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ADMUK.VS Tjlht I’tojh vs the Southern and South Ki.fl -n Stain I'Vdlow-Cilizeris : 'l'iic Committee apnoin. ted In enny into fill'itl the sixth residuum) bl the Merchants Convention, believe they can i«H butter sill serve the purposes oftheir ap pointment, than hj calling your attention to the existing relations of the Northern and Southern Sta'os,* and improving the evidence which they afford, of the importance ol the enterprise which the Convention have in view. At tins moment pecuniary embarro ament, tn a greater or less degree, pervades the whole country : every/? ink within its limits has impended payment : iliore is hardly a dollar ol specie in circulation : the nnnn-id luslitmions of ihe North and of the South, in point of solvency, uru upon hi equal fooling . ihi foreign commerce ol' the country ih sus famed almost entirely hy .S.inllicrn produc tion!: the foreign creditors tire paid in South* cm productions; and jet, exchanges between the North and the couth, tire from 7 to 40 per -centum in laior ol the former: a Northern hank note, sustains the Katin.' relative value to a Southern bank nolo: Southern credit is lamentably depressed, while Northern eiedil is comparatively linn. - Ihe dockets ol our Courts arc crowded with tuts brought hy Northern Mou.-fe eg linut Southern Home To meet the issues cf there cutis, our people are corner lined to moo one another; tml llius, their distresses aio extended, and cnibiilcred by the prospect; ol the future. In Ihu mean time our Northern brethren are reaping rich fruits from their vantage-ground. They send hither their lands—exchange them nt an en ormous premium lor Southern funds—turn these into Southern staples (rash articles) at par—draw lulls upon Ilium, which they cell ut like proli'.—reinvest tlie proceeds in the mime , way, and renew the operation ns olten us j their own ready means of exchange and trans- j pollution will uilow. We do not pretend to i soy Unit ibis is tlie universal, or even tiie pre vailing mode ofoperulimi, or that ms confi ned exclusively to Northern men.—Northern i funds, to he the basis of this system, must ! have u cuneney ul the South, which in hut lew instances they have: hut that this bus | been the inode of procedure in tomo instan ces,and that the same (lung is daily effected through other instrumentalities, wo lieheve ; admits ul no doubt. Nor let us he understood j lift attaching any hlanie to those who thus avail Oiemsulves of their means, to profit hy j ilio times. It is a singular feature in this dis mal picture, tha* tlio pecuniary embarrass- • menu of the Southern Stales, increase us they recede from Ihe North; and (their ago and population considered) in uu exact mho to their agricultural resources. Is this a natural state of things? If it be, we must acquiesce in the necessity that dooms os io it. lint soil respect, to say nothing of self interest, demands, I hat wo search lor the causes of it in order lliul we may reform it, if it he remediable. A brief recurrence lo the commercial anil financial history ol the United 1 Wlates, will leach us, that in the natural or- 1 der of things, the positions of the two sec- 1 lions should be precisely reversed; and that 1 nothing will more effectually secure lo the people of the South, their natural advantages, 1 than a direct trade between their and foreig i ' notions. < Before we commence the review, we take 1 leave to observe, that we cannot assent to 1 the opinion too olten expressed, (hat the cut 1 barrusmncnl ul the Southern people, is the re. 1 suit of a wild and reckless spirit of adventure c and speculation on their part. That this may 0 to some extent, have had Us effects, is very " probable; hut that it is the leading cause ol , their distress, we arc not prepared to admit. 1 We behove, that could it now be known, * whut were the resources and prospects ol all who have failed, at the tune when they in- 1 curred the debts which effected their runt, it “ would I ! found, that no: one in twenty of rhem is justly chargeable with imprudence ' even, in incurring those debts. Is the planter 1 whooo cotton crop netted him fifty thousand dollars m December, 16116, and who in Janua- 7 ry following, when cotton was on the advance, , incurred a debt ol forty thousand dollars, in U order to double the succeeding crop, to he ' Charged with lolly, because in AJay, 1807, Ins 0 properly sunk lo nothing, from causes which human prudence could nut have foreseen! Is , the merchant who sold out his stock in 1836, j nt a large profit, and having (bund it too small tor the demand, doubled it, and with it Ins Ul debt, to meet the demand of to he called o a wild adventurer, because he did not fuicsee ' the disasters ol that year! And vet probably '* few, who sunk under the pressure of that year, " were as indiscreet, as these men arc supposed \ to have been. None blame the creditors; but ' equal censure belongs lo the mail who runs 1 extravagantly in debt, and the mini who cro- ' dits him. ' Th; lime was, when the poojm of the * ooulh wore ihu largest, impurlors in the couu- *1 try. “In 1/09, the value ol the imports of the j several colonies was a; follows; Os Virginia, / 851,140 sterling. ! ‘ New England States, 561.000 do New York, 130,000 do Pennsylvania, 400,000 do South Carolina, 555,000 do 1 , "The exports were m about tlie same pro portion, \ irgiuia exporting nearly (our limes j us much as New \ orkt a id South Carolina 1 nearly twice as much as New York and I’emi- * sylvaniu together; and live tunes as much «s I ell the New England Stales united." “The same relative proportion of imports 1 is preserved until the adoption of the federal j constitution, when we find them to ho in ilic 1 veftr 1701 as follows; Os New York, .$3,222,000 ! Virginia, 2,166,000 South Carolina, 1,520,000 " 1 here are no data to show tin: imports into ihe several States liom the year 1791 to 1620. j but the general fact may lie assumed, that Iho import trade ol New \orknnd other Northern Slates, has boon constantly progressing, while that of Virginia and South Carolina "has as regularly diminished. Emm 1821, to the piesent lime, ue have sufficient data, and they exhibit the following, ns the slate ol the ini port trade. Ann York. I iVgiiiio ,v Carolina. 1 s'. 1 ’ * •■kOOll.r.oo ;1t».’1,61 ,078,0 t hi Is 2 i, hi,i iuo lui'V ls --> 'f'l.tKH'i ISJ-J, 2,000,000 |S2». (is 1,000 18*43, 3.000,000 • 00°,01)0 1821, 0311,00011824, ‘2,100,000 s“?‘ ■'’•’ :, .’ | Oo| 183.\ a,151),000 s»V •»?’" 1827, 1,80(1,000 ‘ ,V, • iN' l 'i.o3n, i:o,),non is.’.i 1210,000 1-32, 5 ..OOU.OtH) 183,', ~.,11,000 1-3.’, l^i^iOO "Thus, the import trade n! New York Inis gradually iucirased from 139.000 s'crliinr, about $840,000, m the ycai 1769, nod troni about three millions of dollars m 1791, to the ! enoniioos sum. in 16.‘(2, of tiliy seven millions of del'iirsl W iule Virginia has fallen oil', m her import trade, Irnm'iwn ami a hilt nidi tons ■ ol dullais.in 1701, to 8575 UUO in 1629, and 8550 000 m 1802. not a great, deal inert 'Non inn freight of tin t n do/"S stop.-' ’VVbrnwr* spwik »*i I lie Si'uth, ;n ■' l) • iho *• xv»‘ • mhr»\« N in ’* irriu-., r!)#• *nif \a i v’. rn C ? , "From ihcjccalaiutioi h, a few eunOOs (acta j appear. The imports of Now Fork were, in ■ 1 8.T2, seventy times a i great as they were in 1 1760,and nearly twenty times more than they t j were in 1701. Virginia, on llie other hand, , 1 imported in 1829, about one eleventh ot what , i he (1 (I in 1700, and about one seventh of what , kho did in 1701. In a period too, of eivht y ars, tlio aifuregalo iiiiuorls of Me v \oik i J 1 /nn o i . amounted to id 11 millions oftlolla's; those ol , i South Carolina to about 16 millione, and those of Virginia to about five millions ! New York , imported, therefore in 1802, eleven times as ,! much as Virginia did in eight preceding 1 1 and nearly (our times na much in the single year of 1632, us South Carolina imported in I of eight years. Again, New York imported in one year, (1b62) nearly fifty limes i us tnur.li as South Carolina in the same year, and about 110 him sas much us Virginia. We acknowledge our indebtedness tor the foregoing extract, to a writer in I lie Richmond Wing, who, under tlio signature ot "Patrick Henry,” h.s favored the public with a senes ; of numbers, assistant to our purpose, which , I are worthy to he read hy every Southron. At the conclusion of the lust war with Croat I’, tain, Georgia commenced quite a hn k and preti able impelling business ; Iml it declined m a few years, tind its sola rjuent history, may ' Im iiecn in the hislmy of the trade of South ! Carolina. 11 iving shown the decline of Southern trade wo proceed lo (mpiiie into the causes ot it.— In the course of our research, the reader will 1 discover the prime cause ot' our present em- I harrassmenls. Thu Committee of Ways and Means in their report of the sth March lust, suy . ‘ Our , collectors have had under their control a gross 1 revenue n1'916 000,000, and our land receivers 107,000,000, making 1,056,000,000. They j not only had control of this vast iiiiiuiint, but i they wore permitted lo pay without warrant i from tlio lieiii-nry, and lief ore the monei/ pass ed nut rs their hand a, all the expenses of our Custom liou u'H uiul hind offices and deben j lures which alone amounted to four or fire mil- I lions annually, and sometimes more." 'i bough vve find some difficulty in reconci ling this statement with the actual receipts mid disbursements oftho Government as re ported (iiinualiy to Congress, and with the ex ! ponses of collection us discoverable from the j 1 sources of information which I o within our reach, without supposing greater losses in the j transit oftho public funds to the treasury, than j nro staled to have occurred ;it is probable I that our difficulty arises from our limited I means of research, and that (lie Committee arc j substantially, il not literally correct. The nine hundred and loity-six millions of revenue, raised from the customs, were levied from foreign merchandize, received in ex change for domestic productions , for though the term customs, in financial language, em braces duties on tonnage, clearances, light money', vfcc. &u. those arc comparatively so insignificant, that they will not mvtera' y ef fect (ho estimate. Those who think dilier onlly, may allow for them, the odd forty-six millions. Os the domestic productions given in exchange for the foreign merchandise, near ly three-fourths wore ol Southern growth—we will say two-thirds which wo know, in the whole estimate, to be under the mark. With out disturbing the vexed question, “who pays the duties;” wo may stale then, what all will admit, that llie Government has been indebt. ed to Southern industry for six hundred and J thirty millions of money. If the expenses of | collecting one billion and fifty three millions of revenuu, wore “from four to five millions ' mnually, and sometimes more,” it mrysalcly jo assumed, that the expenses of collecting ! the six hundred and thirty millions, amount, ed to one million annually. Had tin; South ern people then shipped their own produce to foreign markets, and brought the return car- 1 goes to their own ports, they would have had eight and forty millions distributed among tin in since 1781), simply in tho pay ot their 1 revenue officers. Tins would have gone into tho pockets of individuals, lo be sure ; and so goes all that constitutes the wealth of a nation. Here would it have been received, and here expended. Insignificant, as it may seem while wo are contemplating billions and hundreds of millions, when vve reflect upon the influence which the comparatively trivial sum received | :»y the Slates from i lie surplus revenue lias iu(l upon tlio Southern Stiter, wo cannot Joubt that its effects would have been most - lenignly felt. Tina sum divided among the dlies of Norfolk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and Orleans, would have piloted many a disturbed bosom in the trying 1 reign of the protective system. Savannah’s 1 portion of it, would have defrayed tho whole i expenses of the Government of Ge'orgia for more than thirty years; nor, it is believed, would the portions of the other cities have : done less lor their Slates. Whatever the sum may have been worth, wo must be con sidered as having thrown it away ourselves.— Let us at least remember, that if tho tariff should ever bo revived, (and bints to that ef fect have recently fallen from high authority on the floor of Congress,) a direct trade will m some measure untigaie its rigor ; and this far tend to the preservation of the union. h wo suppose the value of the goods upon which the six hundred and thirty millions ofdu- j lies were levied, to have been but four Imres lire value of the duties, it amounted to 83,000,000,. 000.— How were those goods brought lo ibis country and distributed I—The Northern mer chant has come hither and bought from the South ern planter produce olTqttal value, abating from tlio price, all lire expenses, direct and incidental, of transportation—He has insured them m Nor thern offices, end shipped them abroad in his own vessels—Exchanged them at a small profit 1 for foreign merchandise—brought il home—-paid one.butrlh its value to the Government—added that amount and all the expenses of importation, and fifteen to twenty per cent for his profits, to ! the priie, and exposed il tor sale. The Sou them 1 merchant has now gone to him; lingered the I summer through with him at u heavy expense— -1 bought a portion ot lliese goods—reshipped litem m Northern vessels to Moulhern ports —added twenty five per rent, more to the price, lo cover bis expenses and profits—and sold them to ihe Southern planter. All ihe disbursements made iu this process, save such as are made abroad, are made among Northern men; all the profits, save ihe Southern merchant's, arc made by Nor thern men; and Ihe Southern planter, who sup plies nearly all the foreign goods of the country, gets hi* poition of them burdened with every ex pense that tho Government, merchant, insurer, seaman, vvhaifingcr, drayman, boatman, and wagoner can pile upon them. His burdens of course, nrc needlessly increased, by the amount oftho expenses incurred in landing the goods at j Northern ports, and bringing them thence to j Southern markets. Every item in the endless catalogue ol charges, except the government dues may bo considered a voluntary tribute from the citizens of the (South to their brethren of the North: lor they would all have gone lo our own i people, had we done our own i spoiling and im porting. W ill the reader compote the amount ot them, on twenty live hundred millions' worth of got -Is, and make a trir allowance for the per non of them consumed at the tSoulh 1 Our planters, not content with their portion ot the tribute, crowd then ptanuu.'ii- \v th rottor. a rice mid tobacco. ami then jmy the Southern [i merchant, lo pay lli'e Northern merchant, to pay n the Northern funnel for the flour which they con j some; ami compel all their neighbors to do the I, like. In tins way a goodly number ot unascer t tainablc millions more, move annually from south I to north. In September last, we had a painful I exhibition of the fruits of our agricultural policy. { In that month, a halo of cotton and a barrel of ca l’ ml flour, commanded the same price in Georgia. r. We were disposed to doubt Ibis statement w hen . we first heard it; but upon referring to the price H current in that month fur the City of Augusta, T whore the one article uniformly stands at nearly ’ the highest, and the other nearly the lowest pri ces in the Slate, wc find actual sales of about 1 ninety hales of the first, quoted at an average of 1 I 5 § cunts per pound; and in two instances, sales 3 of very small lots, at & cents per pound, while • quotations of flour, ut wholesale prices, stood firmly ot 1" to 13 dollars per barrel. We know of many sales about this time, at 15 and of some I at 16 dollars per barrel in the same city. At these t rates, we could name a hundred places in Gvor -1 gia, where northern flour is in constant use, and i where u bale of ihe lowest priced cottons would not have purchased a barrel of flour. Here, to bo I sure, the opposite extremes of Ihe two articles I were brought together; but the force cf the cx- I ample is but little weakened when it informs us, i that here was not probably a bale of uplands in j the Stale, that would have purchased three bar. | rois of flour. : To this head of voluntary liibntc may be re ferred the millions expended annually by our I people, in visits of pleasure lo the North. These are unobjectionable in themselves, and under dif fcient ciicuinslanccs would be commendable; but i when it is cousideicd that they swell the streams • of wealth which are constantly flowing from u j waning lo a growing people, they deserve our ( notice, if not our censure. There is a point of , view, however, in which they assume an impor i lance not to be overlooked. They dis inclly mark a diffidence of habit, between Ihe Northern and .Southern people, from which the first are yearly gainers, and last losers, lo the amount of several millions. In the natural order of things, our Northern brethren should spend twice as much with ns in winter, as we do with (hem in summer; for they double us in while population : iul it may well bo questioned, whether their dis. linrsementa in this way, equal a third of ours. The main reason of the difference is, that they are a home-abiding, economical people; while we incline 100 much to the opposite traits of charac - ter. Hence their gains, which are not larger in wealth, than in honor. Let us profit by llisir ex ample. Nor would it be out of place here (o mention, the indirect, consequential losses, which wc have sustained, by our neglect of foreig.i trade. With out overstepping the bounds of reasonable conjec ture, we coaid enlarge the number of these lo a wearisome extent; but time will not permit us lo recount them. Let us take a single example, dc duceii from history speaking directly to our pur pose. Jo 1835, the long endured national debt was extinguished, after having absorbed from the treasury aho.U four hundred and twenty two mil lions of dollars. The larger portion of this sum was paid lo citizens of the United Slates ; of whom, those north of the Potomac, were to those residing south °f if, in the ratio of 105 to II; and those in Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania, to those in all 'he other Slates, as 150 to 176.—Whence, hut from their commerce, did the Northern Stales acquire the mean® °f loaning so largely to the Government J Whence, hut from Ihe same soutco, did three stales acquire the power to loan thirteen limes as much .’ 8 oil the Southern Stales put together 1 And vv.'h the power lo lend, Was it no advantage lo them, . to have been enabled to loud, upon the best seen. I rity in tho world 1 j To be continued. CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL. ' AIUwIIWTA. Saturday Morning:. August | j, STATE RIGHTS TICKET 1 eon congress. 1 WM. C. DAWSON. • It. W. HABERSHAM, 1 J C ALFORD. , W. T. COLQUITT, E. A. NISDET. * MARK A. COOPER, I THOMAS BUTLER KING, 1 EDWARD .1. BI.ACK, LOTT WARREN. , ■ Merchants’ Convention. We lay before oui readers today a portion of f the Address of the Merchants’ Convention, which met in our city in April Inst ; and recommend to f all an attentive perusal of it. ( Tho negio George, tho property cf Mr. Pleasant 1 Stovall, who was sentenced to ho hung for com. milling a Rape upon a white female, was execu ted yesterday morning, at 11 o’clock. Resumption ol Specie Payments. We have received through tho politeness of a friend, the following circular of the Savannah Bunks, liy which it will be seen that they intend lo resume specie payments on the fust day of ( j October next, and invito the other Banks of ( the State to do so likewise. Savannah, August 6, 1838. At a meeting of the Delegates from the differ' ■ent Banks in this city, to take into consideration the propriety of an early resumption of specie payments, tho following measures were proposed, and unanimoHsly adopted: The Savannah Banks will resume specie pay ments on the fust day of October next, and invite tho Banks of the interior to do so likewise. The Banks of Savannah will receive the bills ol all ihe Country or Interior Banks in good credit, on deposits, or in payment of debts, but not reissue them, provided such Banks, (except those of Augusta) agree to redeem their balances in this city, every fortnight, with city or Northern funds at par, or specie; and that such agreement shall bo consummated by such banks with the banks of the city on or before the first day of • September next. Resolved. That a copy of the foregoing reso lutions he furnished lo the several Banks in this Slate’ \V U BULLOCH, President Bank of the Slate of Georgia. W. W. GORDON, President Central K. R.& Bunking Co. JOHN C. NICOLL. President pro lem. Planters’ Bank. P HOUBTOUN, President pto tern. Marine & Fire Ins Bank U. E. HAND. President pto torn Branch Bank Danen Flic Charleston Bank* have resolved to resume I on the l«t "f September next A corbner’s inquest Was held at Savannah, on the Bth inalant, over ihe body of James O’Conner, ( Into a private in Capt. E.McKay's company, 3d Regiment of Artillery, U. S. A. He had in his i pocket nn honorable discharge, dated at Picolata, • E. F. July 18th, 1838. Verdict of the Jury— drowning by jumping into the Savannah liver in a fit of mental derangement. Rail-Road Meeting. ( In pursuance of previous notice a meeting was held at the town of Waynesboro, Burke county, Ga., on the filh day of August, for the purpose of • taking into consideration the practicability and i utility of constructing a Rail Road from Augusta, ' via Waynesboro, to some favorable point of inler- section with the Central Rail Road, when John s Whitehead, Esq. was called to the Chair, and , George W. Evans, appointed Secretary. On motion, it was Resolved, That the Chair j appoint a committee of five to report to this meet" , ing the measures best to lie adopted for the pur i pose of carrying thd intention of the meeting into effect; whereupon Major M. Marsh, Col. A J. Lawson, Dr. J. P. Garvin, of Butko, Col. John McKinnc, of Richmond, and Mr. Reynolds, o( Chatham, were appointed, who, through their • Chairman, presented the following which were unanimously adopted. The Committee to whom was referred the subject of the measures proper to be adopted at this meeting, respectfully report the following resolutions : Resolved, That a Rail Road dorornunication from this place to some point on the Centra* Rail Road, and also from this place to the city of Augusta, would lie of great benefit to the inhabi* tants of this county, and the public generally, and that so far as a judgment can be formed, without a scientific examination, the face ol the country oilers uncommon facilities for such an under* taking. Resolved, That a committee of seven he ap pointed by the Chair, whose duly it shall he to collect information on the subject, by means of correspondence with the Central and Georgia Rail Road Companies, as well as with other persons interested in the undertaking. To have a survey made of one, or both of the above Rail Road routs, if they shall judge necessary. To raise by subscription a sum sufficient to defray the expen ses of such survey. To asco.tain us nearly as possible (he sources from which a support would bo derived, to tno impiovemcntsin question—in trade and passen gers. To petition the next legislature for a charter for the same. Resolved, That the said committee have pow er to call another meeting whenever they shall bo prepared to report their proceedings. The following gentlemen were appointed by Ihe Chair to compose that Committee : Major M. Marsh, Col. George W. Evans, Col. A. J. Law son, Col. E. Lester, Hon. J. W. Jones, Dr. J. P_ Garvin, of Burke, and Col. John McKinne, of Richmond. Jiesolved, That the proceedings of this meet* ing Dt* published in the Augusta Chronicle and .Scn>' ne *i " rc( l ucst l * ,at l *' c Augusta, Sa vannah u nd Athena papers give it an WHITEHEAD, Chairman. GEO. W. EVa>’ s » gewetliry. For the Chronic J" * Sentinel. Mr. En.-roK.—Permit mu’ ll > ™ ko a re marks byway of explanation to ■** Augusta. I certainly have greatly misconceived tii " aim ant * intent of his first article, if he did not wish A n lm ' pression to go forth among our citizens that son.'® measures were in embryo, which would shortly grow into a working ‘Tantalus , and which should purge our commodity of the mighty evils which beset it. Had 1 conceived his aim to he’, simply to call the attention of Ihe civil authorities to i*' l ®n' lc ' cn *' discharge es their duty, instead of repudiating '" 8 remarks, I should have cncouiagcd them. 1 have been in the kind of scenes which “ Au gusta” seems to consider that the moral portion of our community may bo compelled to resort to,’in order that they may rid themselves of ihe offen sive evils, and I never wish to see another. I am not a native, of Richmond county, but am an old inhabitant, born south of the Potomac, and expect to spend the lemaindcr of my days in this city, and never expect to see the lime when my rights, privileges, and properly, or nose cither, can be conveyed away without my own consent or that of a jury. What I remarked, upon the first piece of “ Augusta’s,” was to allay excite ment, and not to irritate. Having set nothing down in malice, 1 shall yield the discussion of the subject which “ Augusta” has taken up, to his own pen, and none will feel more gratified if he can put things to rights than 1 shall. ANTI MOB. Advice to Farmers.— Judge Buel says: It has been found that the best end most butter is obtained when the cream is about the tempera ture of 55 degrees—and if the temperature in over 60 degrees, the quality is inferior and the quantity is diminished. Hence every dairy should have a Ihcrmomcler. Recovery of Property fraudulently taken. A person who calls himself Slelson, alias Pol lock, was this morning arrestsd and committed to ptison, by the activity of one of the Marshalls, Mr. Solomon Moses, for defrauding Mr. S. J. To bias, of Now Yoik, of a number of Gold and Sil ver Watches, by means of a forged check on the Merchant’s hank of that city, in the name of C. W. Page, of New Orleans. Ten out of fifteen of the Watches were found on the prisoner.— Charleston I’at riot. Extract of a letter to a gentlcmim in Savannah. “The work on the W'esfcrn & Atlantic Rail Road, progresses as well as could have been ex. pccted from the nature of the country through I which it passes, and the contractors arc pressing |on their work with persevering industry. We have fifty-two miles of the road under contract and the work on many of the sections more than halfdone and the others generally in a stale of I forwardness. The commissioners have determin | ed to place fifty miles more of the road under con- I tract, about the 10th of October next, comtuenc ipg near the Btawah, and running to the valley ( of .he Connaeauge River, through a very level ! country and easy of gradation, this will leave us i less than forty miles ot the whole route to be I placed nmler contract, so that if the Legislature i m the next ses-ion appropriates the necessary "—3 (funds foi carrymg on the work with vigor, the grading on the unliie line may he accomplished j in (he course of the next year, or put in each a slate of forwardness as to be ready for laying 3 down the iron as soon as it can be procured from 1, Europe. We have received the following additional items of foreign intelligence by the New York slips which reached here yesterday. England. a In the House of Lords on the 17th July, Lord Melbourne sta cd, in answer to questions put by | Lord Winchelsea, whether Sir John Oolborno 1 had resigned, and that whether Canada was in a J situation that it was requisite to send out an ad 1, ditional force:—"4s regarded Si. John Colborne, that distinguished officer certainly had requested that an arrangement should be made by which n ho might be relieved fVom the command of the v- troops; and with respect to the other question, the Government did not think there was any r thing in the present state of affairs in Canada that would require an augmentation o( tho mili -1 lary forces there.” A select committee of the House of Commons „ have resolved to recommend one uniform rate of postage throughout the empire, two pence, and the weight of each letter to be half an ounce, — n Stamp paper for covers to be used, f Commercially, the following Aolice from the r house of Wildes & Co., which appeared in the , J.omlon evening papers of the 20th ult., will be 1 deemed of importance: “All persona having any claims against Geo. 2 Wildes & Co., as Hill holders or otherwise, are I requested to present the same for payment at , their Counting house. No. 19 Coleman street.” ' Correspondence of the ('ouner 4' Enquirer, Lo.nxjon, July 20, 1838. 1 The shares of the Bank of the United Stales • continue to advance gradually in this market f and are firm to day at £25 7s 6d, without the dividend, which is due about this time. In the other slocks, there have been fewer advances in price, in consequence, as the brokers repoit, of 100 sudden and largo an importation of securities by the recent packets from the United Stales.— The prices of the shares and bonds in which transactions of have occurred this morning arc as follows: New York 5 per cent 1845, 92 a 03; N. York S per cent 1850, 94 a 945; do (i per cent 1845, . 05 a 05$; Pennsylvania 5 percent, 1802, 96 a 97; Ohio 0 per cent 1856, 100$ a 101$; Massacbui setts Sterling Bonds 104. Ireland. The House of Lords are engaged in the dis cussion ol the Irish Municipal Bill up to the last dates. The Irish Tithe Bill was discussed in the house on the 18lh. The sole question debated with relation to the Irish Tithe Bill respected, first, the arrears covered by the £640,000, part of tho million formerly voted by Parliament for the put pose; anil, secondly, the arrears which had occurred subsequently, and for which'no proviso ion bod been made. Mr O’Connel recommended that the Whole should be remitted, with the view of giving the bill the 'best chance of affording some satisfaction in Ireland, although he was persuaded, that* under any circumstances, it could not have had that desirable effect. Lord Stanley, and, to a certain extent, Sir Robert Peel supported the proposal for remission, the fatter fully concurring in the opinion, that the repay ment of the £640,000 could not reasonably be expected. Mr Hume moved, as an amendment, that the proprosed grant of £640,000, which hail been advanced from the Treasury of the United King dom as a loan to the Clegy of the Established Church and the Lay Proprietors of Tithes in Ireland, also the addditional grants of £lOO,OOO and of £200,000 now proposed to be made lor the church of Ireland, making the whole 1,000,- 000/ sterling, will bo highly unjust to the people of England and Scotland, and subversive of those 1 ■ 0 1 0 - ■ . justice can alone be maintained. After a debate of some length, Lord John Rus sell's resolution was carried by a majority of 109 —lire numbers being 170 to 61. France. Our Paris dates areof July 18. That capital had been visited with another calamity, in the de struction by fire of the Vaudeville Theatre, being ■ Jhe third that has been burned within a year. No live'.* wcro l° st - The .’flowing is an extract from a Paris letter in the LonJi'O Courier,dated July 18. Wedoubl its accuracy. It appears that another misunderstanding has arisen between France and Switzerland. The French government demand the expulsion of Lou is Buonaparte, whose intrigues give serious an. ,'ioyance to Louis Philippe; and menace Switzer land - n case 01 a re f ,lsa b The latter power pleads its inabi'u v to accede to the demand, Louis Duo. naparte being q citilen of Helvetia, and enjoying a great share of P i.,"' l ! arll y ln the canton of Thur govia, in which ho jti ’><Jes. The Allgemeine Zeitung seems to think lhai * le federal govern ment will not yield on this subject- The French government was vigoiC ,ls ly Pro scenting a number of journals for pubhi£ ,,, 7 n connected with the affair of Lieutenant Laity— who himself has been condemned to 5 years of imprisonment, a fine of 10,000 francs, and lore main under survcilance all his life, for publishing a pamphlet advocating the claim of Louis Bona parte to the throne. It is said that the confinement of the Duchess of Orleans was daily expected. Some of the French journals affirm that the King of Belgium has failed in his attempt to pre vail on Louis Philippe to support him in his op. position to the articles proposed between Belgium and Holland. The J\louileur publishes comparative returns of the revenue during the first six months of 1836, '37 and '3B, showing an increase in favor of the latter of 10,198,000 f. over 1836, and of 11,- 639,000 f. over 1837. The Prince do Joinville arrived at Brest July 10, Boitnss.—Paris, Wednesday, July 18.—Half past Three.—The home market has again been weak-—For tho account the three per cents open ed at 80f. 85c., rose to 80f. 90c., fell to 80f. 75e., and closed at 80f. 80c. buyers, 5 ce-Himes lower than yesterdav.—Tho five per cents opened at 111 f. 40c., declined to 11 If. 25c., and closed at 111 f. 30c.. also 5 cents fall. For money the three per cents are 10c. and the five per cents 15c. lower. The Bank of Franco shares have fallen sf. The Lafitle Bank 1000/. shares are 2f. 50c. lower, and those of 6000/. are sf. higher. Spain. The Madrid advices are to the 12ih of July. Efforts were in progress to effect a dismissal of tho present ministers. Muniagorri had got up a respectable force, and it is said that he has recei ved permission to exercise his men on the French territory for a few days, after which he was to re cross the frontier and commence operations. It is reported that Don Carlos has received a large additional supply of money from the Nor thern powers. Advices from Bayonne of the 14th, slate that the Carlisle and Christines were then near each other in force, at Estella; and that an engagement might be soon expected. General Maroto was in command of the Carlists, and Esparlcro of the Queen’s troops. General Jauregut is said to have joined Munia gorri. Turkey and Egypt. It seems to be well settled that the Pacha of Fgypt hat- been compelled by the European con suls to abandon his design of declaring himseif 1 independent of the Sultan. A letter from Con j stantinople, datHTJur.e 2T, aimed that mo.i 0 f Egyptian men ol war have returned to their J* i lions, and that Mehernet Ali hat given the J l, positive assurances that ho will do nothing i please the Sultan. He ha. paid one mifl ion * piasters on account of the arrear. of tribute 1 he following is an extract from a Pari. L I he journals of Marseille, contain the n. culars of a great fire which occurred at Cairn the 21st of June. If we may believe them ,? D quarter inhabited by the Frank., and several Jhe adjacent streets, have hoen destroyed by fi The troops that were called out for the pu r J! of arresting its progress, joined themselves to thi populace and plundered the houses of some o' the wealthiest among the Frank residents. Th‘ catastrophe is so great that it is supposed it Jn have the effect of diverting Mehernet Ali from hi warlike projects. ‘ “ The nlimber of houses destroyed is various!, staled at hum two to six hundred. The lire raged 1 from the 21sc to the 26th June. Most of ih, goods in the warehouses were saved. Russia. The flying Emperor of Russia was at Warm, about the Isi of July. We give an extract from 1 a letter written at that city, and dated July 5-_ "The lon[f stay of the Emperor at Waraa* his easiness of access, drill the gracious reception f given to all those whd appredth him, arc generals •» considered as tokens of good sos the kingdom of || Poland. It is indeed probable ihiat not ail ;v,. f wishes will he so quickly fulfilled) which rnan-E sanguine persons perh jis febterttfined : lut it dm great gain I licit tbh strterejn fderas to have roor e E confidence in his Polish subjects than alter theH unhappy catastrophe of 1830.” f This is said to be chiefly owing to the favott.l ble reports sent to the Emperor by the govetrunP general of the kingdom. For the West of Ec E rope, indeed, Poland is still a land of fable ; and ■ for the Paris journalists in particular, a real mini ® which they work to furnish their readers vrith’ s!' piquant anecdotes. The Emperor's visit tnK Waisaw will doubtless be turned to account by £ them for the same purpose. Irani the Savannah Georgian, August 3, Ala respect able meeting of tbe citizens of Wave I Glyim and Camden counties held at Wayncsvill.' I on i hursday 2d August, to take into consideration 1 the depredations of the Indians in Ware county I and ihe exposed condition of this part of the State- ’ J he Hun, Thomas Butler King, was cu'led to the chair, and Elias Fort, Fsq. appointed Secretary, Whereupon it was unanimously Resolved, J hat a Committee bo appointed to ad- J dress Ins Excellency the Governor on the subject ol 1 the exposed con litiun ol this part of the State to 1 Indian incursion, and the depredations and murder* | already committed in on adjoining County and ihal 3 .said Conmnltoe consist ot the following gentlemen, ' viz; Messrs. Atkinson, Wiggins and McDonald’ r t "ith the Chairman and Secretary included. On motion of Mr. O. Houston it was further Resolved, I’hat the Committee just apnolii'-xj ft shall be considered as a Committee of Vig iitffjf, ( with power to call any subsequent meeting and \ perform such olher acts generally as in their judgement may be needful for the safely of the community. On motion of Mr. E. Atkinson, it was Resolved, That a Committee of six be up. [wined to draw up an address to the people soi ling forth the opinion of this meeting in regard to rhe Florida War, and that said Commiitee are expected to he unanimous in whatever they may publish on lire subject. Whereupon the Chair appointed Messrs. E. Atkinson, J H Cooper, 0 Huustoun, A McDonald, Col J Wiggins and!! Clay King, to bo that Committee. On motion of Col Wiggins, it was Resolved, 'That a Company of Minutb Men be raised forthwith, to hold themselves in readiness Id act as cin urnstanecs may require. And Ihal the Committee of Vigilance have authority to call said Company into service whenever in their judgment they may deem it necessary. On motion it Was. Resolved, That the proceedings of f&is meet ing be signed by the Chairman and Secretary and published in the Savudah and Brunswick r**r II was on motion, further Resolved, That the thanks of the meeting b» tendered to the Chairman and Secretary. The meeting than adjourned. THO. BUTLER KING, Chairman. Elias Four, Secretary. Jacksonville, Aug. 2. Indian Murders in Georgia’. A letter from Col Hilliard, commanding the troops of Ap| ling and Ware counties, Geo., to Capt Ryan ol this place, says. "Dear Sir, —I am truly glad (hat you are in readiness to march to our assistance. On Sunday morning last, the 22d inst, a considerable body of Indians, supposed to be 50, murdered 8 per, sens; Mr Wilds, with his wife, wife’s daughler, and five children! One child was murdered with a light wood knot! Five others escaped.— I assisted at the burial of my unfortunate neigh, hors, who resided hut two miles and a half from my house. An awful sight was it to behold, eight murdered persons in a pile! The savages burnt the house afier taking from it all they could carry away. The Dragoon Company, Capt. Dade, stationed' here, persued them, guided by L. Martin, T. MiU of the volunteers, to the Okafanoke Swamp where ’hey found large (rails leading into the Swamp, they followed a considerable dim lance; but return,.. 1 - flnding no Indians. The people all lluouJ tl this section of the coun try have loft their homes, £Dd are ln geeat tin* tress, the Indians having posses.’ l ''® the count try all South of Blacksbcai’s road. Enclosed are your orders fur supplies and for marching to this place with all the Cornjyou can bring. I intend to march with three companies, day after to-morrow, to learn the movement of the enemy. My baggage trains will leave for Centre ville on Sunday next.” MARINE INTELLIGENCE. CHARLESTON, August 10.— Arrived yesterdaytcht Sutton, Short, Wilmington, (Del.) 'Vent to sea yesterday, br br Symmetry, Allan, Hali fax, (IS S,)schr Elizabeth llarkness, Wood Philadelphia, sc hr Abigail, Vincent, Havana. BAVAN NAH, August9.—Cleared, ship Waiter Scott. Willard, New York, hr Win Taylor, Hoey, New York, schr Petersburg-!*, Moss, New York, schr John Bell, Hall, Baltimore, schr J 'J' Bertine, Cavaleer, Philadelphia, acht Oreenslmry, Holt, Bush, Baltimore. Arrived, ship Orbit, Stevens, New York. Wtiu to sea, ship Walter Scott. Willard, New York br Opelousas, Alexander, Baltimore, schr John Hell. Hall, Baltimore, schr Greensbory Holt, Bush, Uu timare, ■nsiwi—ass—csnasMW— THE AUGUSTA MIRROR, A semi-monthly j-inriiaJ, devoted to Polite Liters ture, Music, and n-icfirl intelligence, is published every other Sunird ty, by W. T. Thompson, at S 3 per annum, in advance. ts July 27 SfOr During my absence from the State, William 11. Ciuhney and Nathaniel Patten, are my author ised agents, for t he transaction of business connect ed with the office of the Chronicle & Sentinel. WILLIAM E. JONES. Augusta,July 7,1838 TVTOTICE— LEVI TAYLOR is authorised to act as my attorney during my absence from this slate. WM. WOODBURY, dr- Augusta, July 18, 1833. Im (VTOTICE Mr. 1. WILLIS ts ray duly su -k'i Ihorised attorney during my short absence Irotn llie state. S. BUFORD July 24, 1838. ts MOTICE.—Mr. JAMES M- RAKER a. my Ivl authorised attorney during my absence Irotn the slate. WELCOME ALLEN august6,lS3B. sw4w > DURI.VG my short absence from the state.'/’ JAMES HVRLBERT, and M. OGDE ' ■ are rny authorised agents to transact any business i which I mav he connected LUTHER ROLL I Augusta, July ".'i. 1838 tt