so that a
maioritv ot 9837 for Fairfield i •to ha worked up in ■
j.u the towns to he heard from.”
The Advocate of Freedom, an abolition paper, ]
published at ilaUovvell. ( Ale ) says, (3d in-t )—“The
inquiry is frequently made by abolitionists, for
whom they shall east their votes for Governor:— j
We can only speak for ourselves, and that ue do
f-eely Wo shall vote for Mr. Kent—and we shall
do it on this ground, that two years ago, when qnes- i
turned as to his views, he fully adopted aii the prin
ciples we asked, and his integrity of character is
1 sufficient assurance that he would exercise the full
powers of that office in favor of impartial liberty. |
This is all we have a right as an abolitionist, to ;
demand ”
r Air. Kent is the Federal Whig Candidate and
J President of the Bangor Ami-Slavery Society.
Bv an arrival from Cedar Iv ws, we learn {savs the
-
1 Apalachicola Advertiser,) that on the 4th inst., the ;
9(1 llegiihent ot Dragoons, Cnpt. B. L. Beall, sur
prised and attacked a party of about thirty Indians
on the Wacassassic River, and succeeded in captu
ring Hola-Too-Chee, a sub-chief of the Micasukie*.
llosan-Hadjo or Craggy Mass, Helan Te-Mathhi
' Cher, and No-Cos-Cilla, or Bear’s Foot. The others i
{led to the hammocks, whither, according to our in
formant, Capt. 8., with the troops under hi* com
mand, intended to pursue them,taking the prisoners
* with them, to ascertain if possible their place of re
treat.
We learn also that a party of Indians burnt n
house a few miles below Chattahoochee a few days
since; its occupants had previously fled from ap
prehensions of an attack.
We have a letter, says the New York Signal of
Friday,from Boston, written a few moments before
the steamer left, stating that the Brittania was repor
ted below, in a fog, and that she would probably be
up in a few hours.
[From the New York Herald.]
Cultivation of Cotton in India —A special gen
eral meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Man
* chester, was held on Tuesday, to receive the report
of the directors, on the measures taken by the East
Ju 'ia Company for promoting the growth of cotton
in India, and to confer on the prospect which is
held out of increasing the supply of ilns important
raw material. There was a numerous meeting,.!.
■ B Smith, Esq., the president of the chamber, in the
Chairman, in opening the proceedings, alm
fe. ded o the importance of increasing the supply of
r cotton, and stated that the board of directors had
i thought it necessary, in consequence of the inter
\ P't ‘xcited by the steps recently taken by the East
■ India Company, to call the members of the cham-
I her together, and to lav before them all the tn
\ formation they possessed. There was nothing m
J _ uiirmied bv the chamber to afford ground
jr the course purged I n Qf the r hrethron j n the
r I sirates. The chamber deprecated the idea
-of dealing with our colon, C* in
Wp other cottntry; they wished Jo see ? j
cotton promoted wherever it would fl^tirish,
K above all things, to see the existing colonial mo
nopolies abolished, and that the people of
A country might no longer be taxed to pay for the
K government of the coionies, and at the same time
A be oL liged to pay for the produce of those colonies
r double the price at which the same articles could
■ he purchased from other cot ntries, as was the case
i al present with regard to timber, coffee, and sugar
(Applause.) He (toped the time was approaching
when our industriously ai d rapid!v r increasing p<»p
--! illation would have the world thrown open to their
- exertions (Applause.)
Air. H'inle. the vice president of the chamber,
then read the report, which was principally con
! fined to a statement of facts that have already been
I laid before the pi’ ■in the papers It noticed the
; fact that the ance of cultivating cotton in
India had been tin this country for several
years, and in -J37 had been pressed by the Man
| Chester Chamber of Commerce upon the t hamher
!of Commerce of Bombay and Bengal. The Cham
j her of Bombay had, shortly after, forwarded to
• his country one of the rhiurns, or machines used
I in India for the cieiminy of cotton, for the purpose
of'expei iments being made thereon, with a view to
i its improvement. The attention of mechanics, in
thii c usury was publicly drawn to the subject’hy
| advertisement, and the result was, that several im
provements had been off cted. In IS3B, a deputa
tion front this ho td had suggested the East India
; ' ompany the aholuion (i f' ii lP land tax in India as a
mean- of pr mntir.g the culture of cotton : and
■ though there were difficulti- s in the way, the depu
tat.on had obtained the promise, that the subject
j sh-'u!d he i. Ken into serious consideration, a pro
i rhise which if was not hk.-ly would he suffered to
I remain a dead letter, “’he hon. court had recently
| authorised Ins excellency the governor general, to
! offer rewards to persons exhibiting snecimens of
i cotton well cleaned by machinery. Tlte transit
| duty on c sttou had been aKdi h -d throughout the
! presidencies of Bengal and Bombay, and it was
hoped that the same n on would he conferred on ,
the president of Madras. A modification had also
been made in the land tax. By accounts received
from India last week. it. appeared that the govern- r
genera! had offered three prices fur the growth of
a certain quantity of cotton, of ,£2t 01. AMOOO. and
X'3 0 The earnestness of the East India Compa
ny was further evinced by their sending over Cap
tain B.tvlis to the United Slates to engage skilful
persons to proceed to India, there to superintend the
growth and cleaning of cotton. While in the
States, Captain Baylis had provided himself with
a quantity of seeds of the best kinds of cot.:on, and
wiih the saw -gins used for cleaning the article. On
his return lie had come to Manchester to seek per
sonally such information relating to the Cotton
brought to this country, and to the improvement,
that might he made in the means of preparing it as
would best enable him to effect Ids object. While
here ho had visited several houses, and had had
pointed oi,i io him the deficiencies in the Indian
cotton, both as respected its qualdy and its staple.
In ilia meantime tlte saw-gins brought over from
America had been set up in Liverpool, and a depu
j tation from tins hoard had been present at the ex
j peri me nfs tried upon them on the I7ih n't. They
| had sc.f-e witnessed their operations in Manches
ter, and the result was, upon the whom, highly sat
, h-faciory, as pn-ving-lhe practicability of cleaning
- Indian cotnui bv means of the American saw gni,
though no donhi experience would he necessary
to adapi the girt to the species of cotton which had
j to b<- operated »n. and there also would lie some ,
; difficulty in Itsd a in providing the power necessa
ry to drive machines of that dpecnplion. It was,,
therefore, a wise measure to send over to America
to obtain experienced persons to superintend the
process; and tire deputation wished to record their
grateful sense of the zeal and energy displayed b;y i
the East India Company in promotion of this na
tional object, am! of the manner in whi<dt their
views had been carried out by Captain Baylis
j The saw-gins commonly used in America produced
fom lOOOlhs. to 12 iPs a cay, while hi th e rhiaca,
; the Indian machine,only from 381bs. todOlhs. a dSy
| could he produced. The board confidently expec
ted that the mechanical genius of Manchester
| would he able to produce an improvement on the ,
. American gins. The machine w Inch had hitherto
i produced the host cotton was one built by Messrs.
| Fawcett & Go. of Liverpool, under the superin- :
tendem-e of Dr Jones, the patentee The hoard
was confident that if the effVis of ihe East loilia
' Company were p rseveringiy followed up. as they
j ought n> he. for the mutual interest of England
: ami India, that no doubt need be entertained of
j their success.
Mr. Edmund Ashworth, of Boltin, moved the adop
tion ol'rite report,and in so doing remarked on the ,
advantage of our deriving a supply of cotton from a
country which would take our manufactures in re
turn.
Mr. T. Baz.’ev, jun. (horonghreeve ofSalford,) se
conded the resolution, which was unanimously
adopt ?d.
Mr. Holland IToole, vice-president of the cham
ber moved—“ That this chamber must ever regard
| it as most desirable that a constantly increasing
quantity of the raw material, upon which the capi
tal, skill, and labor of the surrounding population
| are employed, should be derived from as numerous
and diversified sources us possible; so that the dan
ger ofanv interruption to its regular supply, wheth
er from the vicissitudes of season, war, or the spe
culative operations of individuals, should be, as far
ns practicable, prevented ; and these views are es
peciallv applicable to tlte lower qualities ofcotton,
upon which the greatest quantity of our machinery
' is emidoved.”
Mr. R. Gardner seconded the resolution, which
j >* as unanimously adopted.
Mr. Alderman Suttiewortli moved “That,from the
experiments lately made this chamber feels com inc
i ed that cotton may he produced upon the soil of Brit
ish India of a quality suited to tiie wants of the ma
jority of the spinners and manufacturers ot this
countv ;and whilst it views with tlte most cordial
satisfa: lion the steps already taken by the East In
dia C'ompanv to eflert this object, especially in send
ing out to India persons from the I nited States ex
perienced in th° cultivation of cotton, this chamber
begs to express its earnest and respectful request
that the directors of the honorable company will
follow up their enlightened undertaking with a zeal
proportionate to its importance to the best interests
of the people of Great Britain and India ; and that
anv regulations or impedi cents which may exist in
the wav of rapidly augmenting production ofcotton
in our eatern possessions may heentneiy removed.
| Mr. John Brookes (horonghreeve of Manchester,)
ou seconding the resolution, alluded at some length
to th” oppressive nature of the land tax of India, and
cited several authorities to shew that until very re
cently it had been in full operation.
Mr. J. Adshead also addressed the chamber on
the same subject, and cited a nun,!. uthorities.
! He contended that this was th *t impedi
ment to the increased cultivation c at, and ougnt
first to he removed. , ,
The resolutions being passed, thanks were voted
to tiie chairman, and the meeting separated.
ENGLISH AND FRENCH NAVY.
The following statement is derived from official ,
sources-.—England has now twenty-two sail of the
line in actual commission, besides three powertm
guard ships, which could be got ready in a lew
days. Besides these, fifteen additional sail of the
line have undergone an entire overhauling: thetr
mast, sails, furniture, and armaments ready pre-
J pared to be put on board at a moments notice —
j Above fifty more of good serviceable line-of-bat* e
1 ships a r e on the stocks, or at their moorings in Ha
, ze. Portsmouth, Chatham, Sheerness, and Pern
So much for the comparative available
i r f,n of- & s respects France and England.—
But"lhips without Ten ure useless. The first blast
: r trnmnet would rouse into activity the
1 dormant sptnt of 300,000 well-iratned English sea
nt'-M; ’.vhd • Prance *as n-c 50, KK) *( *-firing per
sons within her coasts, from In r oiih-*t nian-ol
vyar s m m down to the last boy in a fishing-boat.—
\et with the.-e tacis, saiisfactorily est .hitsheu by
official reports, ea.-y of access to ill who are anx
sousf ous to supply the public vvllh ,ceti r ate i’,f irma'ion,
j ins-end of exc tine aporeheasions t>y exngeerating
that o' England, does the “Times” sny—"as r.-s~
peots England. France has row a superior fleet.”
And ag in: . “We concede that France ha* the
superioriiy a: sea. ' 'i lie worh of these ■ ssert-ons
wi ! l he seen, while the mo‘ive> which produce diem
wi-.i he mntnfipst, if we place in ptxta position ti e
iTurns of England s navy’, and ihe report of the
Trench Ministers of Marine (hr 1341.
En i.a.nd.
Ij’ne of Smaller
, Battle. Frigates. Vessels. Steamers.
in Canunis.-ion, not iu
cindiugtlier sci--, e, £2 £9 gy (-5
In Reserve as Demon- •
stration Ships, 15 11
In Ordinary (tood con
ditioii) anit Tl iildiug, 70 tj 232 11
A1cii—37,165.
Total, T. 17 l : 8 3:50 7G
Franck.
J one of Smaller
Buttle. Frigates. Vessels, Steamers.
In Gomniission, inclu
diag the Reserve, 15 22 73 ;j,j
Building and iaflrdi
-11 ary, 23 23 93 10
Men—22,464.
Total, 40 50 166 40
The efleet of this eoniparntfve view will he in
creased w’”en i f is known that in the returns an
allowance is made nrt England's side of 21 sat! of
the line, ard near'y don’ile shat number of in eiinr
rates, as mtseaworthy, or c.p! ,y, i as receiving,
ships hulks,'Those on v°r efatc.-J whi'-h
ore lit for : - rv c.- and I- 1 KC.ual progress in
building With r ers. though <mr .war
s:earners eiitnmi. -■ ......re . • double (ho num
ber of those in tlte i . otieh - v:.-- very i-hurf no-
Uc« vvonhl suffice Inp- . i . umber ('on v s' ex
tent. kXt aal (; ers e' - <- at p(: v\ t- r, ( #i w
emp'oyed in trade an.- '. u-seng rs. there- ■
of our several steam pm ket <• -.panics, would he
instantly available fort”, Gl,- . ■ ieo o- vessels
of war, shoo (i they 1; r< o”: c : r t'n it purpose.
Louis Nopal on —Loins Nanuiecn )ie() , .r some
time previous to his mad attempt a*. i’o> l-ijr.e, been
residing in this e.ntritrv. He first lived fur nearly
a year and a half at ko. 17, < ’ariton-'ci race. Pall
mall, and - nhseqm iv Iv, up to Tuesday week, oc
cupied a fnm sited house belonging to Ear! Ripin,
| i\o. ] ( ar.ton gardens, j’rince Louis Naupleon is
about 27 years of age, and is >ta'ed t<> he a remark
ably fine-looking man. About the dme above spo
ken of, his name was a ! so identified in this countrv
with an intended due! with a person claiming to he
an illegitimate son of the late Emperor Napoleon
Bonaparte, hat which he complained to the police:
soon after which was prevented by the interference
to t It” poll cram ho rides that he ant c.ipated an attempt
to assassinate him would he made, in consequence
of which the neighbourhood of a cottage between
Camdentovvn and St. John’s wood, where the Prince 1
frequently called, was watched by the police. For i
some weeks lately numerous strangers (foreigners) i
have observed at ihe resi ‘ence of the i Vince, who !
are now suppose to have been the individuals who
accompanied him 10 Boulogne. The Ecinhurah
( ast e steam vessel belongs to the General Steam
Packet Company, who, in letting the ve>se!, hail
not the s ightest Idea that it vvas Taken for die use
<>: the Prince, much less for so mad an expcihn sn. i
The engagement was entered into with the Com- 1
party by a Mr. Rapello, a gentleman of th” city. !
who represented to the Directors that he w shed ii
fora party of respectable gentlemen, who for tln-ir |
own pleasure intended proceeding round the roast. I
i he ves e! was taken i>y tiie week, and it was re
present d that tiiis tri|> migltt occupy a fortiiiglu
or more. —London Livies.
[From the Globe.]
ORGANIZATION OF TEE MILTTI \ .
Mr. Poinsett’s plan, that of General Harrison,
anu the old law approved by G.-n-'rai VV asltmgton,
provide that every citizen of a certain age shall he
enrolled,and shall arm and equip himself at his
own expense. Mr. Poinsett ex,-bid s all under
twenty and over forty-five years 01 age, Harrison
includes all between eighteen and sixty. The ex
emptions from militia duty, on the score of employ
ments, embrace the sum” persons in each plan.
The three plans provide for training the militia
within their respective irt ;tes. The division into
; military districts by Mr. Poinsett being intended for
the organization of a larger and more effective force
in cases of invasion or insurrection. Mr. Poinsett
and General Harrison both propose depots of arms
within the States.
Mr. Poinsett proposes that the officers of the i
militia should he appointed in such manner us the
Legislatures of the ssveral States shall direct, and
that tiie militia shall be called out through tiie Go- I
vernors of the States. Genera! Harrison repudi- :
atesall connection with or dependence upon the I
States, and provides that the President shall in all
cases address his orders directly to the officers of \
the militia.
Mr. Poinsett proposes to subject the militia, call
ed out for training, to such regulations as the Pre
sident may think proper to adopt for their instrnc- I
lion, discipline, and improvement in military know
ledge. Gen. Harrison proposes to adopt, for the j
government of the militia, the saute rules of service i
and the same system of discipline and police, as
are or may be adopted for that of the army of the
i Hited States; and both, as well as the old law, sub
ject the militia to the rales and articles of war
when called our by the President of United .States;
hut Mr Poinsett proposes to protect the militia by
providing that they shall be tried exclusively by ;
their own officers.
Gen. Harrison proposes to pay the officers ex
clusively; Mr. Poinsett to pay both the officers and
men.
[From the Globe.]
MODERN WHIG ABSURDITIES.
1. If prices fall, it i* entirely attributed to the
Administration; hut, if they rise, no credit is given
to the Administration for it.
2. If the receipts for revenue are large, the Ad- j
ministration is not allowed to have have anv credit j
for the prosperous state of the country, which that
evinces; but, if they are small, the whole censure is !
cast on it.
3. If the expenditures are large, the Administra
tion is abused for it; but, if they are reduced, no !
praise is giv*n.
4. If the crops are not abundant and the country
not thrifty, the Administration is charged with the |
calamity; but, if the reverse happens no common- |
dation is bestowed ou ths Administration for the
favorable change.
5. If war occurs or disturbances, the whole
blame is cast on the imbecility of those in power;
but, if peace is preserved amid many perils, the v
get no acknowledgment from the Opposition for
either vigor or prudence.
What consistent, candid, and amiable gentlemen
this Whig party must appear to be to the consider
ate aad impartial portion of the community:!
[From the X. IE Ere. Post. J
The attention of our readers is solicited to the call
of a meeting of the merchants friendly to the policy
of the present administration. Tiiis circumstance
has an important meaning.
•.; ? ' rss■^rasfsrrss
r l’he printed call is signed by tliree hundred per
sons. among whom arc some who two years since
were decided! v unfriendly to the schema of an inde
pendent treasure, Besi I•* those whose signatures
are publish -d, there is, we learn, a Urge number of
mun s o.i the copies of the call circulated in manu
script. In making the arrangements for the meeting,
proofs were fouii 1 t every step of that distrust of
tue wills policy of which we spoke yesterday.—
With t!ie i)r sped? that now present thmnselv. sto
! tii'ii of b l ines-, with the gradual and w holesome
r covery from our late stagnation, witii the new in
clines fir convenient dealing which are now sprinar
, ing nn on everv side, the m ? reliant*. —except some
w ho lie over.’, helnn d hi the ruins of tlHr nnfortu
-1 Mate speculation*. and others whose prejudice? tm
too deep-seated and bitter to he removed hv r ason
or experience,—are for the most part contented. —
They <1 ’predate the troubling of the waters which
after the kite temjiest are now beginning to run
, clear.
Besides those who have signed the e ll for the
meeting, there are others who notion - since were
hostile to the policy of separating bank and state,
| and w ho have seen cause to alter their opini >n. lint
i discouraged hv their former prodigious mistake
j have determined tor the present to withdraw from
I politics, and t > attend no party meetings.
There are also many commission merchants who,
i although with ire in feeling, and convinced that the
| policy supported by the democratic party is he ne.fi
ci’d and necessary, have yet been deterred from
signing the call hv the fear ofgiving offence to those
whose good will is important to them in their l usi
mss. There is vet, in certain quarters, a ferocity
of prejudice, a disposition to tyrrnnriize over mores
i opinions, which they dread to encounter. The fierce
-1 j ness and intolerance of this disposition may be
judged ot from an article in a whig daily paper, the
then t la<t evening, and of the merchants who had
called it, it says:
“hot the finger of scorn, of burning contempt, be point-
I ed at the recreants !”
, W hat, shall a men conscious of the uprightness
of his ovv n motives be pointed out to his fellow men,
i as an object of “scorn,’’ for daring to exercise the
I rights of a freeman/ Is fie to be singled out as a
i mark of “contempt” because he makes a rnaniv
d-mn;ration ofiiis politi al opinions and preferences?
! Is he to be termed a “recreant” because lie will
i pet vote for men whose measures he believes will be
injurious to th-e welfare of his country ?
Rather be it said that he is the true mark ofscoßN
win! in political as weiias other matters is a traitor
to his own conscience, that lie is the just obj ct of
contempt who surrenders the birthright of a free
man t--} another nititi’s dictation, and that he
I genuine recur aNT who is deterred from an ’honest
j declaration of his opinions by threats like those we
j have quoted.
| We doubt whether those denunciations will have’
j the effect of ! ’ssening the numbers of the meeting of
merchants to be held on Friday. Let tlie creatures
ofihe wliig party call as loudly as they please upon
their fellow fanatics to
“point the finger of scorn at the recreants”
there are thousand?, we are. proud to say it, among
tiie mercantile class of this city who know that there
- is no disgrace in honesty and who hold the idle me
| mice in that estimation which it deserves. They
j know that Ine finger which is raised to point out an
; honest man, manfully and fearlessly supporting the
i cause which be believes to be right* even if it berais
■ ed in malignity and hatred, is m fact raised to point
1 him out to the honor and approbation of mankind.
Let the merchants who support the sound and safe
: commercial policy of the -administration then come
I together, and see how many will he ready to
“point the finger of scorn ut the recreants ”
When such threats are littered with a- vieyv of ob
; sti uctinar the freedom of jmlitical discussion and ac
] fi'in. it is tune tlial this freedom should he the more
i hobby and strenuously asserted. It is time that all
genetous spirits who hoi I opinions in common yvitli
, those who are thus denounced and proscribed,
j should gather to their support.
f From the N. V. Standard 1
j GREAT MEETING OF MERCHANTS "FRIFNDI V
i , TO THE ADMINISTRATION.
i he subjoined cal! is one among tlie many stroiio
-of the misrepresentation of th: w big*press in
reference to this mercantile community. Were the
| people, lmre and elsewhere,to credit the statements of
1 these prophets ofevjl, we should have little hone of
the prevalence of truth on any subject. Fortunate
ly for we are aide to proseiit the best evidence of
the satisfaction with which our oldest and rmretem
iimnt merchants who bavevievved the conduct of the
i administration at Washington, and have their written
pledge to its support, and for the re-election of New
\ iom sfavorite Son.
PUBLIC MEETING.
I ' ; ,e merchants and traders of the city of New
I 1 ! ,r ; ; u "° approve the measures of the national ad
! ministration, andjjare in favor of the re-election ofthe
| liresent Chief Magistrate of the Union, are invited
j to meet in front of tlie Merchants’Exchange, Wall i
i street,on FRIDAY NEXT, tlie IStb inste at 2 o’-
I clock, P. M.
Addresses will he delivered bv tlie Hon. SILAS
RIGHT, Jr. of the I. nited States Senate, ami
1 BEN.L F. BUTLER, Esq. It is also expected that
the Hon. HENR\ HUBBARD, of New Hamp
shire, will address the meeting.
[Herefollows the names of about three hundred
merchants.!
i '
i Pnlloon Asrensinn . — Mr. Wise, the aeronaut,
made his twenty sixth ascension at Cb. -mhersbnrg.
Pa.,on the s*ii in»t. which yvas j erfectly su<-cess
fol. ahhongli the weather yvns very ntipropitious, a
drenching rain interfering with the process of infla
tion. Mr. \\ . thus describes his voyage.
I en minutes after my d«*par‘tire. I was solitary
I nod alone groping my way through a world of dark
ness, yviiii an occasional glimmer of light, barely
sufficient to discern the charms and defiles which
yverc formed of the clouds. It was ten minutes
i from the time i entered this solitary confinement,
before I could see the light of the son: and then for
several minutes I yvas surrounded by high moun
j tains and ravines. 'I he influence of the sun yvas
powerful and sodden. The balloon expanded so
suddenly that tyvo of the cords detached from the
i next-work. 'I bis was caused by one of ray friends
i in the yard, who bore his weight on the rope before
; I detached, and consequently strained if.
The scene now ch'anged. A- I emerged from the
! ocean of clouds, tlie balloon darted upwards like an
| arrow from a well strung bow. I now commenced
i discharging gas to relieve th*' pressure caused by
i expansion. At tin’s period of my voyage, the scene
1 was entirely new to me, although it was niv fifth
! adventure. It yvas sometime before I could realize
i it. It appeared to me like a strange dream of pas
sing from one heaven to another.
An awful silence pervaded this new abode Be
low me was spread a vast ocean of clouds, having
tlie appearance of snow, skirted by a deep bine
margin. In the distarce appeared a great and bril
liant harbor, covered with sails and pyramidical
light-houses, the sun towering about them and
shedding his lustre over their tops. 1 was a lone
ly being iu this new abide. Casting my eyes
upwards, I beheld another heaven, part tinned from
me by a canopy of clouds of the order of Cinocu
mules, like irregular waves, rke -un here and there
shining through them and reflecting from the clouds |
below, made it pleasant and comf rtable. Here
my vessel was in s atu quo. I looked at my time i
peace and found it five minutes past four o’clock.
I discirargcd some ballast in order to pass through
'v^.,..j. r< m
! the upper strata, but as I arose. the roldTecaroe
intense—the cloths be.au to thicken, obscuring
' l6 sil v ll ; r ' ,ni m ,V splendid mansion. The changl
was nv\ Indy solemn—hringmg with it a gloomy
foreboding saving, thus far and ro farther thou
.ran roortMi. was the bent of my imagination,
and even now 1 cannot describe the reverence of
jmy fee ing. It was to me a solemn glory—a special
pmilege to be enjoyed with reverential awe.
FFDERAL PRIXCIPI.ES.—“It is a partofwis
*; < ‘L n r ’ ,oUJIu gevenmu-ut on property.”— Daniel
1> easier.
“Labor is a commodity,bought and sold like tner
chamiise in the market.” —John Duets.
- L i v our country be cursed with war, pestilence
and f'.min •, rather than a military chieftain for Presi
dent.' ' —Hen rtj C/a!/.
Quick M r de cf (te f iivg up Steam. — Lieut. Jan
vier <■ t the French navy, has just discovered the
means of getting up the steam of engines, with
sin h rapidity, that in ten minutes from the first ligh -
ing nf the fire, and although the water in the boiler
b qnile c >ld. a v ->se! mt v hsr set in motion. Thisis,
it is added, to he accomplished without any addi
tional apparatus, and very little expense.
[From the N. F. Standard.]
WHIG LEGISLATION.
Our renders are aware that four ot tlie Savings
Instimtions of the city of Haiti more have stopped
payment within a few da vs, and thus swindled hun
dreds of the poor out of their hard earnings. There
are still fourteen similar establishments in that city,
and thirty-fight individuals and firms who issue
notes payable on demand.
These evils are grievous and hard to he borne by
anv compnmitv; and we would ask upon whom
falls t!ie responsibility? Through whose legislation
was it tiutt the laboring, the producing classes, are
thus filched of their liitle earnings, and their fami
lies reduced to poverty and distress? It was through
Whig legislation, and the.U big party of Maryland
deserves all the odium resulting therefrom.
There tan he no mistake on this point. The Jour
nals of the Le gislature show the facts, and vve refer
tho reader to them us hero presented by the Haiti
more Republican:
1 he Legislature of Maryland is composed, as is
well known, of the members of two Houses the
members of the Senate, and the members of the
Homy of Delegate*. Last year the Democrats had
• a majoiity in the House of Delegates of 15, and the
Federal Whigs a majority of three in the Senate.
“Now let us look at the facts. On reference to
the journal of the House of Delegates, page ITS, is
to l;e found the following :
‘“Mr. Spencer, (a Democrat, and new one of the Va
• Pure:! electors,') Chairman ofthe Committee on the Cur
. rency, made a farther report in part of a bill entitled ‘An
act to restrain private hanking, and to prohibit any corpo
ration or iiuiiviuudi, or association of individuals, from
issuing any paper intenaed to circulate as a paper curreu
i cy.”
This bill was taken up and passed by tho House
on February the 28lh, (see journal, page 3G3 nod
mcl,) end was sent to the Senate 4th March, (see
paged')!.)
L on: let vs see n hat the TJ 7 ’ Whig SenatejTf\did.
‘‘ 1 he hill which passed the House was called up
in the uvuiai., March 2Gth, and rejected by the fol
lowing vote.
'■■For ike hi 7 —Messrs. Elr, Evans. Martin, Mauls
. by, Scott—s. fCF’ALL DEMOCRATS.
“Against the hilt.— Messrs. Potts, Beckett, Dono
lio, Golflsliorougb, of D., Marruder, Pratt, Purnell,
Stewart,Turner-9. KFALL WHIGS.
‘■.Now, render, Imre is tin; evidence, such as no man
\vii! on-re deny, that the Democrats did pass a bill in
lue House to prevent such swindling establishments
as the ‘Patapsco Saving-Fund’ from robbing the
cominmiil; ■ and tnat now, instead of having our
streets covered with miserable shinplasters, had the
Vt lues, who had a majority in the Senate, passed
toe bill, we would have had a good currency. Let
the poor man, and woman, too, who have been swin
dieii out oftiieir hard earnings hv these villainous
establishments, visit upon the heads of the proper
persons the scorn and endignation of which they are
deserving.
“ I Tese are facts which cannot be gainsayed, and
we n-k tiiCM'. ii‘c.tiug portion of the community to
ponder wed upon them Indore ’they again entrust
their interests in the hands of Federal leaders. Let
sh tse facts be spread far and w ide —the light of truth
should pervade all sections.”
Consistency. —The contradictory' letters of the
"A big President candidate, written hv him on the
subject of abolition, to his X T orthern and Southern
friends, for private circulation; each calculated to
I agree in feeling with the individuals to whom they
i have been addressed, call to mind the following
1 lines:
“lie w ires in and woes out.
And leaves a body still iu doubt
V> liet!*.er the snake that makes the, t; ack
Was going South or coming back.’’
JV. Y. Standard. „
gy'l* gw fwr - T . ■ a—l sri**
COM ME R CIA L HEA D.
LATEST DATES FROM LI VERPOOI AUGUST IT
LATEST DATES FROM HAVRE..... AUGUST 31
MOBILE, Sept. IS— Cotton.— The receipts this week
are 308 bales, “SC of which are of the new crop. The ex
port- in the same time rr-ich -1314 Liles, reducing the stock
now on hand including that on shipboard not cleared to 6.-
093 bales.
The transaction: do n<>( embrace nor? than about 250
bales, the market v»> • stea-iily maintaining the appear
ance of the ! '-t week, it efnrence, however, being civ n to
the new crop in the orders now i i the course of execution,
sales of that description lias been effected with more ease
and at a difference in price of fc. per lb., against the old
cottons ofthe same classification. Prices during the week
have ranged from 7to I0;c. We quote lair (old/ 9c,, (new)
9 , cents.
The samples we have seen of the late arrivals of new
cotton indicate a commendable carefulness in preparing it
for the market. The quality ranges generally from mid
dling fair to good fair.
Exchange. —Some small transactions have taken place
in sterling at our figures, hut in other kinds the market is
still inanimate and the rates almost nominal. The Banks
cheek on New 7 ork at 5 percL: and on New Orleans at 2 a
3 per ct. prem.
Freight?. —We hear of but one engagement, which was
only for part ofa cargo, to Liverpool LI. per lb. There is
v "ry little anxiety to operate by either part}', the supply
of colto being so very small.
ca!Tacr»nFir-ir acmm v.~ar syiHega«rg.-caaniiMn—
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAH. Sept. 20.—Arr brig Clinton, New A’ork;
bteainer Augusta, Charleston.
fid, brig Opelousas. Baltimore; schr Leven Jones, V®w
Orleans.
CHARLESTON. :-ept. 22.—Arr echr Michigan New
iork: loop tour Brotners. Charlotte. NC.
Went to sea. steamer C Vanderbilt. Wilmington, NC.
—-rm n-m—i v, t "irrAw !■■■—wii
O* DENTAL SURGERY.—Benj. Douglass, M. d".
has returned to the city and resumed his profession, at h:s
residence, over Me.-srs. W. & J. Cat I in’s jewelry store,
oppo-ite the Insurance Rank, Broad-street.
For sale, 3,000 superior incorruptible TEETH.
Nov 16 Iv 44
37WM.M. WILLIAMS, BOTANIC I'll VsSHdIAN—
! offers his professional service- to the « tizens oi Augusta
i ind Us vicinity. He miv at all times be consulted at uis
effice, when not professionally engaged, on the north side
! of Ellis-street, immediately on the alley leading from th*
: City Hall to the Eagle and Phoenix Hotel
Mav 7 ts
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